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The COVID-19 Response Fund to help support the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector (VCFSE) is once again open for applications, thanks to a partnership between Fylde Council, Wyre Council and Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde CVS. The maximum award is £5,000 per organisation but a wide range of bids between £300 and £5,000 is encouraged The…

Following a recent meeting of the Tourism and Leisure Committee, Fylde Council has announced a series of necessary improvements to a number of its more frequently used parks and open spaces to improve safety and accessibility. Access Control Measures In Autumn of 2020, bollards were installed to prevent unauthorised access on Ramsgate Road Park and Blackpool Road…

Officers from the parks development and leisure teams have been working with Newton and Clifton Parish Council and the Friends of Newton Community Park on a parks improvement scheme at School Lane, Newton. The team have been working on the project for a couple of years and are taking the proposals through the 10 stage…

A new one-off top-up grant for businesses in the leisure, hospitality, and retail sectors was announced by the Chancellor on 5 January. The scheme will award grants between £4,000 and £9,000 for eligible rate-paying businesses. Local authorities are still awaiting details of eligibility for this scheme and its administration. Recipients already in receipt of Current…

A team of 67 volunteers spent the weekend collecting more than 1,800 trees in the biggest ever Christmas Tree Collection organised by Trinity Hospice. The event, which was sponsored by Easthams Solicitors, Ameon and Slater Gordon, raises money for the hospice, and this year raised a record £23,000. Corporate Partnerships Manager, Janet Atkins, said: “Once again we…

The Tourism & Leisure Committee meeting on 7th January made a firm commitment to invest in this popular and well-used park and playing fields. The first stage is to replace the original collapsed drain that runs the entire length of the field; a significant investment of approximately £125,000 that should massively improve the drainage of the…

The management of the Deacon in Lytham Square have made the decision to close the off sales offer in response to Fylde and the whole of Lancashire going into Tier 4 restrictions. The regulations permit the provision of off sales but the owners of the Deacon felt that this was not consistent with the leading…

“Ring out the old, bring in the new” This pandemic year has been a challenge like no other in my lifetime. I’m full of nostalgia for past Christmases; the family gatherings, carol concerts and office parties and most of all the ability to hug my (grown up) children close. Yet I have escaped the suffering of…

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Testing for people without Covid symptoms has been agreed for Lancashire from next week, which will help to reduce the spread and protect people. Up to a third of people may display no symptoms, but are still infectious. It's vital to break these chains of transmission, so we…

Additional support for those businesses hit hardest this Christmas Fylde Council is providing additional financial support this Christmas to businesses hit hardest by the latest round of COVID restrictions by exercising local discretion through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). The grant has been funded through Central Government with local authorities encouraged to target priority businesses in…

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Fylde Council working in partnership to support projects across Fylde and Wyre.

Park development and improvements

Open Space Improvements at School Lane, Newton

Further Cash Grants Available to Businesses

Tree collection is Trinity Hospice’s best ever

Plans to improve the drainage at Blackpool Road North Playing Fields

The Deacon in Lytham to close during Tier 4 restrictions

Christmas Greetings from Cllr Karen Buckley, Fylde Council Leader

Community Covid testing in Lancashire

Fylde targets grant support to local businesses