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Fylde is encouraging people to participate in a National Day of Reflection on March 23 - a year after the UK went into the first lockdown. The reflections will include a national minute silence at 12 noon, lighting up Lytham Windmill in yellow and flying the flag at half-mast over the town hall. The National Day of…

Small, independent businesses are being invited to apply for a new post-Covid recovery grant to help stimulate the town centre economies in Lytham, St Annes and Kirkham. Businesses locating to, or expanding into, vacant premises could be eligible to receive 50 per cent of the set-up, shop fit, refit or branding costs at a value of…

Playgrounds across Fylde will be improved, parks made more secure, and flood-hit areas will be helped after Fylde Council passed its budget last Thursday. All councillors - bar one who abstained - voted for the budget proposals, which will see bills increase by just eight pence per week for a Band D property. Council leader Councillor Karen…

At the Budget Council meeting that will take place on Thursday 4^th March, Councillors will look to approve two schemes to improve surface water drainage at both Park View in Lytham and in the vicinity of Eddleston Close in Staining. Both areas have been subject to flooding over recent years, causing damage to fields and play…

Fylde Council has distributed and invested more than £29m in Covid-19 grants and support to businesses, residents and projects since April last year. The bulk of the money has been provided to a wide range of businesses to help them survive during the succession of lockdowns and tiered restrictions which started almost 12 months ago. Vital funds…

Fylde Council is adding two new mobile testing Units to its armoury in the fight against Covid-19. Elswick and Staining village halls will join William Segar Hodgson Pavilion in Kirkham and Rawstorne Sports Centre in Freckleton as mobile testing units on selected dates throughout March. These sites are in addition to the permanent facility at Fairhaven Road…

As the borough digests Boris Johnson’s roadmap, everyone needs to play their part in making sure the four tests are met at each stage to allow for the continued and cautious unlocking of our lives and economy. I’ve been working with my team to roll out a programme of asymptomatic SMART testing since late 2020 and…

A leading Fylde employer has signed up to the council’s SMART testing programme to keep staff who cannot work from home safe. Trilanco, which is a specialist equine, pet and agricultural products wholesaler based at Mill Farm Sports Village in Wesham, was one of the first companies to agree to regular testing at one of four…

The Mayor of Fylde, Councillor Angela Jacques, joined council leaders to personally thank staff and volunteers for their valiant efforts in the fight against Covid-19. Representatives from Covid Response groups across Kirkham and Rural Fylde, St Anne’s and Lytham, three of the Mayor’s Covid-19 Hero award winners and young…

We’re a year into the fight against this virus that has touched every part of life here in Fylde but I am delighted to say that we are now taking huge strides in winning this battle. With increased testing in the community and in workplaces through static and…

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Fylde Council reflects and remembers 12 months of Covid-19

Fylde Council launches grant scheme to stimulate town centres

A budget to deliver investment across Fylde

Park View and Staining drainage improvement

Fylde distributes £29m in Covid relief and support to residents, businesses and organisations

Fylde Council ramps up Covid-19 testing sites

Fylde Council’s Health Protection Practitioner, Richard Hurt, explains how SMART testing for Covid-19 will play a crucial role in developments in the coming months

Major Fylde employer signs up to SMART testing

Mayor offers special thanks to Fylde volunteers

The Leader of Fylde Council, Cllr Karen Buckley gives an update on the Covid-19 picture in the borough.