january2021

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…

Tag: january2021

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