Author: Lauren Houlihan
Higham Ferrers Town Council Grants £2000 To First Responders
Earlier this year, Higham Ferrers Town Council were pleased to be able to grant £2000 to the East Northants First Responders. The First Responders are a fantastic and hard working group of volunteers who live in the local community, and are trained by East Midlands Ambulance Service to be dispatched to 999 calls to provide emergency care.
The £2000 grant was used to purchase new and much-needed...
Posted: Tue, 18 Aug 2020
Police Priorities Survey
Northamptonshire Police is refreshing its Locally Identified Priorities (LIPs) . Northamptonshire Police would like to get as many responses as possible to understand what the main issues are for the public. The survey runs until the 31 August 2020 and will help shape what the police focus on from September to November 2020. The very short survey is at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NorthamptonshireLocallyIdentifiedPriorities...
Posted: Mon, 17 Aug 2020
Latest Business Guidance and Information
Last week a new government support package was launched to help small and medium sized businesses recover from the financial impact of COVID-19.
The grants, which do not require any match-funding, are designed to:
- help businesses access specialist professional advice in response to the impact of COVID-19 e.g. human resources, accountants, legal, financial, IT / digital.
- purchase minor equipment to adapt...
Posted: Tue, 4 Aug 2020
Northamptonshire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments - Patient Survey
We are inviting you to tell us about pharmacy services in your area.
The services we are looking at include local services that you receive from pharmacies (or chemists). To do a good job, we need to regularly review what services we have, what our local people need, and how things might change in the future. This process is called a 'pharmaceutical needs assessment' and we are preparing one at the...
Posted: Tue, 28 Jul 2020
East Northants Council launches new way to report fly tipping
East Northants Council launches new way to report fly tipping
Having seen how successful the What3Words app has been across the world, East Northamptonshire Council (ENC) is now encouraging anyone who wishes to report fly tipping across the district to use the app.
What3Words works using the principle that every 3m x 3m square of the world has been assigned an address of three words. For example one...
Posted: Mon, 27 Jul 2020
Opportunity for local shops to learn basic sign language
LOCAL SHOPS AND BUSINESSES - With the latest rules regarding face masks in shops coming into force soon, a resident has kindly offered to teach some basic sign language to local shop keepers and staff.
Please read the following message:
I would like to offer an hour free sign language tuition for local shop owners and your staff. Face masks make it extremely difficult for those with hearing loss to engage...
Posted: Wed, 15 Jul 2020
Summer Reading Challenge
Every year Northamptonshire Libraries deliver the Summer Reading Challenge, which challenges children to read 6 books during the summer holidays. It has been proven that children who don't continue reading during the summer have a lower reading age when they return to school in September than that before the summer. You can find out more about the challenge on our webpage: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/src...
Posted: Wed, 15 Jul 2020
East Northamptonshire Council looking to re-open doors next week
East Northamptonshire Council (ENC) is set to re-open its doors to the residents and businesses of the district following the coronavirus pandemic. It is anticipated that from Monday, 6 July, visitors who require a face-to-face appointment at ENC's Thrapston offices will be asked to book via an appointment system.
Anyone requesting a face-to-face service will be asked a series of questions to identify...
Posted: Fri, 3 Jul 2020
Chowns Mill Project Survey
Carnell are the principal contractor carrying out the A45 Chowns Mill improvement scheme on behalf of Highways England.
We are undertaking a short survey to improve our understanding of how we are perceived and how we can enhance our communications.
We would be very grateful if you would complete the short online survey by clicking here.
Or by using the URL below:
The outcomes...
Posted: Wed, 1 Jul 2020
Higham Ferrers Town Council to launch 'Thank You' campaign
The Town Council are launching a campaign this week to say a big thank you to all those essential workers that have kept Higham Ferrers going throughout the lockdown so far, and to welcome back our newly reopening shops to the high street and surrounding areas.
The Mayor Cllr Christina Reavey will be visiting businesses to personally pass on her thanks, on behalf of the Town Council and the people of...
Posted: Tue, 16 Jun 2020