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Work has started on the new children’s play area at Tilgate Park. The new play area, which will open in spring 2021, will boast lots of new equipment while retaining the basket/cantilever swing and a set of swings. The design will be as inclusive as possible with accessibility in mind. Most of the current…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s employment support service, Employ Â鶹´«Ã½ is here to help residents get back on their feet. The pandemic has had a significant impact on a range of industries, resulting in a challenging few months of job losses, affecting Â鶹´«Ã½ residents of all ages.   The Employ Â鶹´«Ã½â€¦

A little piece of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s history is back on display in the town centre. The Queen’s Mosaic, which was built in the 1950s by master mosaic fixer Len Baker, from Carter Tiles, has been restored and installed in the all-new Memorial Gardens Play Area. Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Wellbeing and…

The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s finances. The lockdown and subsequent restrictions meant that the council’s income from K2 Â鶹´«Ã½, The Hawth, Tilgate Nature Centre, car parking and community centres was significantly reduced. At the same time, expenditure on services…

Residents on low incomes who are told by NHS Test and Trace to self-isolate – either due to a positive Covid-19 test or being in contact with someone who has tested positive – may be entitled to financial support during self-isolation. Since Monday (28 September), people across England have been required by law to…

Four new and improved public spaces will be created in the Manor Royal Business District following Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s successful Towns Fund application. The grant of £565,000 will pay for the creation of four micro parks to provide better facilities, seating and public realm in key locations throughout Manor…

Stoptober is back for its ninth year to remind all smokers that now more than ever, ahead of flu season, is the time to put your lungs first, quit smoking and breathe easier, by joining more than two million smokers in the nation’s biggest quit attempt from October 1. Â鶹´«Ã½ Wellbeing’s team of qualified NHS…

Community sports charity, Tennis for Free, is returning to Maidenbower Park, offering residents the chance to learn a new skill, improve their fitness and mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic, completely for free! Tennis for Free is a community sports charity that provides an ace day out including free…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is working to improve two play areas in the town and would like to hear what residents have to say. Newbury Road play area in Pound Hill and Chichester Close play area in Tilgate are next on the council’s programme of improvements. This is an exciting opportunity to modernise the current…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s very own zoo has won a gold sustainability award from the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA). Tilgate Nature Centre in Tilgate Park picked up the award for its STAR (Switch To A Reusable) and Zoostainability campaigns. The BIAZA Annual Awards showcase a wide range…