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Recent news and events from Derby City Council
In the 22/03/24 edition:
* Moorways Sports Village helps families through the cost of living crisis
* More than £1m secured to help Derby’s young people at risk of rough sleeping
* Council starts search for new transport on demand operator
* First free bulky waste collections coming in April
* New City Centre Taskforce launches
* Steel-signing celebrates progress at Derby's new £45.8m venue
* Council announces new partnership to tackle littering offences
* Five Midlands Councils awarded £17.6m funding to get EV chargers on our streets
* Council invites bids to run Derby’s ten community libraries
* Derby City Council publishes gender pay gap
* Derby supports the Great British Spring Clean 2024
** Moorways Sports Village helps families through the cost of living crisis
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Family Afterschool Club sessions designed to help families through the cost of living crisis have attracted around 1,000 attendances since relaunching at Moorways Sports Village in October.
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** More than £1m secured to help Derby’s young people at risk of rough sleeping
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The Council and Derby Homes have successfully secured £1.1m in funding to help young people who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping
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** Council starts search for new transport on demand operator
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Bus operators are being invited to work with the Council on a new service to provide public transport on demand.
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** First free bulky waste collections coming in April
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From Monday 22 April, up to 250 households will be able to book a free bulky waste collection.
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** New City Centre Taskforce launches
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Another key manifesto pledge has been delivered with the launch of the new taskforce to tackle short-term issues in the city centre.
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** Steel-signing celebrates progress at Derby's new £45.8m venue
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Senior figures from Derby City Council and project partners took part in a special ceremony to mark progress on the Becketwell venue
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** Council announces new partnership to tackle littering offences
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Derby City Council has announced a new partnership with Kingdom Local Authority Support that will see Officers take to Derby’s streets and tackle littering and fly-tipping.
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** Five Midlands Councils awarded £17.6m funding to get EV chargers on our streets
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Five Midlands Councils have successfully bid for £17.6m of Government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund to get more EV charge points onto our streets.
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** Council invites bids to run Derby’s ten community libraries
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A formal process for organisations to register their interest in running the city’s ten community libraries as a Trust is now open
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** Derby City Council publishes gender pay gap
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The results show a positive change from 2022/23 figures.
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** Derby supports the Great British Spring Clean 2024
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Streets in Derby city centre will be jet washed, cleared of litter, and have gum removed from pavements.
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