A big thank you for the big tidy up 1st October 2020 / 15th October 2020 by Council leader Phélim Mac Cafferty has today thanked the hundreds of people who carried out community clean ups during the Keep Brighton & Hove Tidy fortnight. Businesses, community groups, tidy up teams, volunteers, councillors and council staff were all involved in helping keep the city clean. They carried out graffiti paint-outs, sticker removal, street jet […] Read more »
Supporting a safe return to the classroom – School Streets needs you 1st October 2020 / 15th October 2020 by We’re asking parents, carers and residents in Brighton & Hove if they could help support the safe travel of children into some of the city’s schools. A number are taking part in our School Streets project, which sees temporary timed closures of roads close to schools’ entrances during drop-off and pick-up times, during term time. […] Read more »
New council homes completed early 1st October 2020 / 15th October 2020 by Thirty new council homes have been completed in Selsfield Drive, Brighton, the latest in the council’s New Homes for Neighbourhoods building programme. The development, called Hawkridge Court, is made up of 14 one-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom flats, including two wheelchair accessible homes. The properties are being let to people on the council’s housing register and […] Read more »
Supporting everyone to travel in Brighton & Hove 1st October 2020 / 15th October 2020 by Councillors have agreed a series of measures designed to support the safe travel of all residents in Brighton & Hove. At a meeting of the Environment, Transport and Sustainability (ETS) committee on Tuesday 29 September, members voted for a number of recommendations to support active travel during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, influenced by feedback from […] Read more »
Wake up to a new era for nature 29th September 2020 / 15th October 2020 by On the eve of the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity, Brighton & Hove is supporting the call by UK nature charities to begin a ‘new era for nature.’ The RSPB has launched a campaign to draw attention to the worsening nature crisis. The State of Nature 2019 report revealed that 15% of all wildlife in the UK is now threatened […] Read more »
Community creates ‘pop up’ outdoor space on little-used site in Hanover and Elm Grove 28th September 2020 / 28th September 2020 by greengroup Community creates ‘pop up’ outdoor space on little-used site in Hanover and Elm Grove Green councillors joined residents in Hanover and Elm Grove to create and relax in a ‘pop-up parklet’, a temporary mini-outdoor space with chairs, cushions, a rug, plants and decorations. All were invited to contribute to an ideas board, which asked: ‘what […] Read more »
Supporting the city’s creative and cultural sector 25th September 2020 / 15th October 2020 by Creative people from across the city are coming together to make an Arts Recovery Plan to support the city’s cultural and events sector through the Covid-19 crisis. Part-funded by Brighton & Hove City Council, the plan will explore how the sector can recover from loss of income and how artists and organisations can adjust their […] Read more »
First climate assembly meets 23rd September 2020 / 15th October 2020 by Brighton & Hove’s citizens assembly on climate met for the first time last night, 22 September 2020. Around 50 residents came together online to look at how the city will address the climate crisis over the next 10 years and prioritise actions to take forward. The climate assembly is focusing on the question: How can we step up actions to reduce transport-related […] Read more »
Greens welcome news as council awarded funding to provide longer term accommodation for homeless 19th September 2020 / 19th September 2020 by greengroup Green Council welcome substantial £3.429m funding win following bid to Government Green Councillors have today celebrated news that Brighton and Hove City Council has been awarded £3.429m in funding support from Government to tackle rough sleeping. Following an agreement of Policy and Resources Committee in August, the council had already agreed to continue providing temporary […] Read more »
Government must move fast as lack of national testing capacity holding back city’s schools and pupils, say Greens 18th September 2020 / 18th September 2020 by greengroup Call for Government action to support staff, pupils and parents as difficulty accessing tests leaves schools without capacity amid Covid-19 Green Councillors have today spoken out on how a lack of national Covid-19 test capacity continues to affect schools, pupils and staff in Brighton and Hove. With the council notifying the city that the local […] Read more »
