Published on October 7, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Latest tourism data from Visit Lancashire shows Rossendale’s tourism offer is appealing to even more people and continuing its upward trend.
The latest data, for 2015, shows that Rossendale saw over 1.3million tourism visits to the area, increasing 2% on last year, outpacing average growth of 1.7% (64.38m visits) across Lancashire as a whole.
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Published on October 4, 2016 at 11:00 am
Rossendale Council has today launched their resident survey to help set the council’s objectives and priorities for the next three years. We want to know what matters to you and your family where you live and how we can work together to shape public services in challenging times.
We want to hear from our residents and partners on what is important in making Rossendale a great place to live, what they think needs improving where they live, how the council and communities can work together to improve issues in areas as well as an service transformation ideas our residents might have.
Filed under: consultation | council | engagement | resident | survey | views
Published on September 30, 2016 at 9:08 am
Rossendale residents and representatives of local community groups are invited to attend their local Neighbourhood Forum meeting to find out more about local services and activities and events in their area.
There are four Neighbourhood Forums in Rossendale covering the different areas and meetings are open to all local residents. The Neighbourhood Forums are informal community meetings to allow networking and information sharing and any agreed action points.
Published on September 22, 2016 at 11:55 am
The county council is asking people to consider if they could be a councillor ahead of next year’s county elections.
Lancashire County Council is holding local elections in May 2017 and new candidates are needed to represent their areas. There will be 84 seats available to cover the 12 Lancashire district areas.
Published on September 15, 2016 at 4:05 pm
Rossendale Borough Council has today taken the decision, following discussions with those affected, to halt the introduction of a small scale recycling project for 300 houses in Haslingden.
The project was developed in response to concerns expressed by this community about waste, fly tipping and recycling.
We are now taking a brief pause on the project because we are aware that both the scale and nature of the project has been misunderstood, and this has caused community concern.
Filed under: collection | haslingden | recycling | waste
Published on September 13, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Valley Heritage, working alongside Rossendale Borough Council, were once again able to open up Stubbylee Hall to the public this year. Over 75 people attended throughout the day and were able to explore the attics; cellars and other ‘secret’ places rarely open to the public.
Stephen Anderson, Chair of Valley Heritage said: “The Heritage Open Day was a great success and was very well attended by local people as well as drawing in visitors from the neighbouring boroughs of Burnley and Bury.
Published on September 9, 2016 at 11:12 am
Each week 20 local children need a family so we need foster carers from all backgrounds to provide loving homes.
Lancashire County Council would particularly like to recruit foster carers who are able to care for:
Filed under: carers | council | county | foster | lancashire
Published on September 7, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Rossendale Borough Council’s Licencing Enforcement Team have secured a conviction in Court for a hackney carriage licence driver who failed to declare a conviction.
Shahid Javaid, of Arnold St, Huddersfield, pleaded guilty on August 19th at Burnley Magistrates Court to Fraud by False Representation. He was fined £80 in total and was ordered to pay £150 costs.
Filed under: enforcement | licensing
Published on August 19, 2016 at 10:40 am
The Mayor of Rossendale, Cllr Granville Morris, officially opened the new outdoor gym which has been installed in Victoria Park in Haslingden.
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The gym features 6 pieces of state of the art equipment, designed to exercise different parts of the body to provide a full workout. It is located at the end of the path by the main entrance, overlooking the lower part of the park with fantastic views of the surrounding hills.
Filed under: gym | haslingden | outdoor | park | victoria
Published on August 17, 2016 at 12:39 pm
Rossendale’s Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School ranked 9th in the country following new research.
Online estate agent eMoov analysed house prices and the average GCSE scores in the top 50 state secondary schools in England.
The top performing state school with the best value property nearby is the Heckmondwike Grammar School in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
Filed under: performance | rank | schools