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Published on February 17, 2021 at 10:54 am
Rossendale Borough Council has teamed up with Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Services (BPRCVS) and schools to provide funding for devices to allow children to study online during the Covid crisis.
The Council has provided funding for 10 schools in Rossendale to purchase various devices such as tablets and laptops in order to support children’s home schooling.
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Published on February 11, 2021 at 2:00 pm
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) – which runs Census 2021 – is working with Rossendale Borough Council to deliver a successful census and help local services to fully meet future needs.
Understanding the needs of the nation helps everyone from central government to local organisations, such as councils and health authorities, plan and fund public services across England and Wales.
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Published on February 11, 2021 at 12:11 pm
Rossendale Borough Council have assisted one of the area’s largest employers to find a suitable site for their relocation which allows them to stay within Rossendale.
WeBuyBooks – the online purchaser and retailer of used books – have purchased the 120,000 sq ft Lambert Mill (formerly known as Greenbridge Works and originally called Hall Carr Mill) just off Bocholt Way on the outskirts of Rawtenstall.
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Published on February 3, 2021 at 8:32 am
During late December, amidst the cold weather and harsh local lockdown, a team of local volunteers from ‘WHITWORTH IN BLOOM’ planted an Orchard in the village. With funding from Lancashire Environmental fund a large variety of apple, plum, and cherry trees now adorn the council owned area of Waingap woods, additional trees have been planted in Britannia and Healey corner to ensure that the fruit will be accessible to all for years to come.
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Published on February 2, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Rossendale engineering firm RPS Precision Engineering have donated two brand-new laptops to Rossendale Alder Grange Sixth Form (ag6).
The family owned and managed engineering company heard that local schools and colleges were asking for tech for their students to help with remote learning from Rossendale Council’s business support team.
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Published on January 22, 2021 at 5:00 pm
(Council Leader Alyson Barnes & Paul Becouarn, Employability Project Lead. picture taken pre-Covid)
Rossendale Borough Council have held the first ever Employability and Skills Forum in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The forum brought together representatives from a wide variety of organisations to promote collaboration between the groups and the existing employability and support programmes in the valley.
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Published on January 22, 2021 at 11:35 am
2021 has started with some good news for the residents of Staghills. After a difficult year, this month will see the finishing touches added to the new Staghills Play Area in Rossendale. The play area improvements have been driven by the Newchurch Village Community Association group, with support from Rossendale Borough Council and the team at local community interest company, Proffitts – Investing in Communities.
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Published on January 13, 2021 at 9:02 am
Rossendale Borough Council and Bright Futures Early Learning have signed the final lease agreements which will allow building work to begin on the plot 1 site at Futures Park in Bacup.
Construction is planned to start this month to build the new centre which will provide nursery and childcare provision for 0 to 4-year olds.
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Published on January 7, 2021 at 9:47 am
A popular event in the Whitworth calendar, the ducks took to the water at the overflow of Cowm Reservoir on Tong End in driving wind and rain. This year due to social distancing the race took on a virtual twist with the race taking place in secret, filmed and then streamed at 1pm New Years Day.
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Published on December 30, 2020 at 5:26 pm
All of Lancashire is to go into the highest tier: Tier 4 – STAY AT HOME, from midnight on 30.12.20
We know this is difficult news, but we need to prevent the spread of the virus. The new Covid variant is more infectious and is in Lancashire – although we are being affected less than in other areas.
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