Nottinghamshire County Council

💬 It’s your last chance to have your say on how we set our budget. Make sure it meets your priorities by sharing your views in our budget consultation survey. Our budget impacts everything from adult social care, investment in schools and services to support children and families, to the county’s culture and leisure offer, infrastructure and support for businesses. Make your voice heard – survey closes Sunday (10 November 2024) ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eFw2Jstt

🦺 We were delighted to welcome Notts TV to Mansfield this week for a feature on our £20 million project to build a new 160-place school for pupils with special education needs and disabilities. The school, which is being built on the former Ravensdale School site, will be run by Diverse Academies and known as Horizons Academy when it welcomes students aged seven to 19 in early 2026. It is part of a wider programme being delivered by ourselves to create up to 490 additional SEND school places by 2026 to address the growing demand for more specialist school places across the county. The project is being designed, project and cost managed by the-arc-partnership-ltd, a joint venture between ourselves and public procurement specialists SCAPE. Construction work is being carried out by Morgan Sindall. #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Education #Construction #SEND

🙂 We are investing £50million into the creation of 490 extra SEND school places by 2026. Part of these plans include expanding St Giles School,Retford, where nearly £1m was invested into the reconfiguration of the school and the expansion of a second site dedicated to secondary school provision. The completed works have created 40 extra school places, giving young people access to a highly specialised curriculum and wonderful learning environment. Councillor Sam Smith, Cabinet Member for Education and SEND, visited the school recently and saw first hand the difference the investment has made for St Giles' pupils. Watch the video with Councillor Smith and headteacher Matt Rooney ⬇️ #SEND #School #Nottinghamshire #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Investment #StGilesSchool #Retford

🤝 We are delighted that our 'unique' joint venture with the Arc Partnership has been extended until 2031. Since it was formed in conjunction with SCAPE in 2016, the partnership has delivered more than 3,000 projects and investment worth £394m across Nottinghamshire. On behalf of the council and the communities and people it represents, Arc Partnership delivers multi-disciplinary property design, consultancy, master planning, regeneration, project and programme management, emergency, reactive, compliance asset management and planned services. The unique partnership was launched to drive greater efficiencies and lead on innovation in the design, management, and maintenance of property services in the public sector. Now eight years after the joint venture’s launch, the county council has approved a five-year extension to its an initial 10-year contract with Arc Partnership for it to continue delivering a wide range of services for the benefit of Nottinghamshire and its communities. The multi-million-pound projects it has delivered on behalf of the county council include new state-of-the-art schools, refurbishment of existing maintain schools, modernising its libraries and managing the development of the county council’s new low carbon, all-electric office Oak House headquarters, near Hucknall. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eixNa6bh #LocalGovernment #Partnership #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Procurement

❗ Less than one week to go until the wraparound childcare survey closes! Do you require before and/or after school childcare? Are you a working parent with child who attends primary school? We want to hear from parents to see how they currently use wraparound childcare and may use wraparound childcare in the future. Take the survey to share your views on your current and future childcare needs 👇 https://lnkd.in/eMVKjD43 📆 Quick! The survey closes Sunday, 3 November 2024.

🪙 Each year, we have a legal duty to balance our budget. There are lots of pressures, including inflation, energy costs and increased demands on our services. Despite the challenges, we remain committed to providing essential services and support to the people of Nottinghamshire. So that we can set a budget that meets your priorities, we’re asking you to take a few minutes to complete our budget consultation survey. Tell us what matters to you, and where you think we should be investing to make Nottinghamshire a healthy, prosperous and green place to live, work and visit. The survey closes on Sunday 10 November 2024. Have your say ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e85R8jVp

⚽ 🏏 Helping grassroots sports clubs grow We're pleased to have signed a new, extended lease with the clubs based at Regatta Way sports ground, West Bridgford. We own the land at this ground, home to local clubs such as West Bridgford Colts FC and Gedling and Sherwood Cricket Club. West Bridgford Colts is one of the largest grassroots football clubs in the UK with 148 teams and 2,000 players. We want to do what we can to support grassroots clubs as they play an important part in community life. With this new lease, these clubs will have better access to grant funding to help improve facilities. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ey2bvGTA #WestBridgford

🧑🌾If you are a farmer or landowner in #Nottinghamshire, this event could be right along your furrow🚜 Hear the latest on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) presented by Gemma Bust, from the #RuralPaymentsAgency. While updating your knowledge on the latest SFI news, learn how tree planting can fit in and support your farming practice and discover the grants available to enable you to achieve your ambitions. Learn more about Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) and the grants on offer, presented by Miles Bentley from #NaturalEngland. The event is free of charge with refreshments provided. 🗓️ 19 November 2024 at 6pm 📍 Pheasantry Brewery, Farm Lincoln Road, East Markham, NG22 0SN 🌿 Don't 'leaf' it too late! Book now👇 https://lnkd.in/e5_ta8dc #Farming #Farmers #Golfcourse #Notts #Youngfarmers #Countryhouse #Countryestate #Treeplanting

🧡 We’re proud to support National Adoption Week 🧡 This National Adoption Week, we are shining a light on adoption journeys of all kinds, and the important people who are there along the way. No two adoption stories are the same - and what makes every adoption journey unique is the people who play a role along the way. If you’d like to find out more about adopting with us, please get in touch 👇 https://lnkd.in/dAC6eZ-W Or why not attend our upcoming information event on Wednesday 13 November 6pm-8pm, book here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dsPu_R9a You’ll also find lots of useful information on our website 👇 https://lnkd.in/de5_URxV #NationalAdoptionWeek #AdoptionEastMidlands #NAW2024

🗳️ As part of our budget survey, you can tell us what you think about investing in services to keep children safe, and support for families and schools. For those children who are looked after by the council, long-term family-based placements such as foster families and kinship care give children and young people the best opportunity to thrive. We also want to invest in supporting families across the county to access the services they need, like family hubs, youth services, early years and childcare services. Whether you are a parent or carer yourself or just want to have your say, tell us what you think on these issues and more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eeyvbJCh