You are here: Home News News July 2021 Healthy Holidays is back, with summer holiday clubs across Barnsley The Healthy Holidays programme is back this summer, with a free holiday clubs programme for eligible children and young people over the school summer break. Backed by the Government’s Holiday and... COVID-19 funding available for voluntary and community organisations We’re pleased to be working alongside the South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau and Barnsley CCG to support the voluntary and community sector. Groups and organisations who have been adversely affected as... Green bin collections suspended Update from Cllr Chris Lamb, Cabinet spokesperson for Environment and Transport We've made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend green bin (garden waste) collections from Tuesday 27 July. Like many other councils... Message from Julia Burrows, Barnsley Director of Public Health - 16 July 2021 My sincere thanks go to each and every one of you who has worked with us through the last year to help protect our borough. The road out of lockdown and... Energising Barnsley with solar solutions. An innovative community energy project to be delivered in partnership with Energise Barnsley was approved by Barnsley Council Cabinet on 14 July 2021. The initiative will be the first of its... Draft Royston Masterplan proposal approved by Cabinet Cabinet has supported the proposed draft Masterplan Framework covering land at the MU5 site at Lee Lane on the western edge of Royston. It has been recommended that the final version... There’s no place for hate in Barnsley That’s the headline of our report approved today by Barnsley Council’s cabinet. Our No Place for Hate campaign launches next week, championing our borough to be the place of possibilities where nobody faces abuse, online or... Barnsley in Bloom competition winners announced It has been another successful year for the Barnsley in Bloom competition, with many beautiful posters sent in from children across the borough. The Barnsley in Bloom Group has been... Composting competition winners announced More and more people are discovering the benefits of composting their kitchen and garden waste, and six lucky competition winners have received a helping hand. The competition was organised by the... Barnsley dog breeder fined for a second time A Barnsley woman has been prosecuted at Sheffield Magistrates Court on Wednesday 7 July for breeding three litters of puppies without a licence, following an investigation by our Animal Health... Update on Transforming Cities Fund and Active Travel Fund schemes Cabinet members will be updated next week on plans to invest £13m of grant funding on improving Barnsley’s active travel routes which will encourage more people to walk and cycle... ELMER AND FRIENDS MARCH INTO THE COOPER GALLERY FOR TRIUM-PHANT EXHIBITION ELMER and Friends: The Colourful World of David McKee, the first ever major retrospective of David McKee’s striking illustration will open at the Cooper Gallery on Saturday, 10 July. For the... Public consultation planned for new town centre design strategy A new plan looking at how Barnsley Town Centre can move towards being zero carbon and the direction future development should take is being presented to our Cabinet next week. Cabinet... Calling all parents and carers with childcare needs – we need your help! Are you a parent or carer who’s recently accessed, or is looking to access childcare in Barnsley? If so, we’d really appreciate your help and feedback on your experiences to... Response from Julia Burrows, Barnsley Director of Public Health, to COVID-19 Response: Summer 2021 Government announcement The changes that could come into place from 19 July (following a review of all data and a decision on 12 July), will not come without risk, and I acknowledge... Our Placement and Sufficiency Strategy for Children in Care and Care Leavers has its annual refresh At their next meeting on Wednesday 14 July, cabinet members will be asked to approve the refreshed Placement and Sufficiency Strategy for children in care and care leavers. The 2021-2023... Children’s Joint Commissioning Strategy (2021-23) to be presented to Cabinet Cabinet members will be asked to approve the Children’s Joint Commissioning Strategy (2021-23) at their next meeting on Wednesday 14 July. The new strategy sets out the further strengthened arrangements for... Nominations wanted from Barnsley for the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 Do you know someone who you think is worthy of the Queen’s title of honour? If so, now’s your chance to give them the recognition they deserve by nominating them... School celebrates Platinum Travel Award with road closure event West Meadows Primary School has become one of only eight schools in the country to achieve a Platinum Modeshift STARS award, thanks to promoting active and sustainable travel to school. The... Mayor’s Day is back outdoors for 2021 Barnsley town centre is set to host a celebration for Mayor’s Day on Saturday 10 July – a free, fun-filled and covid-friendly day of street theatre, storytelling and family activities. Following... A628 Dodworth Road improvement scheme – work taking place during school holidays When is work taking place? Improvement work is being carried out from Sunday 18 July to Tuesday 31 August 2021 What traffic management is in place? Temporary 4-way lights Temporary lane and footpath... Barnsley Libraries get an exciting new look As our doors have now opened again to our wonderful libraries across the borough, we are excited to be able to share the news that over the last few weeks,... Barnsley care sector thanked for tireless work throughout the pandemic The Covid-19 pandemic has been tough for many people and professionals. One area is those organisations working across the care sector and we would like to take #ThankYouDay (Sunday 4... Barnsley Museums Highly Commended in National Award Barnsley Museums have been voted highly commended in the Museums and Heritage Awards 2021 in the category, Best Use of Digital. The Museums were delighted to be recognised for their outstanding... The Cooper Gallery shortlisted for National Award The Cooper Gallery has been shortlisted for the Association for Heritage Interpretation (AHI) – Engaging People Awards 2021, sponsored by Creative Core. Entries for the awards reached record highs with submissions... New public artwork to be installed in Penistone Two artists are creating new works to celebrate Penistone’s past and present as part of Barnsley Council’s Principal Towns project. Principal Towns is a £5 million investment project set up to... Funding secured to create ‘Elmer the Elephant’ trail across Barnsley Elmer the elephant is packing his trunk and will be travelling around Barnsley, spreading joy as he goes, thanks to funding from the Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant. Barnsley Museums...
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