Chetwynd Primary Academy on Chetwynd Rd, Toto, has been recognised as outstanding by Ofsted. Both staff and pupils at the school have been described to have “a culture of kindness”. Inspectors have highly complimented the school saying that the pupil’s behaviour was “exemplary” and that … [Read more...]
Recycle for Charity
Recycle your small electrical items at your local Recycling Centre during January, and for every tonne, Veolia (Nottingham County Council’s waste contractors) will donate £5 to Motor Neurone Disease Association, the chosen charity of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Chairman. Veolia have even … [Read more...]
Work has begun on Beeston’s new multi-million Cinema site
On Monday 25th November work began on Beeston’s multi-million-pound eight screen cinema at the Beeston Square development. The development is also due to bring a number of food and drink outlets as well as 132 new homes to the site located between Styring Street, Middle Street and Station … [Read more...]
2nd Beeston Sea Scouts
Following many months of negotiations with Broxtowe Borough Council, the Trustees for 2nd Beeston Sea Scouts were very pleased to sign a new 25 year lease for their headquarters site in November. This successful scout group, which celebrated its 90th anniversary earlier this year, has been at the … [Read more...]
Tree-cycle your old Christmas tree with Treetops!
Local charity Treetops Hospice Care is offering to collect people’s Christmas trees in return for a donation towards its services in the community. The Christmas Treecycling scheme will run from Monday 6 to Friday 10 January 2020. For a recommended donation of £10 or more, Treetops volunteers … [Read more...]
Oxjam rocks Beeston,….. and Beeston rocks Oxjam!!!
Oxjam Beeston Music Festival - this entirely volunteer led community event just goes from strength to strength!! Takeover Day on Saturday 19th October saw people heading to the town in droves to celebrate the best of local music in a carnival atmosphere, bringing the streets of Beeston alive once … [Read more...]
Hemlockstone Lions Friendship Walk
As a result of the recent Friendship Walk held at The Attenborough Nature Reserve, the Club were able to donate £250 to The Memory Café Beeston. Hemlockstone Lions would like to thank all who supported them including - St. Mary’s Church for allowing them to use the church as their base, Gill and … [Read more...]
Electric Vans Making Broxtowe Greener
New electric vans are helping to make Broxtowe greener as part of Broxtowe Borough Council’s Green Futures campaign. Two diesel vans have been replaced with full electric vehicles, saving 1.6 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year. Head of Environment, Paul Summers said: “These vans will … [Read more...]
Local Doctor’s ‘bright idea’ wins National Award
A Nottinghamshire GP has won a national award from the Royal College of GPs for his ‘ground-breaking’ work in speeding up cancer diagnoses. Dr Ben Noble, who lives in Attenborough and is one of Cancer Research UK’s 16 GP Leads across the country, has been awarded the RCGP’s Bright Ideas award for … [Read more...]
Hello from BEAT! – Beeston Eco Action Team
With Christmas just around the corner, we thought we’d share some ideas about how to reduce waste and be environmentally friendly over the festive season. The first thing that comes to mind is presents. Did you know plastic is made from fossil fuels? Try to avoid any plastic presents if you … [Read more...]