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Age UK : Open Day

Age UK are offering an Open Day on 25 April.

Age UK Northamptonshire is holding an Open Day on Friday 25th April.

at The William and Patricia Venton Centre, York Road, Northampton NN1 5QJ

11am to 1pm

Complimentary refreshments

No need to book – all welcome

All enquiries 01604 611200

  • Information & Advice Team will be on hand to give free advice
  • We can answer your questions about benefits entitlements and explain how we help you make a claim for Attendance Allowance 
  • We give information on accessing services from Adult Social Care
  • We can help you identify your housing options
  • Meet the managers from our day centres in Northampton, Towcester and Kettering
  • Find out more about our many services that can help you live independently in your own home
  • Have a chat with our Volunteers Coordinator and find a role that would suit you!
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WNC : Garden waste bins

WNC are collecting fees for garden waste bins.

Subscriptions now open for the 2025/26 West Northants garden waste service

Residents across West Northamptonshire can now sign up for optional, chargeable garden waste collections to start from 1 April.

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Parish Council Elections : more help available

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The Elections 2025 page has been updated with a Holcot-specific worked example of the nomination form.

Please get in touch with Ruby if you need any help completing the form. Don’t forget, she will take your form to WNC for you on 27 March too.

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Northamptonshire Emergency Services Cadets : New intake

Northamptonshire Emergency Services Cadets are recruiting young people for their September intake.

The Cadet recruitment window is now open for their September 2025 intake and young people across the county are being encouraged to do something amazing with their time and join up to the Northamptonshire Emergency Service Cadets (NESC).



In this film we hear more about the scheme from some of our Cadets and Cadet leaders. This can be found on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/E7r7aACtXXg.

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WNC : Elections 2025

WNC are reminding of the details for the elections on 1 May, including dates for registration to vote, application for postal vote etc. They also note the changes to WNC ward boundaries – ours becomes Rural North East and has one councillor.

Get ready for the local elections this May

Residents across West Northamptonshire are being urged to get ready for the upcoming local elections on Thursday, 1 May.

Voters will go to the polls to elect West Northamptonshire Council’s councillors in the unitary authority’s second election since its creation in 2021. This year’s Polling Day on 1 May will see changes to voter arrangements after a recent electoral review reduced the number of unitary councillors to be elected from 93 to 76 and redrew the ward boundaries across the area. 

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Age UK : Community Responders needed.

Age UK are seeking volunteers as community responders. See the poster.

Our service provides support from volunteers to people over 60 years of age. We work closely with the Intermediate Care team and Remote monitoring hub who provide urgent care for acutely unwell patients to avoid admittance to hospital.

Our volunteers support with welfare checks, helping people up following a fall, collecting emergency prescriptions, providing reassurance while waiting for family, friends, primary and secondary care services to arrive, doing small amounts of shopping and topping up gas and electricity meters to name just a few of the ways we can support our community.

The service currently runs Monday to Friday, 9am to 3.15pm.

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WNC : Youth Parliament – applications sought

WNC are seeking applications from young people to represent west Northamptonshire at the youth Parliament. Closing date is 19 March.

Young people sought to represent West Northants in Parliament

Young people in West Northamptonshire are invited to apply to become a member of a new Youth Parliament coordinated by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) in partnership with Clubs for Young People Northamptonshire.

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Police : Rogue Traders

A police warning regarding a spate of rogue trader crimes.

Fraud officers warn against rogue traders operating in Northamptonshire.

Officers from Northamptonshire Police’s Economic Crime Unit are warning the public about a group of rogue traders who have been attempting to scam vulnerable people in the county.

Last week, the team were called to an incident in Kettering whereby an elderly couple with vulnerabilities have had men at their door on numerous occasions since November posing as loft insulation and solar panel specialists.

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WNC : Recycling centres to open 7 days/week

WNC are to open the Brixworth and other centres 7 days a week (10am-4pm) from 1 April.

Residents will soon be able to take their waste to recycling centres across West Northants 7 days a week offering a better service and value for money this spring.

Starting from 1 April, West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) will enter a new contract with FCC Waste Services, better known as FCC Environment, to manage all six recycling centres across the area – Sixfields, Ecton Lane, Daventry, Towcester and Brixworth Household Recycling Centres and Farthinghoe Recycling and Reuse Centre.

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WNC : Wellbeing service

WNC are raising awareness of their wellbeing services.

Formerly the Supporting Independence Programme, the new WNC Wellbeing Service, is working alongside Adult Social Care to support individuals, free of charge, to prevent and/or delay any decline in independence. Working with individuals on a one-to-one basis, we can provide tailored, in-house support in several areas of their life and aim to maximise all the support on offer in their local community, reducing the need for health and Adult Social Care services.

Examples of support include:

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Mental health support

A reminder that WNC provides 24/7 mental health support through Shout.

24-hour mental health support, 365 days a year is available through your mobile phone.

Just text the word ‘IMATTER’ to 85258 to be connected to a trained Shout Volunteer. The service is open around the clock and can help with issues such as anxiety, stress, loneliness, depression and suicidal thoughts. The conversation, which takes place entirely by text message, aims to help the texter reach a calmer place with a plan to move forward. It will also signpost them to further support available locally.

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