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Holcot Hotspot : cancelled until 17 October

An announcement from the organisers of the Holcot Hotspot games afternoons for adults.

CHANGE OF PLAN

1) Only a small number residents have confirmed that they plan to come to the Hotspot tomorrow, Thursday 16th May.

So – with apologies to those who were hoping to come – it’s CANCELLED.

2) We therefore ran a quick poll of residents who’ve attended since the sessions started, and the outcome can be summarised as follows:

– everyone really enjoyed the sessions they attended, and agreed that “Holcot Hotspot is a REALLY good and innovative idea which should be continued”

– however, “it’s definitely something for colder and darker days”, so the consensus was that it should only run in the ‘colder months’, eg from October to April.

Holcot Hotspot will therefore return on Thursday 17th October. 

Looking forward to seeing you then.

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WNC : Grants to help develop learning and skills

A message from WNC regarding a new grant scheme:

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has launched a new grant scheme which aims to support local people to develop their learning and skills and help them get into work.

The Skills for Communities grant scheme is open to community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire and must be used to provide support to residents aged 16+ who are no longer in full-time education and who would like to develop existing or learn new skills.

Local voluntary and community organisations including registered charities, community interest companies and social enterprises are invited to apply for the grants of between £10,000 and £300,000.

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WNC : Interested in volunteering at repair cafes?

A message from Emma Parry at WNC regarding volunteering at repair cafes.

From: Emma Parry <Emma.Parry@westnorthants.gov.uk>

Good Morning All

West Northants Council (WNC) plan to host a programme of pop-up repair cafés during June and July within WNC libraries.  They are planned to run between 10am and 2pm on Saturdays. 

The events will be promoted to members of the public who have small broken electrical items e.g., soup maker, hairdryer etc who can bring their item along to see if it can be repaired. 

We are looking for volunteers with suitable skills (and hopefully tools) to come along to the repair cafés to assess and, where possible, repair electrical items brought in by members of the public.

Whilst these events are one-off events, we hope to stimulate interest within local communities for running repair cafés on a regular basis which will help reduce waste and build local community resilience.

Dates and Locations:

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WNC : Biodiversity and No Mow May

West Northants Council are promoting No Mow May and environmental awareness.

As we enter the spring and summer months, West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is looking at ways it can help promote environmental awareness for the natural environment and gain further understanding on how people locally support national campaigns to enhance biodiversity.
Last year, WNC supported the national campaign run by Plantlife, No Mow May. The Council will again be supporting the campaign this year in May and will be enabling some of the green spaces it looks after to grow wildly for May, where safe and reasonable to do so.

People across West Northamptonshire are being asked to share their views on the national campaign and let the Council know if they take part in these, so that it can gain a better understanding of how West Northamptonshire residents positively impacted biodiversity.

The six-week online engagement will take place from Monday 8 April to Sunday 19 May, and people can have their say here: https://westnorthants.citizenspace.com/cet/no-mow-may
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