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COUNCIL
• My report on DCC’s Environment Scrutiny meeting last week – litterfree Durham, isolated bin collections, performance report: bit.ly/DCCEnSJan16
• This month’s GAMP Board meeting: bit.ly/GAMPJan16
• My report on GAMP’s Employment Task Group meeting last week: bit.ly/GAMPETJan16
• Proposal to Remove Street Lights along the C35 Middridge Lane: bit.ly/C35SLERP
• Of 7086 actionable defects on Category 1 roads last year, DCC addressed 6691 within 24 hours.
Just 4.9% of County Durham sites have unsatisfactory accumulations of litter (a 15% improvement on last year); for comparison, the average for England is 15% unsatisfactory.
• Two members of staff from the County Durham Youth Offending Service (CDYOS) have won a prestigious Butler Trust Award: bit.ly/CDYOSBT
• The Big Spring Clean is back, 29 February to 17 April – you can help: bit.ly/DCCBSC16
County Durham Central Heating Fund (CHF) scheme can provide a totally FREE* central heating system where income is less than £26,000 and you do not have any central heating: bit.ly/DCCCHF
• DCC is running a campaign to stop smoking in bus stations: ow.ly/Xmhd2
• Last month’s Neighbourhood Protection Update: bit.ly/NPDec15
• GATC’s Policy & Resources Committee last week agreed a 1.98% Council Tax rise: bit.ly/GATCPRJan16
• Consultation on the Fire Service’s Integrated Risk Management Plan: bit.ly/IRMP16-17
• Latest worklessness figures: bit.ly/OOWJan16
• Last week’s report from our MEP: bit.ly/JKD24Jan
COMMUNITY
• StepChange Debt Charity launches its ‘7days7ways’ Debt Awareness Week to help people feeling the pinch after Christmas: www.stepchange.org/7days7ways.aspx
• Kynren will be amazing: bit.ly/VCRKynren
