County Council successes and a can’t-miss offer. Please complete the consultations and remember your local foodbank this Christmas. Further details on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB2911
COUNCIL
• Consultation – short breaks for parents/carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Consultation – the Town Council’s budget and services.
• GAMP Board Meeting, Tuesday 28 November.
• LOCARBO highlight for DCC’s energy-efficiency efforts.
• Well done Digital Durham and thank you!
• Fixed penalties issued to 30 dog owners through new Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs).
• National Tree Week in County Durham, 25 November-3 December – plant free trees with a grant of up to £150 from DCC, 1st come 1st served: phone 03000 267133.
• Latest local roadworks information.
COMMUNITY
• Fire & Rescue 3-Year Plan consultation.
• A Social Mobility Commission report has found that opportunity is a ‘postcode lottery’, but that County Durham performs quite well.
• Durham County Carers Support.
• When the Credit Union moved in with the Library.
• Volunteering in County Durham November newsletter.
• Holy defibrillators!
• We all know about Black Friday … but have you heard of ‘White Weekend’?