Local Government
Free trees for South Cambridgeshire towns and villages
Trees are being offered to parish councils across the district to help provide homes and food for wildlife and combat climate change. ...
Needle little calm in your life? Try Sew Positive!
A charity is helping share the wellbeing calm of creativity, one stitch at a time, thanks to grant funding support from South Cambridgeshire District Council. ...
Number Confidence Week: Giving our maths skills a boost
Mayor Dr Nik Johnson is encouraging people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to find out more about improving their confidence with numbers in a special awareness week this week. ...
'It made my return to education possible’ - Combined Authority's 100th Care Leaver Bursary milestone
One hundred young people leaving the care system have now benefitted from a bursary set up by the Combined Authority to fund education and training to support their futures. The Combined Authority has also reaffirmed its support for care leavers during Care Leavers Week. The Combined A...
Studio 24's award-winning work for the W3C website redesign project
Studio 24 writes...Between 2020 and 2022 we redesigned the website for the international web standards organisation W3C (founded by the inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee). We continue to work with their team to support and develop their digital offering. I’m proud we helped move the W...
Councils support national campaign to tackle “zombie battery” fires
Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service, a strategic partnership between Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council, is supporting the national Take Charge campaign, which aims to tackle the serious problem of recycling and waste fires caused by carelessly discarded...
Council commits to paying employees real living wage for ninth year as accredited living wage employer
Following the announcement on 24 October by the Living Wage Foundation of the new Real Living Wage rates for the coming year – £12/hour across the UK and £13.15/hour in London – Cambridge City Council announces its continuing commitment to paying employees the voluntary rate. ...
More Community Hubs planned for South Cambridgeshire
More Community Hubs are coming to South Cambridgeshire to support residents during the cost of living crisis. ...
Cambridge Council sees greenhouse gas emissions reduce by 10% over last year
Cambridge City Council has seen greenhouse gas emissions fall by 10% in 2022/23, compared to 2021/22 – a total reduction of 41.3% since 2014/15. ...
Revitalising Historic Buildings through Geolocated Digital Twins and Drone Technology
Preserving the rich heritage of historic buildings while ensuring their structural integrity presents a complex challenge. ...