Mansfield District Council

Start the new year with a resolution to inform and educate your business! Free Accelerator workshops are happening between January March. Themes in January include starting a business, a hospitality masterclass, blogging, AI, marketing for tourism businesses and generating new sales. Find out more about these workshops at https://ow.ly/jmb350UpRAq or click on the individual links for the specific events below: Wednesday 8 January, 10am to 2.30pm, online: Planning to start a new business. Book at: https://ow.ly/c65k50UpRAr Monday 13 January, 9am to 7pm, online virtual check-in for three day Hospitality Growth Masterclass course called Ignite and Elevate your Dream Business. The course is being run at the Novotel Leicester on Monday 27 January, 9am to 7pm; Wednesday 5 February, 9am to 7pm; Thursday 27 February, 9am to 7pm. Book at https://ow.ly/qtn950UpRAp Tuesday 14 January, 7.30am to 10.30am, Nottinghamshire Manufacturing Network, Vision West Nottinghamshire College, Mansfield. Details and booking at: https://ow.ly/e1H350UpRAM Tuesday 14 January, 9.30am to 4pm, Leicester: Blogging with Authority and Trust. Book at https://ow.ly/rsGi50UpRAJ Marketing Made Easy for Tourism Businesses Wednesday 15 January, 9.30am to 4pm, Grindleford: Marketing Made Easy for Tourism Businesses. Book at: https://ow.ly/WUBA50UpRAK Thursday 16 January, 9.30am to 4pm, Duckmanton: Generating and Winning new sales. Book at https://ow.ly/8nsz50UpRAv Thursday 16 January, 9.30am to 11am, online: Using AI for SEO. Book at https://ow.ly/f9t150UpRAz. The Government funded Accelerator scheme offers free support to businesses in the East Midlands. It is delivered by the East Midlands Chamber and managed by participating councils in the region. Businesses from Mansfield can attend most of the workshops around Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire or Leicestershire.

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⏰Tomorrow at 5pm is the deadline to have your say on a Local Plan Review consultation. We are exploring which parts of the district could be allocated for new housing and economic development and running a consultation on the methodology used to assess such sites. Find out more: https://ow.ly/WoaA50UkCCc.

🎅 THANK YOU 🎅 With another year of the Secret Santa Appeal all wrapped up (😉) we would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone involved! Thanks to all of you, we received, sorted, organised and distributed 1,148 gifts to families across our District who need them the most this Christmas. 🎅 To begin, our community, for donating at our Collection Points and during our launch in the Town Centre. 🎅 The Collection Points, Mansfield Museum, Smyth's, Children's Centres, Four Seasons Shopping Centre, Civic Café and Mansfield Building Society. 🎅 The Distribution Points, which we had an extra 6 of this year, bringing us to a total of 25, including Mansfield Children's Centres, Mansfield District Council's FOOD clubs, schools, the Rope Project, Switch Up, Beacon Project, Community Centres, Refuges, Homestart, Women's Aid (all of which work tirelessly 365 days a year to enhance other people's lives!) 🎅 To our Partners, which increased this year with the addition of Mansfield Town Community Trust, along with ourselves, Mansfield Building Society and Mansfield BID 🎅 To our corporate donors, which again increased by one this year with our local Amazon Depot, along with the continued amazing support of Wayne and his team at Smyth's, Scott, Ben and the team from Linney's 🎅 To our monetary donors, Elected Mayor Andy Abrahams and Mansfield Building Society 🎅 And finally, the volunteers from Mansfield Building Society and Mansfield BID who spent 2 days sorting into categories and organising into Distribution Points and Mansfield District Council, including the Community Safety Team, the Marketing and Communications team, the Facilities team, the Museum team All working together to support our community, thank you!

James Biddlestone has been confirmed as the council’s new Chief Executive Officer, following the meeting of an Extraordinary Full Council. Mansfield District Council's Personnel Committee met earlier in the week and recommended the appointment to the council. The vote to go ahead with the appointment passed unanimously by all councillors yesterday (19 December). The Executive Mayor announced in November his commitment to invest and nurture homegrown talent and provide the opportunity for a passionate, Mansfield-focused leader to step forward to take on the role of CEO. James has been with Mansfield since October 2019 and brings to the role a wealth of experience in service innovation, transformational change and major complex programme delivery. He studied at Derby University and previously held the role of the Head of Highways at Derbyshire County Council. He is currently Strategic Director, Operations and Strategy, and has been a key part of the authority’s corporate leadership team for the past five years. James is expected to take up the role officially from Monday 3 February 2025.

Today in Tesco car park, Chesterfield Road, Mansfield NG19 7TS from 10am to 4pm. For information: • The clinics will offer flu & Covid vaccinations to people eligible through the NHS winter vaccination programme. • They’re all walk-in so no appointment necessary. • They will vaccinate children at weekends or during half term – otherwise it will be adults only. • There’s a full list of clinics, including ones in the city on the ICB website

Mayor Andy Abrahams has been reflecting on 2024 and marks it as a year of investment and amazing events. He also hailed this year's Secret Santa Appeal and Mansfield's continuing ability to support those less fortunate. Looking forward top 2025, he said: “We will see more new affordable and energy efficient council housing being built. We will see more progress in growing our local economy and I will remain confident and committed to ensuring Mansfield is a thriving vibrant place where everyone can prosper.” Among the council's year of achievements he cites: ✅The opening of the Warsop Health Hub ✅Progress on major regeneration projects including Mansfield Connect and the redevelopment of the White Hart Street area. ✅Work starting on the Future Tech Skills and Knowledge Exchange and on 22 energy-efficient council homes on the Bellamy estate. ✅A year of stunning events including Mansfield's first ever Light Night spectacular, the world renowned Luminarium inflatable art installation, Party on the Market and Mansfield Carnival, the Full Shebang and the return of the Mansfield 10k race. Full story: https://ow.ly/uYJy50UtZPo

Tonight is an extraordinary full council meeting and it will be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams. This meeting has been called to confirm the council's new chief executive. Papers for the meeting can be viewed here - https://ow.ly/RLc050UtXGy You can view the live-stream from 6pm tonight here - https://ow.ly/kq2550UtXGz

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Are you a Private Landlord in search of a tenant? 🏡 Join our Private Rented Access Scheme today to rent your properties to our homeless applicants. We Offer: Cash Incentives including Rent in Advance and Deposit, RentGuarantor, Managed Payments, and Tenancy Sustainment Support. To find out more information, email us at Privaterentedaccess@mansfield.gov.uk or call us on 07934 159405 📞 #Mansfield #MansfieldDistrictCouncil #PrivateRentedAccessScheme