Worcester City Council

Happy New Year folks... Let's bid a wonderful farewell to 2024 and welcome 2025 with hope and optimism.

New Year’s Day collection changes 🚮 Your bin collection will be different this week, if it is usually collected on a Wednesday. 📅 Normal Day: Wednesday, 1 Jan → New Day: Saturday, 4 Jan 🗑️ Collections will run as normal on all other days. For full details and commercial waste schedules, visit: https://lnkd.in/exwD_PwV Make sure to adjust your schedule! #BinCollection #WasteManagement #Worcester

🌟 Help Shape the Future of Worcester! 🌟 We're drafting an exciting new City Plan with a vision for Worcester up to 2030. We want the city to be ambitious, vibrant, and welcoming, with opportunities for everyone. Do you want to see Worcester thrive? 💭 Share your thoughts and have your say on our plan today! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dKA88sM4 #Worcester2030 #CityPlan #FutureOfWorcester #GetInvolved #CommunityVoice

☃️❄️🌲 Merry Christmas to everyone in Worcester and beyond.... Enjoy your day 🌲❄️☃️

🎄 Congratulations to our Housing team, who have collected donations and put in their own money to buy Christmas presents for the 23 children who will be spending the festive season in temporary accommodation in Worcester. Thanks to all the local people and businesses that supported this initiative! Happy Christmas! 👏

Shelters for #roughsleepers open tomorrow (24 Dec) for the festive season, but if you see anyone bedding down in #Worcester streets please report them at https://lnkd.in/evTVUYBK so that help can be provided to them. Here's how it works... #BeTheLink

Exciting News! 🎉 Construction work on Worcester's brand new centre for arts and entertainment is set to begin in the New Year! 🎭 The local firm, Speller Metcalfe, will kick off the transformation of the iconic Scala building in Angel Place, turning it into a vibrant new cultural hub for our city. This is a major milestone for Worcester as it strengthens our cultural offering and creates a fantastic space for art, music, and entertainment for years to come. Stay tuned for more updates! For more details, read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eRCtBSdR ✨ #WorcesterArts #CulturalHub #ExcitingTimes #NewBeginnings #WorcesterEvents

🌟 Help Shape the Future of Worcester! 🌟 We're drafting an exciting new City Plan with a vision for Worcester up to 2030. We want the city to be ambitious, vibrant, and welcoming, with opportunities for everyone. Do you want to see Worcester thrive? 💭 Share your thoughts and have your say on our plan today! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dKA88sM4 #Worcester2030 #CityPlan #FutureOfWorcester #GetInvolved #CommunityVoice

Councillors have backed plans for a major refurbishment of Worcester Crematorium, which will include the replacement of the current three gas cremators with two energy-efficient electric ones. The City Council’s Policy and Resources Committee has agreed that a planning application for the scheme could be prepared and submitted, steps can be taken to appoint a main works contractor for the work and that £6.96 million can be allocated to the project. Work is expected to start on site in summer 2025, and the grounds of Astwood Cemetery, where the Crematorium is based, will remain open throughout the construction period. You can read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e66Yz2wz

A popular fox sculpture which was vandalised earlier this year has been fully restored and returned to Worcester’s Laugherne Brook Local Nature Reserve, thanks to a strong community effort. The wooden fox seat sculpture, originally installed by Worcester City Council over 15 years ago, was a popular feature at the reserve. The Friends of Laugherne Brook group adopted the sculpture and made it part of their logo - the word ‘Laugherne’ comes from an old Welsh word for fox. However, the group were left disappointed earlier this year when the fox sculpture was damaged and pulled out of the ground. That was until the Men’s Shed Worcester community group agreed to repair the sculpture. The Friends of Laugherne Brook successfully applied for a grant from the City Council for the required materials. With the money, the Friends group bought some oak wood off-cuts, and the Men’s Shed Worcester team carefully rebuilt the sculpture. You can read more about the project here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQAz-gzX