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News from our partners: Creating a colourful splash for the Jubilee

23/05/2022
People doing Ellesmere Library craftmaking activities

News from our partners With final preparations underway in Ellesmere to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, locals are being encouraged to look…

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News from our partners: Shrewsbury Colleges Group launches Nursing Pathway course

23/05/2022
A nursing student

News from our partners Shrewsbury Colleges Group The NHS and the caring professions have rightly been heavily featured in the media over…

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Grant brings Oswestry shop back to life

23/05/2022
Shop at 1 Beatrice Street, Oswestry

Historic shopfronts are being reinstated to Oswestry town centre, and empty upper floors have been brought back to life, thanks to a…

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Care in the Square Job Fairs – Find out about exciting local job and career opportunities in Social Care

20/05/2022
Care in the Square job fairs

Those with a passion for helping make a positive difference to people’s lives are being invited to see the fantastic career and…

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Shropshire’s new school travel plan co-ordinator begins work

18/05/2022

A new school travel plan co-ordinator has started work with Shropshire Council. Rhiannon Letman-Wade joined the council on 9 May [2022] and…

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Village hall more accessible thanks to community asset grant scheme

17/05/2022

Loppington Village Hall is a busy community centre in North Shropshire and achieved some much-needed repair work thanks to financial support from…

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Pilot mental health project launched in Oswestry

16/05/2022

A pilot project has been launched to support people in Oswestry who are experiencing poor mental health and/or substance misuse. The Health…

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Council and partners win national award for carbon neutral school build

16/05/2022
Winning team being presented with the award. Left to right Lucy Fletcher (Shropshire Council), Damien Bryan (Read Construction), Harvey Gould (Shropshire Council) and Alex Read (Read Construction)

Shropshire Council, Read Construction Holdings Ltd and PSG (Shropshire Council’s Property Services Group) have won a national award for its carbon neutral…

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Gritting team thanked after a busy winter keeping Shropshire’s road safe

16/05/2022
Councillor Dean Carroll with gritters drivers from the council's Whittington depot

Shropshire’s gritter drivers have been thanked for their efforts keeping the county’s roads safe last winter, following the end of the 2021/22…

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Castlefields Primary in Bridgnorth welcomes Spready Mercury the salt spreader

16/05/2022
Castlefields primary logo

Shropshire schools are being invited to work with Shropshire Council to tackle the problem of icy pavements near their school. The first…

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