I was so proud to open the Green Heart, a new space for wildlife and people and Nottingham's first new city park for 100 years yesterday.
Out of the setback of the shopping centre closure, something amazing has bloomed - a space for nature as well as people. When we asked people what they wanted to see in this space, the overwhelming response was for a new green space. I’m pleased we have been able to deliver this.Â
Thank you to all the partners involved in creating this space, as well as the colleagues here at Nottingham City Council who planned it and made it a reality.
I hope you are able to get into the city to explore it soon and look forward to seeing the plants establish and the 34 new trees give us a beautiful display of autumn colour.
Nottingham's brand-new green space in the heart of the city, the Green Heart, is now open!
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The new green space is a place to enjoy nature with 38 trees, 34 of them newly planted, plus areas of colourful planting, a new marsh pond area, two rain garden areas and several footpaths as well as lots of places to sit.Â
- The Green Heart is also covered by CCTV and equipped with four new rubbish bins.
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A brand-new sculpture by Rachel Carter, ‘Standing in this place’ will also be unveiled in the Green Heart this November. The sculpture will give voice and recognition to the contributions of thousands of unnamed women who were the driving forces behind the East Midlands cotton textile industry during Industrialisation.Â
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More progress on the ongoing regeneration of the wider Broad Marsh area is still to come, with a state-of-the-art NHS Community Diagnostic Centre set to open in the area, as well as plans for new homes and offices. Â
The Green Heart was paid for by funding through the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities fund, a £161million package of funding given to Nottingham and Derby in 2020 to keep cities moving and improve connections between and around cities.
 Before... and after!
After successfully completing over 250 schemes in phase 1, work has started on phase 2 of the Streets for People programme.
Thanks to £5.85 million investment from the Government’s Local Transport Plan, the team can continue with the Streets for People programme to improve roads/paths and make walking and cycling easier and safer. The roads chosen for improvement have been put forward by local people and prioritised by ward councillors. Around 15.9km of roads/paths will be repaired and improved. The team will also continue to plant more trees and improve waste management.
Click here to see the full list of roads where improvements are taking place
Are you registered to vote at your address? Well, we’ve started to send out emails and letters to homes to check your details are up to date.
It’s called the annual canvass and we have to do this every year to make sure the electoral register up to date, to identify anyone who might lose their right to vote at elections and to encourage them to register before it is too late.
Your email or letter will give you instructions – including checking your details and how to get in touch if they need changing. In some cases, you won’t need to respond because we have the right details.
If you aren’t registered, you won’t get an email or letter – but it also means you won’t be able to vote – to register to vote visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Find more information on the annual canvass at the council’s website.
More information on elections and voting on the Electoral Commission website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections
Paralympic champion Jodie Grinham will be competing in the Archery GB National Tour Final this Saturday. Fresh from winning gold and bronze medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, she will join other athletes from the Olympic archery squad for this weekend's competition.
Sunday is now sold out, but you can still secure your tickets for Saturday. Nottingham's official Robin Hood and Little John will also be hosting a special lunchtime archery show each day, offering entertainment for the whole family.
Never watched archery before but want to see what it's all about? Nottingham city residents can get £5 adult day tickets or £10 family day tickets (for two adults and two children) by entering their council tax number and postcode when booking.
Book tickets here.
The brand-new Bluecoat Trent Academy secondary school opened its doors this week, constructed on the former site of Clarendon College, on Mansfield Road (Pelham Avenue).
This fantastic new 1,200 place secondary school in the heart of the city, will help to meet the growing need for secondary places in Nottingham. It first opened in September 2021, initially in a temporary home on the site of the Bluecoat Aspley Academy, while the new build was being constructed.
Bluecoat Trent Academy is operated by the Archway Learning Trust, who have a strong track record of providing a high standard of education for pupils aged 3 to 19, and a broad and inclusive curriculum through their five other high performing Nottingham schools. We value the contribution they make to Nottingham’s educational offer, working in collaboration with the Council and on closing the gap for disadvantaged pupils.
From the outset, Nottingham City Council’s Education colleagues in Pupil Place Planning, worked in collaboration with the Archway Learning Trust, to support the bid to the Department for Education for a new secondary school. This successful partnership working has continued throughout. The bid was underpinned by the Council investing £3.25m of Basic Need Grant funding from Central Government towards the purchase of the site for the new school.
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