Day of Action success! 🚮

On Wed 7 July, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire Police, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue and Nottingham City Homes joined together to tackle the issues that you have said are a problem in your neighbourhood.

In part of the Forest Fields area we weeded, swept, litter-picked, visited private-rented properties, spoke to residents about issues, carried out 5 fire safety checks on the day and have another 12 booked in, issued 14 notices for bins left on street, and 2 fines for litter.

We also spoke to parents about inconsiderate parking and engine idling around Forest Fields Primary School. We ended the day with activities for children at the Community Centre accompanied by information stalls on health, employment, housing and fire safety.

We will continue to work together to improve the issues that are important to you. For further information or to suggest any other ideas or locations for the next Day of Action please contact Leigh Plant, Neighbourhood Development Officer on 07701 049987 or any of the Councillors.

Food for all in Berridge

Mesopotamia, a local charity based in New Basford have been delivering food parcels on a weekly basis for up to 280 people in need. It is the time of volunteers and the generosity of donations of food items that enables this to happen every Saturday. Rachel Miller, Founder/director says “The funding from the ward Councillors contributed to building our Foodbank premises. This has enabled us to play a vital role in supporting our local community through difficult times” If you would like to volunteer there are roles from helping to sort out food right through to making deliveries. Please telephone 0115 9780 444 for further information.

You said, we did!

The Active Travel Fund has allowed us to address concerns that residents have raised regarding the junction at Nottingham Road and Northgate, which will soon now see each arm of the junction have improved access for pedestrians.

Supporting children in school during Covid Crisis

At the request of a Headteacher, Councillors funded board games for each year group across our four Primary Schools. This supported play whilst allowing the children to be socially distanced and safe. Our local partners, The Pythian Club also distributed activity packs to children at home whilst schools were closed.

Do you have a good neighbour?

We want to celebrate the good things in Berridge Ward!  On the Day of Action we came across this lovely planter in Windermere Road.  If you have a neighbour that has been helpful or you spot a beautiful garden please let us know either by contacting us (details at the end of the newsletter) or by posting on the My Berridge Facebook page. We would love to see your pictures and show our appreciation to local residents who are taking pride in their neighbourhood!

FREE activities and lunch for your kids this summer hols!

Did you know that children who get free school meals will be able to:

• go along to FREE holiday clubs every day with fun activities and a healthy, tasty lunch all included

Click here to find a session near you

Holiday clubs are also open to children who don't receive free school meals, with very limited places allocated on a first come first served basis. Contact the provider of the club you're interested in directly

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Nottingham City Council has a new email topic that you might like to sign up to, with information, help and advice on debt, bills, benefits, mental health, finding a job and lots more. It also has the latest info on free school meal schemes over school holidays

Meet your local Councillors!

Councillor surgeries restarting from September

Drop-in surgeries with your local Councillors are restarting from September why not come along to ask a question or share an idea on how to make Berridge ward a better place to live. 

Details and venues will be available soon - we'll drop you another email with the latest before September.

Do you have an idea which could help improve the local area and benefit local residents?

If yes, why wait, local community groups and non-profit making organisations can apply to ward Councillors for small amounts of ward funding.  For more information, contact your local Neighbourhood Development officer on [email protected], telephone 07949 267649

Need help and support in Berridge?

• Nottingham City Council's Welfare Rights Team - 0115 915 1355 - call for help weekdays 9am - 4.30pm for advice on bills, benefits, debt, housing and eviction issues and more
• Mental Health help - call Turning Point on 0300 555 0730 (9am-11pm every day)
• Domestic violence and help for women: Juno Women’s Aid 0800 800 0340
• Domestic violence and help for men: Equation Men’s Support 0115 960 5556
• Need help finding a job in Nottingham? See jobs and apprenticeships and get training or careers support with Nottingham Jobs 

⚠️ Scam warning ⚠️

Protect yourself, your friends and your family from scams

Scams are rife at the moment, as fraudsters try to exploit people struggling due to the pandemic. Some common ones to watch out for are delivery scams, pension reviews, phishing and fraudsters impersonating your bank. Read more about common scams and how to spot them here.

To report scams, forward suspicious text messages to 7726 and emails to [email protected].

If you’ve been scammed, contact your bank and Action Fraud 

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