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Forest of Dean News
Council’s Community Engagement Team celebrate Grants Success
Forest of Dean District Council celebrated this year’s Community Grants Scheme by inviting over 25 organisations from across the district to an evening of celebration and networking.
Local graduate Matt scoops full-time planning role after successful internship with District Council
Bream resident Matt Green is celebrating after securing full-time employment at Forest of Dean District Council following a successful 10-week internship with its planning team.
Halloween waste to make you shudder!
Forest of Dean residents are being encouraged to reuse more as Halloween approaches to reduce the amount of rubbish going in the bins and in particular to avoid plastic waste.
Businesses sought for new Foxglove Gardens development
The Council hopes that by bringing vibrant new business into this section of Coleford, it will encourage more activity in the town as a whole. One of the units is under offer as a cafe, with the remaining two available to retail and service businesses.
Council works with local businesses to tackle fly-tipping
As part of a campaign to reduce fly-tipping the Forest of Dean District Council’s street warden team has been out and about visiting businesses and checking that they have proper waste disposal procedures in place. Initially this work has been focused on Lydney and since August the wardens have visited 115 businesses in the town.
