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  • Rotherham Council supports Empty Homes Week 2023

    It's national Empty Homes Week, and Rotherham Council is highlighting the support available to property owners who have a long-term empty property or residents who are affected by empty properties.

    Published: 1st March 2023

    Action on Empty Homes Logo for National Empty Homes Week
  • Nine in ten children offered first choice school place in Rotherham

    Nine in ten children will start at their first choice Secondary School in September 2023, as Rotherham Council continues to outperform most of the UK by providing pupils with their preferred place.

    Published: 1st March 2023

    Nine in ten children have been offered their first choice Secondary School place
  • What's on this March

    It’s March and there are lots of fun events taking place across Rotherham.

    Published: 28th February 2023

    What's on this March
  • Actor’s tribute to “truly wonderful” Rotherham foster carers

    The star of the John Lewis Christmas TV advert, which highlighted the needs of children living in care, has praised foster carers in Rotherham after learning about how the advert has inspired them.

    Published: 27th February 2023

    John Paul Hurley starred in the John Lewis Christmas advert
  • Memory Cafe success for Sitwell Ward

    One of the Sitwell Ward priorities is to work with partners to address social isolation and loneliness, especially in those people aged 65 and above.

    Published: 24th February 2023

    Memory cafe success for sitwell ward
  • A new community orchard has been created in Brecks

    A new community orchard space has been created in Brecks. The area will be a resource that will benefit the local community.

    Published: 24th February 2023

    Ward Councillors and Council rangers
  • Planning Permission secured for improvements to Rother Valley Country Park

    Rotherham Council’s Rother Valley Country Park is set to benefit from improvements on site following planning permission being approved.

    Published: 23rd February 2023

    Planning Permission secured for improvements to Rother Valley Country Park
  • A new community woodland is set to be created in Dinnington

    Funding has been secured to create a new community woodland off Athorpe Road in Dinnington, where 7,700 young trees are set to be planted on former grazing land.

    Published: 17th February 2023

    The image shows Councillor David Sheppard with staff from the Council’s Parks and Woodlands teams at the site of the new community woodland in Dinnington
  • Step up to Stepdown foster care and help us transform the lives of local children

    New foster carers are urgently needed in Rotherham to support children who have previously lived or currently live in residential care and are ready for the step back into a family-home environment.

    Published: 16th February 2023

    Family
  • Recruitment event is just the job!

    If you’re looking for employment, training or the next step in your career, a major recruitment fair in Rotherham later this month could be just the job.

    Published: 16th February 2023

    Recruitment event at Riverside House, Rotherham
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