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23/12/2025

New Year, new job? We are recruiting several Neighbourhood Safety Officers. Click on the link to apply!
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18/11/2025

“Only £40 cash, mate. We’ll sort it.”

Translation: “We’ll dump it round the corner and you’ll get the fine.”

Scam alert! What may seem like a bargain is actually a .

If they’re not licensed and won’t provide a receipt, they’re not legitimate.

Help us to fight fly-tipping and stop criminals from trashing your local area.

Have you ever been offered a cheap waste collection deal and do you think it was legit? Let us know below 👇

Keep Britain Tidy

12/11/2025

29/10/2025

With so much to do in Nottingham this autumn and in the run-up to the festive period, you can now grab a bargain on parking. 🥳

It's just £4.50 to park all day at Broad Marsh car park on a Saturday or Sunday from 1 November 2025 to 1 February 2026. That means you could head to Broad Marsh at 9am and park until 11.30pm and pay just £4.50 (usual price is £18)!

It'll also be super convenient for anyone heading to a Panthers game, a show at the Motorpoint Arena or a football match nearby!

20/10/2025

🎉 Free Half Term Fun at Bulwell Riverside Library

Come and have fun at the library this half term! We have books, toys, and space to play in our children’s area.

🧸 Children’s area – great for reading, playing, and relaxing

🎨 Special Half Term Events:
🖌️ Jacob Lawrence Crafts – Friday 24 October, 10:30am–12:30pm
🧱 LEGO Fun – Thursday 30 October, 1pm–3pm

🎟️ No booking needed – just turn up and enjoy!

With game shows, STEM workshops, and craft and LEGO sessions, there's lots to get involved with this October Half-Term!

16/10/2025

Blue Badge Bunch

A Game Show Where Disability Takes Centre Stage!

Nottingham Central Library | Saturday 1 November, 11am and 2pm |Tickets: £4 per person, or £14 for a family of four.

Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Blue Badge Bunch is a hilarious, hands-on game show where the audience takes centre stage! Hosted by comedian Benny

Shakes, this interactive experience invites you to try challenges like drawing with your feet, making lunch one-handed, and more.

This inclusive event flips the script, showing how disability can be a source of strength, humour, and connection. Whether you’re disabled, non-disabled, or somewhere in between, come and join the fun where disadvantage becomes an advantage. For ages 7+

www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/bluebadgebunch

22/09/2025

🚌 We would like your views on new proposals for an inbound bus lane on the A611/Hucknall Lane, alongside improvements for pedestrians, accessibility improvements at local bus stops and full road resurfacing.

Please send over any comments on this scheme to [email protected] by the end of Tuesday 30 September 2025.

Read more here: https://www.transportnottingham.com/project/hucknall-lane-moor-bridge/

11/09/2025

🎈🎉 It's Book Club Day 2025 🎉🎈

📚 Nottingham City Libraries are celebrating this Book Club Day with The Reading Agency, and we are taking a moment to share the joy of being part of a book club and demonstrating how being part of a book club is a way to foster community and belonging.

✨ Take a moment with us to go through some of the lovely things our customers have said about our reading groups and how important they have been in their lives. If you want to join in on the fun, look at our website to find a reading group near you!

www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/reading-groups

22/08/2025

Planning a clear out this bank holiday weekend?
Don’t be tempted to leave unwanted items or waste on the street or next to bins, this is fly-tipping and comes with a £400 fine!
If you have waste to get rid of that can’t go in your household bins, you can take items to the Recycling Centre or book a Bulky Waste Collection instead.
Find out how to get rid of your waste the right way 👉 www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/bins

21/08/2025

📚 We're already seeing lots of Summer Reading Challenge finishers across our Nottingham City Libraries - a massive congratulations to everyone who's completed it so far! 📚

Don't forget to keep visiting the library to collect your stickers - children who read 6 books will get a certificate and an invite to a special medal ceremony. 🏅

🌟 And now for some fun stats! 🌟

So far, we've had 1423 readers sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge, with a whopping 4408 books borrowed across out library service. If we stacked those books up, they would reach 88m tall, which is about the same as 29 african elephants stood on top of each other. Phew! 🐘

20/08/2025

💻Apply here - https://tinyurl.com/Assistant-Compliance-Officer or https://tinyurl.com/Mobile-Patrol-Officer by 7/9/25.

20/08/2025