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Cllr Jill Cleary has now been Leader of New Forest District Council (NFDC) for one year. With responsibility for the overall strategy of the council and the Cabinet, Cllr Cleary has reflected on her first year and what the priority projects are for the New Forest.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) will discuss at their Cabinet meeting (6 December 2023) supporting Freedom Leisure by contributing towards the additional cost of energy at the district’s five leisure centres arising from unforeseen global influences over the last couple of years.

Fordingbridge Events Group and Fordingbridge Town Council is hosting a family event on Friday, 1 December, from 5.00 – 8.00 pm to celebrate the Christmas light switch-on and spread some festive cheer

There are some changes to recycling and rubbish collections over Christmas and New Year.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) is advising their residents of extra precautions they should take, and how to check the latest on council services.

The Two Bridges Care Group had an extraordinary meeting this week, because the group is running out of drivers and coordinators.

As agreed as part of the authority’s wider waste strategy*, from April 2024, New Forest District Council (NFDC) will collect garden waste fortnightly using 240 litre wheeled bins.

New Forest District Council is offering housing tenants the chance to get a free energy efficiency assessment of their homes.

The Two Bridges Care Group had an extraordinary meeting this week, because the group is running out of drivers and coordinators.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) has provided £250k towards a new 3G sports pitch at The Burgate School and Sixth Form in Fordingbridge.

Here at Guide Dogs, our family of volunteers is growing, but we’re always in need of new members.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) will be sharing a climate-themed message from their stand at this year’s New Forest and Hampshire County Show.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) is launching a new community energy programme in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and raise climate change awareness in the district.

At the Cabinet meeting on 5 July 2023, New Forest District Council agreed the detailed plans for a new garden waste collection service using wheeled bins.

At their Cabinet meeting of 5 July 2023, New Forest District councillors considered the annual performance report for 2022 to 2023.

The first UK study into using fungi to clean our rivers and streams of nutrient pollution is under way thanks to the New Forest National Park Authority and partners.

On Monday 19 June 2023, Councillor Neville Penman, Chairman of New Forest District Council, raised the Armed Forces Day flag at Appletree Court in Lyndhurst.

New Forest District residents who heat their homes using alternative fuels or do not pay bills directly to an energy supplier have until 31 May to apply for energy bills support.

At last, Friday lunchtime, 28th April, saw Karl Jung, Chairman of the Two Bridges Care Group, the local voluntary organisation that assists elderly and infirm clients to get to medical and dental appointments, donate a £1000 cheque to “Avon Valley Community Matters”, and a further £500 to the Fordingbridge Friendship Group.

The County Council has been allocated an additional £5.95m for the repair of potholes and other road defects reports Councillor Edward Heron.