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CHESTER CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLS PROGRAMME – 22 SEPTEMBER TO 1 DECEMBER 2023

Chester Contemporary will display the work of international and Chester-based contemporary artists, including emerging artists and a creative programme with communities in the city. This is a major new visual arts event curated by Chester-born artist Ryan Gander. Chester Contemporary…

News Cheshire West and Chester City Council 1st February, 2023

IMPORTANT BRIEFINGS FOR POTENTIAL LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES

Cheshire West and Chester’s Democratic Services will be hosting a number of briefing sessions for potential borough, town and parish council candidates. There will be three sessions relating to borough council elections along with two separate sessions for town and parish council elections held at locations across the borough during March.

This is due to elections being held on Thursday 4 May for all 70 borough council seats and for all contested town and parish councils in Cheshire West. Voter ID will be required for the first time to cast your vote in person. You do not need photo ID to vote by post.

Nominations for the elections close at 4pm on 4 April, meaning all paperwork and other documentation must be submitted and approved by that date.

News Cheshire West and Chester City Council 1st February, 2023

PR GURU LEADS CITY NETWORKING EVENT WITH CHESTER BID AND CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL

Property PR expert Kate Healey urges city leaders to ‘work together’ to make Chester the retail, business and leisure destination of choice.

An event held at Whitewall Gallery in Chester, hosted by Chester BID with the support of Cheshire West and Chester Council and Grosvenor, saw dozens of property industry experts turn out to hear about how to extract maximum value from PR in 2023.

The event formed part of Chester BID’s #INVESTCHESTER campaign which aims to attract investors and enhance the city as a place to live, work and visit.

Speaking at the event, Kate, who is Director of Inform Communications said: “You are all shining examples of how by working together you can make Chester a more desirable place to visit, live and invest. It’s now about building on that collaborative approach, supporting each other and the work of Chester BID.

News Cheshire West and Chester City Council Community 1st February, 2023

GET BEHIND LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS

With less than two months to go until community projects on the Cheshire West Crowd need to reach their crowdfunding targets, this is an ideal time for you to help their ideas become a reality.

The Cheshire West Crowd provides the opportunity for everyone to put forward community-led projects and attract funding to make the borough more vibrant, resilient and connected.

The Cheshire West Crowd autumn 2022 round is the biggest yet, with 44 community projects currently running crowdfunding campaigns and more than £425,000 in funding pledged by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

That means nearly £1.4 million has been raised for local projects from almost 4,800 backers since the initiative was first launched.

News Cheshire West and Chester City Council 1st February, 2023

HELPING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES ENJOY DANCE

Wanna Dance?, a project run by Cheshire Dance and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), is continuing to go from strength to strength, helping people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) supported by Vivo Care Choices to take part in dance activities.

Vivo, which is now an in-house service at Cheshire West and Chester Council, has worked with Cheshire Dance to provide weekly group dance sessions across west Cheshire for more than a decade.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, Cheshire Dance developed a pilot project of Wanna Dance? in 2021 as a way for people with PIMD who were unable to access their online sessions to keep dancing with Vivo staff.

Following the lifting of restrictions, the programme has since gone on to see people using Vivo’s services take part in one-to-one, face-to-face sessions with Cheshire Dance artists to explore how they might like to dance.

Cheshire West and Chester City Council 15th December, 2022

COUNCIL LAUNCHES NEW HOMELESSNESS PLEDGE

Residents, businesses and charities are being asked to sign up to play their part in tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in a new initiative being launched by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

The Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Pledge aims to improve the way organisations and individuals work together to tackle homelessness in the borough. Signatories to the Pledge will agree to make a tangible contribution to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping by offering their support and undertaking a number of straightforward actions.

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