WILFORD BUSINESS CUTS EMISSIONS
Eurocell plc, the Wilford-based plastic extrusion manufacturer, has significantly cut its CO2 emissions and saved over £13,000 a year – simply by changing its lights. The local company engaged the Nottingham branch of Lockwell Electrical Distributors and their partner Premium Lighting Solutions (PLS), a manufacturer and supplier of leading lighting technologies into commercial, public and [...]
WILFORD PLANS BIG JUBILEE PARTY
Wilford Community Group (WCG), together with many of the other local groups and organisations, are planning to hold an all-day celebration on Bank Holiday Monday (4th June) in commemoration of The Queens Diamond Jubilee. Wilford Community Group have been successful in gaining some funding from the ward area committee budget to put together what promises [...]
WILFORD PLANS BIG JUBILEE PARTY
Wilford Community Group (WCG), together with many of the other local groups and organisations, are planning to hold an all-day celebration on Bank Holiday Monday (4th June) in commemoration of The Queens Diamond Jubilee. Wilford Community Group have been successful in gaining some funding from the ward area committee budget to put together what promises [...]
REAL ALE FESTIVAL IN WILFORD
The inaugural South Notts Real Ale Festival comes to Wilford at Nottingham Moderns Rugby Club from 4th-6th May. Profits will go towards clubhouse developments, as well as the children’s charity C.R.Y. (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The festival gets underway at midday on Friday 4th May with a ‘drinkers session’, followed by an exclusive all-ticket [...]
LOCAL CHURCH USES SOCIAL MEDIA TO SPREAD THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
St. Wilfrids Parish Church in Wilford used the internet, mobile phones and social media applications Facebook and Twitter to get the Christmas story to local people. ‘The Christmas Experience’ portrayed the events of the first Christmas in bite-size messages, sent out daily as mails, texts or tweets. The story was told from the perspective of [...]
HELP FOR WILFORD SOCIAL AND BOWLS CLUB
Wilford Community Group have been instrumental in facilitating a grant for the benefit of Wilford Social and Bowls Club, through the auspices of the Nottinghamshire Community Foundation. A sum of £675 came from the Sports Relief Community Cash Fund and was used to publicise and support an open day at the club premises on Main [...]
BATTERY RECYCLING TRIALS IN SILVERDALE CLIFTON AND WILFORD
Residents across Clifton, Silverdale and Wilford can now recycle household batteries as part of a pilot initiative launched last month. Nottingham City Council has introducing battery recycling to help residents recycle more of their waste. They have supplied households with a small plastic bag to put their batteries in which they can then leave out [...]
ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE?
The Clifton and Wilford Jobs and Training Fair takes place on Friday 11th June at the Clifton Cornerstone (first floor) from 10.30am to 3.30pm, and this could be just what you are looking for. Don Bulmer, local neighbourhood action officer, told The Local News: “Following the success of recent locally-organised jobs and training fairs in [...]
CELEBRATING VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY
Local councillors and the Clifton and Wilford Neighbourhood Management Team will be hosting a presentation evening in July to celebrate the excellent work undertaken by local residents in the Clifton, Wilford and Silverdale area. They are asking you to nominate anyone you know who you feel should be recognised for their efforts to make the [...]
LOCAL FIGHT FOR WILFORD LIBRARY
By Stephanie Taylor Chair of the Wilford Community Group and Wilford Library Action Group Late last year, Wilford’s residents’ association (Wilford Community Group) heard via a local councillor, that Nottingham City Council planned to close Wilford Library in March this year. This came as a great shock to the group who had been championing the [...]