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Learn vital life-saving skills
| Would you feel confident enough to act in an emergency? Practice life-saving skills with the help of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Free CPR Awareness sessions are being run by fire crews at Borehamwood and Elstree Fire Station and the Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership. At the sessions, participants will learn about the recovery position, how to deal with an unconscious person who isn’t breathing, CPR and how to use a defibrillator. The sessions will take place at Borehamwood Fire Station on these following dates: Thursday 29 May, 7pm to 8:30pm Friday 20 June, 10am to 11:30am Wednesday 16 July, 7pm to 8:30pm Friday 15 August, 10am to 11:30am For more information & book your place, contact community.services@hertsmere.gov.uk or call 020 8207 7801.   |
Community Grants
 Voluntary organisations and community groups that celebrate Hertsmere’s diverse communities and promote inclusion across the borough could qualify for a funding boost of up to £2,500. To reflect the aspirations set out in our updated Vision, and the success of the scheme last year, the 2025/26 community grants programme is encouraging applications from groups and organisations that celebrate Hertsmere’s diverse communities and support inclusion, as well as those involving creativity in its widest sense. We’re especially looking forward to applications from new organisations, but also welcome previous applicants. The funding may cover revenue or capital costs as a ‘one-off’ grant for equipment, a specific project, event or programme of events. Examples of organisations supported last year through the Community Grant Scheme are Borehamwood Foodbank, Rennie Grove Peace Hospice and Herts Inclusive Theatre with different projects all aimed at supporting the local community. The scheme is now open to applications with a closing date of 5pm on 19 May 2025. Apply for a Community Grant Find out more on our updated Vision  |
Businesses in Hertsmere: Have your say on our town centres
Do you own or run a business based in one of our town centres in Hertsmere?
If so, we would like to hear your views, with a public survey being launched today (13 March 2025); the results of which will help us to devise and move forward plans to improve our town centres for everyone.
Many businesses in our borough have experienced a very difficult time over the last few years, with the continuing rise and popularity of online shopping – particularly during and since the COVID-19 pandemic – and a consequent significant decrease in footfall in town centres.
Cllr Christian Gray, Hertsmere Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development, said: “I encourage as many businesses based in our borough as possible to complete the survey, as all of the comments and feedback received will make sure we are able to develop and implement a comprehensive and effective strategy for economic development which will benefit our town centres in the best way possible over the coming years.
“We are absolutely committed to making sure that our town centres meet the ongoing needs of our residents, businesses and visitors. That means we must be able to constantly adapt, as it is vital that town centres become hubs for their community, offering leisure facilities and work spaces as well as retail provision.”
To take part in our survey, which runs for six weeks until Thursday 24 April 2025, please go to the project page on our consultation and engagement platform – it should take only a few minutes to complete.
Of course, your responses will be treated confidentially and used for council purposes only. Your company information will not be shared with any third parties.
For more information about the survey, or if you have any questions, please email: economic.development@hertsmere.gov.uk
Garden Waste Collection Service
 We only collect from households that have subscribed to the Garden Waste Collection Service and display a sticker on their green bin. To pay for your 2025/26 subscription please visit our garden waste page. The subscription cost for collections from April 2025 is £50 for the first green bin, with a concessionary rate of £35 for those claiming Council Tax support. Additional bin subscriptions are £60 each with a maximum of three green bins collected per property. |
Important! From April 2025 your green bin will be for garden waste only.
For food waste you will receive a new silver food waste bin, which will be collected weekly from 7 April – see further details below.
 Food waste collections – starting in April From Monday 7 April you will be able to recycle your food waste weekly! New 23-litre silver food bins are currently being delivered across the borough containing an instruction booklet, collection calendar and roll of compostable liners for your inside kitchen caddie. |
It’s hard to imagine that your plate scrapings, stale bread, mouldy food, tea and coffee bags, meat and fish bones can be used to create sustainable energy and fertiliser – there’s power in those peelings!
Your food waste will be taken to a special processing plant in London Colney where it is used to generate electricity to power homes in our borough and produce fertiliser, which is used in farming locally.
To read our FAQs and find out more about the weekly food waste collection visit our food waste page
Important!
To make our rounds more efficient you may see a change to your collection day. You will receive information about this in the collection calendar delivered inside your new silver food bin.