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Healthy Hub – October
![]() Hertsmere’s Healthy Hubs Our Healthy Hubs provide FREE lifestyle support for individuals and their families covering mental health, physical activity, weight management, smoking cessation, health MOTs and nutritional advice, and sexual health testing kits. Contact Lee or Nicola to make a face-to-face appointment or phone in: Lee Bruce – Lee.Bruce@inspireall.com or 07741 248852 Nicola O’Neill – healthyhub@communities1st.org.uk or 020 8207 5115 Find out more at the Healthy Hub website. Alternatively, visit our Healthy Hub Self Service page, where you can access all of the services you need online. If you would like to access free health advice, fill out our enquiry form and we’ll get back to you. New Healthy Hub pop ups are coming in October. See the below graphic to see where we will be and when. Drop in for a free confidential chat with our staff! The Justice Bus is coming to Borehamwood on Thursday 20 October 10am-12:30pm. The Law Clinic will offer FREE advice to members of the public on a range of legal issues including family, employment, housing and consumer. If you would like to book an appointment to guarantee you are seen at the satellite clinic please contact the Law Clinic on 01707 284115 or by email. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Climate change focus of new planning guidance
![]() We’ve published three draft Supplementary Planning Documents, which provide detailed advice or guidance on our current planning policies. They include how we intend to: promote sustainable transport and parking through changes to off-street parking requirements for new developments, including new requirements for electric car charging points, and the provision of electric car clubs and bike hire schemes in some developments; set up a carbon offsetting fund, which will collect payments for carbon emissions, where they can’t be avoided, and use the payments for carbon reduction projects; ensure biodiversity net gain by requiring developments over a certain size to result in an increase in biodiversity. In 2019, we declared a climate emergency and committed to achieving net-zero emissions no later than 2050. The guidance is one of many ways we’re exploring to help us meet this pledge. Find out more www.hertsmere.gov.uk/planningconsultations ![]() |
Free children’s shows
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Your Tree Our Future: creating a more sustainable borough through tree planting
Hertsmere Borough Council is working in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council to offer residents the chance to claim free trees as part of the ‘Your Tree Our Future’ scheme.
By giving residents the opportunity to plant trees, the council hopes to meet some of its sustainability aims, as tree planting has a positive impact on air quality, helps reduce the carbon in our atmosphere, supports biodiversity and can help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. In addition, access to natural features has been linked with benefits to physical and mental health.
Councillor Seamus Quilty, Portfolio Holder for Environment, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with neighbouring authorities and Hertfordshire County Council on the Your Tree Our Future initiative and I hope Hertsmere residents take advantage of the scheme to help create a greener Hertsmere. In addition to the 10,000 trees being given away as part of the county-wide scheme this year, we are giving away an additional 4,000 trees to Hertsmere residents.
“Trees are so important to improving air quality, increasing natural habitats for our wildlife and helping to combat environmental issues, which is why we have committed to this initiative. Each tree sapling planted locally will help in the fight against climate change and will benefit local biodiversity, as well as air quality, for years to come.”
Hertfordshire residents can visit www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/yourtree where they will be able to choose from a selection of eight different native species, or a hedgerow pack, which will be provided on a first come first served basis. Residents who have successfully requested a free tree will receive an email from the county council with details of how to collect them from a local pick-up point in December 2022.
The ‘Your Tree Our Future’ scheme was created as part of Hertfordshire County Council’s Tree and Woodland Strategy, which sets out how the council will increase tree cover in the county. The project will be delivered in partnership with all ten district and borough councils.
To download a copy of the logo, please click on the image below.
Notes to editors:
The Your Tree Our Future project will run for four years, starting in Autumn/Winter 2022 where 10,000 trees will be available. A further 30,000 trees will be available each year for the following three years.
Residents will be able to choose from eight different species, all of which have been chosen for their suitability for planting in Hertfordshire:
• Crab apple
• Field maple
• Hawthorn
• Hazel
• Hornbeam
• Rowan
• Silver birch
• Wild cherry
A limited number of hedgerow packs which include 30 trees (enough to plant 5-6 metres of hedgerow) will also be available.
Solar Together
![]() There are just seven days left for Hertsmere residents to register to be part of a tried and tested renewable energy scheme to help save the planet and cut their energy bills. Residents are being encouraged to come together to invest in solar panels and battery storage through a group-buying scheme, Solar Together, being brought forward by Hertsmere Borough Council in partnership with other Hertfordshire local authorities and independent experts iChoosr. Householders can register online to become part of the group for free and without obligation. The scheme offers solar panels with optional battery storage and EV charge points, as well as retrofitting of battery storage for residents who have already invested in solar panels and are looking to get more from the renewable energy they generate, as well as increase their independence from the grid. Registration closes on Tuesday 27 September, when an auction of pre-approved UK solar PV suppliers will take place. Pre-approved UK solar PV suppliers participate in an auction on Tuesday 27 September. They are able to offer competitive pricing as the volume and geographic concentration makes it possible for them to realise greater efficiencies, which they pass on with lower prices for installations. After the auction, registered households will be emailed a personal recommendation which is specific to the details they submitted in their registration. If they choose to accept their recommendation, the specifics of their installation will be confirmed with a technical survey after which a date can be set for the installation of their solar PV system. Telephone and email helpdesks are on-hand throughout the whole process which, together with information sessions, will allow households to make an informed decision in a safe and hassle-free environment. The innovative scheme builds on four years of the highly successful Solar Together programme run across the UK. To date, Solar Together has delivered over 7,000 installations and over 130,000 tonnes of avoided lifetime carbon emissions. To find out more go to www.solartogether.co.uk/hertsmere or www.hertsmere.gov.uk/solartogether Working with you, for you, improving our communities, our places. Contact us www.hertsmere.gov.uk customer.services@hertsmere.gov.uk 020 8207 2277 Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1WA |
The Law Clinic
Justice Bus coming to Borehamwood! A Hertfordshire Law Clinic has been set up by the University of Hertfordshire and is organising satellite clinics to improve access to justice for communities across Hertfordshire. The Law Clinic will offer FREE advice to members of the public on a range of legal issues including family, employment, housing and consumer. All advice is provided by solicitors, or trained law students working under the supervision of qualified lawyers. Law Students will endeavour to offer signposting to other organisations if for any reason the clinic cannot assist. The Justice Bus will be at Borehamwood Foodbank on Thursday 22 September, 20 October and 17 November 10am – 12.30pm. If you would like to book an appointment to guarantee you are seen at the satellite clinic please contact the Law Clinic on 01707 284115 or by email.![]() ![]() Working with you, for you, improving our communities, our places. Contact us www.hertsmere.gov.uk customer.services@hertsmere.gov.uk 020 8207 2277 Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1WA |
Bin collection amendment for bank holiday
Bin collection amendment for bank holiday to mark State Funeral Hertsmere civic offices will be closed on Monday 19 September to observe the national bank holiday in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. Accordingly, waste collections will slip a day, meaning black bin collections will take place a day later as shown below. Normal collection day Revised collection day Monday 19 September Tuesday 20 September Tuesday 20 September Wednesday 21 September Wednesday 21 September Thursday 22 September Thursday 22 September Friday 23 September Friday 23 September Saturday 24 September Normal collections will resume on Monday 26 September. To find out more about bin collections, please visit: www.hertsmere.gov.uk/bincollections |