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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Recovery Strategy (LNRS) newsletter – May 2024

This newsletter has been reproduced in order to reach a wider audience.  Cambridgeshire is one of the most nature depleted counties across England. With an ambitious economic growth agenda there is a requirement for putting nature at the heart. The area has already adopted a ‘Doubling Nature’ ambition. This responds to the existing deficit of

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Peter Bates 7 May 2024
Biodiversity

Help our Hedgehog Day – Ely, Cambridgeshire, Saturday 11 May 2024

Come to this drop in and find our more about Hedgehogs and how you can help them. Find out more about the East Cambs District Council’s “Hedgehog Recovery Design Guidance” planning document – with a presentation at 11:00 hrs. The East Cambridgeshire District Council recognises that it has a significant role to play in protecting

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Peter Bates 8 May 2024
Repair Cafe

Ely Repair Cafe is Back – 25 May 2024

The Ely Repair Cafe is back again in Ely Library and will help you save money and reduce your impact on the environment Do you have something that’s broken that you don’t know how to fix but can’t bring yourself to throw away? Something like a toaster, kettle, lamp, bag, toy, jewellery, pair of jeans

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Peter Bates 1 May 2024
Earth Cafe

Ely Earth Cafe: Reuse, Repair, Recycle – 16 May 2024

  An Earth Cafe event, about resources to avoid waste in our area. Location: Prosper Cafe, Ely Thursday 16th May 2024, at 6:30pm It is tempting to think sometimes that everything we own is disposable and replaceable, but everyday items can take a lot of resources and energy to produce. We can’t keep buying new

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Oscar Gillespie 3 May 2024
Built Environment

West Curve Care Home Proposal: Potential Threat to Local Wildlife Sites

Feedback is currently being sought for a proposed 67-bed care home to be built on a greenfield site next to the Ely Sailing Club, adjacent to the Roswell Pits Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). An access road will be built through woodland on Prickwillow road. The deadline for feedback is Thursday 11th April.  

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Jethro Gauld 9 April 2024
Community Energy

Supporting Communities to Benefit from the Energy Transition – Stakeholder Engagement Workshop – 24 April 2024

As a follow-up to the Community Energy Event held by East Cambridgeshire Climate Action Network in June 2023, the Network is supporting Cambridgeshire County Council’s Stakeholder Engagement Workshop on the 24 April 2024. The workshop is entitled “Supporting Communities to Benefit from the Energy Transition” The aim of the event is to gather stakeholder input

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Peter Bates 22 March 2024
Biodiversity

Learn about Biodiversity Net Gain – 23 May 2024

On 23 May 2024 the East Cambridgeshire Climate Action Network will be hosting an online Zoom meeting on Biodiversity Net Gain where Amy Robinson, Senior Ecologist at East Cambridgeshire District Council will be talking about the new legislation that came into force on the 12 February 2024. From this date all new planning development applications

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Peter Bates 22 March 2024
Repair Cafe

Littleport Repair Cafe – 27 April 2024

Littleport Repair Cafe   On a cold day towards the end of April 2024 Littleport and Ely Timebank held their first Repair Cafe in the wonderful Adams Heritage Centre on the Main Street in Littleport, East Cambridgeshire. The seed was sown when Stephen Little, one of the organisers of the Littleport & Ely Timebank, attended

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Peter Bates 27 April 2024
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