News archive

• 2007
  • March
    • North Lanarkshire school embarks on MITIE project (released 30/03/2007)
      New skills centre for pupils
    • St Ambrose is top of the class! (released 27/03/2007)
      Excellent HMI report for St Ambrose High
    • National and local elections on 3 May formally announced (released 26/03/2007)
      Notice of election formally announced
    • North Lanarkshire invests in the future (released 20/03/2007)
      Council delivers a budget for young people
    • £8.6 million for Broadwood sport and leisure facility (released 20/03/2007)
      Broadwood development update
    • FAME is the way to deal with antisocial behaviour (released 20/03/2007)
      Project tackles antisocial behaviour
    • Waste not want not as funding is approved for Lanarkshire residual waste treatment facilities (released 16/03/2007)
      Council welcomes Strategic Waste Fund monies
    • New centre speaks the right language (released 14/03/2007)
      New centre is officially opened
    • Motherwell, music and marines! (released 14/03/2007)
      Band of HM Royal Marines join pupils for Fanfare to Youth
    • Partnership to expand support for people with dementia (released 09/03/2007)
      Services for people with dementia are expanded
    • Easter 'egg-citement' at holiday football camps! (released 08/03/2007)
      Easter holiday football camps
    • New executive director helps put Service and People First (released 06/03/2007)
      New Executive Director appointed
  • February
    • School 'snaps' up winning restaurant title (released 16/02/2007)
      School restaurant wins award
    • Cathedral Primary fire (released 13/02/2007)
      Fire at Cathedral Primary
    • North Lanarkshire delivers lowest council tax level in the west (released 09/02/2007)
      Council announces revenue budget for 2007/08
    • Committee decision 'lifts' free service (released 07/02/2007)
      Three free uplifts for North Lanarkshire residents
    • www.lanarkshire.com - the source of success at the push of a button (released 07/02/2007)
      launch of Lanarkshire website
    • Council budget will improve local services (released 06/02/2007)
      Statement in advance of the budget for 2007/08
    • Appeal for volunteers for Children's Panel (released 06/02/2007)
      Recruitment for Children's Panel Advisory Committee
    • Olympics vision for North Lanarkshire (released 01/02/2007)
      Bid to host Olympics pre-training camps
  • January
    • Young people encouraged to apply for travel scheme (released 29/01/2007)
      National entitlement card for young people
    • North Lanarkshire welcomes Congolese refugees (released 10/01/2007)
      Gateway Protection Programme
• 2006
  • November
    • Council offers advice for Farepak customers (released 30/11/2006)
      Advice for people affected by Farepak collapse
    • 'Service and People First' for North Lanarkshire (released 21/11/2006)
      Review of organisational structure
    • New technology helps keep people safe at home (released 13/11/2006)
      New technology helps keep people safe at home
    • Over 60s go green with Christmas gift scheme (released 09/11/2006)
      Council's Christmas gift scheme launched
    • Council promotes opportunities to get Into Work (released 07/11/2006)
      Into Work initiative provide opportunities for unemployed people
    • Adoption Week appeal for carers (released 06/11/2006)
      National Adoption Week marked by appeal for more carers
    • New secondary offers "something for everyone" (released 03/11/2006)
      New PPP secondary opens
    • New secondary is a North Lanarkshire first! (released 03/11/2006)
      New PPP secondary schools open
  • October
    • Council takes steps towards a smaller footprint (released 26/10/2006)
      Council praised for environmental efforts
    • Council 'delighted' at Ravenscraig decision (released 26/10/2006)
      council reaction to house of lords decision
    • North Lanarkshire works (released 24/10/2006)
      Labour market study information
    • Could you be a prison visitor? (released 20/10/2006)
      Prison visiting committee recruitment campaign
    • Reports highlight council and partners' performance (released 19/10/2006)
      launch of North Lanarkshire Council and North Lanarkshire Partnership performance reports for 2005-2006
  • September
    • Event asks for your views on disability rights (released 11/09/2006)
      Involvement event seeks views on disability rights
    • Survey shows satisfaction with care services (released 07/09/2006)
      Social work department service user survey results
    • Positive response to carers campaign (released 05/09/2006)
      Recruitment campaign for foster carers successful
  • August
    • Children's Panel campaign launch (released 24/08/2006)
      New recruitment campaign launched for members of the Children's Panel
    • Survey will ask for your views (released 22/08/2006)
      Residents' survey to obtain views on council services
    • NLC publishes second Tenant Participation Strategy (released 11/08/2006)
      Second tenant participation strategy published
    • A strategy to help the homeless in North Lanarkshire (released 11/08/2006)
      NLC Homelessness Strategy 2006 - 2009
    • Garden Assistance scheme gets a boost (released 11/08/2006)
      Additional funding expands garden assistance scheme
    • Benefits advice boosts household income (released 10/08/2006)
      Welfare rights service success in increasing household income
  • July
    • New policy offers savings for residents (released 13/07/2006)
      New insurance policy for right to buy owners
    • National initiative identifies benefits fraud (released 13/07/2006)
      Council involvement in National Fraud Initiative
    • Helping to care for the carers (released 04/07/2006)
      Increased investment in services for carers
  • June
    • New facility gives home to young people (released 16/06/2006)
      New children's house opens in Cambusnethan
    • Council encourages take up of alarm service (released 05/06/2006)
      News release on community alarm service
  • May
    • Town centre roadworks get the green light! (released 22/05/2006)
      Bellshill town centre action plan gets underway
    • Roadworks planned for A71 at Horsley Brae (released 18/05/2006)
      Six week programme of works due to get underway
    • Energy partnership's activities heat up! (released 17/05/2006)
      Partnership project tackles energy efficiency
    • Mobile wardens now in an area near you (released 08/05/2006)
      New wardens take to the streets
    • Planning for the future (released 08/05/2006)
      News release on council performance plan for 2006 to 2007
    • Why you? campaign looks for caring people (released 05/05/2006)
      News release on new foster carers recruitment campaign
  • April
    • Housing's building on its ten year investment (released 24/04/2006)
      Read about achievments during this ten year milestone
    • Workers' Day commemorated (released 21/04/2006)
      News release on Workers' Memorial Day
    • Million pounds helps provide a way out of poverty and debt (released 20/04/2006)
      Funding helps people in poverty and with debt problems
    • Ten years on for North Lanarkshire Council (released 13/04/2006)
      Ten years since North Lanarkshire Council was established
    • Successful social work staff scheme consolidated (released 11/04/2006)
      Social worker staff given increase to salary to help recruitment and retention
    • Council response to avian flu in Scotland (released 07/04/2006)
      Council response to avian flu H5N1
  • March
    • Strategy sets out plans for private sector housing (released 29/03/2006)
      New strategy is improving housing conditions
    • Council and police on the 'trail' of rogue riders! (released 28/03/2006)
      Nwe weapon in fight to tackle illegal and irresponsible bikers
    • Schools selected to light up their communities (released 27/03/2006)
      Schools selected for pilot project in development of lighting strategy
    • Putting customers first... (released 22/03/2006)
      Improving access to services and putting customers first
    • National strike affects council services (released 21/03/2006)
      Strike has potential to affect council services
    • New charging structure for special uplift service (released 16/03/2006)
      Charges introduced for special uplifts
    • Gearing up for smoking ban (released 16/03/2006)
      Environmental health team implementing action plan
    • Are you entitled? (released 16/03/2006)
      Find out more about new National Entitlement Card Scheme
  • February
    • Council's driving home the road safety message (released 23/02/2006)
      The number of serious and fatal road accidents in North Lanarkshire continues to fall
    • Trusting in the future of sport (released 14/02/2006)
      All change for sport and leisure management
    • Recycling rates reach national targets (released 14/02/2006)
      Recycling rates reach national targets
    • Council announces its housing revenue budget (released 13/02/2006)
      Housing's revenue budget keeps rent increases at their lowest levels ever!
    • Schools' in for St. Mary's and Glengowan primaries (released 13/02/2006)
      First new schools open their doors as part of education's 2010 PPP project
    • St Kevin's decant approved (released 07/02/2006)
      Pupils move out while work on new schools gets underway
  • January
    • New framework for social work priorities (released 30/01/2006)
      New framework to help deliver social work services where most needed.
    • Secure funding for Safer Homes (released 30/01/2006)
      Safer Homes secures funding of £70,000 from policy & economic development
    • Standard approach to meals service (released 26/01/2006)
      Changes to cost of social work meal services
    • Housing's capital budget tops £46.8m (released 23/01/2006)
      Investment programme to progress upgrading of council homes
    • More support for rough sleepers (released 18/01/2006)
      A plan to protect rough sleepers
    • Caring for the carers (released 18/01/2006)
      Supporting North Lanarkshire carers
    • Underpass improvements underway (released 18/01/2006)
      Motherwell underpasses to get new look
    • Airdrie and Coatbridge works are talk of the town (released 18/01/2006)
      Next phase of improvement works get underway

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