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| | | Hello everyone. I am Shreeji Brahmbhatt introducing myself in this edition of our bulletin. I work as a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO). I have been part of police family since late 2010. I started my role as a PCSO in April 2014 covering town centre area. The past seven years have been an enjoyable time for me, and I have met some amazing people on my journey. I have spent a lot of my time engaging with the public, finding out what they perceive the issues to be in relation to Anti-social behaviour, and adapting my work style and patrols in order to try and address some of these issues. One particular issue that I have been very keenly challenging is that of street drinking. Street drinking gives a negative perception of the town and working with the community safety and Anti-social behaviour team at Boston Borough Council to address this has been both challenging and rewarding. Individuals who choose to ignore the PSPO 'no drinking' zone are challenged, alcohol surrendered, and their details recorded and passed to the ASB team for further action. Read more here.
| | | | | | | Council Tax Single Person Discount ReviewResidents are being urged to tell Boston Borough Council if they are claiming council tax discounts they are no longer entitled to. The Borough Council gives a twenty five percent council tax discount to more than 9200 households where there is only one adult resident at the property. Read more here. | | | | | | | | | | Boston Big Local Community Feedback SurveyBoston Big Local is taking steps to organise ongoing regular volunteer effort to clean up litter and carry out other environmental improvement projects. With your feedback, we plan to develop an environmental improvement programme. Please find the survey here, to have your input on the programme. | | | | | | | | | | Your local Community 'Rapid' Testing siteThis is located at St Nicholas Community Centre, Fishtoft Road, Boston PE21 0DL. This site is open daily, Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturdays and Sundays 9am to 5pm. No need to book, just turn up. If you have symptoms please do not turn up to these sites please book a Covid-19 test by calling 119 or visit here | | | | | | | | | Housing Register Update
The housing register operated by Boston Borough Council is changing. Our new system will be more modern, will allow us to better coordinate housing advice, housing allocations and homelessness prevention activity. It will include a much more interactive and customer friendly system, online sign up and management of housing applications and online bidding to register interest in properties. More information will be announced soon. We will contact all existing applicants directly. Our services remain available to anyone who needs them.
Pease contact us by email at housing.dept@boston.gov.uk or by calling 01205 314200. | | | | | | | | | | Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) Carer's Survey
LCC funds a wide range of support that promote carers wellbeing, quality of life and ability to continue the caring role. We would like to hear from you so that we can ensure future services meet your needs as a carer. The survey will take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete and will ask you which services you have accessed and how helpful you found the support. If you are a carer and have not accessed support you can still give us your views on how carers can best be supported. Please click here to complete the survey. The closing date is the 23rd April 2021. If you have any questions about the survey please email Sandra.kelley@lincolnshire.gov.uk | | | | | | | | | | Boston Market ready to
re-open to all tradersBoston Market has continued to operate a limited number of stalls throughout lockdown and is looking forward to welcoming back all traders from Wednesday 14 April. Following the government announcement on Monday 5 April to confirm that all retail can re-open on Monday 12 April, Boston Borough Council are pleased to say that Boston market will re-open fully with all traders invited back from Wednesday 14 April. Boston market is a recognised tourist attraction in its' own right; with a number of stalls offering a diverse and attractive range of goods, services and fresh local produce. Read more here | | | | | | | |
New sweeper to join new refuse collection fleet
A new road sweeper has been purchased this month to join our new refuse collection fleet which was rolled out at the beginning of the year. The 15 tonne sweeper, with its unique brush configuration, powerful suction and large hopper has joined our new seven 26 tonne Dennis Eagle refuse collection vehicles. These vehicles represent a £1.2 million investment and have replaced the council's existing fleet which had worked hard over the past eight years undertaking nearly 22 million bin collections during that time. Read more here | | | | | | | | | | | | Geoff Moulder Re-opening Update It's official! We will be opening on Monday 12th April 2021. Keep updated via our website and social media channels for further details in the next few days. Please bear with us, we are working our way through all messages and emails as quickly as we can. Bookings will open from Friday 9th April, bookings can be made up to 3 days in advance, as previously. Online booking can be made (Members only) at https://stellar.bostonleisurecentre.co.uk/Telephone bookings on 01205 363483, our Reception will be open on Friday 9am to 2pm. | | | | | | | | | April is Bowel Cancer Awareness MonthNow, more than ever, people affected by bowel cancer need us to raise awareness of the disease. That's why we're supporting Bowel Cancer UK this April for Bowel Cancer awareness month. Will you join us? Find out how to get involved here | | | | | | | | | | Waste and recycling alertsIf you would like to receive Waste and Recycling email alerts from us then please sign up here. We will send alerts about subscriptions, rearranged collections days, missed bins and any other waste and recycling information you may need to know. | | | | | | | | | | Borough Council to introduce new planning validation requirementsBoston Borough Council have announced changes to their validation process for planning applications, aimed at supporting applicants, reducing costs associated with the process. Read more here. | | | | | | | | | |
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