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Forest of Dean District Council has reinforced its commitment in working with partner agencies such as Gloucestershire Police and Fire, as well as members of the local community to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime within the Forest of Dean.

Forest of Dean District Council’s Street Wardens have been awarded a Gold Footprint RSPCA PawPrints award for their work dealing with stray dogs.

Following a rise in the number of incidents of motorists mounting pavements to get around stationary and slow-moving waste collection vehicles, the Forest of Dean District Council and waste contractor, Biffa, are asking road users to be extra vigilant around waste crews at work - and to only pass when it is safe to do so.

Many of us will be looking forward to an evening of trick or treating come Halloween, but the Forest of Dean District Council is highlighting the amount of waste this festive time of year brings, particularly around the amount of food that ends up uneaten, as it encourages more residents to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Forest of Dean District Council and partners from the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) will host a community drop-in event at Lydney Community Centre on Tuesday 1st November 2022 to discuss community solar projects in the area and share energy saving information with local people.

Three councils who work in partnership to deliver local services are calling on the Government to do more to support the Homes for Ukraine scheme. This Government scheme, set up earlier this year, currently only covers 12 months, with councils left to support the guests and hosts thereafter.

As national Recycle Week (17-23 October) gets underway, Forest of Dean District Council is getting behind this year’s Recycle Now campaign - ‘Let’s Get Real About Recycling’ - to improve the quality of the materials which are presented for recycling and to make the recycling process more efficient.

Commenting on the recent decision by Stagecoach to cut bus services in the Forest of Dean, Cllr Tim Gwilliam, Leader of Forest of Dean District Council, said;

Forest of Dean District Council are partnering with Gloucestershire County Council highways to continue the redevelopment at Lydney Harbour, with the resurfacing of Harbour Road beginning Friday 14 October 2022 and lasting for seven nights.

Following consultation events with residents and the subsequent report that has been issued by Gloucestershire Rural Community Council, Forest of Dean District Council has amended initial designs for the Five Acres site to reserve space for additional facilities in future redevelopment phases.

Eco-conscious pupils at Littledean C of E Primary School who want to “make the world a better place” have been busy cleaning up their village and learning more about the problems of litter from the Forest of Dean District Council’s street warden team.

Sixteen new affordable homes have been delivered at a housing development on Highfield Hill in Lydney.