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Secretary of State Michael Gove may visit North East Lincolnshire in the new year, it has been revealed.

Next year’s budget will be challenging, says Council Leader Philip Jackson, but key priorities will be at the forefront.

A day of enforcement action in Grimsby town centre has received praise after catching out lawbreakers.

North East Lincolnshire Council is set to submit a funding bid to bring three park tennis courts back up to playing standard.

From May 2023 individuals, who wish to vote in person, including those acting as a proxy on behalf of another individual, will be required to produce an accepted form of photographic ID to prove their identity before they will be issued with a ballot paper.

This will apply at:

• UK parliamentary by-elections 
• Recall petitions
• Police and Crime Commissioner elections
• Local government elections in England

For full details and more information please go to Voter Authority Certificates and Anonymous Elector’s Documents | Electoral Commission- external site 

Article from NELC.

WORK to reinvent Grimsby Town Centre will carry on next year as North East Lincolnshire Council invests for the future, whilst continuing to tackle challenges centred upon key services and the national economic picture.

A brand-new way of helping creative ideas get a step on the ladder is being launched by Grimsby Creates.

Up to £5,000 will be available for creative and heritage projects in North East Lincolnshire.

The Grimsby Creates Crowdfund is your chance as a creative practitioner, arts, community or heritage organisation to access crowd matched funding and additional grant funds of up to £5,000 for your grassroots creative or heritage project.

If your project activity will take place in North East Lincolnshire, you could access your share of a funding pot of £30,000. Funding is available until March 2023.

Over the last few years, Spark Grimsby, which was set up to help creative individuals and organisations light up their business plans, has already helped 120 people with their hopes to use their creative talent and develop business ideas.

This latest initiative provides a crowdfunding platform, where people can submit their ideas, and subject to being selected, receive 1-2-1 coaching and help market the idea, and then launch it via a platform to seek crowdfunding to make the ideas a reality.

But the key thing is that people only need to raise up to 50% of the funds: if they hit their targets, Grimsby Creates (through Arts Council England) and the National Lottery Heritage Fund have a joint pot which will match the funds, up to £5K, raised as part of the commitment to help develop culture, heritage and arts in the town.

On the same platform, other national companies such as Aviva, Sport England and British Cycling are also offering matched funds for other, non-arts projects.

Cllr Tom Furneaux, Cabinet member for culture and heritage, said: “This is an excellent initiative, and one that people can really get behind themselves. I know we’re going through a tough period at the moment, and people will really be looking at what they spend their money on, but this is a great opportunity for local organisations to find out what local people want to support.”

To find out more about the project, and see how you could potentially access funds, visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds/grimsby-creates.

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North East Lincolnshire Council, working with its partners in social care and health, are proposing changes to the current Disabled Facilities Grant process.

New measures are set to be introduced to the present procedures, which will improve the time and way in which such grant applications are processed, agreed, and implemented across the Borough.  This will lead to a more efficient allocation of grants, allowing funded work to be carried out in peoples’ homes more effectively.

The new plans will also alleviate issues that have been experienced with the recruitment of Occupational Therapists, who work within the health sector and are required to assess the grant applications. There is a national shortage of such professionals and one measure being proposed is the employment of Trusted Assessors who will be fully qualified to assess the more straight-forward grant applications.

The over-arching changes represent the further implementation of a ‘whole system’ approach that will ensure people returning from hospital, as well as those still living independently, will receive the help and support they need to live safely in their own homes.

Changes also include a rise in grant amounts to reflect the increase in costs of works, and a two-tier procedure to separate straight-forward applications from the more complex adaptations, which take longer.

Disabled Facilities Grants are Government funded and administered by all Local Authorities. Applications are assessed and successful awards are wide-ranging but all focus upon changes required to peoples’ homes to allow them to live safely and independently.

To take part in the consultation please go to www.nelincs.gov.uk/have-your-say

Article from NELC.

North East Lincolnshire Council has received a £50,000 grant from Government’s Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) to deliver initial works on a disused site in Grimsby.

A total of more than £61,000 has been awarded to 13 local creative individuals and organisations to help them test and develop ambitious and innovative ideas which can then be upscaled in the future.