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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

January photo calendar competition winner – David Dales

Work has begun on the network of EV Charging Points across six of the Council-owned car parks. The bases have already been prepared in Bargate Green, Cattle Market, Geoff Moulder, Municipal Buildings and Staniland car parks. Local Civil Engineers are currently creating the most recent base at the West End car park for work to begin soon.

Increasing the number of accessible charging points will clearly promote Boston as a place that is actively encouraging alternative vehicle technologies to improve its air quality and the wider environmental impact. Also by making the town of Boston more accessible to electric vehicle owners there is an opportunity to make our shopping areas, parks and attractions a destination of choice.

Boston Borough Council was successful in its funding

application to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to enable this initiative to progress as part of the Councils climate change agenda. The installation of all EV charging points will be completed and available for public use from April 2020. Each EV charging point will have the facility to charge two vehicles simultaneously and will be located in Staniland Car Park, Bargate Green Car Park, Cattle Market Car Park, West End Car Park, Geoff Moulder Leisure Centre and Municipal Buildings Car Park.

Portfolio holder for Town Centre at Boston Borough Council, Cllr Chelcei Sharman, said: “This initiative is a great opportunity for Boston, not only to help the prosperity of our town centre and improve air quality, but to also encourage people to support the transition to a low-carbon society and tackle climate change.”

EV Charging points work begins

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Want to become a ‘station adopter’?The East Midlands Railway ‘adopt a station’ scheme are looking for volunteers in the local community. Being a volunteer involves tasks such as gardening, landscaping, painting, litter picking and reporting faults or vandalism with support from a local station management team. ‘Station adopters’ will be provided with a travel pass if they need to travel between their home station and adoption station. They will also receive benefits such as four leisure tickets through the year, for them and a friend and invitations to various events including an annual meeting for all ‘Station adopters’ across the network. Many train stations are now unstaffed and there isn’t the opportunity for station employees to visit them as much as they would like. Therefore this is a chance for the local community to get involved and support the local train stations to help in making them welcoming, clean and well maintained. For more information and how to get involved visit https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/routes-destinations/adopt-a-station

Boston Borough Council Job VacanciesLooking to work for Boston Borough Council? Then be sure to view our Jobs Portal where you will find information about the local area, working for us and our current vacancies at https://www.mybostonuk.com/working-for-us/ Current Vacancy: Senior Housing Standards Officer

Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service currently have two job vacancies available:Social Prescribing Link Worker (Mental Health) Part Time Social Prescribing Lead (Mental Health) For more information visit http://www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk/jobs-2/

Old Leake Community WorkerAre you a proactive, collaborative and compassionate individual with a proven record of engaging positively with young people, families, the elderly or other vulnerable groups? If so, Old Leake Parish Council has an exciting contract opportunity for an independent part time Village Community Worker to work on a pilot project within the parish boundaries between April and November 2020 on a self-employed basis. Full article at https://bit.ly/2v2eTuQ

Mamma Mia Outdoor Cinema – Here we go again!What could be better than one film of Mamma Mia, yes you got it TWO!!! On Saturday 25th April 2020 under the starlit sky you can enjoy an outdoor screening of Mamma Mia! And Mamma Mia! Here We go Again. These upbeat ABBA musical films feature the classic songs including Money, Money, Money and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme plus much more. A star-studded cast of Meryl Steep and Pierce Brosnan take to the screen in production. To get tickets and read more about this event visit https://bit.ly/2ukIvU8