By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Food waste and general recycling bins aren’t being collected in parts of Cheshire East because of the chaos caused by the A530 Middlewich Road closure, a councillor said.
Three councillors asked direct questions about the 80-week closure which is causing havoc for people trying to get to and from Leighton Hospital from the surrounding areas of Nantwich, Middlewich and Crewe.
Organisers of the new Dorfold Hall Food and Drink Festival in July have announced some of the live music acts to perform.
The event, on July 23-24, will take place on the site where Nantwich Show was staged for many years before it.
Volunteers and Nantwich Clinic have launched a fresh collection appeal for first aid and medical supplies for Ukrainian civilians and soldiers injured in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Supplies will be sent directly from Nantwich on Friday March 25 to Poland.
A partnership between Nantwich firm Boughey Distribution and food distribution charity FareShare has now generated 1.5 million meals for vulnerable people in just two years.
Boughey – with warehouses in Wardle and Shavington – stores and distributes ambient food products across the UK.
M&S bosses are calling on Nantwich charities and community groups to join its food redistribution scheme.
M&S and Neighbourly, its food redistribution partner, are donating surplus food to good causes across South Cheshire.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has been allocated £2.2m of government funding to help provide food and essentials for vulnerable households over winter.
The household support fund runs from October 6 to March 31, 2022.
More than 22,000 supermarket and energy vouchers have been sent out to vulnerable children and families across Cheshire East – with more in the pipeline to cover the Easter school holiday.
The scheme has been coordinated by Cheshire East Council with schools, colleges, early years settings and other family support services.
Cheshire East Council bosses say they will distribute more food and energy vouchers to vulnerable children and families ahead of the February half term.
More than 11,000 vouchers have been distributed so far, funded from Cheshire East’s share of the government’s £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme launched in December last year.
Cheshire College students have joined forces with businesses to support local learners and their families over the Christmas break.
They have pulled together more than 300 hampers full of essential food items and toiletries.
Dear Editor,
How many of us are putting our food waste into the green waste bins?
How much of our food waste is making its way to the new composter facility at Leighton?
Nantwich firm Boughey Distribution has recorded the busiest two months in the company’s trading history during September and October.
Council chiefs say food vouchers are available for families in Crewe and Nantwich struggling to afford to feed their children during the pandemic.
Their pledge comes as the row deepens over MPs rejecting a proposal to extend free school meals until Easter.
Nantwich Food Festival will stage its popular annual awards this year with a lockdown twist.
For many years, local foodies have voted in their thousands in the Nantwich Food Awards to choose their favourite food and drink establishments, producers and retailers.
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