Please see statement released regarding Clinical Strategy work underway across the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospital Group (NWUHG): Statement regarding services at The QEH – QEH Media Hub .

The NWUHG has commissioned Healthwatch Norfolk to undertake a survey to gather views on how healthcare services should develop over the next 10 to 20 years.

The feedback received will help inform the Clinical Strategy, which will consider how services can be delivered across the Group’s three hospitals in the future.

The feedback gathered through this survey will help inform decisions about the future development and delivery of hospital services across Norfolk and Waveney over the next 10 to 20 years.

We would therefore appreciate your support in sharing the survey as widely as possible through your, networks and communities, so that the views and priorities of Fenland and North Cambridgeshire residents are fully reflected in the findings.

The survey asks a range of questions to help understand:

• What works well now

• What makes it difficult to access the care you need

• What matters most when using hospital services

• How people feel about receiving more care closer to home

• Views on travelling for specialist care

• What should be considered when planning healthcare services for the future

The survey can be accessed here:

Have your say on the future of healthcare in Norfolk and Waveney – Healthwatch Norfolk

Cambridgeshire County Council is working with district and city councils to contact families identified as eligible to receive currently unclaimed Pension Credit, aiming to put up to £2M per year back into residents’ pockets.

Starting this week, over 700 households across Cambridgeshire will be contacted by letter, email and phone call. Each household will be advised of their eligibility and provided with support to help them apply for their unclaimed benefit.

If March residents are in any doubt about the authenticity of a letter or a phone call – call Fenland District Council directly to ask. https://www.fenland.gov.uk/contactus

More details … https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/news/unclaimed-pension-credit-campaign-aims-to-put-millions-back-in-residents-pockets

Latest update from Fenland District Council:

Please be aware dates provided are dates the land is approved for use, not necessarily event opening dates. For event details please check with the event organiser.

Addresses supplied identify the land booked. For travel information and nearest parking, please check with event organisers.

City Road Car Park and City Road Lorry Park, PE15 9LS

Residents are urged to respond to a consultation on the extension for a further three years of an order that sets out basic expectations around managing dogs in public spaces.

https://www.fenland.gov.uk/article/18959/Views-sought-on-renewal-of-Fenland-dog-control-order

Community Safety Partnerships and voluntary and community organisations, based in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, are able to bid for up to £5,000 for local initiatives which help to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour and increase feelings of public safety.  

Police and Crime Commissioner, Darryl Preston has today announced funding for twelve projects across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from his Prevention Fund: Criminal funds reinvested into communities to prevent crime.

The Fund sees profits recovered from criminal activity rerouted into community projects which help to prevent crimes such as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and anti-social behaviour.

Below is a list of those awarded:

• £4,000 to establish two Marine Training Corps at Murrow and Wisbech. The money will fund equipment and pay initial rent costs
• £5,000 to Huntingdonshire District Council to help fund pro-active youth work with Future Scooters at Ramsey skate park
• £2,775 to Fenland District Council for equipment to support and expand the litter picking and clean-up work of ‘Street Pride’ groups across the area and promote this work to youth groups and young people
• £600 to support the delivery of educational workshops linked to the Knife Angel during its visit to Ely in the summer granted to Cambridgeshire County Council
• £265 to the Fenland Community Safety Partnership as a contribution to the cost of redeploying a CCTV mobile device to target and successfully disrupt a specific anti-social behaviour issue in Wisbech
• £2,685 for graffiti removal equipment to support Fenland District Council clean-up work
• £5,000 for Cambridge City Council for targeted outreach work at three schools to engage youngsters who are involved in anti-social behaviour or at risk of exploitation
• £5,000 awarded to Phoenix Youth Provision to provide continued support and engagement to young people over the summer. The project is for youths involved in programmes funded by the serious violence reduction programme
• £1,200 for Fenland District Council for monitoring cameras that can be placed in fly-tipping hot spots across the area
• £5,000 awarded to PEGS (Parental Education Growth Support) for raising awareness of the professional support available for families where there is child to parent abuse
• £5,000 awarded for enhanced work with people in the St Neots area at risk of being involved with ASB. Funding granted to the Youth for Christ organisation
• £3,500 for Cam Skate’s renovations of the Donkey Common skatepark at Parkside.

If you know of any local projects that might benefit from this funding, please visit the Commissioner’s website for further detail and application criteria: Prevention Fund – Small Grants.

Fenland District Council Food Waste Recycling Service

Collections start week commencing 7 September 2026

From Monday 7 September 2026, food waste will be collected every week using the new food waste caddies.

More details: https://www.fenland.gov.uk/foodwaste

The Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) is a statutory document that every local highway authority has to produce.  It sets out how the authority will manage and enhance its public rights of way and countryside access.  The ROWIP must also consider cycle tracks in accordance with the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Every ten years a local highway authority is required to review its ROWIP to assess:

• the extent to which the local network meets the present and future needs of the public;
• the opportunities the network presents for exercise and outdoor recreation;
• the accessibility of the network to people with mobility or sensory impairments.

This questionnaire is to help Cambridgeshire County Council understand the concerns and priorities of key stakeholders in our local public rights of way network, to support us in undetaking the above assessment.

More details and survey at: Cambridgeshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) Stakeholder Engagement Survey – Your Voice – Cambridgeshire County Council – Citizen Space

Unpaid carers across Cambridgeshire are being invited to share their experiences to help shape the future of support services in the county.

More details here: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/news/help-shape-the-future-of-support-for-unpaid-carers-in-cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Council is bringing together unpaid carers, people with lived experience, local organisations and others with an interest in supporting carers to design future Adult Carers Support Services.

Anyone interested in taking part, or who would like more information, can contact Commissioning.FPTeam@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Arts not for you? Think again!

Common Ground — Fenland Digital Storytelling Lab, an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants-supported programme for adult Fenland residents is recruiting 16 participants aged 18+ from across Fenland, including March. Participation is free.

Across four supportive workshops and individual creative support, people can turn an everyday memory, experience, place or idea into something of their own through writing, audio, photography, film or digital storytelling. No previous creative or technical experience is needed.

Applications and full information:
https://commongroundfenland.org/take-part

March Town Council aims to promote the development of community, social, cultural and sport opportunities within the area of March.  To this end, the Council offer grants to local organisations based in, or providing services to the locality of March to help them maintain and develop their services, facilities, and activities.

Organisations that believe that they meet the criteria must complete the Application Form from the website and return before 1 September 2026 for the next funding round.

If you are or know a March organisation that could do with some financial help, see the guidance to check whether you meet the criteria, and if yes, submit a grant request.