You are here: Home News Go back Back to Home News March 2025 Investing in Barnsley’s children and young people and creating a future full of possibilities Last summer, we launched our Great Childhoods Ambition - a borough-wide, collaborative approach to support all children and young people in Barnsley, providing them with the foundation for a successful... Barnsley welcomes Hammersmith and Fulham as part of new partnership to help drive inclusive growth and innovation Barnsley Council welcomed representatives from Hammersmith & Fulham Council, Imperial College London and Upstream Nexus to the town on Tuesday 25 March to begin a new partnership which will see... Community church invests in solar panels to cut bills and carbon emission through Net Zero Barnsley A busy Barnsley church has invested in solar panels which will generate renewable energy to power dozens of daytime and evening activities. Emmanuel Methodist Church has gained a grant to part-fund... South Yorkshire pub and venue secures funding to invest in future A South Yorkshire pub and venue has upgraded its premises with funding support in a bid to increase bookings by 30 per cent in 2025. Cubley Hall in Penistone has refurbished... RampUP is back for 2025! Our RampUP programme is returning and will be travelling around the borough this Easter half-term with an action-packed schedule of free and fun events for our children and young people. The... Egg-citing Easter trail coming to Barnsley town centre Join in the fun in Barnsley this Easter with a trail throughout the town centre. The trail will start on Saturday 5 April and end on Sunday 20 April, making it... New prostate cancer campaign launched to encourage more men to check their risk online We’re excited to be partnering with Prostate Cancer UK on a new awareness campaign, rooted in local stories, to encourage more men to check their prostate cancer risk online. Over the... Barnsley is saying 'Yes to Quit' with new regional smoking campaign We’re excited to join partners across Yorkshire and the Humber in launching a new regional stop smoking campaign, asking residents what they will miss more than smoking. Looking at occasions like... Love Where You Live: Investing £3.5 million and building stronger communities together Next week, Cabinet will discuss an exciting new investment to revitalise and empower our communities through the Love Where You Live programme. This ambitious initiative will inject £3.5 million into local... Government funding secured to deliver Warm Homes schemes We have been offered more than £3 million in funding by the government to improve housing as part of their Warm Homes schemes across the next three years. Warm Homes Social... Safer Neighbourhoods Service Makes Waves at Resolve ASB National Conference and Awards The Safer Neighbourhoods Service has brought home a major win from the prestigious Resolve ASB National Conference and Awards, held in Nottingham on Thursday 6 March. The conference and awards... Barnsley Council to participate in National Energy Action's Warm Homes Healthy Futures scheme We have received almost £250,000 of funding from the leading fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) to participate in their Warm Homes Healthy Futures scheme. The scheme, which will run... Lighting improvements to be made in Gateway Plaza Car Park Work will take place to improve the lighting in Gateway Plaza Car Park from Monday 24 March, with a phased closure of levels in place until 2 May. The car park... Thurnscoe woman prosecuted for duty of care offence following fly-tipping A Barnsley resident has been prosecuted for a duty of care offence after waste was discovered dumped on Chapel Lane, Thurnscoe. In May 2024, our neighbourhood wardens investigated a report of... Barnsley Libraries named one of the best libraries in the North at the British Book Awards Barnsley Libraries has been named as one of the best libraries in North England, as part of the 2025 British Book Awards. Our libraries service has been named as a Regional... Great British Spring Clean returns The Great British Spring Clean returns with our Neighbourhoods team, Area teams and volunteers coming together to take part in events across Barnsley Starting on 21 March and running to 6... Barnsley's private sector jobs and Adult Social Care contacts thrive in our latest performance report The number of private sector jobs in Barnsley has significantly seen a boost, thanks to the growing demand in logistics, warehousing, and food manufacturing. We've also welcomed Anderson Power Generation... Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap Report reveals ongoing commitment to equality We’re pleased to share our latest Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap report which highlights the positive progress we’re continuing to make in closing the gender pay gap and ensuring... Barnsley Council receives positive feedback from the Local Government Association’s Corporate Peer Challenge The outcome of a Corporate Peer Challenge by the Local Government Association, (LGA) which took place in December 2024, as now been published. The feedback report outlines key findings and... Public review of election cycle Barnsley Council is exploring the possibility of changing to whole council elections every four years starting in May 2026. This change also follows a recommendation from the Local Government Association Corporate... Cabinet to discuss the renewal and continuation of two Public Space Protection Orders Next week, Cabinet will discuss the continuation of the Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) as well as the renewal of the Dog Control PSPO. PSPOs are in place to... Film premiere for artist’s “love letter to Barnsley” A NEW film celebrating Barnsley’s rich community spirit and culture will have its long-awaited premiere later next week. Artist Sam Batley puts his hometown and its people in the spotlight in... Barnsley to host the first two-day Yorkshire regional event of the NMTF's young trader market traders campaign for 2025 On Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd August 2025, Barnsley Market will host the NMTF’s Yorkshire Young Trader Market Regional Final. The Young Traders Market Campaign is a nationwide initiative aimed at... Barnsley College student creates official logo for Worsbrough Mill’s 400-year anniversary A Barnsley College Graphic Design student has produced a logo design that will be used as part of the #WorsbroughMill400 celebrations. Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country Park is one of the... Bereavement Services donate funds to Barnsley Hospice to support their bereavement care A donation made from our Bereavement Services has been used to fund counselling services at Barnsley Hospice. The bereavement support service at the Hospice provides professional support and a safe, confidential... From the Berlin Wall to COVID-19: 35 years of diaries received by Barnsley Archives Barnsley Archives and Local Studies is proud to announce the receipt of a significant new collection. The personal diaries of Betty Haigh, a Silkstone-born Inspector of Taxes, details daily local,... Over 88 per cent of Barnsley children offered their top preference of secondary school for September It’s National Offer Day, and parents across Barnsley are finding out which secondary school their children will be joining. This year, we were delighted to offer 2,400 children (88.9 per cent)... Find out more about the support available for landlords at our upcoming landlord event In collaboration with the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), we’re holding a free landlord event on Wednesday 26 March. If you’re a landlord, the event is a great opportunity to find... A - Z of services ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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