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Winter 2017/18 /mynottingham @mynottingham /mynottingham Enjoy Nottingham this Christmas! Ice rink, pantos and lots of festive family events Welcome to the latest issue of the Arrow, To comment, the City Council’s magazine for residents. compliment As the cold winter nights draw in, or complain: “it’s more important than ever that no one in Nottingham is without a Go online: proper place to sleep. www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/hys That’s why we continue to fund our ‘No Second Textphone or minicom: 18001, then 0115 915 5555 Night Out’ policy which is helping to ensure that no one need sleep rough in Nottingham this winter. To do this, we fund and work with charities, churches Phone us on: 0115 915 5555 and other agencies to make sure there are enough beds for anyone who would otherwise be sleeping Visit us: on the streets. at any Council reception point or office You can find more information on page three Write to: Have Your Say, opposite about the support being provided in Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Working together Nottingham to tackle homelessness and also Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG a phone number to contact the city’s Street The music community of Outreach team if you see someone who appears on rough sleeping Nottingham is coming together to present a one-day charity to be sleeping rough and might need help finding Arrowonline The City Council is once again working together with partners festival to raise vital funds to accommodation and support with any other needs If you’d rather read the Arrow support homeless people in online, scan the QR code on the across the city to provide support for rough sleepers this winter. need. they might have. left with your smart phone or Nottingham, like other parts of country, has seen a The City Council funds Framework’s Beat the Streets take places on Sunday sign up for email updates at: ” significant increase in rough sleepng over the last Street Outreach team in the city and 28 January 2018 with more than 80 Councillor Jon Collins www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ year but the Council is committed to continuing the earlier this year led a bid to secure national and local acts playing more Nottingham City Council Leader stayconnected where you can city’s No Second Night Out policy to help ensure no- Government funding towards a than 10 stages in venues across the also subscribe to more e-alerts. one needs to sleep rough. The annual Cold Weather £670,000 expansion of street outreach city centre including Rock City, Rescue Plan includes a winter shelter and other measures services into the county. This will Rooms, The Bodega and Stealth. which will be in place until the end of March. improve homelessness support in All proceeds raised from tickets, bar Councillor Jon Collins is the Leader of Nottingham City other parts of the county, reducing the A multi-agency group led by the Council which sales and merchandise will be donated Council. He can be contacted by writing to Nottingham Arrow likelihood of people from outside the Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG; includes Framework Housing Association, hostels to local homeless charity Framework. Communications and Marketing city gravitating towards Nottingham. by telephone on 876 4256 or email and local churches, works to prevent new, repeat Since it started in 2001, Framework has [email protected] Nottingham City Council and entrenched rough sleeping, as well as reducing If you see someone sleeping rough become one of the largest organisations Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG the risks to the health and well-being of those who please contact Framework’s Street of its type in the country, helping more Arrow enquiries: 0115 876 3313 sleep on the streets. People are identified, assessed, Outreach Team, available 24 hours than 11,000 each year to overcome crisis The Chief Executive of Nottingham City Council General Council enquiries: 0115 876 5555 supported and accommodated in Nottingham or a day via the freephone number and improve their lives. is Ian Curryer. He can be contacted by writing to reconnected back to their local community if they are 0800 066 5356 so that they can Tickets are on sale now at Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG; email: [email protected] not from the city. get the support they need. alttickets.com and gigantic.com by telephone on 876 3302 or email visit: nottinghamcity.gov.uk/arrow [email protected] More information on homelessness and rough sleeping For more info visit is available at www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/roughsleeping beatthestreetsuk.com 3 facts of Christmas 12 in Nottingham! festive Until 31 December 12 concerts daytime 11 taxi ranks independent 10 shopping zones 9 park & ride sites Over 8 thousand car parking spaces Nottingham’s Christmas market is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever... 7 train platforms Step into Christmas, wandering The UK’s largest ice bar Get your skates on Nottingham is the place among over 60 themed market and festive food stalls in the Wrap up warm and keep your cool… with icy Speed (or wobble) around the city’s weeks of picturesque Old Market Square, drinks and fantastic Nottingham-themed ice 60ft Christmas tree on 750 square to shop this Christmas! 6 winter wonderland overlooked by a twinkling sculptures. Tickets from £9 for adults and metres of real ice. Tickets are £10.50 With great new shops, bars and restaurants opened in 2017, Council House. Warm up in the £5 for under-18s – more ticket options for adults, £8 for under-12s or £33 plus ample car parking and stress-free public transport options, French ski-lodge Sur las Piste and FREE compulsory jacket and gloves for a family ticket (two adults and two Christmas shopping in Nottingham is a breeze. 5 parking zones bar, with live entertainment, only when you book online (£1 on the day). children). Plus more after... views over the ice rink, or slide whatsonnottingham.com Car parks Or relax on the With late night opening down to the Helter-Skelter Bar Nottingham has over 8,000 car parking spaces tram or bus pm on Wednesdays for a glass of mulled wine or in 20 car parks in the city centre alone, plus ...4 until Christmas! cider and winter cocktails. the free centrelink bus to take you from one Park your car at one of Nottingham’s 9 side of the city to the other. park and ride sites (with over 5,000 FREE spaces) and great offers when you’re Late night shopping? travelling in a group on the tram. 3 Christmas pantos You can Park in intu Victoria Centre FREE Catching the bus? Enjoy a trip on one of on Wednesday and Saturday evenings the gorgeous new biogas double deckers between 5 – 8pm or at our Broadmarsh East – they’re the greenest buses on the road! tram lines or Sheriff’s Lodge car parks for just £4 any Grab a grouprider ticket covering 2 adults 2 evening (5pm – 2am). and up to 3 children for just £5 return too. great nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ For everything that’s on in Nottingham this Christmas, 4 1 christmas 5 visit www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/christmas Christmas! New Year’s Eve Visit Newstead Abbey, Nottingham Castle and Wollaton Hall for a charming family Christmas. With festive trails and beautiful gift shops, Look out for updates on our heritage sites have got Christmas well and truly wrapped up. social media Visit Santa about this Every weekend from 25 November Wollaton Hall year’s New – 23 December, plus Fridays in A night of Dickens Year’s Eve December at Wollaton Hall 22 December, 7.30pm – 9.30pm celebrations at Visit Santa’s grotto to let him know what Listen to Dickens’ timeless classics, told by the fireside. the Castle. you want for Christmas. Tickets £18 per person, including festive refreshments. Tickets £5 per child, including a gift. Festive Green’s Windmill afternoon teas Carols in the mill yard 16 December, 3pm – 5pm Every weekend in December until 23, A yuletide treat for all the family, with a lantern-lit mill yard, plus Fridays at Newstead, 15-minute homemade mince pies and mulled wine. Carols performed slots between 1pm and 2.45pm by the Nottingham Ukulele Club and the Salvation Army. Enjoy festive fayre in the spectacular Free entry (small charge for refreshments). West Front Suite at Newstead, Café in the Courtyard at Wollaton or Castle Café, which also boasts one of the best WhatsOnNottingham views in the city. Newstead Abbey Nottingham Castle nottm_events Tickets £15 per person. With its beautifully decorated room sets and busy Victorian kitchen, Newstead Abbey is hosting a truly traditional Christmas… Lantern-lit Christmas ghosts Christmas cave tours 2 December - Wollaton Hall Christmas concert Winter workshops 3 and 10 December, 7.30pm – 9pm 15 December - Newstead Abbey 16 December, 7pm – 9pm 9 and 17 December, 10.30am – 1.30pm As night falls, collect your lantern at the gate 16 December - Nottingham Castle The Newstead Abbey Singers return to present Use seasonal foliage and flowers to create a and hear the Castle’s intriguing history as you 7.30pm – 9.30pm a concert of Christmas music in the Great Hall. beautiful Christmas door wreath (9 Dec) or table wander the grounds and descend into the caves O come, all ye fearful… Hear spooky Tickets £8 per person from the shop. design (17 Dec). £50 per person, including by candlelight. Tickets £15 per person, including tales of Christmases past.