City hospital to hold Celebration of Success awards

Patients and visitors to St Albans City Hospital will have the chance to nominate a nurse or midwife they feel has made a special contribution to their care. More here

Your Questions - Business Special

Radio Verulam is recording a Business Special edition. Put your questions to a panel of top businessmen the event will take place on Feb 28 at The Maltings Theatre in St Albans. Doors open at 6 and recording begins at 7.30. Spaces are limited, please register here. The programme will be broadcast on Radio Verulam 92.6FM on 4 March at 6.00 pm. A podcast will also be available from the Radio Verulam website.

Flippin' Good Fun

Register now for for the annual St Albans Pancake Race. This year it also includes a Flippin' Walkers' Race, in which entrants walk while flipping a pancake continuously. The race takes place on Tue 21 Feb at 12 noon. Ring 01727 864511

Young politicians call for better bus services

Members of St Albans and District Liberal Youth are campaigning for improved bus services for young people.    They have started a petition and need to get at least 100 signatures before they can present it to Hertfordshire County Council.  Add your voice to the campaign here if you would like to support them

Look! St Albans

Have you ever considered what St Albans might look like in ten or twenty years time? Do you care about the appearance of new buildings in the city? Have your ever admired new developments in other towns and cities and wished to see similar inspiring buildings in St Albans?If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then now is the time to act. A group of local organisations, including the Civic Society, have asked the Prince’s Foundation to help in articulating specific design rules for new buildings and spaces in the City Centre. The Foundation are inviting the public to share ideas and images. The view is that local residents and city centre users know what looks best in St Albans! 


Visit  Look! St Albans for more information

Youth Volunteering Meeting

St Albans Volunteer Centre is looking for enthusiastic and passionate young people aged between 16 and 19 to help shape the work we do around youth volunteering. We want to develop a youth volunteering webpage and encourage and help more young people to volunteer. 

This is your opportunity to revamp your peers opinions on volunteering, creating new ways of stimulating their interest and creating a night they will not forget!

If you are interested please contact emily@cvsstalbans.org.uk or ring 01727 852657 to book your space by the 20th February.

We will be meeting on the 23rd February at 5:30 in Costa Coffee to discuss ideas.  Refreshments will be bought for all attendees (within reason!)

Getting Involved in making St Albans safer

The Community Safety Partnership, which includes St Albans City and District Council and a number of partner agencies, has been set up to reduce crime and disorder across the District.

Each year we consult with the public and local groups on our plans and priorities for the coming year. This is an opportunity for residents to let us know how they think we can reduce crime and disorder and whether our priorities are correct.

In 2012/13, the Community Safety Partnership aims to build a safer District by addressing these six priorities:

• Reducing crime
• Protecting vulnerable people
• Reducing anti-social behaviour
• Educating on drugs and alcohol misuse
• Managing offenders
• Promoting reassurance and engagement

The short questionnaire about these priorities is available for residents to complete on the Council’s website.