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As Angus Council prepares to deliberate upon its 2025/26 Budget this Thursday (27 February), the full range of reports are now available on the Council’s website Special Angus Council 27 February 2025.

These, “larger than your average” sandbags are robust and filled with quarried sand. They’ve been positioned within the low points in the dunes at the “pipey” and at points to its north and south. While only intended to be a temporary measure, they will provide short-term flood protection and prevent further erosion at the more vulnerable low points.

We want you to have your say on taxis in the Angus Council area by taking part in our survey.Specifically, we want to understand more about the experiences of people who make journeys using wheelchair accessible taxis.

The Angus Financial Support Abuse Team (FAST) has issued a strong warning regarding a cold calling scam, targeting the elderly and vulnerable.The scam involves a company cold calling people in Angus, claiming that they work with the NHS in order to gain access to people homes.

A 5.2% increase in housing rent for 2025-26 was agreed at a special meeting of Angus Council’s Housing Committee today.

A plea to people using sports and leisure facilities at Arbroath Sports Centre – please do not park in disabled bays unless you have the required Blue Badge.

Airlie Primary School is celebrating after achieving Reading Schools Gold Award in recognition of the culmination of a two-year journey dedicated to embedding a love of reading across the whole school.

Monifieth High School proudly hosted a book launch event on Wednesday 29 January, to celebrate the publication of A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology, a new book that features contributions from both young people and teachers at the school.

Work on the Arbroath A Place For Everyone project is continuing at pace and in the coming weeks work will commence at Brothock Bridge, Millgate junction and Catherine Street junction.

Message on behalf of Neil Lowden, Acting Director of Education and Lifelong Learning and Cllr Lynne Devine, Convener of Family, Education and Justice Committee:

Newtyle Nursery is celebrating as they have received the first Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Early Learning Award in Tayside. The nursery is one of six early learning and childcare (ELC) settings in Angus chosen to pilot this exciting initiative, developed in collaboration with the Scottish Government and NHS Education for Scotland, led locally by the Infant Nutrition Team, Directorate of Public Health, NHS Tayside.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 The project has recently passed the halfway stage and works continue

A new Housing Committee has been established following approval of Angus Council at their meeting on Thursday 19 December 2024.This important step highlights the Council’s commitment to addressing housing-related matters with an enhanced focus and urgency and has been driven by the recognition of a Housing Emergency in Angus.

17 community groups which applied for the Angus Community Fund will today (Friday 13 December 2024) hear that they have been successful in securing a share of the £160,000 fund aimed at helping communities to become more resilient.

With work just over half-way through on the Arbroath A Place For Everyone project, we take a look at progress being made. The contractor Balfour Beatty

A total of eight local projects aimed at improving communities and places across Angus will share in a £600,000 fund.The community-led projects include local people taking ownership of property, redeveloping assets, or making the best use of green space.

Families who qualify for free school meals based on financial criteria will receive a single ‘Direct Payment’ of £7.20 to cover the three day holiday period from  4th December - 6th December 2024 (two in-service days and St Andrew’s Day holiday). This payment will be in bank accounts on, or around, Wednesday  4th December 2024.

Angus Council is proud to support Adoption Week Scotland (25 November to 1 December), a week dedicated to raising awareness of adoption and celebrating the families brought together.

Tourism provided a £306million boost to Angus’s economy last year, according to an independent report.Research conducted by Global Tourism Solutions (GTS), using the Scottish Tourism Economic Activity Monitor (STEAM) model, highlights that tourism’s economic impact has increased by 27.2% since 2019.Headline figures show:

The Angus Financial Abuse Support Team (FAST) have been alerted to incidents where people looking to secure employment working from home via the internet, have been conned into believing they have been successful getting a job.

Carriageway resurfacing work will begin on the A935 at Arrat Bridge from Thursday 5 December and is scheduled to last for approximately 7 working days.

Updated on Friday 22 November  as deadline extended to Monday 25 November...Only a few days remain to make an application to the Angus Council Community Resilience Fund.

Angus Council’s Angus Virtual School (AVS) and Dundee Science Centre are proud to announce the launch of ‘Angus Engineering’, a new initiative designed to spark curiosity, foster creativity and build essential STEM skills in young minds in school across Angus through a range of interactive and hands-on experiences.

A variety of events have been planned in Angus to support 16 Days of Action – a global campaign to inspire people to learn, reflect and act to end violence against women and girls.

Montrose is to house a skills academy which will offer courses on working in renewables.

Residents and businesses are invited to join our upcoming Brechin - beyond the flood community information sessions.You are invited to come and find out information on the technical reports relating to the future of housing and flood protection in Brechin.

Tayside played host to the exciting Scottish Regional Finals of F1 in Schools at the Innovation Hub MSIP, with more than 90 school children from across Scotland competing to see whose miniature F1 car could take the title and win a place on the F1 in Schools podium.

…They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.

No easy solutions lie ahead for Brechin in its recovery from the destructive forces of Storm Babet, or from protecting itself from future risks brought by accelerating climate change.

Angus Council is launching a Community Resilience Fund targeted at supporting resilience community groups and the vital work they do during and preparing for winter and times of extreme weather, and which will help them to respond to emergencies in their communities.