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Find out more about our renewal ballot and our proposal Stratford Is Now, which outlines our vision for the next five years.
Read moreNEW LEGISLATION – SIMPLER RECYCLING
From 31st March 2025, recycling will be simplified across England for households and businesses, with the aim to increase recycling rates.
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New Legislation – Simpler Recycling
What are the rules? There is a list of materials that must be separated from general waste. This includes glass, metal, plastics, cartons, paper, cardboard and food. What do you need to do? Businesses must have separate food waste recycling and mixed recycling services in place by 31st March 2025. How To Get Compliant After 31st March 2025, it…
Celebrating 20 Years of BID
October 2024 marks 20 years since the anniversary of the first business improvement district pilot, with £1bn invested in local services and events to improve towns and cities for communities and business. 20 BIDS were formed with the original pilot in 2003 and then brought into law with the UK…
Stratford Is Now, Our Renewal Ballot
Stratford Original BID has been operating since April 2015 following successful ballots. As you may know, UK BIDs Legislation sets a 5-year term for each BID and this is why in Autumn 2024, we will have a renewal ballot to secure a third term. The voting period will be 5th…
New Look Alice Billing House
Andy Mac Manus, a local Newham artist and designer has been part of Grow Studios’ artist-in-residency programme at Alice Billing House in Stratford in which he designed, created, and installed original artwork for the windows of the building. Taking inspiration from the shapes, colours and history of the building, the…
Stratford Creative Community Day
At St John’s Church we filled the grounds with free family fun including Sweatshop, a pedal powered sewing machine making sweatshirt, face painting, drop-in creative jewellery making workshops with Mary Ward, the first stitching of the new Alice Billing Supper Cloth with Stitch School, garden games, ice cream and music…
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