Community & Living

You will find all of our community and life events in this area of the website. Our most popular pages in this section are shown below and a complete list is available in the grey area to the left.

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Fire and Rescue Service

Community Fire Stations and Headquarters
Fire and rescue - special services
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
Young Firefighters Association
Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP)
Licensed Premises
Accidental Natural Social Fire Risk - ANSFR
Fire Safety in the Home
European Exchange of Best Practice in Arson Prevention and Investigation
Hydrants maintenance

Births

Register Office Addresses
Birth - historical searches
Birth - registering
Birth - certificate amendments
Naming ceremonies
Stillbirth - registering

Crime prevention

Drugs, Alcohol and substance misuse
Domestic violence

Deaths, funerals and cremation

Cemeteries
Death - historical searches
Funeral - cremations
Funeral - cost information
Death - registering
Stillbirth - registering
National Assistance funeral
Coroners - sudden death investigations
Funeral - burials
Death - bereavement - advice and support

Safety

Community safety
Railway regulations
Crime prevention
Licence - poisons
Licence - sale of fireworks
CS Facebook group

Equality and diversity

Equality and Diversity information
Asylum and immigration

Marriages

Marriage - arrangement and ceremonies
Licensed venues for civil marriages and civil partnerships
Registration - copy certificates
Marriage - historical searches
Civil partnerships
Marriage - renewal ceremonies
Marriage - registering a building of worship

Community advice

Welfare rights - advice
Disabled people - independence at home
Crime prevention
Child-minding information
Childcare - out of school hours

Latest Community & Living news

Council donation on menu at Belford Lunch Club (17 March 2010)
Kielder Festival now fully booked (17 March 2010)
Pilot scheme for ultrasound scans (17 March 2010)
Calling private landlords (16 March 2010)
Checking out our lines and signs in North Northumberland (15 March 2010)
All the fun of a tourism fair - in North Northumberland (10 March 2010)
Archives staff reach out to residents (09 March 2010)
South East Northumberland libraries feature writer coaching, romantic authors and photo history (09 March 2010)
Wansbeck residents invited to plan future of community (08 March 2010)
Changes to off street car parks outlined (08 March 2010)
Farmwatch event Haltwhistle (03 March 2010)
From novelty cake icing to the War of the Roses! (02 March 2010)
Play success swings ahead through new partnership (02 March 2010)
Council doubles community grant funding (02 March 2010)
Council clarifies minibus funding future (01 March 2010)
Chairman's cheque for Olympic prospect Carly (24 February 2010)
Lord Ridley donates trees to Morpeth (23 February 2010)
Council funds new gardening club for the visually impaired (23 February 2010)
Emily Davison honoured on International Women's Day (22 February 2010)
Less is more at Berwick library. (22 February 2010)
Private child care awareness week (16 February 2010)
TIC makeover will promote longer stays (16 February 2010)
There’s so much more than great books at your local library (16 February 2010)
Something for everyone at Alnwick library in March! (15 February 2010)
Growing own food for healthy living (09 February 2010)
Corbridge Tyne Bridge temporary closure (09 February 2010)
Health food on menu at new community cafe (08 February 2010)
Pilot project in Berwick to improve council services (04 February 2010)
Childcare survey underway (04 February 2010)
Farmwatch event West Northumberland (04 February 2010)
Residents views sought on Widdrington area (02 February 2010)
Second market trial gets underway (02 February 2010)
Bear facts of communities past unveiled (02 February 2010)
Do you know your limits? (01 February 2010)
Improved transport facilities proposed for the County (01 February 2010)
Reduced energy costs at Hartley Court (29 January 2010)
Views requested on taxi licensing policy (28 January 2010)
Oiling the wheels to learning (27 January 2010)
Seaton readers prepare to be thrilled (27 January 2010)
No 'foul' play in Northumberland at Christmas. (27 January 2010)
Residents invited to plan future of their community (25 January 2010)
New shelves mean short closure for Blyth Library (25 January 2010)
Public invited to share views on Berwick (25 January 2010)
Drop the scammers in it! (25 January 2010)
Adoption information session success (21 January 2010)
Launch of Farmwatch campaign (21 January 2010)
Fire station consultation underway (21 January 2010)
Review averts library closures (15 January 2010)
It's snow bother getting to the ceremony (12 January 2010)
Views sought on new library (12 January 2010)
Ashington Leisure Centre to retain funding (11 January 2010)
Home movers - have you forgotten something? (08 January 2010)
Youth matters in Widdrington area (05 January 2010)
Options for leisure in Ashington (04 January 2010)
Bin service update - some collections suspended (04 January 2010)
New alerts to help out this winter (04 January 2010)
Appeal helps boost Christmas spirits of mums and children (23 December 2009)
County Council’s new play service hits the road (22 December 2009)
Peace and quiet for Christmas (22 December 2009)
Tackling the Northumberland snow (22 December 2009)
Family history is an online hit (21 December 2009)
Early closing times for Guidepost Library (18 December 2009) ( Archived )
Forum uses Facebook to keep Amble residents involved (16 December 2009) ( Archived )
Council's Community Pay Day (16 December 2009) ( Archived )
Fire service football raises more than £5,000 for Help for Heroes (16 December 2009) ( Archived )
Morpeth – the greenest market in the country (16 December 2009) ( Archived )
Treat the Christmas blues (15 December 2009) ( Archived )
Bargain books to suit local history buffs (15 December 2009) ( Archived )
New rating system for local services (09 December 2009) ( Archived )
Thousands turn up to give troops a heroes welcome (09 December 2009) ( Archived )
Funding plans for voluntary and community sector (07 December 2009) ( Archived )
Safer Northumberland’s Cyril is nuts about community safety (03 December 2009) ( Archived )
A new pavilion underway for Pegswood (03 December 2009) ( Archived )
Fire & Rescue Service lead Road Safety Week event (02 December 2009) ( Archived )
Bedlington launch marks countdown to Christmas (01 December 2009) ( Archived )
£14m investment to benefit fire service (01 December 2009) ( Archived )
Fly-tippers can expect tougher action (25 November 2009) ( Archived )
Christmas fun for all in South East Northumberland (25 November 2009) ( Archived )
Morpeth Community Forum up and running (18 November 2009) ( Archived )
Troops to get heroes welcome at homecoming parades (18 November 2009) ( Archived )
Pensioners homes get renewable energy boost (16 November 2009) ( Archived )
Ethnic Minority Well Being Conference (12 November 2009) ( Archived )
False alarm calls reduced due to fire service work (10 November 2009) ( Archived )
Bringing books home… volunteers needed (10 November 2009) ( Archived )
Public Protection Open Day (09 November 2009) ( Archived )
Annual fire service awards honour bravery and comm (04 November 2009) ( Archived )
Morpeth Farmers’ Market 10th Anniversary (03 November 2009) ( Archived )
Meeting in Rothbury to discuss flood issues (03 November 2009) ( Archived )
Enjoy 5th November at an organised display (02 November 2009) ( Archived )
Morpeth Remembrance Day Invite (02 November 2009) ( Archived )
Shearer appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Northumber (01 October 2009) ( Archived )
Have your say on Ashington town centre for the fut (25 September 2009) ( Archived )
Council nominates Lions for Queen’s Award (25 September 2009) ( Archived )
Scheme to boost care for elderly announced (17 September 2009) ( Archived )
The three “rs” win gold for the region’s flood (14 September 2009) ( Archived )
Agenda and date set for council’s North committee (09 September 2009) ( Archived )
Agenda and date set for council’s west committee (08 September 2009) ( Archived )
Supplier of dangerous Christmas lights prosecuted (19 August 2009) ( Archived )
ApprenticeSHIP project reaches Alnwick Garden (13 August 2009) ( Archived )
Neighbourhood services clean up (11 August 2009) ( Archived )
Interested in voluntary work (11 August 2009) ( Archived )
New partnership to tackle crime in Northumberland (04 August 2009) ( Archived )
Celebrity agony aunt visits Bedlington Children’s (31 July 2009) ( Archived )
Share ideas at Widdrington open meeting (30 July 2009) ( Archived )
Tie the knot with Northumberland businesses (29 July 2009) ( Archived )
Work begins on new fire stations (28 July 2009) ( Archived )
Duchess to open new fire station in Rothbury (20 July 2009) ( Archived )
Heavy rainfall and flooding issues (18 July 2009) ( Archived )
Flooding update for the Morpeth area (17 July 2009) ( Archived )
Services to get rural residents on the buses (09 July 2009) ( Archived )
Community projects are child’s play (07 July 2009) ( Archived )