March 2025

Councillors will be asked to approve more than £1.2 million of funding that will continue to support people into work and help businesses grow.

St Helens Borough Council has successfully secured more than £600,000 in Section 106 developer contributions and a commitment to affordable housing as part of a consented housing development in Newton-le-Willows.

Ahead of International Women's Day (Saturday 8 March), a blue plaque has been unveiled in St Helens to honour the legacy of Sarah Cowley - a trailblazing local woman who passionately campaigned for free education for all, regardless of social class and religion.

Councillors have called on government to implement the full recommendations of the Alexis Jay national independent inquiry into child sexual abuse published in 2022 and reaffirms its commitment to supporting all victims and will continue to work with partners to keep children safe.

Figures released by St Helens Borough Council's school admissions team this week show that 99.5 percent of parents and carers have been successful in securing one of their preferred secondary schools for their child this September.

The Teenage Market is set to return to the historic Earlestown Market later this month for its spring celebration event.

St Helens Borough Council, in partnership with St Helens Parish Church and Halton and St Helens Voluntary Community Action, is hosting a special church service next month (March) to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.

St Helens Borough councillors recently paid a visit to the North West Veterans Corps of Drums in Haydock to show their support for the local veterans' group.

St Helens Borough Council Leader, Anthony Burns, has passed on a good luck message to everyone taking part in this Sunday's GPW St Helens 10k, with special praise also going to the event organisers for making it happen.