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Westminster City Council is situated in the heart of London and its boundary includes many well-known sites of national interest such as Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. As such, Westminster is popular with tourists and has around 1.3...

The borough of Waltham Forest in north east London is home to over 220,000 residents. A largely urban area with diverse ethnicity and areas of deprivation, around one fifth of the borough is comprised of open spaces, including parts of...

​Townhill is a large former coal mining village near Dunfermline in Scotland with a population of around 1,000 people. The local community council takes great pride in maintaining the village’s public areas, including sports facilities, woodland and the most recent...

Britain in Bloom is about more than just making places look pretty – the competition also has a real economic value to communities in terms of attracting businesses and visitors to a place. Increasingly, companies are becoming involved in competition...

The 2015 finalists have been announced, the days are getting longer and the sun is making an ever more frequent appearance – meaning that In Bloom groups all over the UK will be working hard on their entries in preparation...

Saturday 21st March is the first day of spring, and also marks a national Government backed initiative - Community Clear up Day. This is a chance to get communities involved in a nationwide spring clean designed to spruce up high...