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During National Adoption Week (19 - 25 October), our dedicated local adoption team are trying to find ‘forever families’ for 10 MK children aged between 12 months and six years.

Community groups, charities, business organisations and parish or town councils are being encouraged to put on public events, funded by Milton Keynes City Council, to boost activity on local high streets.

Pictured: Councillor Peter Cannon visits the large allotment plot in New Bradwell managed by council colleagues and young people

Organisations from across Milton Keynes have come together as a new Milton Keynes City Climate Partnership, designed to strengthen climate and sustainability action across the city.

Smart City MK CIC is at the front of a consortium that successfully secured government funding from the Robotics Adoption programme delivered by Innovate UK, and part of UKRI IS8 Advanced Manufacturing Programme. The Milton Keynes Robotics Adoption Hub is one of only eight hubs in a national initiative aimed at accelerating robotics in the UK. This prestigious award is further acknowledgement of Milton Keynes and its tech ecosystem as one of the UK’s leading centres for technology innovation.

Milton Keynes City Council has recognised sixty local organisations with its Youth Safe Practice Mark for meeting high standards of youth safety. The achievement highlights growing commitment across the city to creating safe, supportive spaces for children and young people.

Pictured: Councillor Donna Fuller, Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Communities, in the private garden at Linford Wood Place, as work continues on preparing the building

Residents, businesses and technology experts are being invited to help shape how robots could become part of everyday life in Milton Keynes.

Milton Keynes City Council has set out how it could create up to 600 new council homes with the backing of funding from the Government’s new £39bn, 10-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme.