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Northumberland County Council is asking residents what they want their county to look like in the decades ahead. Ashington Town Council is encouraging local people to get involved.

Ashington Town Council’s Small Grant Fund has awarded a total of £1,060 to three local organisations following the May 2026 funding round

Ashington Town Council has confirmed a number of key appointments for the forthcoming year following its Annual Meeting of the Council held last night.

The memorial service, led by Ministers of Ashington Churches Together, forms a central part of the Northumberland Miners’ Picnic,

Illegal motorcycle, e-bike and e-scooter riders are being put on notice as police, and partners combine forces to tackle anti-social behaviour that continues to affect communities across Northumberland.

Ashington Town Council is planting its colours firmly to the mast this summer with a bold red and white floral display across the town’s towers and planters — a nod to England’s World Cup campaign and a proud tribute to the town’s most famous footballing sons.

Residents in Ashington’s Haydon Ward will have noticed some smart new additions to Newbiggin Road and Black Close Bank, where five modern bench seats have recently been installed as part of a ward improvement initiative led by Ashington Town Council’s Haydon Ward Councillors Marjorie Chambers, David Coyle, and John Tully.

Ashington Fair Day has been taken over — and it’s got a new name to prove it. Introducing Sound Futures Festival: Ashington’s summer event, reimagined by young people.

Grassroots community projects across Northumberland are set to benefit from a major funding boost, with a strong local impact in Ashington.

THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN FILLED.

ASHINGTON TOWN COUNCIL IS SEEKING a Seasonal Neighbourhood Services Operative who will work alongside the permanent Neighbourhood Services Officer (NSO) to deliver Ashington Town Council’s neighbourhood services programme during the high-season period from June to October. The post exists because the Council’s programme during this period — particularly the sustainable bed maintenance across six wards, the seasonal planters and hanging baskets programme, and grounds maintenance — cannot be delivered within the permanent NSO’s working week alone.

This is a full-time, fixed term role from June to October, LC1 (SCP6), paying above the living wage rate of pay at £13.47/hour.