From the
TEDxGrantham desk.
Updates from the organising team: speaker reveals, behind-the-scenes notes, and longer-form pieces on ideas worth spreading.
New routes and new leaders in Grantham
Grantham’s 3.5km Southern Relief Road is designed to move A1-to-A52 traffic round the town centre, with phase 3 expected to finish in 2026 after earlier links were completed in 2022. Council-backed grants, apprenticeships and social-economy support now aim to turn that infrastructure change into a stronger local economy.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Digital access and public-service job chances in Grantham
Council, NHS and Civil Service jobs in Grantham now begin on web-based recruitment systems that require working internet access, compatible browsers and account logins before an application is even read. Grantham Library, Jobcentre Plus and local digital support services can help bridge the gap, but no local data shows how many applicants are blocked.
By TEDx Grantham Team
What Apple Tree Restaurant shows about learning in public
Apple Tree Restaurant at Grantham College opens to the public for lunch twice a week, with hospitality students cooking and serving under supervision in a working restaurant. The arrangement turns an ordinary meal into supervised work experience and makes vocational learning visible to local diners.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Who can read Grantham’s buses and public toilets
Grantham has town buses, Callconnect demand-responsive services, a refurbished public toilet block on Conduit Lane and a Changing Places facility on Hill Avenue, but their value depends on whether people can find, read and trust the information at street level.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Farming with data near Grantham
Lincolnshire’s agri-tech cluster now centres on robots, AI and data systems, with the wider LINCAM economy put at about 88,000 jobs and £3.8bn GVA; near Grantham, that is starting to reshape the skills needed for farm and technician roles.
By TEDx Grantham Team
How Grantham’s quiet engineers keep things moving
Between Harlaxton Road, Alma Park Industrial Estate and Turnpike Close, Grantham firms make and repair the hidden parts that keep industrial kit moving: vibrator motors, slip rings, fabricated assemblies and control systems. Founded across 1946 to 2004, they turn maintenance, automation and machining into a local engineering base.
By TEDx Grantham Team