Community
Stepping Out to a delicious cafe in Bawdrip!
Stepping Out provide social opportunities, confidence building and much fun for young adults with learning disabilities. Among their activities they cook, bake and run their own pop-up café at Bawdrip Village Hall. The pop-up cafe is run every Tuesday from 12 noon to 2.30pm.
Read MoreHigh Street Bank Closures, does it matter?
Halifax is planning to close their Bridgwater branch, and Lloyds their Burnham-on-sea branch. Has your local bank already closed or about to close? What does it mean to you and our local communities? The banking giant Barclays has said it cut around 5,000 jobs in 2023 to “simplify and reshape the business”. Lloyds say that…
Read MoreShocking emergency food bank use in Bridgwater Constituencywith working families pushed to the brink by cost-of-living crisis.
The use of food banks within Sedgemoor is at nearly double the level to what it was five years ago as the crippling cost of living crisis which prevails under the failing Conservative government continues to have a shocking impact on working families within the new Bridgwater constituency. Data released by the Trussell Trust last…
Read MoreMeeting held at Highbridge Railway Station with GWR to push for upgrades
[article reproduced from Burnham-on-Sea.com] A meeting has been held at Highbridge Railway Station with train operator GWR to push for upgrades to the station. The Town Council is seeking an overhaul and discussed several potential upgrades with Luke Farley, transport integration manager from GWR, to develop several projects. Burnham and Highbridge’s Mayor Cllr Lesley Millard,…
Read MoreAugust Bank Holiday 2023
The rain held off, well kind of, this not quite, (but nearly), sunny bank holiday! So many fetes, fun days, events in our villages this weekend. I got around to as many as I could. And I enjoyed meeting with familiar and new faces in my Mendip South division. Thank you to all the volunteers,…
Read MoreStroke services in Somerset, what you need to know.
Stroke Services in Somerset are set to change. This could include closing the Stroke Acute Care Unit in Yeovil. A consultation has been running by NHS Somerset on a couple of proposals. That consultation is now closed. One of the proposals is to close Yeovil Hospital Acute Stroke Care Unit and expand the unit in…
Read MoreServing Locals at Sunny Alhampton’s Open Gardens
The sun was out for Alhampton’s Open Gardens (May 21st) with hundreds of people visiting the village to explore 8 incredible gardens, some of which have been created and tended to by leading horticulturalists. This year’s event was celebrating 10 years of Haddon Woods, which the local community conceived, developed and maintained with the Woodland…
Read MoreA Batcombe Breakfast
The tiny single-track roads, that flow into the village of Batcombe can often take a traveller in many directions. It seems I’ve never reached this village the same way twice, as you glide in the steep valley of the River Alham (5 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet) through tiny hamlets, on undulating roads. Batcombe village,…
Read MoreBaltonsborough Shop Closure
Myself, Councillor Alex Wiltshire and Councillor Sarah Dyke (also Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Somerton and Frome) spent much of the day in Baltonsborough, helping the community come to terms, consider options, since the sudden announcement of the closure of Balsbury Shop. We attended the village meeting, listening to concerns and ideas for a way forward.…
Read MoreSally Atkins – celebration of a life of a popular lady
Today, I attended a coming together to celebrate the life of Sally Atkins of Ditcheat, formally of Stoney Stratton. Sally was a cornerstone of the community, and a hugely popular person. This was evidenced by the large numbers who joined her family today at Castle Cary Rugby Club. Sally was always encouraging and interested in…
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