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Green light for extra home care hours

Conservative councillors’ view of a recent decision by South Gloucestershire Council A call by ‘out of touch’ Labour and LibDem councillors on South Gloucestershire Council to think again on plans to provide hundreds more home care hours has been dismissed by the authority’s Conservative care chief. Following a special ‘call-in’ meeting of its Community Care & Housing Select Committee back

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Controversial nursing home plans to go ahead

A Labour councillor’s view of a recent decision by South Gloucestershire Council Plans by a local council to stop providing homes for elderly people are to go ahead despite being challenged by opposition councillors. Labour councillors on South Gloucestershire Council had challenged the Conservative-led authority’s plans to stop providing homes for elderly people. The councillors “called-in” a decision made by

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New recycling collections underway

New recycling services are well underway in South Gloucestershire and many residents have been recycling their food waste and plastic bottles from the kerbside, says South Gloucestershire Council. The additional services, which are being funded from within the council’s existing waste management budget, allow residents to recycle more, helping to divert more rubbish from landfill and saving money and energy

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Cadbury Heath councillors vow not to give up on pavilion refurbishment hopes

Conservative councillors have vowed to not to give up on efforts to improve a local community pavilion following a setback. The Old Pavilion in Coronation Park, Cadbury Heath, narrowly lost out in the final of the Big Lottery’s People’s Millions competition on 23rd November to win the lottery funding needed for a major makeover. The Banjo Island Community and Sports

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Tree dressing event in Chipping Sodbury

A tree dressing event is being held in Chipping Sodbury which will involve a range of activities for local residents to celebrate our local trees and wildlife. Organised by local conservation group, St John’s Park Conservation Group, with the support of South Gloucestershire Council, the ancient custom of tree dressing has been revived to help promote the value of trees

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Residents reject scaled back leisure centre refurbishment plans (Kingswood)

A Labour-LibDem proposal to scale back a multi-million pound refurbishment of Kingswood Leisure Centre has been rejected by more than two-thirds of respondents to a public consultation, according to Conservative councillors on South Gloucestershire Council. After an earlier consultation attracted only a limited response, a further independent consultation was carried out using a variety of different techniques, including local roadshows

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