Payments for council services made through South Gloucestershire’s post offices and local shops have rocketed by 59 per cent in the last year, new figures reveal. Despite strong opposition from Labour and Lib Dem councillors, the authority’s Conservative administration transferred its cash payments service out of council’s three offices and into the larger existing network of local shops and post
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Community groups benefit from increased grant funding
A number of voluntary groups have won a share of £125,000 in grants from South Gloucestershire Council. The grants were allocated across all five local area forums – Frome Vale, Kings Forest, Severn Vale, Southern Brooks and The Chase – for projects which directly benefit the community. Earlier this summer, the council increased the funding for these grants by £200,000
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