The South Glos Post

The first residents have started moving into Cambrian Green Court in Yate – South Gloucestershire Council’s first multi-million pound extra care housing development.

Councillor Matthew Riddle and staff from Cambrian Green Court met some of the new residents on Friday 28th January, including Eric Ball, who has moved there from Frome House, a care home in Yate. Cllr Riddle took the opportunity to show Mr Ball around the excellent facilities on offer in his new home.

Mr Ball has lived in the South Gloucestershire area from many years and worked as a foreman in a spray and body shop. When the closure of Frome House was announced, Mr Ball expressed an interest in the proposed extra care development at Cambrian Green Court and then visited the site regularly to watch the scheme progress. He was there when the foundations were laid and even got to know the contractors well.

Mr Ball was very impressed when he first looked around the facilities at Cambrian Green Court, commenting: “This place is marvelous and I am delighted to be able to have my own front door. I feel very safe and secure here and the staff have really helped me settle in – I know many of them from my time at Frome House, so I know that I can rely on them to provide the same marvelous level of care and support.”

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Source: South Gloucestershire Council

South Gloucestershire Council has made a series of grants to groups across the district to help strengthen and improve communities.

This financial year, more than £38,000 has been distributed in two phases by the council to Safer and Stronger Community Groups (SSCGs) to fund crime prevention initiatives and to strengthen and improve the quality of community life.

In this latest phase £26,500 has been granted to a total of 15 approved applications including: almost £2,000 towards the provision of an after school club in Kingswood; £2,000 towards fencing for the newly refurbished play park in Charfield; £1,000 towards security shutters for the pavilion at the George V playing fields in Wickwar; £2,000 towards the provision of regular amateur boxing sessions for young people in Severn Beach and Wickwar; almost £2,000 towards youth activities at Wapley Common in Yate; £1,000 towards security lighting and an alarm system for the Wick and Abson village hall.

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Source: South Gloucestershire Council

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 whilst benefiting the environment.

Cllr Heather Goddard, executive member for communities, said: “Overall, the first week of the major new recycling services across the district has been a success. A good number of residents have started to use the food waste bins and put out either their plastic bottles or cardboard, depending on their schedule, which is incredibly pleasing and I would like to thank them for their support. We expect the volume of materials for recycling to increase in the coming weeks as residents get used to the new services.”

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Source: South Gloucestershire Council

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a robbery in Yate.

The incident occurred on Friday 12th November 2010 at around 12:30am.

The male victim was walking along carrying a pizza when two men approached him. One of these men punched the victim to the face which caused him to fall to the ground.

While he has was on the floor he was kicked several times before a beer can was thrown at him and his phone was taken.

The first offender is described as approximately 6ft tall, hair completely shaved and was of slim build. He was wearing dark clothing. He was aged between 18 and 22 years old.

The second offender was wearing a blue hooded top. He was of slim build and was shorter than the first man by a couple of inches and around the same age.

One of the men was carrying a white carrier bag which contained Budweiser cans.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Staple Hill CID on 0845 456 7000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Source: Avon and Somerset Police