South Gloucestershire Council says it is ploughing an additional £2.7million into more care for the elderly. This increased funding could mean an extra 300 – 400 people are able to live at home longer, thanks to investment in initiatives such as an additional 1500 hours per week of home care which will be available to those who need it and
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South Gloucestershire Labour has launched its campaign for the 70 seats on the district council that are up for election on Thursday 5th May. The theme of Labour’s manifesto is that the Party will be the community’s voice in the tough times ahead. It outlines the Con Dem Coalition’s harsh treatment of local government, the litany of broken Tory promises
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Latest provisional figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the number of 15-17 year old conceptions in South Gloucestershire has fallen from 141 conceptions in 2008 to 130 conceptions in 2009. This figure is against the background of a long-term fall in the rate of teenage pregnancies in the district, down 18.9% over the past eleven years, better
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South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats fired the opening shots in the 2011 Local Election campaign when they launched their ‘Action for our Area’ manifesto in Bradley Stoke last weekend. Local MPs Steve Webb and Don Foster joined local candidates and activists to promote the document that promises to “create a Council that works for you … not for the Government”. Voters
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The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) Tree Life Centre has just been awarded a prestigious Planting Places Award. The Centre is a volunteer-run tree nursery based at Grimsbury Farm in Kingswood, which is owned by South Gloucestershire Council. The BTCV volunteers, who come from many different backgrounds with people aged from their late teens through to sixty plus, have
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South Gloucestershire Council, in partnership with Jobcentre Plus, is holding two job fairs at the end of March for people interested in a career in Care. The events will be held on Wednesday 30th March at Yate Library, 44 West Walk, Yate and on Thursday 31st March at Kingswood Library, High Street, Kingswood. Both events start at 10am and run
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South Gloucestershire trading standards is urging local residents to be very careful signing home improvement contracts when dealing with doorstep salespeople. Several block paving businesses which operate in the region are suspected to be routinely back-dating contracts when they are signed by customers. This has the effect of denying them their legal entitlement to a seven-day cooling off period, within
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The over 60s and those of any age with disabilities can have minor household repair jobs done at a reduced rate by South Gloucestershire Council’s Handy Van service. The idea is to help people maintain their properties so that they can enjoy living independently for as long as possible. One Downend resident was particularly pleased. Brian Smith, 77, usually does
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A market trader from Wolverhampton has been ordered to pay nearly £12,000 following a confiscation order being made against him. This follows a sentence of 120 hours of unpaid work which was handed to him last November after he pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit Nike trainers at a market in Filton. Surinder Singh, 40, originally appeared at Bristol Crown Court
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South Gloucestershire Council is expecting to receive around £400,000 to help repair winter damaged roads from the Government. The Department for Transport has announced a £100 million pot of cash for English councils to help repair potholes formed during the recent freezing weather. The money will be distributed on a needs basis and South Gloucestershire is likely to receive around
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