South Gloucestershire Council is improving the support it provides to the district’s carers with increased investment and a range of innovative ideas. There are an estimated 20,000 carers in South Gloucestershire and the council recognises the huge contribution they make. The council, in partnership with NHS South Gloucestershire, has developed a Joint Carers Strategy that is designed to provide the
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Trading standards officers in South Gloucestershire have stepped up their efforts to combat incidents of rogue trading in the area with the introduction of four more ‘No Cold Calling Zones’. The zones were set up by trading standards at the request of residents and Neighbourhood Watch groups, who have chosen to say ‘no’ to uninvited doorstep callers. The new zones
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A scheme to relieve congestion and improve road safety at the Marsham Way roundabout on the Avon Ring Road (near the Longwell Green Asda) is now fully operational. New traffic lights which control three arms of this busy junction have been switched on and are helping to ease congestion at peak times, along with extra lanes. Councillor Brian Allinson, South
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Three heavy goods vehicle drivers pleaded guilty at North Avon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 15th February 2011 for breaching vehicle weight restrictions in South Gloucestershire. The drivers, all of whom attended court in person, were prosecuted by the council for driving their vehicles through 7.5 tonne environmental weight restrictions. Robert John Edwards of St George, Bristol was fined £80 and
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has launched a service that saves taxpayers’ money and streamlines the process for residents applying for British nationality in the district. The Nationality Checking Service (NCS) is a voluntary service provided by the council and operated by South Gloucestershire Registration staff trained by the Home Office, which allows those applying for British nationality to submit their
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South Gloucestershire Council is making it easy for residents to celebrate the Royal Wedding by holding a street party in their neighbourhood. The council is waiving the normal fee for road closures for street parties held on Friday 29th April, and in most cases party organisers only have to fill in a single form. All residents have to do is
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Sodbury campaigners have joined residents in welcoming news that a local road will be resurfaced later this month. The council has confirmed that, weather permitting, the resurfacing work in Hartley Close, off St Johns Way, is scheduled to start on Monday 28th February. Conservative-run South Gloucestershire Council has invested an extra £4m over the last two years to ensure more
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A group of councillors in South Gloucestershire is claiming that the local Council is missing out on recycling a large amount of plastic. South Gloucestershire Council recently introduced collection of plastic bottles from residents’ doorsteps as part of a new recycling programme. The authority has subsequently withdrawn plastic recycling banks from a number of locations across the area claiming that
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A call is going out to all volunteer groups and businesses across South Gloucestershire urging them to spring into action in a few months time to help clean up their neighbourhood or open spaces, helping to transform South Gloucestershire as part of National Spring Clean 2011. South Gloucestershire Council is supporting the Big Spring Clean Campaign 2011 which runs from
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A topping out ceremony has been held for the new children’s locality hub for the Severnvale area in Rodway Road, Patchway. Once building work is completed in the autumn, the facility will provide a community setting where a range of vital services for children and young people and their families will be provided. Also housed on site will be a
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