A brand new, purpose built day centre for people with dementia has just opened in Yate. The centre replaces the Woodleaze facility, and is located in the new, multi-million pound Cambrian Green Court extra care housing development. The new centre has been built as part of the council’s ongoing work to support the increasing number of people with dementia, and
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative schools chief has unveiled a £29.3m package of school improvements. The proposed programme, spread over three years, includes: Approval of £2m investment at Wick school, £4m at Hambrook school and £1m at Filton Hill school; £7m over three years for planned maintenance for high priority roofing, boiler replacement and rewiring work; A new Sure Start Children’s
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From Cllr Andy Perkins (Labour) Figures released by South Gloucestershire Council show that the number of complaints it has received about its home care service has risen by 47% since last year. The figures, released in its Annual Report on Customer Complaints and Representation show that the Conservative-run Council received 88 complaints about its home care service from April 2009
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South Gloucestershire Council has produced two informative and easy to understand leaflets about the social care support that the council can help with. The leaflets contain the most up-to-date information and are available in libraries, doctor’s surgeries, community centres, the council’s one-stop shops and in many other places. One leaflet is a simple directory listing the wide range of services
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Young people in South Gloucestershire will be making waves on the radio during the half-term break. They will be broadcasting again as ‘Multi FM’ on 87.7 FM from the Old School youth centre in Kingswood, which is run by South Gloucestershire Council. The young people will be hosting a mixture of interviews, live music and songs from Monday 21st to
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Environmental projects across South Gloucestershire are being given a helping hand by the council to get them off the ground. Almost £75,000 has been awarded to 33 community groups across the district to support community action, volunteering and environmental improvement this financial year. Councillor Brian Allinson, executive member for Planning, Transportation and Strategic Environment said: “As part of building the
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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
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Anyone with an MP3 player can now download hundreds of audiobooks for free from a new service available through public libraries in South Gloucestershire and across the region by visiting the Libraries West website. Choose from over 600 titles, which can be downloaded for three weeks to a PC, mobile phone or MP3 player. All titles are unabridged and available
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South Gloucestershire Council is continuing its fight against fly-tipping and littering – which costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds each year to clean up – following the successful prosecution of four individuals for committing related offences. Following an investigation, the council brought a prosecution against John Cox, of Redfield Hill, Oldland Common after he fly-tipped six bags of waste
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Dear Editor, On the same day in December that the Conservative-led government published its plans for the Big Society (the Localism Bill) and announced how much money it was (or wasn’t) giving local councils, another announcement was quietly slipped out. This announcement related to the winding up of a scheme called the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The ILF was established
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