South Gloucestershire residents are set to benefit from a range of health, children’s, young people and family services on their doorstep after the opening of the Yate West Gate Centre on Monday 8 February. The Centre is a joint venture between NHS South Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire Council so that residents can access a wide range of services all in
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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 February 15 until
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Teenage volunteers have helped police and South Gloucestershire Council Trading Standards officers check whether stores will sell alcohol to under-18s. The operation, on Friday January 29 2010, focused on off-licences and convenience stores in Cadbury Heath, Kingswood, Oldland Common, Warmley and Willsbridge. Nine premises were checked by the volunteers aged 14 and 16. In three of them, the youngsters were
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South Gloucestershire Council is the first local authority in the South West, and one of only a handful in the country, to be awarded the Investors in People gold standard. The council picked up the prestigious accolade – the highest level possible – for how it is continually improving as an organisation and the way it develops its staff, leading
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A youth concessionary fares trial gets underway in South Gloucestershire as the first passes are handed out to pupils at Marlwood School. South Gloucestershire Council is running the trial of a new youth concessions scheme giving discounted bus travel to those in full-time education or training who are between 14-18 years old, offering half adult fare on all evening, weekend
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Local roads are starting to benefit from a £325,000 cash injection by South Gloucestershire Council in an effort to respond quickly to damaged roads and increased potholes caused by the recent sustained bad weather and repeated freeze and thaw. With the numbers of potholes expected to reach twice the normal levels by the end of March, the council has already
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A series of public exhibitions has been arranged on proposals for upgrades to a cycle route as part of the Cycling City project in South Gloucestershire. There are a number of improvements proposed for the Ring Road cycle path between Dramway Roundabout (junction with B4465 Shortwood Hill) and the Bristol City Council boundary in the vicinity of Southmead Hospital. This
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South Gloucestershire Council’s library service launched a recruitment campaign on 1 February to encourage residents to sign up as library members. The campaign encourages existing library users across South Gloucestershire to sign up a friend or family member to join their local library and they will be entered into a free prize draw. Prizes include a flat screen digital TV,
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Commenting on Conservative Cabinet budget proposals Leader of the Lib Dem group Cllr Ruth Davis said, “The Lib Dems have already raised concerns that the Conservatives are masking cuts under the name of service reviews. As there are no details of the revised plans you’re asking opposition councillors to allow you to sign blank cheques. If the service reviews were
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The people of South Gloucestershire are being urged to help end the scourge of mass marketed scam mailing, by taking part in a nationwide Scamnesty campaign. South Gloucestershire Council is backing the Office of Fair Trading campaign, which runs throughout February, by encouraging its residents to collect any scam mailing they receive and drop them into designated Scamnesty bins located
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