Nearly 3,400 South Gloucestershire pupils are to benefit from a £1.5m funding boost. Following analysis of the January 2011 annual school census, South Gloucestershire Council has now confirmed to schools how each of them are set to benefit from the Coalition Government’s flagship ‘pupil premium’, which aims to target extra resources at the most disadvantaged school children. The ‘pupil premium’
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Bradley Hook has been crowned 2011 employee of the year by South Gloucestershire Council. An awards ceremony was held last week to pay tribute to staff including Bradley (pictured) who is employed to keep the high street and surrounding streets in Staple Hill clean and tidy. He was among a number of staff to be recognised for their contribution to
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The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed the £70million inward investment announced by Airbus during a visit by Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on Friday 25th March. The aerospace giant plans to develop a £70million state of the art engineering and technology campus in South Gloucestershire. Chair Colin Skellett said: “This
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A programme of modernising facilities for people with disabilities has been completed at three leisure centres in South Gloucestershire. Longwell Green, Yate and Bradley Stoke leisure centres have all had their disabled toilets improved and new equipment installed, including the introduction of hoists. The council has been working closely with South Gloucestershire Leisure, and the investment from the council is
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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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Avon and Somerset police have just launched a new online service for victims of crime. TrackMyCrime allows ‘victims’ to track the progress of their crime as it’s investigated by police officers, by providing access to information extracted from police systems. Deputy Chief Constable Rob Beckley said: “We’ve introduced TrackMyCrime to keep victims informed about the status of their crime in
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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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