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Deaths

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Marriages and ceremonies

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Births

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Adult social care

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Carers

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Specialist Public Health Nursing

Includes information about health visitors, school nurses and public health nursing
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Help to live at home

Includes equipment, care and support
Adult and child

Children's social care

Includes help for families and young people
health

Health and wellbeing

Includes sexual health, preventing substance misuse and healthy workplaces
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Public health

Includes health checks, campaigns and mental health support
safeguarding

Safeguarding

Includes protecting adults and children at risk
Care homes

Housing options

Includes care homes and sheltered housing

Fostering and adoption

Includes applying to adopt, becoming a foster carer and private fostering information
Term dates

School life

Includes term and holiday dates, exclusions and school activities
Schools

Choosing a school

Includes information about catchment areas and admissions policies

School transport

Includes information about different types of school transport and how to apply
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School applications

Includes information about applying to start school and moving to a different school

Childcare

Includes entitlements, the support available and the latest childcare news

Fostering and adoption

Includes applying to adopt, becoming a foster carer and private fostering information

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Includes our Local Offer and the services available

Children

Includes employing children, child protection and corporate parenting
Adult Learning

Adult learning

Includes information about training courses across Somerset
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Route1 advocacy

Providing advice and support to children and young people

Problems on the road

Includes how to report potholes, flooding and traffic lights

Signs and streetlights

Includes speed limits, road signs and how to report faulty lights

Parking

Includes paying or challenging a fine, blue badges and permits

Public and community transport

Includes bus passes and park and ride information

School transport

Includes information about different types of school transport and how to apply

Road projects

Includes information on transport strategies, policies, plans and road schemes

Rights of way

Includes footpaths, bridleways and open access lands

Road works and road closures

Includes information about plans for temporary and new works and closures

Road safety

Includes how we work to make our roads safer
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Blue Badges

Includes information about disabled parking and how to apply
Libraries

Libraries

Includes library membership, services and events

Volunteering

Includes how to get involved in community activities and projects
Heritage

Heritage

Includes museums, records and archaeology
Safer communities

Safer communities

Includes making your home safer and community safer
Community

Community initiatives

Includes community initiatives and community right to challenge

Planning

Includes applying for planning permission and reporting unauthorised developments

Waste

Includes waste collections and recycling

Property

Includes information about county farms and our land and building assets

Flooding and drainage

Includes how we support flood prevention and planning

Rights of way

Includes footpaths, bridleways and open access lands

Countryside

Includes Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, walking and cycling

Emergencies

Includes information about planning for emergencies
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Do business with the Council

Includes current business and contact opportunities
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Supporting businesses

Includes registering as a childminder and support and advice for businesses
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Procurement

Includes how we procure goods, services and works
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Licences

Includes approved premises licenses and permission for decorations on the road

Freedom of information

Includes how to ask us questions about what we do

How we use your information

Includes the information we hold about you and how we protect it

Accessing our information

Includes Data Protection and the re-use of our information

Have your say

Includes petitions and ongoing consultations

Democracy

Includes Councillors, meetings and elections

Our finances

Includes our budgeting and spending information

Partnerships and Trusts

Includes how we work with other organisations

Our performance

Includes how we set and meet our goals and your feedback
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Our plans

Includes the Business Plan

Latest news

23 Mar 2023

Young people urged to have their say on Somerset’s transport future

Somerset County Council has launched a survey to capture the views of young people across the…...

22 Mar 2023

Ambitious plans to transform education in Somerset

Ambitious plans to transform education and drive improvements in Somerset schools have been unveiled. Somerset County…...

20 Mar 2023

Publications across Britain step up to support the nation’s mental health

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Bus it – You know it makes sense

Somerset County Council is joining forces with the Somerset Bus Partnership which represents passengers to encourage more people in the county to use the bus. 

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New Somerset Council – Our Customer Panel

Help us shape your services - Would you like to help us by taking part in our customer panel? We want to hear your opinion.

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Refugee resettlement in Somerset

Find out about support for refugee resettlement in Somerset and how you can help,

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Urgent appeal for people who care

Our care sector in Somerset is facing unprecedented pressure – can you step in to support care in your local community?

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Somerset’s Climate Emergency

Find out how the five councils in Somerset plan to tackle climate change and go carbon neutral by 2030.

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