Businesses and organisations in Somerset are being encouraged to find out if they are eligible for capital funding grants aimed at supporting businesses and community infrastructure in rural areas. The funding is available following Somerset Council’s successful £3.4 million submission…

40 free places on the Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue Summer School activities are up for grabs thanks to funding secured through Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership (SASP) and the ‘Happy Healthy Holidays Somerset’ scheme. Happy Healthy Holidays Somerset…

Householders in Somerset could be due for government payments to help towards the costs of heating their homes, under two separate schemes. The first scheme is for those who heat their homes with an alternative fuel such as wood pellets,…

A ground-breaking project to help Somerset homes become more energy efficient has won crucial funding. Somerset Climate Action Network (SomersetCAN) in collaboration with Somerset Council and Frome, Glastonbury, and Bruton Town Councils, have successfully bid for a £50,000 grant to…

A donation of £10,000 has been made to the Somerset Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Award Bursary Fund by the Somerset Freemasons during a special presentation ceremony on Friday, 17 March.  The event, which took place at Carymoor Environmental Centre, was…

Time is running out for Somerset residents to have their say on possible changes to a scheme which offers financial support to working-age adults on low incomes. The deadline to respond is 1 October. In November 2023, Somerset Council declared…

Somerset Council is replacing ageing traffic signals and upgrading crossings on Taunton’s busy Hurdle Way which will also improve access for cyclists, pedestrians and buses. Both sets of traffic lights on the Hurdle Way/Mansfield Road and Hurdle Way/ Silver Street…

An innovative new Therapeutic Education provision will be opening in Somerset in September, offering places for children and young people with additional and SEND needs. The Education service in Misterton, owned by the Diocese of Bath and Wells, will be…

Somerset and Exmoor Coast Festival, due to start on September 21, has announced a major partnership which will see organisers working with a project co-founded by TV presenter Julia Bradbury. The Festival has signed up The Outdoor Guide as a…

Somerset Council’s Lead members for the environment have written to Ed Miliband asking for a renewed Government commitment to helping local government achieve the nation’s net zero targets. The letter to the new Secretary of State for Energy and Net…

Somerset Council has completed the sale of its property at Aztec West, Bristol. The building is one of many commercial assets that the Council is disposing of as part of its property rationalisation programme established in response to the financial…

Somerset Council is empowering businesses to reduce their carbon emissions by registering for the Go Green Scheme. Part of the scheme will enable businesses to take advantage of a free carbon reduction plan, which will improve energy efficiency and is…

Residents and visitors to Brean Leisure and Brean beach can now have access to a Changes Place Toilet, thanks to Somerset Council working with strategic partners Brean Leisure and Muscular Dystrophy UK, using grant funds from the former Department for…

A new initiative between Somerset Council, SUEZ and On Your Bike, means that bikes collected via the council’s bulky collection service will now be donated to On Your Bike, and head back onto the road. Recycling is great but buying…

Work on the ground kicks off in earnest on Bridgwater’s landmark Celebration Mile next week. The flagship pedestrian and cycle friendly route will connect the railway station and the Northgate Docks which are also in line for regeneration. Both are…

Message from Avon & Somerset Police, Somerset Council, the NHS in Somerset, Spark Somerset, and partner community and faith groups in Somerset. In recent days we have all seen the shameful acts of disorder that have happened in towns and…

Residents in a block of flats in Wells can now easily recycle their electricals with the launch of a pilot project. Thanks to funding from Material Focus, the not-for-profit leading the UK-wide  ‘Recycle your Electricals’ campaign, the two month trial…

Glastonbury Town Deal is entering an exciting phase with construction work well underway at the Sports & Leisure Hub, Glastonbury Abbey and most recently St Dunstan’s House. In addition to these projects work is already progressing well at Bridie’s Farm…

Somerset Council is holding a public drop-in for people to find out more about its plan for a new transport hub on the site of the former bus station. The session is being held at Taunton Library Glass Box between…

Somerset Council will be removing the Goodland Gardens Footbridge in Taunton next week to safeguard the public. The bridge, which crosses the River Tone from Tangier Way into Goodlands Gardens, was closed a year and a half ago for safety…