The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with local grocer Dean Cooper, from Wild About Fruit and Veg, to provide a fresh produce stall at the hospital’s Weston site. Located outside the Brownsword Therapies Centre, Dean and his team have an amazing range of fresh fruit and vegetables for sale,…
New health and wellbeing courses offering residents the chance to meet people and develop new skills and interests have been launched in Bath & North East Somerset. The Wellbeing Courses programme focuses on health inequalities through a variety of courses run by community providers using local tutors. It is co-ordinated by 3SG (Bath and North East…
Communities across Bath & North East Somerset are being encouraged to find out more about being ready for emergencies such as flooding, severe weather, power cuts or issues on the roads. The council’s Community Resilience initiative, which launches today (16 Oct), will highlight ways in which local groups, business and individual residents can strengthen their…
Three communities: St Catherine’s and Batheaston, Twerton and Whiteway, and Radstock and Westfield will take part in a project exploring the potential for community-owned small-scale renewable energy projects in their area. The communities were selected from 19 organisations that registered their interest in taking part in the Energy in Your Community project, a partnership project…
Residents in Bath are being asked for their views on which of sixteen local projects could benefit from a new round of community funding through the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) fund for Bath. The shortlisted projects include play facilities, sustainable energy and community hall improvements. The council has received an unprecedented number of applications…
An ambitious plan consultation focusing on a transformative 10-year plan to address Bath’s transport network has launched today. The Movement Strategy for Bath sets out our vision for how people and goods will move around Bath over the next decade, supporting the Council’s ambition to improve travel choices and create great places for everyone to live, work…
A programme of potential schemes to regenerate Keynsham town centre which includes shopfront improvements, active travel projects and high street planting has been endorsed by Bath & North East Somerset Council. The Keynsham Town Centre Regeneration Action Plan also includes further public realm improvements to the Upper High Street and Temple Street, more community and cultural events…
On Saturday 13 September, the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust was delighted to welcome patients, visitors and local residents to its second Community Day, in partnership with the hospital’s charity RUHX. The hospital was also joined by a number of its community partners: Avon & Somerset Police, AWP Mental Health Partnership, BaNES…
Believe it or not, we’re celebrating our first ‘half-year’ anniversary inOctober. In other words, we’ve been open for business for six months!A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us here at theRadstock Times, your local online news source that aims to keep you –the reader – informed and updated about what’s happening in…
Children at Peasedown St John Primary School have had a busy week celebrating Harvest at a range of events around the community. In total, the school’s 400 pupils packed out three Harvest Festivals over a 5-day period. School Headteacher, Ruth Noall, said: “The theme for this year’s Harvest Festivals was sharing, fairness and kindness, and…
