Designed to inform future policy and funding approaches with content curated for national policymakers, researchers, funders and community leaders, Local Trust is launching Learning from Big Local – a website that brings together 15 years of research, stories and learning from the Big Local programme, set up by The National Lottery Community Fund. The site,…

Bus fare offers such as the child fare cap, free travel for care leavers until they turn 25, and Kids Go Free are set to continue, to further embed sustainable travel choices for people and support families, in plans before the Mayor and council leaders at their next meeting on 30 January. These proposals follow the…

Plans for a landmark new food and essentials distribution hub are set to be approved by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority as part of a new regional partnership with Bristol Charities, to help provide support to more families across the West. The all-in-one site is likely to be a multimillion-pound warehouse space in…

New investment is set to boost the country’s efforts to tackle the housing crisis across regions including the West of England. £6.55 million has been secured for the region to lead a national scheme making the most of smaller plots of council-owned land, thanks to funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government…

From bold Victorian designs to striking modern graphics, Poster Power! explores 200 years of British posters at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. Opening on 23 January, the exhibition brings together an exceptional selection of 19th- and 20th‑century advertising posters, with many from the collections of the Victoria Art Gallery and Bath Record Office. Reflecting the changing…

Councillors are being asked to agree a public consultation on changes to parking charges, based on vehicle-size, for residents’ parking permits in Bath and North East Somerset. Other proposed changes to parking charges are also going before councillors for a decision. Recommendations to approve the public consultation as part of the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)…