The search is on for a volunteer passionate about the environment to chair the Somer Valley Rediscovered Partnership and help develop its work to improve local green spaces and rivers and streams. Somer Valley Rediscovered (SVR) aims to improve biodiversity while better connecting the Somer Valley communities to local natural spaces to improve people’s wellbeing….
Measures to ensure dogs are kept on leads and dog mess is cleaned up in the grounds of Bath & North East Somerset Council-owned cemeteries are being consulted on. The move is a last resort in response to repeated reports of dogs off leads which in some cases have led to visitors and staff facing…
Peasedown St John’s Community Library has launched a recruitment campaign to sign-up more volunteers. The library, which is located in the Hive Community Centre, is part of B&NES Council’s network of community services. Library Operations Manager, Cllr Karen Walker (Independent, Peasedown) said: “For a small community library with just 700 books we’re definitely punching above…
Pre-loved clothes, books and kitchen utensils that might otherwise have been thrown away have helped raise a staggering £1m for the British Heart Foundation. The annual Student Moving Out Campaign, an initiative led by the Student Community Partnership (SCP), encourages students who are leaving their homes at the end of the academic year to recycle…
A new Vice Lord-Lieutenant has been appointed for Somerset. Robert Drewett, who lives in the Mendips, above the Chew Valley, has been serving as a Deputy Lieutenant for the past 20 years. Mr Drewett replaces Ted Allen as Vice Lord-Lieutenant. Mr Allen had held the position for three years and has reached the retirement age, for the…
The Bath and North East Somerset Councillors for Peasedown St John, Gavin Heathcote and Karen Walker (Independents), will be holding a Street Surgery in the village on Wednesday 14th January. Each month over the next year the councillors will be visiting every street to meet residents, hear any concerns and to find out about what issues…
A funding appeal run by the Bath and North East Somerset Faith Foundation has raised £3,000 for a new campaign to tackle and raise awareness of antisemitism across the local area. The organisation, which promotes and encourages social cohesion and dialogue between religious groups, launched a fundraising campaign last year. Director of the Faith Foundation,…
A new teaching programme in a group of rural churches has been put together to encourage parishioners to think about the significance of animals in the Bible, and what the stories about them can teach us in 2026. Churches in Peasedown St John, Foxcote, Shoscombe and Wellow over the next year will look at the…
The Bath and North East Somerset Councillors for Peasedown St John, Karen Walker and Gavin Heathcote (Independents), will be holding their next Advice Surgery on Saturday 3rd January, at Peasedown St John Community Library, located in The Hive Community Centre. It will be an opportunity for residents to discuss issues and any concerns they have about the community….
Councillors are being asked to decide on whether to make an experimental traffic restriction in central Bath permanent. A report has been published detailing the outcomes of the trial scheme in the Lower Lansdown and The Circus Liveable Neighbourhood (LN) area. In it Bath & North East Somerset Cabinet Members Councillor Joel Hirst, Cabinet Member…
