Children at Peasedown St John Primary School were treated to a special afternoon recently when representatives from the RSPCA visited their school. The staff led interactive sessions with pupils from Year 5 and Year 6. School Headteacher, Ruth Noall, said: “We’re very grateful to the RSPCA, one of the most respectable and well-established animal welfare…
Councillors in Peasedown St John have written to the leadership at Bath & North East Somerset Council – asking for traffic calming measures to be installed in one of the village’s most well-used streets. A community-wide survey carried out by Independent Councillors Karen Walker and Gavin Heathcote earlier this year discovered that residents want to…
A new community magazine has been launched to keep people updated and informed about what’s going on at their local churches. ‘This is Us’ is a new publication produced by the St J’s Group – the group of Anglican churches comprising St John’s Peasedown, St Julian’s Wellow, St James’ Foxcote and St Julian’s Shoscombe. Celebrating…
Veterans, members of the Armed Forces, The Royal British Legion, the Mayor of Bath, council, community and faith leaders, together with members of the public, paid their respects at Remembrance Sunday ceremonies across Bath & North East Somerset. Many are pictured here at the War Memorial in Bath where wreaths were laid.
Two crossings to make walking, wheeling and cycling safer and more accessible for children have been completed in the south of Bath. Children from Ralph Allen School joined deputy head teacher Seb Witts and Cabinet Member for Sustainable Transport Delivery Lucy Hodge at the recently completed crossing outside of the school. Work has also been…
Bath & North East Somerset Council has been recognised for excellence across a range of services, following an independent review by the Local Government Association (LGA). The LGA’s Corporate Peer Challenge, which involved senior councillors and officers from across the country, highlighted the council’s strong leadership, outward-looking approach, and commitment to improving people’s lives. The…
Carbon emissions per person in Bath & North East Somerset have halved over the last 20 years and continue to reduce steadily, according to a new climate and nature emergency report. The Annual Climate and Nature Progress Report will be presented to Cabinet on Thursday 13 November. It sets out work underway and planned to…
Waiting times are dropping for people receiving care from Bath & North East Somerset Council due to a significant overhaul of Adult Social Care services. The number of people waiting for a Care Act Assessment, which is the way social workers understand someone’s needs and what help is available to them, fell dramatically from 201…
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 12th November. 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…
Nearly 400 local residents came to visit the 3SG Volunteer Fair, a large scale exhibition-style event at Bath’s Apex Hotel on 17th October, intending to do good for their local community. Run by Bath & North East Somerset Third Sector Group (3SG), this is the third year that the charity has organised the event to…
