12 Oct
Northgate: The Blackout Continues
4 Oct
Monitoring the Northgate Project:- Autumn 2021
Westover Councillors continue to meet with Sedgemoor officers to keep up to date with the Northgate project and have also been taken on a tour of the site by Wilmott Dixon. However, tensions have been creeping in due to the failure for any of them to take responsibility to fix the lights along the School lane. Westover cllr Brian Smedley said “This is the reason we have not put out a report and instead have increased our levels of anger at this absolute failure, which is hard for them to explain. At last weeks meeting they appeared to be at least having a go at resolving it, but dark nights are drawing in and they need to get a move on. It is now the most common thing that residents rightly express exasperation at.”
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1 Oct
Bridgwater Arts Centre is 75!
On Sunday 10th October the Bridgwater Arts Centre was 75 years old. The first Arts Centre in the country celebrated it’s anniversary with an open day from 11am to 4pm. The bar was open , the Chandos Society had an art exhibition in the gallery , Purplespoon Catering provided a giant paella in the garden and musicians dropped in and performed throughout the day. The building was open for people to wander around to see what’s on offer from the Theatre to the Gallery to the Garden and back to the bar. As a result the place was packed with faces old and new.
23 Sep
Town’s Youth Forum Relaunch Planned for October 22nd
Bridgwater Town Council has a budget of £15,000 for ‘Youth Grants’ but for the past 18 months the Youth Forum which considers the applications and decides on the awards has been suspended due to Covid. Now that the Council is fully functioning as society breaks away from the cycle of lockdowns, the Youth Forum has been recalled to coincide with the start of the new school year. Youth Portfolio Holder Cllr Julie Cordiner (Labour, Victoria) has set a meeting for Friday 22nd October and is now calling on Groups within the town to apply for a share of this year’s allocation.
Cllr Julie Cordiner said “It has been a difficult time during Covid because we couldn’t hold face to face meetings and then we couldn’t transfer to Zoom because of safeguarding issues. However, I have now contacted all the schools and we are pleased to see the Youth Forum up and running again.” Continue reading “Town’s Youth Forum Relaunch Planned for October 22nd”
15 Sep
Somerset Community Credit Union: ‘Biting Back against the Loan Sharks’
Somerset Community Credit Union alongside the Bridgwater Town Mayor, Cllr Leigh Redman, and in conjunction with the England Illegal Money Lending Team are biting back against the loan sharks and illegal money lenders with their new promotion. This promotion is open to the first 50 new members to join the Somerset Community Credit Union from today, 15th September 2021, who successfully manage to save at least £10 a month for 3 consecutive months. In return for this they will receive a £25 bonus completely free provided by the England Illegal Money Lending Team and taken directly from the Loan Sharks themselves. This offer is open until 31st December 2021 and the £25 bonus will be paid directly into the members account by the end of March 2022. Only one new membership is allowed per household and the new member must have an income of less than £26,000 per annum.
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