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Blooming lovely – Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge Town Council launches 2021 garden competition
Following the success of last years’ competition and on behalf of the town council, Cllrs Janet Keen and Sue Barber would like to invite residents of Burnham-on-Sea & Highbridge to enter the 2021 garden competition.
Further information about the new seafront play area planned for Burnham-on-Sea
As reported on local media, some questions and comments have recently been raised with the town council about the new seafront play area. Residents were welcomed to speak at a meeting of the Town Improvements
Further food support for families in third lockdown
Somerset County Council has allocated a further £427,000 of funding to help schools provide families with food support during this lockdown. During term time, the Department for Education (DfE) has asked schools to provide meal
Taunton Racecourse announced as Somerset’s new large vaccination centre
Taunton racecourse is set to open its doors on Monday 18 January as a new large vaccination centre for Somerset, part of a wave of ‘large’ vaccination centres opening across the country. The large vaccination
The Princess offers free online teaching resources for local children.
The recent closure of schools has led teachers and parents in to a new world of home-schooling. Teachers have had to adapt and become television presenters, and parents have had to become teachers. Now more
CALL TO ARTISTS – SOMERSET OPEN STUDIOS VENUE REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN!
DEADLINE: 31 MARCH 2021 Somerset-based artists are invited to register for SOMERSET OPEN STUDIOS (18 Sept- 3 Oct 2021). Now one of the country’s largest Open Studios events, it showcases the work of Somerset Art
Vaccines: Be aware of fraudsters
Action Fraud is warning the public to remain vigilant as criminals begin to take advantage of the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine to commit fraud. Remember: The vaccine is free of charge. The NHS
Somerset Waste Partnership update
Recycling sites and COVID All 16 sites remain open on their usual winter schedule in the current lockdown, being defined by Government as essential services. We are asking people to visit only if their trip
Weekly footfall report
To see last weeks footfall data from Burnham-on-Sea, please click on the link below: Weekly Footfall Burnham-on-Sea Wk1Yr2021
British Red Cross: helpful resources
Support for your local residents Share our support line: British Red Cross’ free coronavirus support line is open 7 days a week for anyone needing emotional support, feeling lonely or worried, and in need of speaking to a friendly voice. Your staff
Temporary Road Closure: Wells Road and Panborough, Wedmore affecting service 67
As you may be aware, there is an upcoming road closure at Panborough (details below) which will unfortunately affect Service 67 for the duration. Mendip Community Transport (MCT) will be terminating at Wookey, as there
Survey regarding ex-service personnel
The South West Regional Reoffending Partnership (SWRRP) are reviewing the needs of veterans in the criminal justice system across the South West, in order to help decide on priority areas and actions going forward and
Somerset joins together to create a county-wide panto
In Search of Cinderella Families across Somerset will be able to enjoy the county’s own virtual panto from the comfort of their own homes. Theatre makers from across Somerset have come together to create the
Supporting Somerset’s visitor economy
A countywide scheme is being launched to support tourism and visitor-centred businesses in Somerset in the wake of the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The visitor economy plays an important part in the wider
Scam Alert
The police are seeing an increase in Phishing and in particular Smishing (SMS texts) being sent to individuals stating they are eligible for the Covid vaccine, these texts purport to be from the NHS and
Public facing information about vaccines
There are naturally a lot of questions being raised by the public about the vaccination programme. The following website is publicly accessible and is being updated all the time. It is a really good source
Survey launched to discover how Somerset residents access information and advice
A survey is launched this week to find out the best way for Somerset residents to get easy access to information and help for older relatives, activities for children or health advice. Somerset residents are
Funding alert: grants up to £2,500 available now
Hello there, We are getting in touch to let you know that The Somerset Fund is now open for applications until Monday 11 February 2021. If you are a grassroots community group based in
Weekly footfall report
To see last few weeks footfall data from Burnham-on-Sea, please click on the links below: Weekly Footfall Burnham on Sea Wk51Yr2020 Weekly Footfall Burnham on Sea Wk52Yr2020 Weekly Footfall Burnham on Sea Wk53Yr2020
Q&A on the new seafront play area.
The following questions have been submitted to the town council in relation to the decision to install a new play area on the walled tarmac space on the south esplanade, Burnham-on-Sea. Was a risk assessment