South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has launched a service that saves taxpayers’ money and streamlines the process for residents applying for British nationality in the district. The Nationality Checking Service (NCS) is a voluntary service provided by the council and operated by South Gloucestershire Registration staff trained by the Home Office, which allows those applying for British nationality to submit their
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South Gloucestershire Council is making it easy for residents to celebrate the Royal Wedding by holding a street party in their neighbourhood. The council is waiving the normal fee for road closures for street parties held on Friday 29th April, and in most cases party organisers only have to fill in a single form. All residents have to do is
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Sodbury campaigners have joined residents in welcoming news that a local road will be resurfaced later this month. The council has confirmed that, weather permitting, the resurfacing work in Hartley Close, off St Johns Way, is scheduled to start on Monday 28th February. Conservative-run South Gloucestershire Council has invested an extra £4m over the last two years to ensure more
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Olveston CofE Primary School has been rated “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 13 lessons at the 204-pupil school, which is located in Elberton Road. The inspectors summarised their findings as follows: “Olveston CofE Primary is an outstanding school. It has made rapid improvement since the previous
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The coming of spring at Ram Hill Colliery, Coalpit Heath, will see a number of changes on the site. Bat and bird boxes will be placed in trees at the site of the old reservoir. The open space which used to be the top spoil heap will be covered in top soil and grass seed. Eventually this will be a
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A group of councillors in South Gloucestershire is claiming that the local Council is missing out on recycling a large amount of plastic. South Gloucestershire Council recently introduced collection of plastic bottles from residents’ doorsteps as part of a new recycling programme. The authority has subsequently withdrawn plastic recycling banks from a number of locations across the area claiming that
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A call is going out to all volunteer groups and businesses across South Gloucestershire urging them to spring into action in a few months time to help clean up their neighbourhood or open spaces, helping to transform South Gloucestershire as part of National Spring Clean 2011. South Gloucestershire Council is supporting the Big Spring Clean Campaign 2011 which runs from
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A topping out ceremony has been held for the new children’s locality hub for the Severnvale area in Rodway Road, Patchway. Once building work is completed in the autumn, the facility will provide a community setting where a range of vital services for children and young people and their families will be provided. Also housed on site will be a
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A brand new, purpose built day centre for people with dementia has just opened in Yate. The centre replaces the Woodleaze facility, and is located in the new, multi-million pound Cambrian Green Court extra care housing development. The new centre has been built as part of the council’s ongoing work to support the increasing number of people with dementia, and
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative schools chief has unveiled a £29.3m package of school improvements. The proposed programme, spread over three years, includes: Approval of £2m investment at Wick school, £4m at Hambrook school and £1m at Filton Hill school; £7m over three years for planned maintenance for high priority roofing, boiler replacement and rewiring work; A new Sure Start Children’s
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