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Get ready for Christmas Waste Collections!
With the festive season in full swing, Somerset Council is reminding everyone to take a note of changes to recycling and rubbish collections.
21 December 2024
With the festive season in full swing, Somerset Council is reminding everyone to take a note of changes to recycling and rubbish collections.
Residents and businesses are being urged to have their say on council services and priorities in Somerset Council’s annual budget consultation.
Somerset Council is asking members of the public to have their say on proposed changes to admission arrangements for Somerset schools for the academic year 2026 to 2027
Somerset County Council has launched a survey to capture the views of young people across the county on the future of transport. The survey was complied with
Many Somerset residents who provide unpaid care do not access the support available to them. This could be because they do not see themselves as
It takes a special person to “step up” to social work – are you that person? Somerset County Council is looking for the right people
People across Somerset with no transport of their own need help to get to important medical appointments. From routine checks to cardiology and cancer-related care,
Evening bus services on some key routes in Somerset begin running from next week, (Monday, 30 January 2023). Somerset County Council is subsidising evening services
Somerset County Council is working with a local landowner to ensure work is carried out urgently to prevent any further landslips onto a vital county
Bus users in Somerset will be able to travel on most routes in the county for just £2 from January. The major fare cut is
Somerset County Council’s road safety team is sending out a crucial reminder to motorists – keep safe on Somerset’s roads this year. Drivers mustn’t drive
Somerset County Council needs volunteers to join an independent panel, which sets the allowances payable to its elected members. The Independent Remuneration Panel, a legally
Somerset County Council’s Leaving Care Team has been named as runner up for a prestigious national award. The team were named runners up in the
Somerset’s five Local Authorities are jointly undertaking a survey to better understand and support local businesses, now and in the future. The Somerset Business Survey
Somerset County Council is highlighting the need to recruit more ‘Stepping Stones’ carers to support young care leavers. Stepping Stones carers support young care leavers aged 16-21, who are making the
Somerset County Council, NHS Somerset and Somerset Parent Carer Forum are inviting families as well as school leads, education, and health professionals to join a
Suicide can affect anybody, and there isn’t a community in Somerset which hasn’t been touched. Somerset County Council, together with partners, are helping to raise
We’re here all year – that’s the message from Somerset tourism businesses as the summer season comes to an end. Somerset County Council is working
As fuel prices spiral during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis Somerset County Council and Somerset Bus Partnership are joining forces to encourage people to ‘BUS IT’.
With temperatures again set to exceed 30C this week, Somerset County Council is asking people to keep an eye out for themselves, vulnerable family, friends
Somerset County Council’s Public Health Team are encouraging people to nominate public places that are ‘positive about breastfeeding.’ As part of World Breastfeeding Awareness Week,
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