Community News, Information & Advice

Gloucester’s annual blues festival returns to the city for nine hot days and nights of the very best live music in pubs, bars, venues and open spaces around the city Keep checking the website http://www.gloucesterblues.co.uk/schedule-performers/ for details of who’ll be performing and when, and also click here to join Gloucester’s official Facebook group, where up […]

Earlier this year, with everybody’s support, we jumped a major hurdle and gained an extension to our Community Broadcasting License: However without continuing to raise funds we will not be able to make use of it! We have several fundraising events planned for the coming weeks where it is hoped we can start bringing the […]

Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership is issuing some advice to help keep children safe during the summer. With the evenings at their lightest and longest, children are more likely to want to be outdoors, especially now that the summer holidays are nearly upon us. Statistics show that in the summer months alone, young people aged between […]

Following feedback from people visiting Gloucestershire County Council’s Household Recycling Centres (HRCs), this soil conditioner is now for sale. QSC is produced from household organic waste currently including all the food waste that is collected in the county. At £2.50 for a 40 litre bag, QSC provides much needed nutrients for flower and vegetable beds, […]

Gloucestershire County Council’s new service to support the most vulnerable and at risk young people has launched. Young people’s services are being transformed, with the county council supporting communities to get more involved in running general youth activities and focusing its own support on those young people identified as being most in need of extra […]

Did you know that there is a National Organisation & Charity – The Institute of Advanced Motorists that has a local Branch and Club in this Area ? We are S.A.M.  – the Severn Advanced Motorcyclists    www.iamsam.org.uk We invite all people interested to a brief awareness and introductory one to one discussion at the Tesco […]

The six sessions will run at Floor 2, Messenger House, 35 St Michaels Square, Gloucester, GL1 1HX starting on Thursday 11th August. Sessions will then take place every Thursday until Thursday 15th September. All sessions are free and will run from 2-4.30pm. Weekly sessions will focus on different aspects of the caring role such as how […]

Tax credit claimants in Gloucestershire are reminded today that they have just over one month to renew their claims before the 31 July deadline. They are asked to act as soon as they receive a renewal pack from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC’s Director of Benefits and Credits, Steve Lamey, said: “You should be […]

This Years Kite Festival and Family Fun Day will be held at Gloucester Park on Sunday 7th August 2011 from 11.30am to 8pm. Kite Flying, Fun and Games, Stalls, Food on Sale, Music,  Children’s Craft Workshops, all the Fun of the Fair and not forgetting the World Football Competition will create a fantastic carnival atmosphere […]

Voluntary and community groups providing services in Gloucestershire are invited to apply to a new £500,000 grant fund – the Performance Reward Grant Fund – which opened to applications at the end of May 2011.  The fund will be used to invest in long term services that will produce improvements and benefits for the wider […]