January 2023

Citizens Advice Mendip are opening up new 'self-service' kiosks that let you contact an adviser by email or phone, or access information on the Citizens Advice website.

An ambitious mentoring programme is being launched to make the expertise of the county's most knowledgeable business-people available to businesses across Somerset.

Issued jointly by the Environment Agency, Somerset County Council, Sedgemoor District Council, Somerset West and Taunton Council, Mendip District Council and South Somerset District Council.

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on 27 January. It's a day which commemorates victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.

Mendip District Council submitted two Levelling-Up Fund Bids, working together with other District Councils.

An expert team from the Local Government Association (LGA) has commended work to create a new unitary council on 1 April this year.

Somerset's Fixy project is successfully switching more people on to the idea of repair and reuse of electricals, a survey has found.

Issued jointly by the Environment Agency, Somerset County Council, Sedgemoor District Council, Somerset West and Taunton Council, Mendip District Council and South Somerset District Council.

Saying "so long" to an old sofa? Somerset's recycling sites now have a separate skip for disposal of upholstered home furniture.

The proposed budget for the new unitary Somerset Council is published today.

With fewer than 100 days to go until the launch of the new unitary Somerset Council on 1 April 2023, work is underway to understand where offices and customer service delivery points might be situated.

Are you able to act objectively, impartially and in confidence, making reasoned judgements based on evidence?

The Shape Mendip Lottery Community Fund is currently open for groups to apply for up to £1000 - but not for much longer, as the deadline looms on 15 January!

Alvin Horsfall was a Mendip District Councillor from May 2005 until May 2019 and served the Frome Keyford Ward.