Month: January 2021

We’re appealing for information following a burglary in the Newlyn Crescent area of Puriton on the evening of Tuesday 19 January. The victim, a lone elderly female, answered the door to a man after he knocked on her window between 8.30 and 9pm. He asked for directions to Woolavington before asking to use her phone. … Read more

Please see link to this week’s Covid Catch-up film: https://youtu.be/aETG4xqhUOA Benefits of Vitamin D supplements https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/people-at-higher-risk/get-vitamin-d-supplements/

Here’s a link to this week’s Covid Catch-up about redeployment and vaccines: https://youtu.be/zt-9airOnR8

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 Works Members in a range of private and pop … Read more

Grants from The Somerset Fund available for local charities thanks to generous local donors Grants up to £2,500 are now available for smaller charities and grassroots groups based in Somerset. Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) manages The Somerset Fund and is encouraging smaller charities and community groups that run on less than £100,000 per year to … Read more

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 Somerset economy and coronavirus restrictions have hit businesses and employment hard.   Now Somerset’s County … Read more

Somerset joins together to create a county-wide panto 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 perfect solution for panto in a pandemic – each scene of ‘In Search of Cinderella’ has … Read more

There are naturally a lot of questions being raised about the vaccination programme.   The following website is publicly accessible and is being updated all the time.  It is a really good source and provides links to a lot of information about priority groups, locations, phases etc. One of the main messages to promote is … Read more