The latest update from Somerset Waste Partnership includes the launch of the first Somerset Recycle Week, a report on how the Fixy reuse van is getting on, and details of the switch to winter hours for all recycling sites. Click on the link below to read the update: swp-briefing-9-septDownload

Somerset Diverse Communities (SDC) has launched a new project working with Somerset’s diverse communities and health/social care providers to address inequalities in both access and care for patients and professionals. You can share your own experiences by completing an online survey. For details of this initiative as well as other useful topics, please click here … Continue reading Health and Wellbeing Update

Can you help provide anything for the West Somerset Food Cupboard? Details of what they need can be found in the latest newsletter from the Dunster Benefice: 30th-september-2022Download

Dear lovely villagers, I am directing a play in Minehead, and we are short of props. The play is a courtroom drama set in 1954. I wondered if anyone might be able to lend me the following: A brief case similar to the one pictured aboveBlack graduation gownsBarristers’ wigs!1950s male/ female clothes, hats or handbags … Continue reading Props Needed for Local Play

After much soup and many puds the harvest supper was judged a great success. It was good to see some new faces and to welcome back regulars. Donations amounted to a magnificent £300. Thank you to all who helped and attended. Margaret Smith

Crockford's plant stall now has a variety of pots on sale. Very low prices - all must go. Some are near perfect, some need a coat of paint, but all are in serviceable condition. Drop by and take a look! Marion Jay

As we venture into autumn, the latest newsletter from the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Advisory Service offers information on both Covid and flu vaccination programmes, as well as support to stop smoking and news of a campaign to raise awareness about private fostering legislation. To read the newsletter in full, click here.

Don't forget, Somerset Arts Weeks starts this weekend. Jeweller Sarah Fox and ceramicist Helen Jones will be part of a group at Studio 10 (the striped building) at East Quay in Watchet. The Open Studios initiative provides a great opportunity to meet local artists and talk to them about their work.