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North Somerset and Somerset County Councils have joined forces in a pledge to make public places and streets safer for women and girls.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available for community projects which overcome loneliness and improve wellbeing, as part of North Somerset Council’s ongoing work to tackle health inequalities across the area.

Local school pupils joined a milestone turf-cutting event to mark the start of construction of the new school expansion.

Today (Monday 31 January) marks a milestone for Weston-super-Mare’s High Street Heritage Action Zone Shopfront Enhancement Scheme, managed by North Somerset Council.

Families who use Weston Children’s Centre are being asked to have their say as the centre moves location.

North Somerset residents will soon be able to have their say on how the area will grow and develop over the coming years.

Voluntary organisations, community groups and settings are being encouraged to apply for funding from North Somerset Council for existing and new community food projects across the area.

Carlton Street multi-storey car park in Weston-super-Mare is closed for essential maintenance work.

Businesses across North Somerset are being encouraged to apply for the latest business grants which support the hospitality and leisure sectors that have been impacted by the Omicron variant.

Fostering North Somerset is celebrating two years of a ground-breaking foster care programme which is helping North Somerset children and their foster carers.

Up to 30 North Somerset women who have struggled to find a job after having children can get free help to return to the workplace thanks to the launch of a new project.

North Somerset Council, in partnership with Pier Health Primary Care Network, has won funding to develop ways to add more walking and cycling to the area’s social prescribing offer.

Work has started on Weston’s Sovereign Shopping Centre as part of the town’s placemaking investment programme, which will see the centre’s name evolve into The Sovereign.

North Somerset Council will be carrying out conservation management work next week to nature reserve land it owns at Cadbury Hill. This will improve the biodiversity of the site.

An oak tree has been planted in Ashcombe Park, Weston-super-Mare by North Somerset Council as part of a national initiative to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.