News - August 2021

Funding worth £500,000 is available to market towns in Gloucestershire to help them put on community events as part of their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the bank holiday weekend approaching, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is reminding everyone to stay safe.

The county council’s groundbreaking accommodation for young care leavers designed with young people at its heart has been shortlisted for two national awards.

A new team is being set up to contact people who test positive for COVID-19 so that quick action can be taken to prevent the virus spreading.

Improvement works will be carried out on roads in Cheltenham next week as part of the county council’s £150 million investment into your highways.

As part of our £150 million investment, vital resurfacing will be carried out on the A38 in Tewkesbury next week to repair damage caused by the summer heatwave.

Funding from Great Western Railway will be used to upgrade a rail simulator in Gloucester aimed at improving children’s safety at level crossings.

A farmer from the Forest of Dean has been sent to prison for causing unnecessary suffering to a sheep which was found dead on his farm during an unannounced inspection.

Gloucestershire County Council’s highways crews will be carrying out essential maintenance work to Brockweir Bridge in the Forest of Dean from Monday 9 August.

The county council is launching a new eight-week, fast track fostering assessment for people who have experience caring for children and are interested in becoming foster carers.

An audit report has praised Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) for taking action to implement more than 100 internal audit recommendations.

Gloucestershire County Council has won the ‘Best training provider and employer partnership’ award.

Gloucestershire County Council has today launched a new £2million Build Back Better Fund to help communities recover and rebuild from the impacts of Covid-19.