News - October 2019

Those who wish to express their condolences following the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in Essex can do so in a book of condolence available at Gloucestershire County Council's Shire Hall in Gloucester.

Gloucestershire County Council is set to invest £6 million into nine of its residential and nursing care homes.

Residents, businesses and commuters have less than two weeks left to have their say on the design proposals for a new section of the A417 could be built to fix the ‘Missing Link’. Here is how to give your feedback to Highways England.

Henry Wells, 19, one of Gloucestershire County Council’s ambassadors for vulnerable children and young people, has won the award for ‘outstanding contribution by sons and daughters’ at The Fostering Network’s ‘Fostering Excellence Awards’.

Businesses at the Churcham Business Park can now benefit from faster broadband thanks to a grant from Fastershire.

Gloucestershire County Council Highway’s contractors Knights Brown will be closing parts of the A419 at Stonehouse to resurface the roundabout and new cycle path at Chipmans Platt in October and November.

Members of a children’s writing club at Tewkesbury Library are celebrating the release of their first book.

Modern Slavery is closer than you think and is happening in  Gloucestershire. On Friday 18 October local organisations, businesses and community groups took part in an event to find out more about national Anti Slavery Day.

With winter on its way, road users should make sure they are ready for the change in conditions when they are travelling around the county.

Resurfacing work is taking place along a stretch of cycleway using more than 8,000 recycled tyres to create a new multi-use pathway.

Gloucestershire County Council has recently completed the Cross Keys Roundabout improvements on time and on budget.

Gloucestershire Archives, part of Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, has been recognised nationally for outstanding work involving volunteers.

Quedgeley Library is hosting an imaginative display that recreates scenes from a children’s poetry book by an award-winning author.

Gloucestershire County Council is inviting anyone who would like to find out more about becoming a foster carer to a two-hour information session.

A free event ‘Open Your World – Get Connected’ to help people get online will be held at Northway Parish Council Community Hub on Tuesday 15 October from 1pm to 4pm.

World Mental Health Day takes place on Thursday 10 October and this year has a theme of suicide prevention. Gloucestershire Suicide Prevention Partnership (GSPP) and Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are working together to raise awareness of suicide prevention, and the support available to people in Gloucestershire.

The findings of the final three compliance audit reports have been welcomed by the new chief fire officer and cabinet member as another important step in demonstrating Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue service is addressing the problems of the past.

The Innovation Lab at Coleford Library is proud to be supporting World Mental Health Day 2019, by inviting people of all ages to think digitally about mental health.

Gloucestershire County Council’s highways team have chosen Knights Brown to construct much needed improvements at Pitchcombe junction near Stroud.

The UK biggest digital inclusion campaign, Get Online Week, comes to Gloucestershire this October.