Every month I receive the NOMIS data on employment, workforce and benefits claims for South Somerset and for Brympton. I also get a breakdown of Job Seeker’s Allowance by ward for the whole of the SSDC area. This month continues a strong trend with South Somerset doing well overall on unemployment and Brympton doing very well (just one […]

Fly-tipping figures released today [15 October 2013] by the government show incidents county-wide have dropped by 497 or 8.7% from 5,687 to 5,190. South Somerset’s fall has carried on into the first three months of this financial year, down by 114 to 338 on the same period last year, and down by 94 on January-March […]

Your local councillors (Parish, District and County) are working together with YTFC to try to reduce the match day problems, but we recognise that any fix is dependent on help from the Police and from County Highways. The councils’ main concerns are: safety for pedestrians, getting the bus route roads working and allowing residents to […]

Looking for Charity Work or just trying to “put something back”? Abbey Manor Community Centre needs volunteers and more Committee Members. Some roles such as Chairman (and Deputy), Honorary Secretary, Bookings Secretary, Treasurer, Minutes Secretary and Caretaker are year round. Other roles form around tasks or events, for example fundraising to refurbish the Toilets and organsing an […]

The April 2013 update on refurbishing Yeovil Town Centre is now out. You can see how we’re spending your money. So far the story has been one of success with significantly improved trading conditions at the top of town.

  Last Friday (1st March) I had the honour of chairing the Council Tax Setting Committee of South Somerset District Council. This doesn’t happen often (indeed ever), but the Police were so late setting their budget that it wasn’t available at the normal Council Meeting. Hence my sitting on a sub-committee with 5 colleagues (in […]

There are measures in place to ensure that nobody is actually on the street and that every rough sleeper, once identified, is able to access some form of emergency provision, (although some rough sleepers may reject help offered). We have two specialist outreach workers; Sharon Woodsell, who can be contacted on 07918 088118 and Kerry […]

This week I’ll be going along to East Coker Parish Council to talk to them about Neighbourhood Plans. These were introduced so that communities could get together to make a formal plan to bring forward development (I chose those words carefully). In many cities, this will mean that neighbourhoods can make a start on regenerating […]

Open Day on Saturday  28th July from 10 a.m.- 4.00 p.m. An illustrated talk by Dr James Gerrard (Newcastle University Lecturer in Roman Archaeology) will take place at Abbey Manor Community Centre from 7.00 – 9.00 p.m. on Saturday, 28th July.  Free entry, donations gratefully received in aid of the Community Centre.  refreshments available. For further details, including […]

SSDC’s net revenue budget is £16,577,000, a cut of £768,400 (or 4.4%) from 2011/12. This has been achieved in the face of significant cost inflation (e.g. fuel) and without any significant loss of front-line services. The Council’s share of the total Council Tax (for a Band D property) will remain at £150.74; which is 10 % […]