In March 2019, Darren attended a Library Ideas conversation event to discuss and look at innovative ways to continue running the service after all of the city’s libraries were saved from closure by Bristol City Council in 2018 – which you can read more about here. Following the Library Ideas conversations, throughout September there will […]
In October 2018, a United Nation’s IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report provided evidence that we have twelve years to save the planet from catastrophic climate breakdown consequences. Additionally, Parliament and local governments across the UK, including Bristol City Council, have declared a climate emergency. All of the warning lights are on and it […]
West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has recently opened a £1million fund to applications from small and medium-sized businesses across Bristol, Bath, North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, to help improve their energy efficiency. Grants of between £1,000 and £15,000 are available for improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings, including insulation, heating […]
Bristol City Council has recently reviewed it’s SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) Strategy. Feedback from Special schools and data from the Council Place Planning Team suggest that many SEND settings are reaching capacity and if diagnosis rates remain as they are, full capacity will be reached by 2020/21. The data also shows that the […]
