Community Headlines: Sunday 9th to Saturday 15th August

More from Community & Charity News

• Homes across Somerset are set to benefit from improved flood protection

• Charity Shop donates half a million pounds to children’s charities in the South West

• Help for people on low incomes who may be affected by changes to the benefits system

• Fly-tippers and litter louts will soon face higher fines in a new government crackdown

• NHS Somerset is urging people to check their medicine cabinets

• Somerset Council to introduce automatic enrolment for free school meals

• Clean up our Countryside

  Two new litter-pick stations have been installed, equipped with litter pickers and reusable bags for anyone to borrow and do their own two-minute clean-up at countryside sites across South Somerset.

• Car Free Route

  The Curry Rivel Active Travel Group has been working for several years to create a link within the village to a planned car-free route across the Somerset Levels