Three more weight management programmes are to be launched to help North Somerset residents achieve a healthy body weight. North Somerset Council's Public Health team, working with local partners, has already launched a number of local programmes and three more will be starting soon.
North Somerset Council has issued an urgent please for landlords and owners of empty homes to come forward and help provide affordable rental properties for people across North Somerset who are in housing need. The council's housing team provides a free lettings service to landlords who can provide good quality, affordable private rented accommodation. In return for a property that can be rented out, the team offers a wide range of free support including tenancy inspections for up to a year, advice on tenancy issues and good lettings practice, a health and safety check to make sure the property complies with rental regulations and an inventory checklist before a property is let.
North Somerset Council has written to its garden waste customers with details of compensation for suspended collections last year due to heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver shortages.
As celebrations begin to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year, North Somerset residents are being urged to record their celebrations and capture the moment in history. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Queen's Accession to the throne in 1952. The focus of celebrations will take place later in the year over the extended Bank Holiday Weekend June 2-5. During that period the Queen will be attending a number of official events including Trooping the Colour, a service in St Paul's Cathedral, a concert at Buckingham Palace on the Saturday evening, and a spectacular pageant outside Buckingham Place on Sunday 5 June.
Children and young people across North Somerset will benefit from a budget designed to make childhood fairer.
North Somerset health leaders are urging residents to remain cautious as the country plans to live with covid, following the Government's announcement and recent falls in local infection levels.