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Bath Spa University earns Mental Health Charter Award for whole-university approach
Bath Spa has been recognised through the University Mental Health Charter for work embedding mental health and wellbeing across university life.
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£40k funding helps Burnham Community Centre finish new solar roof and cut heating costs
Burnham-On-Sea Community Centre has just completed the latest phase of a project to extend its use of solar energy and make the building more efficient, which has already led to a reduction to its ...
Share offer for UK’s biggest community development passes first target
A crowdfunder for an ambitious plan to bring a 12-acre brownfield site in Frome, Somerset, into community ownership has passed its initial target and is headed for a stretch target of £1.2m. The goal ...
Bridgwater health site secures £2.5 million funding boost
Somerset Council has redirected resources to repurpose a historic hospital site for community health use.
Watchet residents push for paper mill site regeneration
Local community members have united to champion the redevelopment of the historic Wansbrough paper mill into housing.
£17.8m Bridgwater Diagnostic Centre opens to bring NHS tests closer to home
A new £17.8m NHS diagnostic centre has officially opened beside Bridgwater Community Hospital, expanding access to scans and tests in Somerset.
Restored Somerset wetlands stay green through extreme summer heat while surrounding land dries out
National Trust wetland restoration at Holnicote retained water, wildlife and grazing through one of the UK's hottest summers on record.
Somerset community centre cuts annual heating bill by more than £10,000 after green upgrades
Burnham-On-Sea Community Centre has completed a new solar roof and says its annual heating bill has fallen from around £14,000 to £5,000.
Somerset wetlands stay green through one of the UK’s hottest summers
River restoration, wetlands and beaver activity at the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate have helped parts of the landscape retain water and wildlife through extreme summer heat.