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Mayor’s Article – May 2024
ALL CHANGE FOR WOTTON! It is all change for Wotton with the local elections on May 2nd 2024. By the time you read this, we will know the District Councillors who will be representing residents and businesses of Wotton. Wotton needs you! Due to the number of...
A SWIFT ENTRANCE – coming soon!
Article by Mark Pascoe Sometimes the three heralds of summer - the swallow, house martin and swift - can be mistaken in the skies above us. Each has its own identity, its own place. Swallows have the long, forked tail, build mud nests in barns, skim fields for insects...
𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲
Keep the Piece By Maria Little in support of Wotton Community Land Trust. Who cares who owns the piece of land that once belonged to Brown, used daily by a few of us to get up into town? It is a sort of short cut along a muddy track, beside the stream and up...
𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗡𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀!
2024 is going to be the last Nibley Festival! After 16 years, this amazing local event, run by an army of volunteers, has raised and donated a huge amount to local charities and good causes. You can read all about it in the May issue of the Wotton Directory. Photo:...
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁
Carers Support Centre invites unpaid carers and professionals supporting carers across Bristol and South Gloucestershire to our annual free Carers Week event During Carers Week 2024, on Thursday 13 June, we’ll be presenting a special event at the BAWA Leisure Centre....
Be Water Aware to reduce the risk of drowning
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is urging people to stay safe in and around water to reduce the risk of accidental drownings. The National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) Be Water Aware campaign runs from 22 to 28 April and aims to raise awareness of the...
Young people in and around Cam and Dursley need you!
Local youth charity The Door is on the look out for new volunteer mentors to support young people in and around Cam and Dursley. The Door which also runs Youth Clubs at The Vibe in Dursley and Cam Youth and Community Centre is particularly keen to hear from local...
Welcome return of deer to South Gloucestershire historic parkland
Deer have returned to Dyrham Park in South Gloucestershire once more following a three year gap. Twenty-six fallow deer from a privately-owned estate were released into the 270-acre historic parkland, eight miles from Bath, earlier this week. The previous herd...
𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱
On Saturday 20 April, a team of 29 enthusiastic volunteers spent the afternoon giving Kingswood, Gloucestershire a thorough spring clean. Dressed in high-vis and armed with litter pickers, the group of children and adults collected and filled several large rubbish...