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“We foster as a family”

As part of Foster Care Fortnight 2017, we caught up with one of GCC’s carers who told us about her experiences of fostering alongside her family. Philippa and Stuart have been fostering for Gloucestershire County Council since 2014 and have helped five children...

£1,000 boost for Hollie Gazzard Trust

Members of local charity Hollie Gazzard Trust are celebrating after their CRUSH support programme for teenage victims of domestic abuse has been successfully rolled out thanks to Vodafone’s Community Connection Award. Hollie Gazzard Trust was selected by the Vodafone...

£1,500 worth of cigarettes stolen from shop

Police have released CCTV images after £1500 worth of cigarettes were stolen from a shop in Churchdown. The incident happened between 1pm and 1:10pm on Tuesday 21st September. Officers said the man had entered a shop on Cheltenham Road and stole the cigarettes from...

£1.25 million investment in new fire service vehicles

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is set to acquire three new and more modern specialist vehicles. A report submitted to Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet says the current fleet is ageing and needs to be replaced. Three new specialist vehicles will...

£10,000 worth of items stolen from garage in Lydbrook

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after around £10,000 worth of items were stolen from garages in Hangerberry, Lydbrook. Between 6pm on Sunday 14 and 9am on 15 February a garage door was removed completely and the door of an adjoining garage was...

£101m investment in Gloucester and Cheltenham hospitals

More than £100m will be invested in upgrading the hospitals in Gloucester and Cheltenham.  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will spend the funding on modernising buildings, transforming services and providing better patient care at Cheltenham General and...

£12m levelling up bid to revamp Eastgate Market

Gloucester will bid for around £12m of government funding to revamp Eastgate Market and the Greyfriars area. Gloucester City Council leader Richard Cook (C, Kingsway) has taken the urgent decision to submit another bid the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and...

£14.1 million active travel bid success for Gloucestershire

The delivery of the county council’s ambitious 26-mile ‘cycle spine’ from Stroud to Bishops Cleeve has been given a real boost after the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed that Gloucestershire County Council will be awarded £14.1 million. The cycle spine extends...

£1million funding for businesses in Gloucestershire

Grants of £10,000 to £40,000 are being made available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Gloucestershire. The Scale Up 4 Growth (S4G) programme is a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), NatWest and Gloucestershire...

£2.2m boost for Gloucester to build 180 affordable homes

Gloucester has been awarded £2.2 million to kick start its plans to develop a new urban village at St Oswalds with 180 affordable homes. The project will see nine acres of land next to St Oswald’s Retail Park at the site of a former cattle market, redeveloped by...

£2.5 million boost for Llanthony Road improvements

Approval will be sought next week at Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet meeting to increase its budget for the improvements set for Gloucester South West Bypass. On Wednesday 18th April the council’s cabinet will be asked to agree an extra £2.475 million from...

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