Gloucester Joins National Initiative to Love Local on 14th February Gloucester Business Improvement District in collaboration with ShopAppy.com is encouraging people to support their local businesses on the 14th of February for ‘Love Local Day’ – Love Local Day is one...
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Gloucester CAN! January Pledge
#GloucesterCan January Pledge is a call to action for individuals and families living in Gloucester to bring some kindness back into the communities where they live. One of the most encouraging things to witness during the first lockdown was the undeniable rise in...
National lockdown: Stay at Home
Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly across the country. Find out what you can and cannot do. National Lockdown - Stay at Home - England - 4 Jan 2021
Eddie the Elf & Friends Christmas Trail
Eddie the Elf and his friends are hiding all over the City. Can you find them and discover their Christmas message? Join us this Christmas on a magical search around Gloucester City to try and find Eddie the naughty Elf and all his friends! All you need to do is...
COVID19 Advice for Gloucester Businesses
BID members will, no doubt, already be aware of the many websites that are currently offering business advice and support, but the following links might be of special interest…. If you've not seen, we've set up the website www.SupportGloucester.uk to provide...
CPOs at work in Gloucester
On a daily basis the CPOs are dealing with a wide range of issues from lost children to fly-tipping and shoplifters to street drinkers. We are getting feedback from shops to say their stock loss has reduced and the prolific shoplifters are very frustrated at being...
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One to one support to be offered to the county’s homeless
Together with its partners, Gloucester City Council secured £990k government funding to provide extra support for long-term homeless people in Gloucestershire for whom homelessness has become a way of life. In partnership with Gloucestershire County Council, Clinical...
Gloucester pupils learn to make healthier choices with new Be Food Smart app
Cllr Andrew Gravells from Gloucesterhire County Council will be showing pupils at Upton St Leonards Primary School how to make healthier food and drink choices using the new Be Food Smart app which launched earlier this year as part of Public Health England’s...
Gloucester’s Job Market Growing Faster than London’s According to Reports
Gloucester showed impressive private sector jobs growth in 2014-2015 of 5.5% according to the Financial Times, a higher rate than London. London saw roughly a 3% increase in employment over the same time period. This fact can’t be written off as modest success...
New temporary arrangements of police receptions in Gloucester city centre
Police in Gloucester are on the move. They’ve got the builders in at Bearland so police reception will be in Shire Hall until further notice. The refurbishment work being carried out by Gloucestershire County Council, who own Bearland, is expected to take nine months...
Escape Rooms National Craze set to come to Gloucester
One of the fastest growing activities nationwide is set to come to Libertys in Eastgate Street in Gloucester this February. Charles Perkins of William Paige Ltd confirmed a lease had been signed and work was underway. This adds to the existing leisure...
Adaptations Help Rozina Gain Independence at Home
Housing association Gloucester City Homes (GCH) with help from contractor AKW, have transformed the home of a young woman, Rozina, who needed accessible accommodation to enable her to live more independently and to pursue her education and career. Rozina had lived in...
Archaeological dig has started at the Fleece Hotel
The Fleece Hotel in Gloucester is undergoing its first ever archaeological dig. With help from funding from GFirst LEP, Gloucester City Council is taking steps to discover the history of the hotel and what is lying undiscovered beneath its grounds. For the first time...
Barnwood Park Arts College considering expansion
As more school places are needed in Gloucester, Barnwood Park Arts College is proposing to accept more students from September 2019, and both boys and girls from September 2018. If the plans are agreed, Barnwood Park Arts College, which currently takes 150 girls a...
New Homes Play Tribute to Former Housing Manager
Nine new properties were officially launched in Coney Hill last week. The development brings eight high quality two-bed bungalows and a four-bed house on the previous garage site and wasteland and delivers more much needed accessible affordable housing to the area....
Museum offers history talks
Visitors to the Jet Age Museum on Sunday 27th November will have the opportunity to learn about the roles Gloucestershire’s airfields played in both World Wars. Esteemed aviation authors and historians David Berryman and Dave Partridge will be giving talks on...
Fierce competition for GRFGS farming awards
The Gloucestershire Root Fruit & Grain Society Annual Dinner and Prize Presentations were held at Gloucester Rugby Club on Friday to celebrate the cream of the crop of farming within Gloucestershire. The prizes and cups were presented by the Chairman Kevin...
New and improved recycling service – coming to a street near you
Gloucester City Council is set to launch its new and improved 2017 waste and recycling service from January. Earlier this year, Gloucester City Council asked residents what they would like to change about waste and recycling in the city. As a result of the public...
Free cancer information and support coming to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Macmillan Cancer Support’s team of Information and Support Specialists are coming to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital from Monday 28 November to Friday 2 December to offer free, confidential information and support to anyone with a question or a concern relating to...