Festive cheer will be spread to shoppers in Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster with the news that they will be able to park for free on the two Saturdays before Christmas. South Somerset District Council’s (SSDC) Area West Committee has agreed to fund free parking on Saturday 12 and 19 December to encourage shoppers to support our market towns in the festive season and rediscover what can be bought locally. Full story: Read more
Bra re-cycling – busting out all over!
Ilminster Rotarians Terry Bate and Linda Piggott have been encouraging friends and relatives to donate their unwanted or unloved bras to help raise vital funds for cancer research. BCR Global Textiles, who help small businesses in Africa, have teamed with UK charity Against Breast Cancer. Through their textile project BCR are preventing valuable textiles going to landfill giving them a new lease of life in developing countries across Africa where bras remain too expensive to produce. Full story: Read more
Food waste recycling jumps 20% in trial
A campaign to encourage more recycling of food waste by 115,000 households in Somerset has proved a major success. Based on earlier trials in Street and Wellington, food waste recycling in Taunton Deane, Sedgemoor and the Chard-Ilminster area of South Somerset jumped 20%. If that rate is maintained, an annual extra 1,570 tonnes of food will be recycled, saving Somerset council tax payers £51,000 every year. Full story: Read more