Do you, a family member or friend need peace of mind that help is at hand at the touch of a button 24 hours a day, 365 days a year? South Somerset District Council’s (SSDC) Careline service is an emergency response system for people who need reassurance when they live independently at home. Careline provides a pendant that can be worn at all times, linked to a control centre where emergency staff are on hand to answer calls. Pressing the alarm button puts the customer straight into contact with staff who can call a family member, neighbour, doctor or ambulance as required. Full story: Read more
STUDENT WINS COMMUNITY RADIO LOGO COMPETITION
Yeovil College student Oliver Gear has won a competition to design a logo for Radio Ninesprings, Yeovil’s new community radio station. Through a grant from Somerset County Council’s Creative Industries Development Fund, Radio Ninesprings Project Manager, Steve Haigh, worked with Yeovil College students, providing talks on various broadcasting topics and giving them the opportunity to design the station’s new logo and branding. Full story: Read more
815 Naval Air Squadron from RNAS Yeovilton help Ham Hill Rangers on Commonwealth Day
A job that would have taken South Somerset District Council’s Countryside team almost a month to complete took just a day when personnel from 815 Naval Air Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton volunteered to help. 42 personnel from 815 Squadron helped Rangers at Ham Hill on Commonwealth Day, Monday 9 March 2015. They were tasked with removing 40 metres of dry stone walling on the flat fields at Ham Hill and digging some of the earth that had been moved against the wall over the years which had now started to threaten the walls stability. Full story: Read more