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A step closer to faster Broadband
Plans to promote access to high-speed broadband throughout South Glos have taken a step forward with the launch of a new exercise to confirm the areas where internet access should be improved.
The council will be asking broadband suppliers to confirm areas where connection speeds are low and unlikely to be improved by planned commercial investment within the next three years. Click below to read more...
The council will be asking broadband suppliers to confirm areas where connection speeds are low and unlikely to be improved by planned commercial investment within the next three years. Click below to read more...
Join South Glos’ Big Spring Clean
A call for volunteers goes out to community groups and residents across South Gloucestershire to support the annual Big Spring Clean, which runs from March 1 to April 30.
The Council is looking for people to join them in taking action against litter as part of a national campaign to give our neighbourhoods and open spaces a spring clean.
You need to register by Friday 24 February - click below to download a booking form.
The Council is looking for people to join them in taking action against litter as part of a national campaign to give our neighbourhoods and open spaces a spring clean.
You need to register by Friday 24 February - click below to download a booking form.
Horizon buys Oldbury land
Horizon has completed the purchase of land key to the development of its proposed new nuclear power station near Oldbury-on-Severn.
Horizon is working towards a total development of around 6GW of secure, affordable low-carbon energy, which could mean thousands of jobs. Click below to read more...
Horizon is working towards a total development of around 6GW of secure, affordable low-carbon energy, which could mean thousands of jobs. Click below to read more...
It's Panto Time in Thornbury...
Click below to view a video clip promoting the pantomime "Babes in the Wood", which features Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and is being performed by the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group at the Armstrong Hall in Thornbury between 15-18 February.
International Aid for Thornbury
The Seaview Schools at St Elizabeth in Jamaica have sent a gift of £110 to Thornbury's Christmas Lights Association. Through a Thornbury connection, staff and pupils were aware of the town’s voluntary Christmas display and decided that TCLA was a worthy cause for support. Click below to read more...
New opportunities at Europa
Thornbury-based Insurance Group Europa is expanding to create new local job opportunities. They are currently recruiting for vacancies in customer services and sales. Click below to find out more...
Be a treasure... help the Hort Soc
Thornbury Horticultural Society is desperately looking for a Treasurer. If you can help, please contact Rex Davis (Chairman) on 07934 560207.
New venue for Craft Fairs
The skittle alley at The Swan in Thornbury is available to host events such as fairs and fetes. Landlady Sandra is considering organising a table top sale there on a Sunday with local charities benefiting from the proceeds. Please contact Sandra to discuss your ideas!
Join a New Darts Team
The Swan on Thornbury High Street is proposing to start up a darts team, and they're looking for players to join. If you fancy having a go, please click below and contact landlady Sandra.
All change at Norville...
There's a new manager at Thornbury's Norville Opticians. Daniel Read replaces Barry Stygall, who is retiring after 30 years with Norville, managed its Thornbury practice for around half of that. Barry says: “In my career I have worked for just two companies and I reckon I've dispensed about 100,000 pairs of spectacles. Not bad eh?”
Rotary Club’s 27th Annual Swimarathon
Thornbury Rotary Club is staging this year’s Swimarathon at Thornbury Leisure Centre over the weekend 9-11 March. The Castle School Steel Band will again provide musical accompaniment on the Friday and Saturday evenings. The major beneficiaries from this event will be Cancer Research UK and Meningitis UK. Now is the time for teams to register to enter and to support these two excellent Charities. Click below for full details and to download forms.
Hear Jazz Talent in Thornbury
The Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra is giving a concert on March 3rd to raise money for the Castle School’s Jazz Orchestra.
Funds from the concert will cover workshops run by MYJO for our budding jazz talents. MYJO have played with artists such as Jamie Cullum, Jools Holland, Jacqui Dankworth and the BBC Big Band, and are considered among the best in the country.
Funds from the concert will cover workshops run by MYJO for our budding jazz talents. MYJO have played with artists such as Jamie Cullum, Jools Holland, Jacqui Dankworth and the BBC Big Band, and are considered among the best in the country.
Learn Food Hygiene in Thornbury
Food Hygiene Courses are being planned at The Swan. The dates will be confirmed when enough candidates' names have been collated. Please call Sandra on 01454 413062 to register your interest.
Thornbury Business wins Award
A Thornbury Mum has won best menswear supplier in the South West at the 2012 wedding industry awards.
Jayne Wolstenholme overcame the challenges of mums returning to work and started her business from her Thornbury home, before expanding successfully to Nailsea last year. Click below to find out more.
Jayne Wolstenholme overcame the challenges of mums returning to work and started her business from her Thornbury home, before expanding successfully to Nailsea last year. Click below to find out more.
High Speed Broadband plans
Plans to boost access to high-speed broadband in partnership with Wiltshire and Swindon have been approved by South Gloucestershire’s Cabinet.
More than 3,000 residents and businesses have already responded to a council survey set up to gauge demand for high-speed broadband.
Click below to access the online survey – which closes on 29 February.
More than 3,000 residents and businesses have already responded to a council survey set up to gauge demand for high-speed broadband.
Click below to access the online survey – which closes on 29 February.
Win Fashion Show tickets
You could win a pair of tickets to the Mayor of Thornbury's Fashion Show on Friday 2nd March 2012 in The Armstrong Hall Complex in aid of The Meningitis Research Foundation. Click below to read more...
Feeling crafty in Thornbury?
Thornbury Craft Fair is looking for crafters, within a 10 mile radius of Thornbury, who would be interested in having a stall at a fair on March 17th at The Swan Pub in aid of the Meningitis Research Foundation. Click below to find out more...
Read the revised Core Strategy
The Core Strategy sets out a vision for South Glos to 2026, and includes policies and programmes for new development.
After independent examination, the Council has made changes to the original Core Strategy, and republished it. Representations are invited between Thursday 29 December 2011 and Friday 17 February 2012 inclusive. Click below to find out more.
After independent examination, the Council has made changes to the original Core Strategy, and republished it. Representations are invited between Thursday 29 December 2011 and Friday 17 February 2012 inclusive. Click below to find out more.
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Old Cyder House Conference Centre, Edward Jenner Museum
The Old Cyder House offers two function rooms, a smaller meeting room and cloakroom facilities. The upper function room is a lecture theatre with moveable seating for up to 60, adjustable lighting, whiteboard and large screen. Broadband, projectors, and flip charts etc are also available. The lower room holds is an exhibition space/perfect for meetings or refreshments; a further smaller meeting room or break-out room holds up to 10.
Teas, coffees, biscuits and buffet meals can be served, and the premises are licensed. There is a secluded garden immediately outside; and on-site parking for 25 cars. Edward Jenner's former dining room in The Chantry is also available for small meetings.
www.jennermuseum.comTeas, coffees, biscuits and buffet meals can be served, and the premises are licensed. There is a secluded garden immediately outside; and on-site parking for 25 cars. Edward Jenner's former dining room in The Chantry is also available for small meetings.
The Chantry, Church Lane, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9BN
Tel: 01453 810631
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