News in Wells

The Wells Ambassadors have relaunched following a winter break and a "Welcome Back" reception with drinks and snacks at the Town Hall, hosted by the city council, when their new blue gilets were introduced and tried on.

The Ambassadors welcome visitors, tell them all about the city's attractions, answer their questions and hand out free maps of Wells.

Flapjack eating devotees have helped a shop in Wells donate £685.30 to Wells Cathedral.

Flapjackery, which is located in the centre of the town, specialises in selling hand-made artisan gluten-free flapjacks and sweet treats. Since it opened in June last year, it has donated £1.50 for every 'Wells' box sold - a delicious range of six chunky flapjacks - as well as 20p from everyone who opted not to take their flapjacks away in a recyclable box.

Local groups, organisations and residents in the Chew Valley are invited to the next virtual Chew Valley Area Forum on Monday February 28 at 6pm.

The meeting will include speakers from BANES Citizen's Advice Bureau and the Council's Welfare Teams, an update on the work of the Climate and Nature Emergency Group as well as demonstration on the use of parish online digital mapping tool.

More than 100 members of the community, young and old, have pledged to 'sleep out' for one night on Friday, March 4 as part of Julian House's annual Big Bath Sleep-Out fundraising event. Local families and friendship groups are choosing to sleep out in Alice Park in Bath or at home in their own gardens to raise much needed funds and awareness for Julian House's lifesaving services.

However, the charity is urging more members of the community to step forward and take part.

To celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 70th year on the throne The Bishop's Palace is asking the local community to help to create an engaging exhibition at the Palace which reflects the stories and memories of the community of Wells.

Whether it's a mug, a tea towel, a piece of clothing or perhaps a direct correspondence from the Queen herself, the Palace wants to know just how important Her Majesty is to you.

Looking for something to do in and around Wells this weekend? Here are a few ideas.

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Latest figures from Mendip District Council show the number of empty homes in the district has decreased by almost a quarter.

There are currently 392 long-term empty homes (of over 6 months) in Mendip, compared to 509 in April 2020 - that's a drop of 23%.

Mendip District Council approved its budget for the next financial year at Full Council last night (Monday February 21 2022). The budget will be the last ahead of the creation of a new unitary authority in April 2023. It will allow the Council to continue to invest locally in Mendip, improve services and tackle key local issues while also managing the significant loss of funding from the Government.

The proposed budget for 2022/23 allocates resources to priorities identified in the Council's Corporate Strategy, as well as providing a range of services including waste collections, fly-tipping enforcement, and leisure and tourism services.

Strode College will be delivering a sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) course locally in forklift training for people who have been made recently redundant. This will give individuals a new sought after skill to help secure employment with other employers. To monitor the quality of the training, Sharon Pickford, Work based Learning Manager at Strode College completed this forklift training herself.

Sharon Pickford says, "This course is part of Strode College work in providing a work based sector academy to support individuals who are being made redundant from a local employers and who need to have recognised training in the operation of fork-lift truck operations. To ensure that we are able to deliver this provision, I have completed a course in the operation of a counter balance forklift truck alongside a local training organisation who are partnering with Strode College called LGS Transport Training.

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