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The latest round of Community and Culture Project grants is now open for applications.
An unusual appeal is being launched in the West Country: to find the first people conceived and born in Bristol as the result of IVF so they can be included in celebrations to mark 40 years since the first IVF baby was born in the city back in 1984.
World Fertility Day 2023 has the theme of “Fertility for All” focussing on equal access to fertility treatment for people around the world.
Residents and staff at a Plymouth dementia care home have been proving that the younger generation does not have a monopoly on Halloween fun.
Staff and residents Yeovil’s newest care home are thrilled to have taken delivery of a wheelchair-accessible Peugeot Horizon, acquired with the specific purpose of making it easy to transport individuals around the town for one-on-one activities at favourite places.
Natural Academy in North Somerset has launched a wintering well event series aimed at providing seasonal support and giving people a chance to reflect and connect with nature this December.
In an unusual about-turn, staff at a dementia care home in Wellington have been receiving help in doing their jobs from the residents they support – all as part of a recent initiative aimed at boosting the sense of usefulness of those being cared for.
Desperate to play football, yet so short of resources they have been taking to the pitch barefoot, members of a Bristol team whose members are all refugees or asylum seekers – are celebrating a supply of new boots thanks to a firm of local housebuilders.
The unpredictable weather throughout August did not prevent hoteliers in Bristol from enjoying a strong summer and being cautiously optimistic about the future.
A practical event has taken a significant step towards dispelling the myth that the hospitality sector only offers ‘stop gap’ jobs for people to earn money while considering their long-term careers.
A new programme of support launching in Bristol is aimed at helping men affected by cancer, with outdoor-focussed days and courses led by nature-based practitioners.
Michelle Hutchings’ baby Ava Rose, born on 11 April 2023, is the result of a double donation – donor egg and donor sperm – a possibility she is convinced not enough people are aware of.
Families and friends have been making the most of September’s fine weather by joining loved ones at a Wellington dementia care home at a gardening club that has been launched at their home.
Over the past year, a volunteer team has been working hard to redisplay Dorset’s smallest museum, the Corfe Castle Town Trust Museum at Corfe Castle, in Purbeck.
On Saturday 16th September from 10 am until late, the bustling Newquay Harbour will celebrate all it has to offer with the inaugural Newquay Harbour Festival.
Until Wednesday 20th September, Durlston Country Park’s Fine Foundation Gallery is showcasing the latest work by Purbeck artist Bonnie Brown, made in a response to her regular runs in the Purbeck landscape. The exhibition will be open daily from 10:30am – 5pm.
Roseberry Road Studios, the newest exhibition space in Bath, is to host a major retrospective in October featuring past and new works from one of the UK's foremost video artists compiled over 50 years of continuous practice in the moving image.
