Councillor Franklin Owusu-Antwi, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Equality of Opportunity, More than £50,000 of support for community and voluntary organisations across the area is set to be awarded by South Gloucestershire Council. The funding comes through the Area Wide Grants initiative which was first introduced by Conservatives on South Gloucestershire Council as part of the commitment to supporting a thriving voluntary and community sector. Grants are designed to support initiatives that benefit multiple communities across a wider area of South Gloucestershire A total of 21 projects, ranging from electric vehicles and facilities upgrades to training and Covid support, are set to receive funding in the latest round of grants. These include:
The River Yeo in Congresbury. Picture: James Griffiths
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Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART) has been working quietly in the Congresbury Yeo catchment over the past couple of years developing its knowledge of the river and what needs doing to improve it for the benefit of wildlife and people.
The trust has completed its surveys of the area - from the lakes to the estuary - and engaged people in its Waterblitz, looking at water quality in the river.
This year will be an even busier year and BART wants to hear from people who want to be involved. Activities it has planned this year - subject to Covid disruptions – include setting up an invertebrate monitoring network River Dipping Eel in the classroom sessions for local schools, a Congresbury Yeo Waterblitz involving communities, its own water quality investigations across the catchment and community talks to share what the group has found.
The River Yeo in Congresbury. Picture: James Griffiths
- Credit: citizenside.com
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART) has been working quietly in the Congresbury Yeo catchment over the past couple of years developing its knowledge of the river and what needs doing to improve it for the benefit of wildlife and people.
The trust has completed its surveys of the area - from the lakes to the estuary - and engaged people in its Waterblitz, looking at water quality in the river.
This year will be an even busier year and BART wants to hear from people who want to be involved. Activities it has planned this year - subject to Covid disruptions – include setting up an invertebrate monitoring network River Dipping Eel in the classroom sessions for local schools, a Congresbury Yeo Waterblitz involving communities, its own water quality investigations across the catchment and community talks to share what the group has found.