CHARITY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT COUNTY’S VULNERABLE WETLAND BIRDS
Somerset Wildlife Trust has been selected for the first time to take part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge – the biggest UK online match funding campaign, which helps charities raise funds for good causes. Continued investment is needed for the Trust’s nature reserves on the Avalon Marshes. Full story: Read more
Gold Award for Cartgate Tourist Information Centre
Cartgate Tourist Information Centre (TIC), run by South Somerset District Council, has received Gold as Visitor Information Service of the Year in the Bristol, Bath & Somerset Tourism Awards. The mystery shopper report for the award, described the centre as “an exceptional little TIC, ideally situated on a very busy road into the West Country.” The TIC is on the Cartgate picnic site at the junction of the A303 / A3058. Full story: Read more