News in Glastonbury

Extra funding has been made available to support Somerset's foodbanks which have been playing a vital role throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

In order to provide extra support this winter, grants of between £2,000 and £3,000 have been awarded to a number of foodbanks across the county, including Glastonbury and Street Bridging the Gap Foodbank, as part of Somerset's Food Resilience Programme.

It's nearly time for Santa and his nine gorgeous reindeer to begin their tour of the country.

He has a lot of presents for well-behaved children and grown ups in his sleigh!

We have all been there - forgotten some vital ingredient, or gift - and needing to make a mad last-minute dash to a supermarket in Glastonbury.

Check below for the Christmas and New Year opening times for Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Tesco in Glastonbury.

Grants worth more than £4,500 have been awarded to two good causes in the Glastonbury area in the latest round of the Somerset Fund, managed by Somerset Community Foundation (SCF).

Butleigh Playing Fields Association and Children's World in Glastonbury have both received money in this phase of the fund's payouts.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has now announced that 11 charities in the Wells constituency, including two in Glastonbury, have received a combined total of more than £196,000 to help their crucial work continue, despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wells MP James Heappey has said this money will be a "lifeline" for these charities and those that they help.

Musicians at Millfield Prep School in Edgarley have performed and sent a virtual concert to ten care homes in the area, including in Glastonbury and West Pennard.

Musicians at Millfield Prep recorded a concert especially for residents in care who have been missing family and friends due to the current restrictions.

New national business grants are being made available to support those in Glastonbury affected by the recent lockdown period.

They are the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) and the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG).

The first week of Glastonbury's new Recycle More service generated an extra 38 tonnes of recycling across Mendip, initial figures have shown.

The statistics include nine extra tonnes of plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, which equates to roughly 200 cubic metres – more than the size of two double-decker London buses.

Glastonbury's town clerk has moved to reassured Lowerside allotment holders in the town after concerns were raised that affordable housing could be build on the land.

Allotment holders expressed their worries about losing their space after receiving a letter from Glastonbury Town Council saying the Lowerside Allotments could be a site where the building of affordable housing was being considered with money from the government's Town Fund that Glastonbury is eligible for.

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