Frome Town Council Election Guide
As well as the General Election on 7th May, there are elections for Mendip District Council and Frome Town Council. In the town council elections, it’s your chance to vote for the people who will run the town for the next four years. We asked each candidate for 200 words; this is what they had to say …
Frome’s Wild Memories group celebrates a year of activities.![]()
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Frome's Wild Memories group provides practical wildlife-oriented activities to people living with dementia in Somerset, to increase their confidence, transferable conservation skills and improve emotional, social and physical wellbeing. ![]()
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Town council “cautiously welcomes” ‘One Somerset’ decision![]()
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Frome Town Council has “cautiously welcomed” the announcement that Somerset is to have one single unitary council. ![]()
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About the decision, which means a single unitary council for Somerset will be formed on 1st April 2023 to replace the county’s five existing county and district councils, Frome Town Council’s co-leader, cllr Maxine Crawley, said, “We welcome this once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink public services in Somerset and to put the community at the heart of them."![]()
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Meanwhile, the decision has been criticised by the leaders of Somerset’s four district councils, who supported the Stronger Somerset proposal, which proposed the creation of two new unitary councils for Somerset. ![]()
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Whilst cllr David Fothergill, leader of Somerset County Council – which championed the ‘One Somerset’ plan – has welcomed the decision. ![]()
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