In these difficult times there are charities and trusts who can help. For example, the Fuel Bank Foundation can offer advice and assistance. Visit their website to find out more.

Here is a link to some information on the city council website about the Gloucester playing pitch strategy, and booking sports pitches in the city. I hope it is of use.

Early bin collection times this week

From Gloucester City Council:

Due to the very high temperatures expected this week, waste and recycling crews will start earlier on Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th and Friday 12th August. This arrangement is for the safety of crews, reducing the time they will be out in extreme heat. Please put bins and containers out the night before as long as safe to do so, or by the earlier time of 6:00am.

We will provide a further update if these arrangements need to continue. Please let friends, neighbours and family know if this change affects them.

The Blackbridge Community Charitable Benefit Society (BCCBS) will be putting out a newsletter in late August with an update on many aspects of the Blackbridge project, in order to provide information to residents and answer their questions.

A lot of residents have asked questions on similar themes so it would be useful to make the information as helpful and comprehensive as possible, if residents could email me any questions they think it would be useful to have answered, to seb4podsmead@gmail.com. I will need these questions by Monday 8th August if possible.

The BCCBS will then use the questions to help prepare the fact sheet and make the update as useful and helpful as possible.

This newsletter will be delivered across the ward and I will ask for copies to be made available widely.

The clothes bin at Burns Avenue has now been removed. I’m grateful to Gloucester City Homes for getting this done.

The area already looks cleaner and although there have been instances of fly-tipping, the message is gradually getting through that the place can be kept clear. Do let me know if there are any other areas where people fly-tip.

The new piece of outdoor gym equipment was installed at Milton Avenue. This was paid for from section 106 contributions from developers.

I reported this cracked footpath at New Dawn View to the council. It looks like it’s already had a repair job attempted, which seems to have failed.

After contact from a resident, I contacted the council over the barbed wire that is near to the footpath on Cole Avenue. This appears to be where XPO Logistics have take a fence down at the rear of their depot, leaving barbed wire and loose fence posts.

I have raised this as an urgent safety issue with the council and would urge residents to take care when walking in the area.

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It’s really good to see that the Play Gloucestershire Play Rangers will be in Podsmead over the summer. Head to Scott Avenue on the dates advertised on the poster above.

Thanks to Podsmead Big Local for supporting this work.