Here to protect the rural character and environment of the Village and to promote Kewstoke as a pleasant place to live.

Planned Dates for Exercise of Public Rights. Click HERE.

 

KEWSTOKE PARISH COUNCIL EXTERNAL AUDITOR:

BDO LLP
Arcadia House
Maritime Walk
Ocean Village
Southampton
SO14 3TL
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 (0)23 8088 1737
www.bdo.co.uk

This free service is aimed at supporting over 50s to increase their confidence with the use of technology. It may be that someone needs some additional assistance with setting up a tablet, applying online for a bus pass, help with sending and receiving email, etc. Recently, Tech Ready has helped people to apply for foreign visas, contact relatives abroad through video calling and to set up troublesome mobile phones! The service has also produced a number of guidance documents to support people with staying safe online. Additionally, with the upcoming digital switchover on the horizon and specifically affecting those in rural communities, someone you know may benefit from further advice.

 

In order to be eligible for free support, the only stipulations are that individuals live in rural North Somerset and they are aged over 50 years of age. The main difference between this and other similar services is that we are able to offer support at people’s homes.

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If you know someone who may appreciate some help with their ‘tech’, then please contact will@wern.org.uk for further information.

Will Marcombe

Digital Inclusion Officer

North Somerset Tech Ready Service

West of England Rural Network

 

E: will@wern.org.uk

W: wern.org.uk

T: 07787 358982

You can now check for any current or future flood warnings and sign up for flood warnings to get
updates: www.gov.uk/flood
Flood warnings are issued for main river, sea and groundwater. The Flood Warning Service does not
include surface water flooding.

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Click HERE for Kewstoke flood warnings.

Sign up to the MetOffice National Severe Weather Warning Service via web or app to give you
advance notice of heavy rainfall that could lead to surface water flooding.
You can also take these actions by calling Floodline 0345 988 1188

Can you believe another year has flown by? Have a look at the 2024 Kewstoke Village Newsletter for all the fun stuff happening in our community. From events to milestones, see how our village is growing and thriving. Let’s celebrate what makes our village special!

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Click HERE for the 2024 Kewstoke Village Newsletter

Mike Hardwick the Parish Clerk, myself and our District Councillor Lisa Pilgrim had a long requested meeting in the car park opposite South Sands Hotel on Monday 18/11. This meeting involved the Police, North Somerset Officers representing:

Highways, Anti-social behaviour, & Parking.

This was to try and find a solution to the cars congregating in the car park, making a lot of noise, drug driving and generally hairing around the village at breakneck speed. Surprisingly the police said that they have had no real complaints made by residents to the since late spring. NSC officers were unable to offer solutions saying that there isn't sufficient of a problem here for them to allocate budget as they too had little in the way of complaints by members of the public.

They were unable to offer solutions to our suggestions of CCTV in the car park: No power available (The ticket machine is powered by solar apparently.) WIFI was offered via South Sands but line of sight and distance issues ruled this out. Locking of the gate was not possible as they don't have staff on duty at the times required in the Summer months (When the problem is at its greatest.)

Signage has gone up recently in both car parks saying how to report anti social behaviour. The contact details go directly through to the staff on duty at NSC. They say that the calls and emails are logged. As do the police who say that any calls concerning anti social behavior, cars driving recklessly etc etc are all logged and the data used to determine whether something is a continual issue or a one off. The Parish Council have requested follow up meeting in the spring of next year as the nights start to draw out.

Please, if you witness vehicle anti-social behaviour, dangerous driving around the village or excessive noise in the car parks log a call with both North Somerset Council and the Police using 101. Also log the details of the time and date that you lodged the complaint and send details to parishclerkkewstoke@gmail.com or use the Parish Council Contact page: https://www.kewstokevillage.com/contact

If we as a community are going to resolve this, we are going to have to drive it all the way (No pun intended).

 

Jim MacDonald

Chairman Kewstoke Parish Council

You may well have read in the Parish Newsletter, or seen that the Parish Council has installed a Defibrillator Unit in the red Telephone Box at the junction of Kewstoke Road and Crookes Lane, which is now operational.
Please see the link below to a video presentation which provides an overview on how it can be used, as well as how to perform CPR. The machine itself will issue verbal instructions when in use but an overview of this basic first aid advice in the video may help save someone's life. 

 

https://vimeo.com/557677120/e7524918c5