Free Easter holiday activities and food support for children in B&NES
An exciting range of Easter holiday activities are being offered to children and young people in Bath and North East Somerset who receive benefit related free school meals.
Children's Services, welfare support, Schools, Colleges and Learning, Improving people's lives
Care experienced people in B&NES given protected characteristic status
People who have experienced being in care will be treated as having a protected characteristic by the council to ensure that its support and services help prevent discrimination,
Children's Services, Communities and volunteering, Focusing on prevention, Improving people's lives
Nine out of ten families in B&NES offered their first choice of secondary school
Families across Bath and North East Somerset have found out today which secondary school their child will be starting at in September with more than 90% having been offered their first choice.
Schools, Colleges and Learning, Children's Services, Delivering for local residents
Care leavers’ photography exhibition returns to Bath
A photography exhibition created by young adults in Bath and North East Somerset who have experienced being in care has gone on display at Bath Central Library.
Adult Social Care and Health, Children's Services, Focusing on prevention, Communities and volunteering, Bath
Third drop-in event for SEND parents and carers in B&NES
Parent carers of children and young people with SEND are invited to a drop-in event in Bath on 25th September to find out what support is available in the area.
Children's Services, Wellbeing support, Communities and volunteering, Schools, Colleges and Learning
Free school meal voucher arrangements for school holidays as funding continues until Easter 2024
Families in Bath and North East Somerset who receive benefit-related free school meals will now continue to be supported with food costs during school holidays until the end of Easter next year.
Children's Services, welfare support, Schools, Colleges and Learning, Focusing on prevention
Vulnerable young people to benefit from free summer camps and activities
There is still time for children and young people who go to school in B&NES and are in receipt of benefit related free school meals to book onto a range of free summer holiday activities.
Children's Services, welfare support, Public Health, Delivering for local residents
Weston fatal stabbing – a joint message from Bath & North East Somerset Council and Avon and Somerset Police
Our thoughts today are with the family and friends of 16-year-old Mikey Roynon, from Kingswood, who was fatally stabbed in an incident in Bath on Saturday night. Specialist police family liaison offi
Children's Services
Families urged to join Healthy start and access more than £75k of free food a year on offer in B&NES
Almost a quarter of eligible families in B&NES are missing out on an estimated £75,852 of free fruit, vegetables, vitamins and milk a year due to unclaimed Healthy Start benefit.
Public Health, Children's Services, welfare support, Focusing on prevention
Support for SEND parents and carers at Radstock drop-in event
An information session for parent carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) will be held in Radstock on June 16.
Children's Services, Delivering for local residents, Focusing on prevention