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Another town councillor resigns By-elections scheduled for Thursday 6th May
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by-election has been called for the Bradley Stoke North parish ward after former mayor Elaine Hardwick resigned her seat in January. The resignation has created a second vacancy on the town council, following the earlier resignation of Nikki Hallur, who represented the Bradley Stoke South parish ward. The vacancy for the South ward seat was scheduled to be filled at a by-election called for 26th March 2020, but that poll was postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. By-elections for both seats will now take place on Thursday 6th May 2021, the same day that residents will be called to elect a new West of England metro mayor and a new police and crime commissioner for Avon and Somerset.
Former mayor Elaine Hardwick
In her letter of resignation, Ms Hardwick explains that she has now moved away from South Gloucestershire and can no longer represent residents in Bradley Stoke North. Reflecting on her year as mayor (2016/17), she says one of her main achievements was to “adhere to the public’s wishes and convert the tennis courts in Brook Way into further car parking”.
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The pre-loved solar panels arrive
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Solar panels installed on the roof
olarsense, one of the UK’s most trusted clean energy advisors and solar power installers, has chosen Bradley Stoke charity The Brightwell, home of The West of England MS Therapy Centre, to be its charity of the year for 2021. Solarsense and The Brightwell will be working together over the next twelve months to improve the centre’s carbon footprint and reduce its on-going energy costs. This will help to ensure more funding can be allocated to the charity’s mission of helping its members to live an independent life whilst providing a sustainable centre for years to come. As a charity, The Brightwell has been helping people manage their long-term chronic neurological conditions for more than 35 years and currently supports close to 400 local people. The World Health Organisation found that neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s
disease, stroke, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia continue to be the leading cause of disability worldwide. For people who have one of these conditions acclimatising to a different life takes a team, and The Brightwell is an invaluable part of that team for both its members and their families. The turmoil of 2020 highlighted the need for the charity to become more sustainable, whilst minimising its operating costs. Many of the charity’s normal fundraising activities were cancelled, cash donations ceased entirely, and inkind donations have faded away. With a wide range of equipment and facilities to run, including a state-of-the-art physiotherapy gym and oxygen therapy suite, the operating costs of The Brightwell are currently in excess of £300,000 per year. Solarsense will be working closely with the organisation throughout 2021 to identify and
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