Weston-super-Mare Town Council

The Mayor Will Be At St Martin Church Tree Festival
2023-12-09 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | St Martins Church

The Mayor Will Be At Waves of Harmony Christmas Consort
2023-12-09 19:00 - 21:00 | St Paul’s Church

The Mayor Will Be Running The Christmas Cracker
2023-12-10 10:00 - 11:00

Planning Committee
2023-12-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Grove House
Committee Agendas & Minutes

Exhibition of Christmas Card Entries
2023-12-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Weston Museum

Policy & Finance Committee
2023-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Grove House

Tourism & Leisure Committee
2023-12-19 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-02-27 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-04-09 14:30 - 16:30 | The Blakehay Theatre, 20 Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JZ, United Kingdom

Special Policy & Finance Committee
2024-01-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Grove House

The Mayor will be attending The RBL Great Winter Get Together
2024-01-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Meadow Steet

Community Services Committee
2024-01-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Weston Museum

The Mayor Will Be Attending The RNLI Burns Night Celebration
2024-01-20 18:00 - 23:00 | Batch Country House

Town Council Meeting
2024-01-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1UJ, United Kingdom

Grants & Governance Sub- committee
2024-02-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Weston Town Council Office, 32 Waterloo Street, BS23 1LW
Reports to: Finance and General Purposes Committee
Role: To deal with all Grant Applications received by council including but not limited to Small and Voluntary applications, Community Events applications, Weston in Bloom applications and Youth Council applications (as required). In addition to oversee the governance and monitoring of all Service Level Agreements.
Committee Structure, calendar of meetings, committee membership & terms of reference – JUNE 2024

Heritage Arts & Culture Committee
2024-02-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-04-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Weston Museum

Policy & Finance Committee
2024-02-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Weston Museum

Planning Committee
2024-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Blakehay Theatre, 20 Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1JZ, United Kingdom

RNLI Weston-super-Mare to Parade Through Town Celebrating Honorary Freedom Grant
2024-03-10 16:30 - 17:00 | The Grand Pier
RNLI Weston-super-Mare to Parade Through Town Celebrating Honorary Freedom Grant
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Weston-super-Mare will parade along Weston Sea Front on Sunday 10th of March 2024 at 4:30 PM. This grand event is a celebration of the Honorary Freedom of the Town recently granted to the RNLI Weston-super-Mare, coinciding with the RNLI’s 200th-anniversary celebrations.
The motion to grant Honorary Freedom of the Town was passed at the Full Town Council Meeting on November 20th, 2023, acknowledging the exceptional contribution made by generations of local crews to saving life in the Bristol Channel.
Led by the Sea Cadet Band, the parade will depart from the lifeboat station on Knightstone Plaza and proceed along the seafront to the Grand Pier where Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff, Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset, Robert Drewett, High Sheriff of Somerset, Councillor Ciaran Cronnelly, Mayor and Councillor John Crockford-Hawley, Deputy Mayor will take the salute by the pier entrance.
Cllr Ciaran Cronnelly, expressed his enthusiasm for this event, stating, “RNLI Weston-super-Mare is an incredible organisation that has saved countless lives for well over 140 years, and as a town, we owe them a massive debt of gratitude. Granting the RNLI Freedom is the greatest honour a town can bestow.”
The Mayor continued, “I’d encourage all members of the public to come and watch and to show their appreciation for the RNLI’s life-saving work. Later that day, I’ll officially sign the scrolls, in the crew’s presence, confirming the grant of freedom.”
Chris Ware, the Operations Manager at Weston RNLI said, “The whole Weston-super-Mare RNLI family are really looking forward to formally receiving the immense honour of the Freedom of our hometown, which supports us so well in everything we do.”
He continued, “At the event, we will have members of our current crew, fundraisers, and retired crew, supported as always by our family and friends. Also taking part will be lifeboat colleagues from our central support team and flank stations such as Barry Dock and Burnham-on-Sea. In the spirit of the RNLI 200 celebrations, we will commemorate our past, celebrate what we do today, and hopefully inspire the next generation of volunteers in Weston.”
Deputy Mayor John Crockford-Hawley, who wrote the official history of Weston Lifeboat added “We all look forward to the day when our lifeboat crew returns to their historic home on Birnbeck Pier”
This memorable celebration will include a sail- past from local lifeboats and promises to be a heart-warming and inspiring occasion for the entire community.

Town Council Meeting
2024-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Weston Museum

The Mayor Will be attending St Andrews Bowls Club Outdoor Opening Day
2024-04-13 14:00 - 15:00 | St andrews bowls club

Anti-Racism working group
2024-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Weston Museum
Our pledge to be an anti-racist council
We hold community meetings if you would like to attend these meetings, please email development@wsm-tc.gov.uk
At the end of November 2020, the Town Council passed an anti-racist resolution as follows:
The Black Lives Matter Movement was set up in 2013 after the death of Trayvon Martin and subsequent acquittal of his killer. Global protests increased following the killing of George Floyd in June 2020, for which Minneapolis police officers were charged with second-degree murder (and aiding and abetting second-degree murder).
Peaceful protests in support of Black Lives Matter have been held in Weston super Mare and throughout the UK. Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people are 54% more likely than white people to be fined under the new coronavirus lockdown laws in the UK. Around two-thirds of healthcare staff who have died as a result of COVID-19 are people of colour whereas they make up 20% of the overall workforce.
Racism in all forms, both structural and in individuals, continues to be a serious and often unseen problem in the UK. Although progress has been made in combating racism, work to eradicate it entirely is far from complete. This Council, representing people in Weston super Mare has a duty as a public leader to actively lead that work. Thus:
That the Council resolves as follows:

To stand together unreservedly with black people in Weston-super-Mare
To work to eradicate racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, Antisemitism and discrimination which impact the entire community and blight our society.
To establish further initiatives to ensure Weston-super-Mare is actively inclusive and anti-racist.
To initiate a review involving Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic members of our community of our processes, policies and organisational attitudes, hold listening and engagement events seeking the views of people of colour on the issues rising from recent protests, and work with and support Community groups, youth groups, and places of worship in engaging with these issues.
To update our Equalities Policy and produce a plan addressing matters identified by these reviews and consultations.
To invite appropriate speakers on these issues to deliver training which will be mandatory for staff and expected for all councillors.

The council is committed to implementing this, and working with black and ethnic minority members of our communities will begin to develop an action plan.

The Mayor will be attending Military History Weekend
2024-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | helicopter Museum

The Mayor Will be attending The Liam Shepherd Celebrity Charity Football Match
2024-04-24 18:00 | Weston Football Club
