Weston-super-Mare Town Council

Love the outdoors - Learn and do something new
2021-09-18 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Ellenborough park west, On the seafront Opp Revo Kitchen, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Join us as we launch Weston’s new wellbeing space. Including wildlife and history talks, yoga and fitness stories and games for kids. No need to book, just turn up for free.
10am – Historical Talk (40 mins)
10am – Free Yoga Session with Do Yoga
10.30am – Walking for Health (30-40 mins)
11.15am – Free yoga session with do yoga
11.30am – rounders game for all
12pm – free yoga session with do yoga
12pm – 3pm Weston Super Rocks – Rock painting
12.30pm – boules tournament
1pm – Free yoga session with do yoga
1.30pm – Croquet
2pm – Walking for Health (30-40 mins)
2pm – Free Yoga Session with Do Yoga

All Day

Bug Finding
Museum History Games
Board Games
Tree Trail
Bring a picnic and sit in the park

Timed Activities

Bird Box Painting
History Talk
Yoga Sessions

and much more…
https://www.facebook.com/ellenboroughparkwest

Heritage, Arts & Culture Working Party Meeting
2021-09-16 10:00 - 12:00
Agenda and Reports
Venue: TBC

Community Services Working Party Meeting
2021-09-13 19:00 - 21:00
Reports and Agenda
Venue: TBC

Unveiling of a Blue Plaque for actress Deborah Kerr CBE
2021-09-01 14:30 - 15:00
Weston Town Council with Weston-super-Mare Civic Society will be putting up a plaque dedicated to actress Deborah Kerr CBE. 47 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare September 1st 2.30pm.
When Deborah Kerr first stepped onto the stage at Weston-super-Mare’s Knightstone Pavilion, could she have ever dreamed it would lead to roles in star-studded films and six Academy Award nominations?
And yet, following on from one of her first performances in Weston, young Deborah built a career out of spectacular performances in films and on TV.
Deborah was born in Scotland in 1921. Her family moved to Elmsleigh Road, Weston-super-Mare where she became a pupil at Rossholme School.
She studied drama and ballet and, with her aunt’s help, became a radio actress and got her first taste of the big stage in the play ‘Harlequin and Columbine’, at Knightstone Pavilion.
Her big break came in 1939 when she was spotted by a talent scout at an open-air theatre in Regent’s Park, London.
She was cast in George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara and became a star of British cinema before Hollywood came calling.
In 1957, Deborah was named ‘the world’s most famous actress’ by Photoplay magazine.
Weston Town Council has an audio tour of the Blue Plaques which you can find on their website. https://wsm-tc.gov.uk/our-services/blue-plaques/#Deborah-Kerr

Planning Working Party Meeting
2021-08-25 19:00 - 20:00
Agendas and Reports
Venue: TBC

Policy & Finance Working Party Meeting
2021-08-23 19:00 - 21:00

Facebook live Q&A - County Lines Drug Dealing
2021-08-17 18:00 - 19:00
‘County Lines’ is when big city drug gangs expand their operations to smaller towns, often using violence to drive out local dealers and exploiting children and vulnerable people to sell drugs. Would you know what to look for? This Q&A with Frank Simonds will tell you.
Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/WsMTC

Mayor attending Weston Beach Rugby Festival
2021-08-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Weston Beach

Tourism & Leisure Working Party Meeting
2021-08-10 14:30 - 16:30

Town Mayor to Open Sea Shanty Festival
2021-08-06 17:30 - 18:00 | Italian Gardens, W-S-M

Planning Working Party Meeting
2021-07-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-06-30 19:00 - 20:00

Racism and its Impact on Mental Health – WTC Talks
2021-07-27 18:00 - 19:30
At the end of November 2020, Weston Town Council passed an anti-racism motion that will help to ensure Weston-super-Mare is actively inclusive and anti-racist.
As part of this resolution, the council has been holding meetings with many of the towns representative and community groups -such as the local Polish Association, the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) network, the Bangladeshi community, Black Lives Matters (BLM) and the Multicultural Friendship Association (MFA) to name a few.

We now would like to encourage wider engagement and participation by opening these meetings to impactful organisations via Zoom and will broadcast the meetings live to the larger community in Weston via the Town Council Facebook page.
Our intention is to hold some meetings as themed, to include a speaker on our chosen topics. The first of these will be on July 27th at 6.00pm.
Racism and its Impact on Mental Health
Dawn Jarvis is a Leadership & Management Consultancy specialising in diversity and inclusion strategy and helping public sector organisations to deliver lasting change.
Dawn will give a 45min presentation that will look at some of the ways that racism can affect health, how socioeconomic factors associated with racism can continue to pose risks to both physical and mental health. Her presentation will incorporate the following themes;
What are the effects of racism on health and mental health?

• Lived experience in adults
• Lived experience in Children
• Stress and its impact on physical health
• Depression
• Emotional distress
• Anxiety
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Suicide
• The impact of Covid-19 on communities with lived experience of racism.

Our aim is to start a conversation on how communities with lived experience of racism can be successfully supported with their ongoing mental wellness.
About your Trainer Dawn Jarvis
Registered Nurse Dawn Jarvis is the founder of Dawn Jarvis Ltd who utilises 35 years’ senior leadership experience in the NHS as a speaker, inclusive leadership coach, diversity and allyship strategist and consultant, to inspire individual’s, business owners, organisations and communities to speak and be heard. Building the confidence to have courageous conversations that create compassionate and equitable communities that enable optimum health and wellbeing for all.
If you are from an organisation and would like to attend this event, please email becky.walsh@wsm-tc.gov.uk.
Everyone is welcome to join the live streaming of this event – https://www.facebook.com/WsMTC – and in doing so will be able to submit and have their questions answered from the live comments box.

CANCELED - Town Council Meeting
2021-07-12 06:45 - 21:00 | Zoom, Zoom Meeting, To join please email for a Zoom invite, United Kingdom
CANCELED
Agenda & Reports

Community Services Working Party Meeting
2021-07-05 19:00 - 21:00
Reports & Agenda
Venue: Via Zoom
Members of the public wishing to watch or take part in the meeting please contact us at Grove House on admin@wsm-tc.gov.uk or 01934 632567 and we will let you have the Zoom meeting login and password ahead of the meeting.

Mayors attending the PRIDE flag raising ceremony
2021-06-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Grove House

Mayor visiting Weston Islamic Education Centre
2021-06-26 14:00 - 15:00

Mayor visiting the RAFA Armed Forces Day event
2021-06-26 12:30 - 13:30

Policy & Finance Committee
2021-06-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Weston Museum
Agenda & Reports

Mayor attending the dedication of the Legion Poppy Memorial in Grove Park
2021-06-21 10:30 - 11:00

Mayor attending the Armed Forces Day Flag raising ceremony at Grove House
2021-06-21 10:00 - 10:30

Facebook live Laura Jones - Talking Scrap - Community Scrapstore
2021-06-16 18:00 - 19:00
The Community Scrapstore is an Aladdin’s cave full of marvellous and sometimes quirky resources that will fire the imagination and spark creativity and play. They divert tonnes of materials from landfill each year by collecting clean, safe waste products from local businesses and industry to enable it to be made available for reuse through their store.

From the scrapstore – We believe that reducing the amount of new resources that are consumed has a positive effect on the environment. By diverting clean and safe business waste from landfill, we are able to offer those materials at low cost to be reused for creative purposes and play. We also believe that creativity and play help to support good mental health and wellbeing, and stimulate imagination. There is no ‘right’ way to use the resources; what can be made from them is limitless.

Laura Jones will be answering your questions on a Facebook live event hosted by Weston-super-Mare Town Council’s Facebook page. Please send your questions in advance to the discussion for this event. https://www.facebook.com/WsMTC

Mayor visiting Weston Hospice
2021-06-14 13:00 - 14:30

Mayor visiting businesses in Town Centre
2021-06-07 10:00 - 16:00

Mayor to launch the Visit Weston Tuk Tuk service
2021-06-06 12:00 - 13:00

Mayor to attend MDE Bandstand Gig Grove Park
2021-06-05 15:00 - 17:00

Deputy Mayor attending residents party at Beaufort Hall Nursing Home
2021-06-04 14:00 - 16:00

Mayor to take part in a community litter pick with beautiful Bournville
2021-06-04 11:00 - 12:00

Heritage, Arts & Culture Committee Meeting
2021-05-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom, Zoom Meeting, To join please email for a Zoom invite, United Kingdom

Facebook live Stephen Moss Naturalist & Author Talking about birds and climate change
2021-05-12 18:00 - 19:00
Stephen Moss is one of Britain’s leading nature writers, broadcasters and wildlife television producers. A lifelong naturalist, passionate about communicating the wonders of the natural world to the widest possible audience.

Special areas of knowledge include British wildlife; birds and climate change; the social history of wildlife-watching; getting children back in touch with nature; and UK environmental issues.

The original producer of BAFTA award-winning series Springwatch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Wh8OtJ1JU

Has worked with David Attenborough, Bill Oddie, Alan Titchmarsh, Chris Packham, Kate Humble, Simon King, Charlie Dimmock and Michaela Strachan
Author of many books and articles on British birds and wildlife

Write monthly Birdwatch column for the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/…/2011/apr/18/birdwatch-kestrel

Present peak-time BBC Radio 4 series, including A Guide to Farmland Birds
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-British…/dp/1408468395

President of Somerset Wildlife Trust
Honorary Professor at Nottingham University Business School asab.nottingham.ac.uk/business/lizunk32.html

Course Leader and Lecturer, MA in Travel & Nature Writing, Bath Spa University
Stephen Moss will be answering your questions on a Facebook live event hosted by Weston-super-Mare Town Council’s Facebook page. Please send your questions in advance to the discussion for this event. https://www.facebook.com/WsMTC
