Weston-super-Mare Town Council

The Mayor Will Be Attending The MFA 10th Anniversary Celebration
2024-07-30 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum

The Mayor Will Be Attending The Beer & Ale Festival
2024-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Beach Lawns

The Mayor will be attending the Lions Beer & Ale Festival Race Night
2024-07-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Beach Lawns

Planning & Environment Committee
2024-07-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Weston Town Council Office, 32 Waterloo Street, BS23 1LW
The overall purpose of this standing committee is: (a) to ensure informed local knowledge is brought to bear on planning and licensing applications and to convey those views in a timely way to the appropriate authority; (b) to ensure local knowledge is brought to bear in relation to highway, road safety and transportation matters affecting the Town Council’s geographical area and (c) to contribute to the formation of planning policies both locally and nationally.
Committee Structure, calendar of meetings, committee membership & terms of reference – JUNE 2024

Inviting you to ‘Quarry Conversations’ your voice on the Old Town Quarry.
2024-07-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-07-16 15:30 - 17:00 | Weston Town Council Office, 32 Waterloo Street, BS23 1LW
We are delighted to invite you to join us for our second ‘Quarry Conversations’ event – your voice on the Old Town Quarry.
As Weston super Mare Town Council prepares to take over the lease of the Old Town Quarry site, this event continues the series of community engagement sessions where you can share your ideas and aspirations for the Quarry.
The Quarry Conversations event is being held at different times and at different venues in Weston to provide opportunities for more residents and community groups to find out about the project and get involved.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday 16th July
Time: Daytime: 2 – 3.30pm OR Evening: 7 – 8.30pm (Same session repeated)
Venue: Weston super Mare Town Council offices 32 Waterloo Street.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is a repeat of the Quarry Conversations event held in June and will provide the same information and follow the same format – but if you joined us in June and would like to come along, or accompany someone who hasn’t been before, you are very welcome to attend again.
And please let people who might be interested know about this Quarry Conversations event too!
To ensure you stay informed and continue to receive invitations to future meetings about the Quarry, we encourage you to join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/iP9du2.
IMPORTANT: There is a limit on numbers at this venue, so please RSVP to quarry@wsm-tc.gov.uk and confirm if you want to attend the DAYTIME OR EVENING session.
You will then be sent further details about the event and the venue.
Thank you once again – and we look forward to receiving your RSVP.

(Cancelled)Town Council
2024-07-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Weston Town Council Office, 32 Waterloo Street, BS23 1LW
Members of the public are welcome to attend full Town Council meetings.
A Town Council meeting, may not sound like the most interesting way to spend your evening. However, listening to the councillors from different political parties you are likely to learn more about them than from a flyer that comes through the door at election time. More importantly, you can request to speak at the meeting by contacting admin@wsm-tc.gov.uk and they can learn about the issues that matter to you.

Amenities, Culture & Leisure Committee
2024-07-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Weston Town Council Office, 32 Waterloo Street, BS23 1LW
The overall purpose of this standing committee is to discharge effectively and economically the Council’s duties in the spheres of its community, leisure and cultural amenities and activities.

Weston-super-Mare Armed Forces Day
2024-06-22 10:00 - 17:00 | Beach Lawns
Armed Forces Day is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces. Details coming soon.

Inviting you to ‘Quarry Conversations’ your voice on the Old Town Quarry.
2024-06-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Weston Museum
As we move towards Weston Town Council taking over lease of the Old Town Quarry site, we would like to invite you to ‘Quarry Conversations’, Tuesday 18th June 7.00pm at Weston Museum.
This event marks the start of a series of community engagement sessions. These sessions will provide an opportunity for residents to voice their ideas and aspirations for the Quarry. If you would like to attend, please email quarry@wsm-tc.gov.uk.
Weston Town Council has been awarded a substantial grant from the Community Ownership Fund, reflecting confidence in our vision for the Quarry’s future. This funding will support the extensive refurbishment required to reopen the site to the public and sustain its legacy for generations to come.

The renovation will see a flurry of activity, with major building and refurbishment work commencing in summer 2024. Among the highlights is the revamp of the café building, which is hoped to reopen in early summer 2025.

We are committed to transforming the Old Town Quarry into a safe, accessible, and vibrant space that honours its rich natural and cultural heritage and we want the voice of the people of Weston-super-Mare to guide us. ‘Your Quarry, Your voice’.

We encourage everyone to join our mailing list for updates. To attend the first of this special set of ‘Quarry Conversations’, Tuesday 18th June 7.00pm at Weston Museum please email quarry@wsm-tc.gov.uk.

D Day Short Act of Commemoration & Flag Raising
2024-06-06 12:00 - 12:30 | Grove House, Grove Park
The Mayor will host a short Act of Commemoration to mark the 80th Anniversary of D Day.
Conducted by Rev Peter Ashman.

Planning Committee
2024-05-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Blakehay Theatre, 20 Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1JZ, United Kingdom
Committee Agendas & Minutes

The Mayor will be attending Hair, Fashion & Media Show
2024-05-23 07:00 - 21:00
Charity event to raise funds for The RNLI with Weston Collage & Queenie Hair salon

Ceremony of Mayor Making
2024-05-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1UJ, United Kingdom

Planning Committee
2024-05-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Grove House

Annual Town Meeting
2024-04-29 18:00 - 20:00 | The Blakehay Theatre, 20 Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JZ, United Kingdom
Date: 29th April 2024
Location: Blakehay Theatre
Time: 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
What’s on the Agenda?
Your Voice Matters: Share your bright ideas, burning questions, and Weston wishes.
Meet & Greet: Rub shoulders with Weston Town Council’s dedicated officers and councillors who are all ears when it comes to your thoughts.
A Dash of Laughter: Our chair for the evening, the Mayor of Weston-super-Mare, who teams up with the insightful comedian, Becky Walsh, to guide us through a lineup of local speakers sharing their stories and victories.
Mingle Time: Enjoy light nibbles and refreshing drinks in the Blakehay Theatres Bar from 6.00pm
Be Part of the Conversation
This isn’t just any annual meeting; it’s your golden ticket to being ‘in the know’ and playing an active role in shaping our town’s future. From the preservation of the Old Town Quarry to sprouting new play areas, your input lights our way.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.
