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Help With Adult Care Services: Introducing The Care Advice Line

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News from Gloucestershire County Council:

The Care Advice Line helps people plan to live as independently as possible for as long as possible…

This month, Gloucestershire County Council and NHS Gloucestershire renewed a contract with The Care Advice Line (TCAL) and will be investing an additional £136,000 in this service over the next two years.

What is the Care Advice Line and what services does it provide?

This is a helpline for anyone in Gloucestershire who is navigating the adult care system and how care can be paid for.

The helpline provides personalised information and advice for adults with care and support needs. Advice is available for individuals, their unpaid carers and their family members to help ensure that they make informed decisions about their care and how to pay for it.

The helpline helps people plan how to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Advice and information can be provided on:

  • Navigating the care system
  • Benefit entitlement
  • Care support needs
  • Paying care fees (at home, in supported living and in residential environments)
  • NHS funding
  • Legal issues including The Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) process
  • How to find care
  • Managing assets
  • Advice and recommendations about annuity care plan.

Customers who have used the service have said:

  • ‘It has enabled my mum to remain supported in her own home.’
  • ’It enabled us to make informed choices and decisions.’

How to contact The Care Advice Line 

The Care Advice Line is independent and provides personalised advice.

Lines are open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm: 01452 22 00 00.

Staff waiting to answer questions:

  • Have over 20 years experience
  • Hold the Certificate in Financial Planning for Long Term Care
  • Have been awarded the Care Advice Standard
  • Are bound by the Society of Later Life Advisers Care Code of Good Practice
  • Are Court of Protection Practitioners Association members

For more information please visit: https://www.thecareadviceline.org/gloucestershire.

New Heritage & Environment Fund To Benefit The Cotswolds

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Local charity Friends of the Cotswolds has launched a Heritage and Environment Fund.

Up to £2,000 is now available for projects that come under any of the following themes:

  • heritage
  • environment – both built and natural
  • culture
  • access
  • social wellbeing

For any of the following organisations:

  • Registered Charities
  • Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs)
  • Charitable Community Benefit Societies
  • Community Interest Companies (CICs)
  • Parish and Town Councils

To find out more and to apply visit: https://friendsofthecotswolds.org/grant-application/

Roadworks: Surface Dressing on Lodge Park Road

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Information from Gloucestershire County Council:

Please see the letter and leaflet for information about the upcoming surface dressing works at Burford Road to Larket Hill Wood, Aldsworth.

Further information, including the current programme, can be found online at Surface Dressing, GripFibre and Microsurfacing – Highways (gloucestershire.gov.uk)

Please note that these works are weather dependant and can change at any time throughout the programme, however, we have provisional week commencement date of 22 July 2024 for one day.

Burford Road to Larket Hill Wood Surface Dressing Letter
Leaflet V5 to go out with the letter

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Have Your Say On Gloucestershire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy

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🐝 The Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) will map out how and where nature recovery could take place in Gloucestershire.

The Local Nature Recovery Strategy covers 4 main areas.

  • A list of priority habitats
  • A list of priority species
  • A list of recommendations for how these can be protected
  • A map of priority zones

You can find out more about the local nature recovery strategy online.

This survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete. Your response will be used to inform the priorities and actions which will support the delivery of the LNRS.

Complete the Survey.

The engagement exercise closes on Tuesday 16 July, at 5pm.

Originally shared by Gloucestershire County Council.

Ash Die Back Works on A436 (A40 to Severn Springs)

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What: Temporary Traffic Order to close the road for essential Ash Dieback tree work.
Where: A436 – Seven Springs to A40 Jct (see below for the exact location)
When: 29th July – 9th August 2024 inclusive (excluding weekends) from 09.30 to 15.30 daily.

Essential works are due to take place at the above location to remove unsafe trees infected with Ash Dieback.

Ash Dieback disease causes Ash trees to become unsafe; trees could shed limbs or collapse on to the road causing harm and injury. This work must take place for health and safety reasons, to protect road users and pedestrians, and make sure the carriageway remains clear of debris.

If you have any queries, please refer to the FAQ below, contact 08000 514514 or email AshDieback@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

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Definitive Map Modification Order Application

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Letter from Gloucestershire County Council:

Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981, Section 53, Definitive Map Modification Order Application, Reclassification of Restricted Byways (formerly Road Used as Public Paths) KNE32 and KFA13, Parishes of Northleach and Farmington

Please find below a consultation letter, plan, and an information sheet regarding the above Definitive Map Modification Order application.

The consultation deadline is Friday 2nd August 2024.

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