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Our Christmas Magazine 2024 is out now!
We launched the 2024 edition of the annual community Christmas magazine at our December council meeting and hard copies have been popping through Rhossili community letterboxes over the last few days (so long as we can find one). Please get in touch if we’ve missed you out. We’re grateful to Dan Santillo for allowing us…
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Final Recommendations Published – Proposed Merger of South Gower Community Councils
The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru submitted their final recommendations to the Welsh Government on 5 November 2024. During the draft consultation period, the Commission received 32 representations concerning the Communities of Reynoldston, Penrice, Rhossili and Port Eynon, including a response from the Rhossili Community Council, and 24 Members of the Public. The Commission received…
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Annual Community Magazine: Call for Content
It’s that time of year again and we’re inviting pieces for inclusion in the ever-popular Annual Community Magazine. We’re looking for: General points: THANK YOU/ DIOLCH
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Welcome to new councillor Helen Beynon
We welcomed Helen Beynon to our Community Council meeting last month (10th September 2024) as a new councillor. Helen was co-opted to fill the vacancy left when Nicola Rees stood down after many years of service. Councillors had voted in support of Helen’s nomination at the previous (July) meeting. Helen is a long-standing resident, married…
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Communication and Engagement Strategy now available on website
Rhossili Community Council members approved the Strategy at its meeting on 10th September 2024 and it is now available on the RCC website here. RCC members agree that it is vital to keep communication at the heart of what we do if we are to: The aim of the Communication & Engagement Strategy is to…
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Annual Report 2023-24 now available
At its council meeting on July 24th, Rhossili CC approved the publication of the Annual Report for 2023-24. It is now available online on this site at https://rhossilicc.org.uk/community-information/#AnnualReports. In the report, you can read about the council’s business over the year, with a summary of progress against its six objectives, along with our targets and…
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Responsible Finance Officer News
After 20 years of service to the Community Council, Steve Walmsley is stepping down! Steve joined the council in 2004, becoming Vice chair from 2004-2009, and Chair from 2009-2014. He continued as councillor and Responsible Finance Officer until May 2022. If that wasn’t enough, Steve then stayed on as RFO for a further two years…
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Boundary Proposals: Rhossili’s Response
If you’ve been following the recent posts on this website and elsewhere about the Local Democracy and Boundaries Commission’s draft proposals for the Swansea Council area, you’ll know that they suggest that our 4 local Community Councils should merge to form one ‘super council’ of Gower South. Their report about this was published in May…
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D-Day 80: A day to remember
Thursday June 6th 2024 marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces landed on the Normandy beaches in France in 1944 in the largest Naval, Air and Land operation in history – referred to as “Operation Overlord”. It marked the beginning of the end of World War 2. A day of national events was…
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County Councils, Community Councils & Local Government – who does what?
Some of you have told us that you’re not sure what Community Councils do and how they fit into the picture with the County Council. So here we’ve outlined some of the key information about this. Please get in touch if you have more questions!There are two main administrative parts to local government in Wales:…