SALC - Community Health & Wellbeing

06/06/2026

🌿 🦋 🚶‍♀️ Thank you to everyone who took part in, or helped to promote, Discover Nature fortnight! 🦅 💚 🐝

The fortnight aimed to inspire people in 23 local parishes to visit the internationally significant Avalon Marshes reserves, and connect to nature in their local communities - through active travel (walking, cycling, wheeling) and sustainable transport, including the 668 bus to the marshes centre.

Around 38 activities took place, of which half had a connection to Step, Ride, Thrive. We've received wonderful feedback from participants, speakers and facilitators. Forty seven pictures were also shared with us as part of our photography competition - winners to be announced soon!

“I attended two activities during the Discover Nature fortnight. My comments are entirely positive. The Butterflies talk and the Strawberry line talk were both excellent and inspiring. I thought the whole initiative was brilliant in so many ways. My sincere thanks to all involved”. Event attendee

Resources will continue to be downloadable via our website, https://stepridethrive.org including:

🌿 Nature connection resource - promoting the 5 pathways to nature connectedness, including activating the senses, beauty, emotion, meaning and compassion.
🌿 List of local walking and cycling routes, and related groups.
🌿 Outdoor wellbeing projects resource, including details of eco-therapy initiatives, community growing and gardening groups, and volunteering opportunities across Avalon and the Poldens.

Much gratitude to the following organisations, speakers and facilitators:

Local parish councils within Avalon and the Poldens
The Step, Ride, Thrive project steering group
Glastonbury Town Council
The project funders Somerset Council and SALC - Community Health & Wellbeing
The Avalon Marshes reserve partners
The Somerset Eel Recovery Project
Wessex Archaeology
Somerset & Bristol Butterflies and Moths
Friends Of Bride's Mound
Be Play Grow - Walk and Waddle sessions
Somerset Health Walks
Heal Rewilding
Strawberry Line Cycle Project
Nick Patel - Wildlife Guide
Glastonbury Abbey
To The Trees

02/06/2026

Exmoor Heritage Skills Trainee post available – Blacksmithing & Metalwork 12 Month Paid Traineeship with the Exmoor Pioneers Project at West Country Blacksmiths in Allerford.

Full training and support will be provided, with opportunities to work towards qualifications and further development within the trade. If you are hardworking, reliable and eager to learn this could be the role for you. More important than experience is a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and contribute positively to the team.

Please send your CV and a short covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and what you feel you could bring to the team to:
[email protected]

This position is supported by the Exmoor Pioneers Programme
funded by The The National Lottery Heritage Fund and CareMoor for Exmoor Thanks to National Lottery players we will be able to help support skills development for young people and support them to learn heritage skills.

01/06/2026

Love it

28/05/2026

28/05/2026

🦋 🌿 Tonight's final talk during Discover Nature fortnight is by Wildlife Guide and former nature reserve manager, Nick Patel.

Nick will speak about the amazing biodiversity across the Avalon Marshes and the Polden Hills, including birdlife, meadow invertebrates and wildflowers.

We hope you can join us!

📅 Thursday 28th May
🕖 7.00 - 8.00pm
📍 St Dunstan's House Health and Wellbeing Centre, Glastonbury, BA6 9EL

Book here 👉 eventbrite.com/o/120877325462

11/05/2026

🌿 Join the team at Yeovil Town Council!

We’re excited to recruit a Democratic Services Officer — someone organised, proactive, and ready to support the heart of local decision‑making.

✨ Full‑time, permanent
✨ £29k–£31k + LGPS
✨ Training opportunities available
✨ Applications close 22 May 2026 noon

Find the job pack and application form on our website: https://www.yeovil.gov.uk/jobs . We’d love to hear from you!

11/05/2026

Join the line-up- calling all performers!

If you know of any community performance groups, dancers, circus acts, walkabout performers or daredevils who would like to take part, we would love to hear from them. This is a great change to step into the spotlight!

Please send us an email if you want to be part of this great event: [email protected]

11/05/2026

Happy ! 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽

Walk this MAY with Glastonbury and Street Health Walks, Somerset Health Walks and West Mendip Primary Care Network 👣

To find a suitable walk and full information, check out our schedule pinned to the top of our page or visit: www.sasp.co.uk/health-walks or contact the health walk team