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Community Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers are mourning John Whiffen, an 83-year-old supporter who followed the Nailsworth club for nearly 30 years, helped prepare The New Lawn and remained involved with the club alongside his wife Pat until his death at home.
Community
Ed Voss Physio is promoting a free educational workshop about living with diabetic neuropathy at its clinic in New Mills, Libbys Drive, Stroud, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. The session will cover blood sugar management, movement, foot care and the clinic’s description of targeted nerve stimulation therapy.
Community
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre will offer free admission on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, as the Gloucestershire wildlife attraction celebrates 80 years of wetland conservation.
Community Central
Central Ward councillor Louisa Stinton has been elected Mayor of Stroud, with Tony Davey moving into the Deputy Mayor role after choosing to leave office during his third term.
Community
Slimbridge Wetland Centre will host Wetland Wonderland on selected dates from 5 to 23 December 2026, with a story-led wildlife trail, Santa’s grotto, a Christmas market, craft activities and daily choir performances.
Community Stonehouse
Dr Simon Opher says Andy Burnham’s Labour conference speech could resonate in Stroud, particularly a proposal for free-at-the-point-of-use social care. The MP says the priority now is delivering changes that residents can feel.
Community Lansdown
Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward and environmentalist Jonathon Porritt will appear together at Lansdown Hall in Stroud on Friday, October 23, for a public question-and-answer event focused on climate, communities and the future of the green movement.
Community Cam
Stroud actor Charlie Cooper appears in The Reluctant Vampire, a six-part BBC comedy partly filmed at Woodchester Park Mansion, with the series premiering on BBC One at 6.40pm on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Community
Stroud-based charity Meningitis Now will appear in a ten-minute BBC Lifeline Appeal film on Sunday, October 4, featuring people whose lives have been changed by meningitis and calling for donations to support families affected by the disease.
Community Brimscombe
Tom Herbert, co-founder of The Long Table in Brimscombe, has announced that he is leaving after accepting redundancy. He reflected on the project’s growth from a 2018 gathering in a Furniture Bank warehouse to two venues, more than 100,000 meals delivered during Covid and a continuing mission to bring people together around food.
Community
Longfield Community Hospice is asking supporters to help fund its Hospice at Home service, which sends nurses and healthcare assistants to families caring for someone who is dying across Gloucestershire.
Community
The Cotswolds Metal Detecting Community has raised more than £36,000 for charities and community groups since it was formed in September 2024, including a new £500 donation to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity.
Community
Charities from across Gloucestershire gathered at The Hill in Stroud for Making a Difference Day, where groups benefiting from more than £300,000 in Freemasons’ grants and donations during 2025 explained how the funding supports community work.
Community Nailsworth
Sunflowers Suicide Support is launching a county-wide campaign to place discreet suicide-support information on beer mats and posters in pubs, sports clubs and social clubs, including venues used by people across the Stroud area.
Community Dursley
The first roofs have been installed at Stroud District Council’s 23-home affordable housing development at Glebelands in Cam, where work is expected to finish next summer.
Community
RUSH Skatepark is seeking a 20,000–35,000 sq ft building in Gloucestershire, with parking and refurbishment potential, as it works to bring the charity-run skatepark back.
Community
Gill Thomas, a Green district councillor for Minchinhampton near Stroud, will run 250km in October for Autism Initiatives and Childhood Bereavement UK, while collecting litter along the way.
Community Nailsworth
Stroud’s 28 September to 4 October events calendar includes a Festival of Commoning, a Ruscombe Woods meeting, a late-night wine bar, reggae, an autumn fair, a charity rainbow run and an art exhibition in Nailsworth.
Community Cainscross
Fly2help is offering a limited number of free places on a British Airways Airbus A350 simulator experience at Gloucestershire Airport on Wednesday 28 October 2026, through its Air Smiles programme for children and young people facing significant challenges.
Community Cainscross
A new volunteer-led project is bringing planters, environmental work and community pride to Cainscross, Ebley and Cashes Green, with organisers seeking more volunteers and local business sponsors.
Community
Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher has called for a broader response to children’s mental-health difficulties, saying listening, belonging and practical help should sit alongside clinical treatment.
Community High Street
Stroud Times has appealed for support, saying the town depends on community spirit, local businesses and residents staying informed about local events.
Community Nailsworth
A planning application has been submitted to convert Unit A at Kingfisher Business Park in Thrupp into an indoor padel club, golf studio and health hub.
Community Nailsworth
Cllr Tony Davey has stood down as Mayor of Stroud after completing an additional term intended to support the district council through its office move, the arrival of a new chief executive and preparations for a possible new unitary authority.
Community Nailsworth
Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher is supporting calls to return the water industry to public ownership, citing pollution in the Frome, rising bills, shareholder dividends and concerns about executive pay. He has also outlined several possible ownership models and said he raised the issue with Andy Burnham.
Community
Cllr Tony Davey has stepped down as Mayor of Stroud, saying his term gave him the chance to support the council through its office move, leadership changes and preparations for a new unitary authority model.
Community Brimscombe
Stroud district residents are being urged to change how they prepare recycling, after the council warned that batteries and vapes placed in household bins can cause fires in collection vehicles and waste facilities.
Community Nailsworth
Five fruit trees planted with NHS permission at Stroud Maternity Hospital have been removed as Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks to expand the site’s car park. Residents and councillors say the trees were valuable community and ecological assets, while the Trust has offered to discuss replanting elsewhere.
Community Nailsworth
A resident reported seeing a large, dark-coloured cat near the former Hilliers factory site in Nailsworth at about 6.15am on Saturday. The account has not been independently confirmed, and there is no confirmed evidence of a wild big cat living in the Stroud area.
Community Stratford Park
Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher has promised to continue campaigning for assisted dying after the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was voted down in the House of Commons on September 11, 2026.
