🏛️✨ NEW EXHIBITION ALERT! ✨🏛️

Museum in the Park has unveiled a powerful new long-term display: “Home From Home: Our Migration Stories” 🌍❤️

📍 Explore the rich tapestry of migration within Stroud district through: • 50+ meaningful objects 🧳 • Personal stories from 12 local contributors 🗣️ • Journeys from 11 countries including India, Poland, Syria & Ukraine 🇮🇳🇵🇱🇸🇾🇺🇦

From Windrush generation keepsakes to The Boat of Hope collaborative artwork, discover what “home” truly means through centuries of stories. 🌊🏠

🆓 FREE ENTRY | At Home Gallery, Stratford Park

🕐 Opening Times: Tue-Fri: 10am – 4:30pm Weekends & Bank Holidays: 11am – 4:30pm

Supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England & Cowle Trust 🙏

💚 Join FREE Membership for exhibition updates & exclusive behind-the-scenes content! 🔗 www.museuminthepark.org.uk/membership

#MuseumInThePark #Stroud #MigrationStories #HomeFromHome #LocalHistory #CommunityStories #FreeEntry #Exhibition #Culture #Heritage #StroudDistrict #VisitStroud #NationalLottery #ArtsCouncilEngland #MuseumLife #Storytelling #Belonging #Diversity #Community #UKMuseums

19th May 2026

A new daily work in progress
A darden walk of 53 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | encounters before and after heavy rain | a blackbird sings

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///form.lighten.overused

it's thought as bad form
trying to lighten tension
with overused jokes

#walking,#walkingartist, #what3words, #stroud
@walctogether

🌻 Almost waist-high on a 4-year-old — this tiny sunflower was grown in 700 bags of dog poo! 💩🌱

Yep, you read that right! My colleague, Stroud District Councillor Gill Thomas, is leading a research project to prove dog waste can be safely sanitised at ambient temperatures in UK conditions — then used on food beds! 🧪♻️

Here in Stroud we love innovation. Time to rethink dog poo as a valuable resource, not just waste. 🐾💚

🔗 Back the project: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/strouds-scooper-heroes

🙌 Supported by: University of Gloucestershire | Pet Impact | Playschool For Dogs | National Trust Cotswolds | Garden Organic | Compost Magazine | Transition Stroud

#ScooperHeroes #DogPooToSoil #CompostingRevolution #CircularEconomy #Stroud #UKSustainability #GrowNotThrow #SunflowerPower 💛

🏛️ Wotton Town Council Meeting Recap – 18th May 🏛️

🪑 Cllr Hewish re-elected as Mayor, Cllr Halpin as Deputy — smooth and uncontested!

🎨 UTEA shared impressive stats: 467 events/year, 11k footfall, 40% from outside Wotton. Seeking a long-term lease to unlock bigger funding 💰

🏊 Wotton Pool going strong under new Chair Steve Vaslet — same winning formula, mindful of risks (that 25-year-old roof 😬)

🌸 Flower baskets going up 21st May (sold out!) & 30 bags of litter/weeds collected by Wotton Lions 🧹

📋 Council adopts the SDC Charter — 44th of 52 parish councils to do so ✅

⚽ Wotton Rovers granted £2k for a second-hand mower — did you know they beat the “Black Arabs” (now Bristol Rovers) 6-0 in 1884?! ⚽

🎺 Wotton Silver Band awarded £3,500 to help fund their trip to the National Championships in York! 🏆 They’ve also got a JustGiving page if you can chip in 💜

☀️ Solar panel quotes coming in, Town Hall repairs looking great, and Symn Lane Car Park still has a few snags to sort with the developer 🔧

👧 Play Gloucestershire getting rave reviews — one kid said “Best day ever!” ❤️

👋 Farewell to Andy after 7 years of brilliant service to the town

📖 Full notes here: https://listed.to/@eco_g/72811/wotton-town-council-may-2026

#wotton #stroud #gloucestershire #NorthNibley #stinchcombe #TownCouncil

🏠 Stroud District Council has completed the purchase of 13 new affordable homes in Cam, continuing its work to increase the supply of high-quality housing for local people. 🏡✨

The homes are at the Lister Gardens development, built by Wain Homes on the northern edge of the village. The site is within walking distance of local amenities and Cam & Dursley train station 🚶‍♂️🚆, with good road and rail links to Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Bristol. The development also includes areas of open space and an on-site play area. 🌳🎠

The council has acquired a mix of homes, including six for shared ownership (two two-bedroom houses and four one-bedroom flats) and seven for affordable rent (four two-bedroom homes, two three-bedroom homes and one four-bedroom home). 🏘️🔑

All properties include gas central heating, solar panels, electric vehicle charging points, dedicated parking and private gardens. ⚡☀️🚗🌱 They have been designed to be energy efficient, helping residents keep running costs down. 💷💚

The wider development also supports local wildlife 🦔🐦, with features such as bird boxes and a hedgehog highway! 🐾

Councillor Gary Luff, Chair of the Council’s Housing Committee, said:

The homes have been secured through Section 106 agreements, which require developers to include affordable housing within new developments. These agreements allow councils and housing providers to purchase homes at a reduced cost, helping to make the most of public investment while meeting local housing need. 🤝🏘️

There are currently more than 3,000 households on Stroud District Council’s housing register. Acquisitions like Lister Gardens form an important part of the council’s approach to increasing affordable housing, alongside its own council house building programme. 📈🏗️

#Stroud #AffordableHousing #SDC #Cam #ListerGardens #SharedOwnership #SocialHousing #CommunityHousing #GreenHomes #LocalHousing #StroudDistrict #WainHomes

Green-led Stroud District Council is one of the largest council house builders in the whole of England, it has been revealed.

Only three other councils in the country - Leeds, Basildon and Harlow - started more homes in 2024/25 (the date for which the latest data is available) than Stroud started in 2025/26.

We delivered 8 of then the other week in my ward; Wotton-under-Edge.

https://stroud.social/objects/db225fbf-ab13-4ba2-9a33-6d9fece902c3

#sdc #stroud #ukpol

The free to attend Stroud Festival of Food and Drink returns to Stroud town centre from May 15th to 17th with amazing food trucks, bars and music across the weekend.

We kick off at 2pm on May 15th so watch this space for updates. 🍔🍕🍪🥂🍻🍷

#stroud #gloucestershire