{"id":3004,"date":"2014-01-09T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T10:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2014-03-30T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T11:49:01","slug":"help-for-somerset-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"Help for Somerset flood victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0three-pronged bid to help flood-hit home-owners and communities has been \u00a0 unveiled by Somerset County Council. We trust the Parish Council will pursue any opportunities to improve drainage and flood protection in Horsington and the Marsh which this scheme will help, although inevitably most of the money will probably go to those who live on the Levels<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0 Council is proposing more than \u00a3250,000 in new funding to help those hit by \u00a0 floods. It comes on the back of \u00a3300,000 of funding towards schemes that help \u00a0 prevent flooding in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0 proposals will see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A \u00a350,000 grant to help people suffering hardship\u00a0 after flooding at home<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3200,000 in grants available for flood schemes<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3300,000 available to work in partnership with other\u00a0agencies to begin to dredge key rivers including the River Parrett <em>(But probably not the Bow Brook -Ed)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>A commitment to lobby Government and Environment\u00a0Agency for extra flood prevention funding for Somerset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCabinet member David Hall said &#8220;Last \u00a0 year we\u00a0also made \u00a3200,000 available for individuals and communities to \u00a0 bid for funding to help prevent flooding. This year we are considering the \u00a0 same again with a further \u00a3200,000. These small grants can make a huge\u00a0 difference, and we are keen to ensure that Parish Councils and Community \u00a0 Groups are directly involved to ensure maximum benefit to their areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u00a0 have already put aside \u00a3300,000 for river dredging. This money will be made \u00a0 available to the Environment Agency and we are working with others to boost \u00a0 this fund. This work includes lobbying Government and Government agencies for \u00a0 additional contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Somerset County Council says it is committed to\u00a0 ensuring\u00a0 everyone who may be eligible for emergency relief \u00a0 grants can access emergency\u00a0funds swiftly. They are also\u00a0encouraging anyone who wishes to help those\u00a0\u00a0most affected by the floods to donate. Donations can be made via the Community Council for SomertetSomerset website <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.somersetcf.org.uk\/\" href=\"http:\/\/track.vuelio.uk.com\/z.z?l=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zb21lcnNldGNmLm9yZy51ay8%3d&amp;r=3481408753&amp;d=842554&amp;p=1&amp;t=h&amp;h=633fd012ae1933d4db53d02937e5a859\">www.somersetcf.org.uk<\/a> or call us on 01749 344949.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Armstrong Chief Executive of the \u00a0 Community Council for Somerset (CCS) said: \u201cOur Village Agents are out in \u00a0 communities and will reach as many clients as possible who have and are \u00a0 affected by the floods. Visit our website to see if you have an agent near \u00a0 you or pass on our details if you know someone who may benefit from our \u00a0 support service. Visit: <a href=\"www.somersetrcc.org.uk\/work-village-agents-project.php\">www.somersetrcc.org.uk\/work-village-agents-project.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details of how to apply for an emergency\u00a0\u00a0flood relief grant are available on the Somerset Community Foundation \u00a0 web-site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somersetcf.org.uk\">www.somersetcf.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0three-pronged bid to help flood-hit home-owners and communities has been \u00a0 unveiled by Somerset County Council. We trust the Parish Council will pursue any opportunities to improve drainage and flood protection in Horsington and the Marsh which this scheme will help, although inevitably most of the money will probably go to those who live on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3004\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Help for Somerset flood victims&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-Ms","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3005,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}