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03 Nov, 2026

November edition of GRCC Newsbites

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GRCC Trustees group photo and Trustees Week logo

Trustees Week 2026 runs from 9th to 13 November - a great time to thank and recruit Trustees. Above - some members of the GRCC Board of Trustees, without whose generous and voluntary hard work, charities like ours would not exist.


Welcome to the November 2026 edition of Newsbites , bringing you news and updates from GRCC and our partner organisations. In this edition...

---- News From GRCC ----

  • Landowners - our Affordable Rural Housing Enablers would really love to chat with you!
  • Churn Natural Flood Management Project - it's all go this month
  • Trustees' Week - a time to thank trustees, or become one
  • Meet Esther Baker-Walsh, our new ACORN Project Digital Equity Support Officer
  • CASA's autism training sessions for professionals
  • Steve helps Forest of Dean group to win National Lottery grant
  • Grant support renewed for DAISI's electrical safety work
  • Photos from our Moreton-in-Marsh pop-up community events
  • GRCC diary dates for November and December

---- We're recruiting! ----

  • Rural Affordable Housing Project Officer (part-time, 3 or 4 days per week, worked flexibly)  

---- News From Our Partner Organisations ----

  • Stonehouse takes national first prize in Britain in Bloom 
  • Healthwatch Gloucestershire is running surveys on health and fatherhood, and AI in health and social care
  • Older Drivers Forum webinar - stay mobile, safely
  • "Take Action" bystander training session at Gloucester Brewery 
  • Your Place, Your Future - national conversation
  • AccessAva - free legal information about your rights to social care

---- And Finally ----

  • Hire our Central Gloucester meeting rooms
  • How are we doing? Feedback, donation, and legacy links


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