Representing Thornbury & Yate in Parliament is Steve Webb, MP (Lib Dem).

Yate Town Council is a forward-looking Quality Town Council which seeks to provide high level services to the local community comprising of 25,000 people.

The group's purpose is to ensure the implementation of the Yate Community Plan by working to review, develop, support and publicise outcomes from new and existing action groups.

For more information, please contact Karen Whitaker on 01454 868127 or by email below.

Yate Fire Station operates a four watch system with wholetime firefighters on duty at the station 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The station is also covered by firefighters on the Retained Duty System who attend emergency incidents and carry out community fire safety activities, in support of their wholetime colleagues.

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Safer Stronger Community Groups are all about working together to improve your local community. The groups also enable you to have your say about the services that your community receives.
Their members include people who live and work in the area and representatives from the local police, Avon Fire & Rescue, Primary Care Trust, South Gloucestershire Council, the Town & Parish Council and other local organisations.

We promote and foster friendship and understanding between the people of Sodbury and District and those of Cesson and District in France.
We encourage visits by individuals and groups to and from linked towns and the development of personal contacts. By doing so we aim to broaden mutual understanding of the cultural, recreational, educational and commercial activities of the linked towns.
For more information, please click below or call Pam Pearce on 01454 323702.

The South Gloucestershire Council website features a list and gallery of your councillors.

The South Gloucestershire Faith Forum has been established to:

• Promote harmonious relations between people of different faiths in the local authority area of South Gloucestershire.
• Involve faith groups in the civic life of South Gloucestershire, giving them a representative voice.
• Improve the quality of life for local people by working together on agreed projects, demonstrating partnership between different faiths.
• Encourage dialogue and provide an opportunity for faith organisations to network with each other and relevant bodies.

The Partnership is a non-statutory body made up of public, private, community and voluntary organisations, which aims to work together to promote the economic, social and environmental well-being of the people in South Gloucestershire. Its vision is "South Gloucestershire - a great place to live and work.

The Voluntary Sector Forum is one network that every voluntary, community or social enterprise group or organization in South Gloucestershire can join regardless of community, interest or location.
It will meet regularly to share information about key issues that concern us all and work together to develop a constructive response.
It will strengthen the links between voluntary sector representatives and the groups they represent, provide a focus for consultations with statutory bodies, facilitate the two-way flow of information between the voluntary sector and the statutory sector, and provide an opportunity for voluntary sector organisations to meet, discuss, share expertise and decide on how to progress on key issues.
For more information, contact Gillian Graham on 01454 865205.

The Tourist Information opens between March and October. Opening times are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm except Wednesday when it closes for lunch from 12.30-1.30pm.
Come and get all your leaflets and brochures of where to go and what's on, bus and train timetables, accommodation list and much more.
If you would like to become a volunteer for the Tourist Information Centre in Chipping Sodbury please get in touch.

Yate is twinned with Bad Salzdetfurth in Germany, and there are at least three visits each year between the towns. The Association organises social events in and around Yate, some of which are fund-raising.
For more information, please contact Ruth Boulton, Chairman, on 01454 314776 or Alan Spiller, Secretary, by e-mail below.