BCP

What is Brislington Community Partnership?

Brislington Community Partnership - a community resource for everyone in the area. If you live, work or play in Brislington, this is the site for you!

The Partnership covers both Brislington East and West wards, and includes Broomhill, St Anne's and St Anne's Park amongst others. more

For information about the Greater Brislington Neighbourhood Partnership see here.

Discover Brislington Brook - The Pilgrim's Way

Although sadly neglected today, it is said St Anne's Well was once one of the most important sites of pilgrimage in the British Isles – visited by royalty and noble men, sailors and merchants and good old Bristol Folk alike. Are you interested in stories, writing, pilgrimage, medieval history, people, places, performance and celebration? Come and join Show of Strength and Discover Brislington Brook on an exciting adventure exploring The Pilgrim's Way.

See the Diary section, over to the right ->
and here for more info and details of the exciting series of events we have planned, leading up to the Community Celebration at St Anne's Well on the 28th of July.
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Greater Brislington Neighbourhood Partnership Wellbeing Fund

Grants of up to £2,000 are available from the Greater Brislington Neighbourhood Partnership Wellbeing Fund: see here for application guide and information.

If you are a community or voluntary organisation working in our area you could apply for a Grant from the Greater Brislington Neighbourhood Partnership Wellbeing Fund.

Or if you have a good idea for the area and need some funding, get in touch and we can help you find an organisation to work with.

See here for an interim report of projects!

Meetings:

2012 - 2013 Meetings:

(For reports and minutes of meetings, see link at the bottom of the left-hand column)

18th June 2012 - Neighbourhood Partnership (Arno's Vale Cemetery, Spielman Centre, 7 pm - to be confirmed)
3rd September 2012 - Neighbourhood Forum (venue to be confirmed)
12th September 2012 - Brislington Environment Sub Group meeting, 6.30pm - 8pm at St Peters Church (To be confirmed)
15th October 2012 - Neighbourhood Partnership venue to be confirmed)
3rd December 2012 - Neighbourhood Forum (venue to be confirmed)
21st January 2013 - Neighbourhood Partnership (venue to be confirmed)
30th January 2013 - Brislington Environment Sub Group meeting, 6.30pm - 8pm (venue to be confirmed)
4th February 2013 - Neighbourhood Forum (venue to be confirmed)
18th March 2013 - Neighbourhood Partnership (venue to be confirmed)

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Latest:




City of Bristol College - FREE TRAINING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP. See here for details.



Wicklea closing Sept 1012. See here for information and how to get involved. This is Bristol article here.
There are 2 more new and positive things planned for Wicklea in the coming months before our inevitable closure.

1) A Work Club to support people who want to get into employment. It starts on March 20th and runs from 1.15 to 3.15 on a Tuesday afternoon. We have arranged for a City of Bristol College to send a tutor to Wicklea who can help with CV writing, interview skills, ways of finding a job etc to help local people. Please tell anyone you know who wants to get into, or back into, work but just needs some support and top tips on how to get there. More info here or call 0117 3122088.

2) We are looking for help to organise a big Celebration party to mark the end of Wicklea as we know it. Planned date June 4th or 5th to also co-incide with the Queens Jubilee celebrations. If interested in helping please email Ali.

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Envision

Envision is a national charity that works in 6th forms throughout the UK, providing opportunities for young people to make a difference in their community.
In a nutshell, we are recruiting adult mentors to support groups of 6th formers in 15 schools and colleges around Bristol, one of which is Brislington Enterprise College (BEC). These mentors support students to choose an issue they feel strongly about, and then create and implement a project to tackle this issue in a positive way. Along the way they learn invaluable skills and finish with a sense of empowerment.
All we ask is that Volunteer Mentors are able to give 2 hours a week, to come to a school weekly, every Friday from 1-3pm. And that they are committed to volunteer from Sept – April (not including school holidays).
At the moment we especially need mentors in BEC but we are also in need of mentors in Filton, Redfield, Chew Valley and Gordano.
The next step for those interested would be to have a chat over the phone, where I can give them a better overview of the role and answer any questions. They can call me on 0117 315 5113 or email me, Rebecca Simms Project Co-ordinator.

See here for more details.

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Community Action Plan

Working with Bristol City Council’s Environmental and Sustainability Unit, Brislington Community Partnership (BCP) produced a Community Action Plan (CAP - see the link on the left: opens in a .pdf file). It sets out specific and measurable actions, which have been developed through BCP, community involvement and council officer and strategic provider consultation and will provided the basis for a Neighbourhood Area Plan. more

Neighbourhood Partnerships

Brislington Community Partnership became a Neighbourhood Partnership (NP) in 2008. NPs will assist local decision making on services and will be introduced across the city where local people can have more say in influencing delivery of services, bringing together local people, community groups, councillors, voluntary and statutory agencies.

BCP Community Directory

In the directory you'll find a wide variety of the clubs and associations in Brislington, the contact names and numbers, and links to their websites. Make it your first port of call when looking for local information!

Bristol-wide businesses can be found here.

The local amenities database is also now up and running, though very far from complete. Go to the Community page (the link is above, or click here) and try it out: please let me know if you have any problems/suggestions/additions!



Wilder Studios
We are located at 470, Bath Road, BS4 3HG, just next to the Arno's Park, in the Bath Road Studios (ex ITV Buildings). We offer Rehearsals, meetings, art activities, workshop spaces at very competitive rates. We were established in April 2011 and we aim to be a central facility for the communities of Brislington, Knowle, Totterdown, Temple Meads, but of course anyone else is more than welcome.
We would like to be known and reached by the whole communities, in particular for all those ones involved in music but also, arts, photographer, video makers, painters, classes, programmed activities with children for example, mini gigs and so on. We have plenty of space here available!
We are open from 9am to 12am 7 days a week.
For further information please contact:
Alberto Scanu
Tel: 07747 752396
Email

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Diary

(Ongoing events are listed here, below the diary events.)

2012

THE PILGRIM's WAY
28th April - 28th July 2012
A program of exciting FREE writing workshops, talks, walks and a whole host of other delightful events to get your creative juices flowing and inspire your imagination! Based around the medieval pilgrimage to St Anne's Well, Brislington.
Want to know more? See HERE or log on to Discover Brislington Brook.


May

Mon 21
Pilgrim's Way Writing Workshop, 7-9pm,Wick Road Library
See here for more info.

25/26 May
BioBlitz! at Arno's Vale Cemetery.
BioBlitz is a FREE wildlife event where members of the public can join experts and naturalists in scientific surveys documenting and learning about all the wildlife on their doorstep. This is an excellent opportunity to discover the amazingly rich variety of our local environment. More information about BioBlitz here and here.

May 23rd – 26th
St Luke's Church Players will be marking the Royal Diamond Jubilee with their Spring production, JUBILEE!, a light hearted musical revue written for the group by Players secretary, Jonathan Rowe.
The show mixes nostalgia, great music and a lot of laughs with a patriotic flavour as we look back at Britain over the last 60 years from 1952 to today with music from the Beatles, Abba, Elvis and Lady Gaga! - Where else could you meet Joyce Grenfell and Ena Sharples, not to mention Mary Whitehouse, Margaret Thatcher and Vicky Pollard!
JUBILEE! will be performed May 23rd – 26th at 7.30pm at St Luke's Church Hall, Church Parade in Brislington Village. Tickets ( Adults £6.50, Children under 12 £4.50) go on sale from APRIL 9th and will be available from the Box Office on 0117 9711339 or 07503929996.


Wed 30
Pilgrim's Way - Bush Craft Skills for 11-18yr olds, 6-8pm, Eastwood Farm.
See here for more info - booking required.

Thursday 31 May
9.30am - 4.30pm
Voscur in association with Blueboard is running Communicate! - an event to help VCS organisations promote, publicise and market themselves
Communicate will include speakers, workshops & panel discussions involving those working in the world of media & communications in Bristol & the South West.
There will also be an opportunity to wander around our 'Media Circus' for some hands-on taster sessions - try your hand at being interviewed for radio or for a news 'sound bite'.
Special offer - Book 2 places for the price of 1!
For more details and to book see here.


June

Thurs 7
Pilgrim's Way Medieval Bristol Talk, 7-8.30pm, St Lukes Church Hall, Brislington
See here for more info.

Sat 9th
Pilgrim's Way Writing Workshop, 7-9pm,Wick Road Library
See here for more info.

Thurs 14
Pilgrim's Way Bush Craft Skills for 11-18yr olds, 6-8pm, Eastwood Farm
See here for more info - booking required.

Sat 16
Pilgrim's Way Bush Craft Skills for 11-18yr olds, 2-5pm, Nightingale Valley
See here for more info - booking required.

Mon 18
Pilgrim's Way Modern Pilgrimage Talk, 6.30-8pm, St Anne’s Church Hall, Langton Rd

Tues 19th
Pilgrim's Way Writing Workshop, 7-9pm,Wick Road Library
See here for more info.

Thurs 21
Pilgrim's Way Archaeology Show & Tell, 5-3pm, St Anne’s Church Hall, Langton Rd

July

W/C 9 and 16
Pilgrim's Way COSTUME MAKING workshops for participants – led by professional theatre and film designer James Helps to create Medieval costumes for a celebratory procession to the well.

Sat 28
Pilgrim's Way Community Celebration at St Anne’s Well – featuring His Majesty King Henry VII and a medieval procession through the woods!


September

Saturday 8 September 2012
Dog Show The hugely popular Dog Show returns to Arnos Park! However, volunteers are needed to help out. Please contact the webmaster if you can offer a little of your time to help organise the show.
Proceeds from the last shows paid for the benches: APAG plans to use the proceeds from this year's to create a picnic area.


Wednesday 12th September
Brislington Environment Sub Group meeting 6.30pm - 8pm at St Peters Church (To be confirmed)



Ongoing Events

Aerobics Classes
Hi I'm Sue and I run Aerobics Classes on Mondays 6-7 and Wednesdays 7-8 at St Annes Junior School at £4 a session.

For those who want something a little less hot and sweaty but still get a conditioning session I also do Mondays Fitness Pilates 7-8 and Freestyle Fitness Yoga on Wednesdays at 8-9 also £4 a session.

Ring me on (0117) 977 4119 or email me for further details.


ZUMBA!
Hi, I’m Kelly Allen and I love teaching Zumba classes. The reason is simple: Every class feels like a party!
Come join me and you’ll see what I mean. You don't even have to know how to dance. Just move your body and follow my lead. It’s easy! Come try it, I guarantee you will have a blast! Just bring some water and wear supportive footwear like trainers.
I look forward to meeting you at my NEW class, starting 9th Jan 2012
Hungerford Community Centre, Hungerford Rd, Brislington.
Mondays 7.30-8.30
£4 per session.
Contact Kelly for more info.



Three new free weekly walks have been organised: see here for Victoria Park details, here for the South Bristol Greenway walk, and here for the Greville Smyth Park walk.

Everyone wlecome!


TENDERFOOT
Meeting Space, Workshops, Unusual Gifts.
100 Wick Rd, Brislington, BS4 4HF
Tel 0117 9717138
Open: Tues - Fri 9 - 5, Sat 10 - 5

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Saturday Breakfast Club
A chance for dads and their kids to spend some quality time together!
For children 0-5 and their dads, every Saturday 9 - 11 am. Sessions alternate between St Anne's Park Children Centre and Broomhill Children Centre: run by Ian Sawyer (Bristol City Council fathers outreach worker). No charge, but donations (via donation tin) are welcome if you so choose.
Contact Ian by email or by phone on 0776 099 0832. All welcome!


Jingle and Jive
Wednesday mornings at St Cuthbert's Crypt
Weekly music, dance and storytelling sessions for pre-school children.
9.15 - 10.00: 1-2 year olds
10.15 - 11.00: 3-4 year olds
11.15 - 12.00: 2-3 year olds
2.00 - 2.45: 3-4 year olds
£3.50 for each child, £6 for siblings.
Parents are required to stay for their children's sessions.


The Craft Forum
St Cuthberts Church
Friday Mornings 9.30-12.00
Learn new skills, Share ideas, have fun. Fee £3 inc. refreshments





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