Noticeboard Archive
South Bristol Community Hospital Programme Update (.pdf, added 30.07.09, opens in a new window)
Climate Change Notes (.pdf, added 30.07.09, opens in a new window)
Climate Change Presentation (.pdf, added 30.07.09, opens in a new window)
Owl Prowl at Arnos Vale Cemetery
The tour will last approximately 60-90 minutes and wellington boots and very warm clothing will definitely be in order! Sadly no dogs are allowed on the Owl Prowl. Children are more than welcome – the more the merrier! 12th January, cost £5.00 per adult and £3.00 per child with all proceeds going to Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust for the continued restoration and preservation of the buildings and grounds.
Places on the Owl Prowl must be booked in advance. For details of the time and meeting place and to book a place, call Mary Wood on 0117 9721079 (eves and weekends) or email Mary
Please see the Officer Nominations 2010 form to nominate BCP officers for 2010.
Community Advent Calender
Community groups were invited to make posters to be displayed in December in Sandy Park Road shops to promote local interest. Residents and people working locally alike are invited to visit Sandy Park Road shops and seek out the new posters each day!
St Luke's Church Players forthcoming production is a musical stage adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale of rural romance, "Under the Greenwood Tree". The play has been written by the Players' Secretary, Jonathan Rowe who has written five shows for the group since 1991.
"Under the Greenwood Tree" is set in the 1840s in the Dorset village of Mellstock and tells the story of the new village schoolmistress, Fancy Day and the three men who fall in love with her. Which one will she marry?
The story is set against the background of the changing seasons of the year from one Christmas to the next and includes carols and period songs such as " Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "While Shepherds Watched", " The Last Rose of Summer", "The Gypsy Rover" and "Widdicombe Fair". The production features a cast of 33 aged from 13 to 74 and combines some earthy humour with more poignant moments to give a refreshing and lively start to the festive season.
Perormances are from December 2nd - 5th at 7.30pm ( with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee) at St Luke's Church Hall, Church Parade, Brislington. Tickets ( £6 Adults, £4 Children under 12, Matinee £5.50 & £3.50) are now on sale from Mark Plumley ( 0117 9711339 or 07900055261)
Victory Park Clean Up - Sat 28 Nov
After the success of the last up on 26 Sep, we are holding another clean up event on Saturday 28 November at 10.15am.
Everyone welcome. Just wear some old clothes and sensible footwear.
Please make the effort to come to clean up the park. It will only take an hour or so.
Greater Bristol Bus Network - linking Bristol to Bath
Your opportunity to comment on options.
See the plans here (pdf file)
Rhyme Time
Wick Rd Library's brilliant 'Rhyme Time' Weds afternoons 2:15-2:45 for parents/ carers and their children. For a small donation children can join in with singing, stories and craft. Its great fun and very friendly! All welcome.
Bristol Local Involvement Network (LINk) roadshows.
The road shows will be a chance for people to find out about LINk , and find out how to participate. There will also be the opportunity for people to have a say on the evening about how they feel health and social care services can be improved. See here (.pdf file) for details.
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new free online art magazine for the South-West called ArtReviewSouthWest ( www.artreviewsouthwest.org). The magazine features art of the South-West. Articles are short and interesting and talk about a wide range of art.
Check us out at ArtReviewSouthWest.
New in the Links sections: Parenting Support - a part of essential services for children and young people. See also the support document here (.pdf file).
Brislington's Reflex Camera Club are asking for photographs! The subjects are:
Things I like in Brislington
Things I would like to improve
Send your images as jpegs to Rosie by email. In the body of the email give some explanation of why you've chosen these imagesThings I would like to improve
The club aims to show these images at the camera club meeting of May7th. Depending on the results they may be useful to us as a community forum in other ways such as funding bids or highlighting issues. But let's see how it goes. Initially it would be of interest just to see what comes out of this as a visual exercise.
Newsflash: The first newsletter is now online here!
Bristol's new interactive online map now has a brilliant"Environment" section!
Bristol's community/voluntary sector is inno small way responsible for Bristol's Green image and credentials, this isa way to show others how much you are doing. There are two layers that you canmark your projects/places on:
Green City
The aim of this is to produce a picture of what individuals, community groups,charities and businesses are doing to make Bristol greener. Add your ownprojects and/or search for markers by category. If your projects are city-wideor national please mark where your offices are or where you most regularly meet.
Quiet Spaces
Bristol City Council has just launched a consultation on traffic noise. Usingthis layer, you can add your favourite quiet place so that we can build a map ofvalued spaces in the city. The noise consultation will feed into the NoiseAction Plan for the city and help the council in developing a noise strategy forBristol.
What to do?
It's really simple; click on the map to create a marker. Then fill in theform; you can also upload a picture or a small video clip!
There aren't many projects marked yet as we only went live lastThursday...so start adding:
a) your favourite quiet spaces or places you would like to be quieter.
b) your projects, social enterprises, community allotments, houses,gardens...etc and tell others what you are doing/going to do to make Bristol anicer, greener place to live.
If you're having any trouble in understanding what to do drop Rowan an emailfor you more detailed instructions.
Transport
You've made your New Years resolutions to get fit, lose weight and save money, so why not do all three at once?
Cycle Bristol CTC invite you to take up the Get Gorge-eous Challenge and cycle from Bristol to Cheddar and back, 50 miles in one day. Now that's a challenge! But you can do it with our help.
Cycle Bristol will be with you all the way, leading you on short rides and building up to the challenge.
Starting in January Cycle Bristol are organising a series of gentle, short rides starting from the centre of Bristol. Over the next six months the distances will gradually increase to build up strength and stamina. Soon you will be cycling through the local countryside easily and confidently and you'll be ready for the
Get Gorge-ous Cycle Challenge
To enter the Challenge, you'll have to be commit to training between now and June.
To help we have devised a series of rides starting in January with very easy rides and gradually increasing in distance to build you up for the Challenge. You will need to complete 5, 10 15, 20 and 30 mile rides before you can attempt it.
To register please phone Sue on 0117 966 3261 or Sally on 07885388277. See here for more details.
This is a Police HQ message to all Ringmaster registered email recipients inAvon and Somerset.
This is a warning of a high number of fraud attempts (phishing) supposedly fromHM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The offer seems to be informing people that they are due a tax rebate. We have been asked to let you know that HMRC would not inform customers of a tax rebate via email, or invite them to complete an online form to receive a rebate of tax.
Do not visit the website contained within any email or disclose any personal orpayment information.
We have been informed that the following email addresses used for this phishinginclude:
. notify2@hrms.co.uk
. refundtax@hmrc.gov.co.uk
. TaxRefund@hmrc.gov.uk
. service@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
. claims@hmrc.direct.gov.uk
. notice@hmrc.gov.uk
. hmrc@hmrc.gov.uk
. admin@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
. info@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
. no-reply@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
HMRC does not send out emails using these email addresses.
The correct website to contact HMRC is shown below:
www.hmrc.gov.uk
Please pass this information to other email users.
Please help with our Domestic Energy Use survey
Connecting Bristol are a key partner in the DEHEMs (Digital Environment Home Energy Management System) project. DEHEMs is a European Union funded project looking to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce household emissions. The Bristol component is being delivered by Knowle West Media Centre as part of the Digital Neighbourhoods programme.
The project kicked off in June 2008 and will develop and test an energy monitoring and display system for homes. The project partnership includes a mix of European Local Authorities, businesses and Universities. As part of the development process we would like to gain an understanding of what people are currently thinking and doing with regard to energy use.
With this in mind we have created a short survey of 20 questions, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. We value your opinion and would appreciate it if you could complete the survey - see here.
Speak Up Play - Monday 30th November There are still some places left on the play by a group of people with learning difficulties on 30th November, called Speak Up.
The play is supported and directed by The Misfits Theatre Company, in partnership with Bristol Local Involvement Network.
The play will be at ACTA, Gladstone St, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3AY.
Please arrive at 7pm for tea and coffee. The play will start at approximately 7.15/7.30.
If you would like to book on, please contact Alex Hodgson, Bristol LINk Administrator at alex.hodgson@linkbristol.org.uk or 0117 9589 325
CLOSED DOORS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Documenting vacant and disused buildings within Stokes Croft.
It may be 'Open Doors Day' across most of Bristol on Saturday 12 September 2009, but for many Stokes Croft buildings it is Closed Doors every day.
To highlight the number of vacant and derelict buildings, the People's Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) and Bristol photographer Liz Eve have put together an outdoor photographic exhibition that takes a peek through the keyholes and behind the shutters, padlocks and boarded-up windows of Stokes Croft. It aims to raise awareness of the presence of these buildings and their impact upon the Stokes Croft area, and to encourage debate about their future possible use.
The exhibition opens on Saturday 12 September 2009, with tours at 11am and 3pm, starting from the PRSC headquarters at 35 Jamaica Street. Alternatively, tour guides can be collected from PRSC or local shops in Stokes Croft.
"Having the chance to get inside some of these buildings has been fascinating," said photographer Liz Eve, . "The starting point of the closed doors project is the photography of the empty or underused spaces which can be found in the area, with a view to demonstrating their potential. We have utilised different viewpoints, lighting or other techniques such as panoramic photography in order to highlight what is usually passed over or not seen by inhabitants or regular visitors to the area."
"This is another example of the local community taking the initiative in order to get things moving" said Chris Chalkley of PRSC. “The photographs will be displayed on the walls of vacant buildings, such as the Grade II listed Carriage Works, which has fallen into dereliction over the past 30 years. This exhibition will certainly encourage ideas about future use for these buildings. Stokes Croft is resurgent, and the people of Stokes Croft will need to bring these diverse and interesting properties back into use, as the community continues to grow, pursuing its destiny, seeking out appropriate and radical solutions for the problems that confront our own Community and those of wider society.”
Behind Closed Doors will be on display between 12 and 26 September 2009 as part of 'Talking up the Croft' – a series of walks, talks and exhibitions to encourage debate about the future of Stokes Croft. The exhibition will go online at www.prsc.org.uk to make it widely accessible and to stimulate discussion
The Closed Doors exhibition is part of a series of events being organised by PRSC to coincide with Urban Design Week in September. Other events will include an exhibition of students’ work from the MA Urban Design course at UWE, various lectures and discussions about Stokes Croft and urban design related issues. These events aim to engage the local community and raise awareness of the complexity of issues that are evident in the built form of Stokes Croft.
Contacts
Chris Chalkley 07866627052 or email Chris
Liz Eve 078018187086 email Liz
PRSC 35, Jamaica St Bristol BS2 8JP 0117 9444540: see the website at PRSC
Saturday Nights @ Wicklea.
Youth Club for 13-17years
Saturday 27th June, 25th July, 22nd August entrance 50p
This is a new group for any 13-17 year olds in the community, set up by Wellspring Church at Wicklea Youth Centre, Wick Road, Brislington. We aim to make it a fun night with games, music, food and time to chill out. Further info tel Chris 0117 9779682
Greater Bristol Bus Network linking Bristol to Bath - Your opportunity to comment on options. The non-statutory consultation period for this hugely significant project affecting the A4 Bath Rd corridor has now begun. The consultation period runs until 14th August and there will be a dedicated Project Information Centre open until 1st August at Unit 9, Brislington Hill, BS45BE but only on certain days of the week. This is YOUR opportunity to have a say about the proposals and the project is highly relevant to a number of previous and existing PACT priorities/SARA's (Escalated Action Plans) in our area. More information is available from the GBBN Project Team on telephone number 01179 222951 or here.
PLANNING PROPOSAL
Eyrevac Limited 7 to 21 Hungerford Road, Brislington, BS4 5HU
The public and any interested party are invited to attend a public exhibition relating to a proposal and future planning application for a care home for the elderly at the above site
The event will be held at 7 to 21 Hungerford Road, Brislington, BS4 5HU on Thursday 30 July 2009 between 3.00pm and 7.00pm
Eyrevac wish to demolish the existing industrial buildings, which date from the 1950s and replace them with a new purpose built Care Home for the elderly for approximately 100 residents.
People who live within the area, or who are simply interested, are invited to drop in at anytime between the hours above to view the plans and discuss any aspect of the proposal. A preliminary version of the proposal will be on display. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and leave written comments should you wish to do so.
In due course, an application will be made to Bristol City Council and you will have a further chance to make your views known. At this stage, it is a chance to become aware of the proposals and also for your views to be taken into account in the finalisation of the proposed plans.
Archaeology Begins at Home
Uncovering artefacts in your own garden
July 22nd Arnos Manor Hotel 7pm for 7.30pm.
Local historian Mike Hooper has kindly agreed to talk to us about researching the history of your own house. This is the first step to understanding the pottery and other artefacts that can be found in almost every garden. BCAP have begun a series of garden excavations (just 1m square), and members will explain this exciting and ambitious project.
Entry is free if you join BCAP on arrival (£5 for the year until March), members £1, non members £2.00, Children under 16 enter free when accompanied by a parent or guardian. Seating is limited so please RSVP to BCAP or 07974 772357 to make a reservation.
If you already have items of interest from your garden, do bring them along.
BCAP
Get Gorge-ous Cycle Challenge
To enter the Challenge, you'll have to be commit to training. To help we have devised a series of rides starting in January with very easy rides and gradually increasing in distance to build you up for the Challenge. You will need to complete 5, 10 15, 20 and 30 mile rides before you can attempt it.
To register please phone Sue on 0117 966 3261 or Sally on 07885388277. See here for more details.
the big lunch
Victory Park, Sunday 19th July 12 - 3 p.m.
More details here (.pdf file).
You are invited to the next Neighbourhood Partnership Residents Forum on Thursday 16 July, 6 - 8.30pm at Barton Hill Settlement, Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX
The meeting will include
An update from Andrew McGrath on the next steps for Neighbourhood Partnerships.
A chance to comment on the role for Neighbourhood Partnerships in the Active Participation in Partnership project proposals - Darren Hall, Programme Manager, Bristol Partnership
How can the probation service help your neighbourhood? - Informal discussion with Marilyn Harrison, Avon and Somerset Probation Service
Networking with people from across the city
To book your place at the May Neighbourhood Partnership Residents' Forum please complete the online booking form here.
Music in the park
Holymead Junior School Choir and Recorders will be performing part of their summer concert in Arnos Court Park, Bath Road, Brislington on Friday 19th June at 6.00 pm. Brislington Enterprise College Students will follow with individual and group performances. This event is one of several to be held in the park over the summer through the Arno's Park Action Group.
Holymead Junior School has an accomplished choir and the school wants to celebrate this with the local community. For many years the same music teacher has dedicated his time passionately to teaching the children to sing and play recorders. He will always say that it is not him but the children, although we all know that they only work hard because they love what they do.
Comment from the Headteacher following this summer's concert was:‘I was told I was in for a treat and WOW!’
The evening will give people a chance to see both primary and secondary children enjoying and sharing their talents.
Bring a blanket or chair, and a drink to enjoy an evening of outstanding singing and musical talent by children from the community. A barbeque will be available.
The Arno's Park Action Group is keen to help both schools celebrate their achievements and, if you are part of a children’s musical group or have an individual talent and would like to take part please feel free to contact us. Find further details at APAG.
BEC would like to invite you to an exciting FREE two hour seminar lead by internationally acclaimed educator Dr George Otero on Tuesday 23rd June from 1-3pm at Brislington Enterprise College.
Dr Otero will help us to explore what it means to create an 'outward looking school' and how this is fundamental to schools promoting community cohesion, i.e. how we live together and deal with differences in society.
Dr Otero co-founded the centre for relational learning in New Mexico and is the founder and director of Las Palomas, a non-profit centre which creates innovative educational programmes for the 21st century. He works extensively with the NCSL ( National College for School Leadership) and has published several books jointly with Maggie Farrar and John West-Burnham, most notably 'Schools and Communities: Working Together to Transform Children's Lives'.
This will be an excellent opportunity for people to explore what an outward school could be like. In doing so, schools will find it very useful as a backcloth to their work on community cohesion . It is NOT just for schools, however: Dr. Otero takes a much wider perspective.
Places will be limited so if you would like to attend this free seminar, please contact Corinne Breingan, Marketing and PR Co-ordinator at Brislington Enterprise College via Corinne or by telephoning 0117 377 2055.
We're holding an information event next Wednesday 24 June to show residents living around the Hungerford Road garage site the plans for redevelopment of the site. We're working with Sarsen Housing Association to develop the site for housing.
The event is being held at the Hungerford Community Centre on Hungerford road from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. It is primarily aimed at local residents who will be effected by the development. We have also invited the ward councillors and I wondered whether the neighbourhood partnership would also like to send a representative to come and view the plans on behalf of the group?
It's a drop in event rather than a formal meeting. The project team will be on hand to answer any questions.
Regards
Owen
Owen Thornton
Affordable Housing Development Officer
Neighbourhoods
Bristol City Council
Tel. 0117 352 5229
Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers is a registered charity which last year celebrated 20years of helping solve crime.
The local board, South West Crimestoppers, raises funds in order topromote Crimestoppers in the Avon and Somerset Constabulary area andprovide the 24/7 availability of the anonymous phone line: 0800 555 111. To support this work you can make a donation by cheque payable to "WestCountry Crimestoppers" and send it to PO Box 565, Weston super Mare BS239HF. Alternatively you could play golf for us!
We are holding a Crimestoppers Charity Golf Tournament 2009 on Thursday23rd April (St George's Day!) at Clevedon Golf Club.
A team of 4 costs £184 or individual entries cost £46 and includes;
18 holes of golf
Coffee & Bacon rolls
2 course buffet lunch
To find out more please contact Board member, Dev Chakraborty on 07863288999 by Monday 21st April 2009.
Safer Bristol Partnership
You are invited to the next Neighbourhood Partnership Residents Forum on Tuesday 19 May, 10am - 12.30pm at Broadmead Baptist Church, Union Street, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3HY.
The meeting will include Safer Bristol Partnership plan - funds to tackle crime and safety in your neighbourhood Partnership, plans for a Neighbourhood Partnership Seminar, updates from Np's across the city and a chance to networkwith people from other Neighbourhood Partnerships in Bristol.
See Diary for more details.
PARTNERS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER - ONE YEAR ON ROADSHOW
You are probably aware that the PACT Process has now been running for around ayear in your local community area. Following on from this, I would like toinvite you to a 'Roadshow' to be held at the South Bristol SportsCentre, West Town Lane, Brislington, on Wednesday 18th March, commencing at 7pm.
The Roadshow will consist of a presentation from each of the NeighbourhoodTeams within the Brislington Neighbourhood Policing Area, highlighting examplesof how the PACT process has been successful in your area.
After these presentations, there will also be an opportunity to question apanel of representatives (including Magistrates) from the Criminal JusticeDepartment.
The Roadshow has been organised with the intention of being open andinformative about PACT, to provide an opportunity to answer any questions youmay have regarding the process and to answer all those queries which are alwaysraised at Public meetings about the Criminal Justice system!
South Bristol Sports Centre,
West Town Lane,
Brislington,
on Wednesday 18th March, commencing at 7pm.
Earth Hour 2009 - see HERE for details about this very important community initiative.
Community groups, council and Tesco work together to clear litter:
10am on Saturday 21 February 2009.
All Welcome!
Newly formed Sustainable Knowle have joined forces with Sustainable Brislington, Friends of Callington Road Nature Reserve, Sustrans volunteers, Bristol City Council's Clean and Green team and Tesco to organise a litter pick and vegetation clearance on Saturday 21 February. The footpath area around Tesco, Brislington is frequently strewn with abandoned bags, wrappers and other litter. Residents have decided that it is time to clear up the area to make it a cleaner and more pleasant place to walk.
Residents and members of the community groups, along with Tesco staff, will be clearing the area from 10am. If you wish to get involved with the litter pick simply turn up at the recycling bins at Tesco at 10am on wearing sturdy shoes and warm clothing. Some equipment will be provided by Sustrans & Bristol City Council's Clean and Green team but do please bring your garden tools if you are able, secateurs & shears are useful for cutting back encroaching vegetation.
Photos of Arnos Park in the Snow! See HERE
In this weather ice-free paths are essential for our safety. However, the council don't grit paths: apparently residents are meant to, even on major pedestrian commuter routes.
The following is a petition to Bristol CC to grit cycle and foot paths in icy weather - if you agree sign up and tell your friends!
There's some good news about Bristol's Green City project - see the Noticeboard for more information
You've made your New Years resolutions to get fit, lose weight and save money, so why not do all three at once?
See the Working Groups page for details!
FOSBR celebration of Bristol Metro on Saturday 13December - 4 can travel for the price of 2!
Local support is essential as we know from the Half Hour trainCampaign. As well as the activities listed below, we will make 2 largepost cards one for Severn Beach and one for Stapleton Road. Thiswill give people a chance to write on it asking for Portishead & NorthBristol rail to be included in RFA2 funding.
Celebrate the Bristol Metro
Come and join us for a fun-filled day on and around the Severn BeachLine to celebrate the success that Friends of Suburban Bristol Railwayshas had this year, including the introduction of more frequent andreliable services on the Severn Beach Line and find out what you can doto help re-shape rail services in Bristol and its surrounding areas.
Take the service which leaves Bristol Temple Meads at 11:16 to SevernBeach
12pm—1pm
Join us at Shirley's Cafe in Severn Beach for warming refreshments orenjoy sauntering beside the River Severn. (Our agents will bedistributing the new timetable at stations and on trains).
Take the 12:55 service from Severn Beach to Stapleton Road Station
2pm—4pm
Come and meet us at Eastside Roots, an organic community garden atStapleton Road station, where we will be taking part in a winterdecoration making workshop and a gardener's question time session. Asimple cafe and volunteer work day will be in full swing ensuring afun-filled time for all.
Take the15:40 service from Stapleton Road to Bristol Temple Meads
4pm—6pm
Celebrate FOSBR's continuing work to improve rail services in ourlocal area at The Great Western Staff Association, on the StationApproach at Bristol Temple Meads. Local Councillors have been invited tocome along and pledge their support for the reintroduction of passengerservices on the Portishead and Henbury lines. There will screenings ofFOSBR's first campaign film plus a display of pictures, photographsand drawings from our archive plus refreshments.
People and Wildlife Programme
We are about to start a new three year Heritage Lotteryfunded programme to encourage a much wider range ofpeople to take action for wildlife. We will be supportingcommunities and under-represented groups as theybegin to engage with wildlife and their environment. Weare now recruiting for two posts to complete the team.
Community Action Officer £15-23k
Based near Bristol
You will create new ways for people who have nevervolunteered before to become actively involved in caringfor wildlife. The scope and potential impact of this role isas broad as your creativity and ability to inspire people totake action and then support them.
Part-time Community Communications Officer£15-23k (pro rata - 22.5 hours) Based near Bristol
You will be responsible for attracting a greater diversityof people to take the fi rst steps to become activelyinvolved in caring for wildlife. This will mean developingboth new media and traditional communicationsresources that will inspire people to take action forwildlife where they live.
Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 26th November
Interviews: 3rd/4th December
Job information and application pack are available fromAvon Wildlife Trust or phone 0117 917 7270
Bristol's Public Transport - at a crossroads?
The Transport for Greater Bristol Alliance (see here for more details) will be holding a public meeting at the Jury's Hotel, Prince St on Tues 9th December 7.30pm to discuss improving local transport in 2009 which we believe will be a crunch year for transport. Will we get an Integrated transport Authority or continue with the West of England partnership, a South Bristol Link Road or improved public transport, a tram or a guided bus?
Members of the public,councillors and activists are invited to join our panel in a debate.
The chief speaker will be Christian Wolmar who is a leading transport writer on rail issues and an ex Transport Correspondent of the Indepedent. Cat Hobbs, who was involved in FOSBR's successful Severn Beach campaign, is now Campaign for Better Transport's public transport campaigner and has been involved in national policy on buses. Josh Hart will talk about his widely publicised recent study 'Driven to Excess' on the impacts of traffic on the lives of residents of three Bristol streets and his conclusions for local transport policy.
Speakers and questions addressed to them will last until 8.45pm. Then there will be refreshment break and after the interval questions to the panel including the speakers and Pip Sheard, who will chair the meeting.
Please come and let your colleagues and other people you think may be interested know about the meeting. This is important for Bristol, so the more poeple who come, the louder our voice can be.
Get Gorge-ous Cycle Challenge
To enter the Challenge, you'll have to be commit to training. To help we have devised a series of rides starting in January with very easy rides and gradually increasing in distance to build you up for the Challenge. You will need to complete 5, 10 15, 20 and 30 mile rides before you can attempt it.
To register please phone Sue on 0117 966 3261 or Sally on 07885388277. See here for more details.
the big lunch
Victory Park, Sunday 19th July 12 - 3 p.m.
More details here (.pdf file).
SITA Trust
You are invited to the next Neighbourhood Partnership Residents Forum on Thursday 16 July, 6 - 8.30pm at Barton Hill Settlement, Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX
The meeting will include
An update from Andrew McGrath on the next steps for Neighbourhood Partnerships.
A chance to comment on the role for Neighbourhood Partnerships in the Active Participation in Partnership project proposals - Darren Hall, Programme Manager, Bristol Partnership
How can the probation service help your neighbourhood? - Informal discussion with Marilyn Harrison, Avon and Somerset Probation Service
Networking with people from across the city
To book your place at the May Neighbourhood Partnership Residents' Forum please complete the online booking form here.
Music in the park
Holymead Junior School Choir and Recorders will be performing part of their summer concert in Arnos Court Park, Bath Road, Brislington on Friday 19th June at 6.00 pm. Brislington Enterprise College Students will follow with individual and group performances. This event is one of several to be held in the park over the summer through the Arno's Park Action Group.
Holymead Junior School has an accomplished choir and the school wants to celebrate this with the local community. For many years the same music teacher has dedicated his time passionately to teaching the children to sing and play recorders. He will always say that it is not him but the children, although we all know that they only work hard because they love what they do.
Comment from the Headteacher following this summer's concert was:‘I was told I was in for a treat and WOW!’
The evening will give people a chance to see both primary and secondary children enjoying and sharing their talents.
Bring a blanket or chair, and a drink to enjoy an evening of outstanding singing and musical talent by children from the community. A barbeque will be available.
The Arno's Park Action Group is keen to help both schools celebrate their achievements and, if you are part of a children’s musical group or have an individual talent and would like to take part please feel free to contact us. Find further details at APAG.
BEC would like to invite you to an exciting FREE two hour seminar lead by internationally acclaimed educator Dr George Otero on Tuesday 23rd June from 1-3pm at Brislington Enterprise College.
Dr Otero will help us to explore what it means to create an 'outward looking school' and how this is fundamental to schools promoting community cohesion, i.e. how we live together and deal with differences in society.
Dr Otero co-founded the centre for relational learning in New Mexico and is the founder and director of Las Palomas, a non-profit centre which creates innovative educational programmes for the 21st century. He works extensively with the NCSL ( National College for School Leadership) and has published several books jointly with Maggie Farrar and John West-Burnham, most notably 'Schools and Communities: Working Together to Transform Children's Lives'.
This will be an excellent opportunity for people to explore what an outward school could be like. In doing so, schools will find it very useful as a backcloth to their work on community cohesion . It is NOT just for schools, however: Dr. Otero takes a much wider perspective.
Places will be limited so if you would like to attend this free seminar, please contact Corinne Breingan, Marketing and PR Co-ordinator at Brislington Enterprise College via Corinne or by telephoning 0117 377 2055.
We're holding an information event next Wednesday 24 June to show residents living around the Hungerford Road garage site the plans for redevelopment of the site. We're working with Sarsen Housing Association to develop the site for housing.
The event is being held at the Hungerford Community Centre on Hungerford road from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. It is primarily aimed at local residents who will be effected by the development. We have also invited the ward councillors and I wondered whether the neighbourhood partnership would also like to send a representative to come and view the plans on behalf of the group?
It's a drop in event rather than a formal meeting. The project team will be on hand to answer any questions.
Regards
Owen
Owen Thornton
Affordable Housing Development Officer
Neighbourhoods
Bristol City Council
Tel. 0117 352 5229
Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers is a registered charity which last year celebrated 20years of helping solve crime.
The local board, South West Crimestoppers, raises funds in order topromote Crimestoppers in the Avon and Somerset Constabulary area andprovide the 24/7 availability of the anonymous phone line: 0800 555 111. To support this work you can make a donation by cheque payable to "WestCountry Crimestoppers" and send it to PO Box 565, Weston super Mare BS239HF. Alternatively you could play golf for us!
We are holding a Crimestoppers Charity Golf Tournament 2009 on Thursday23rd April (St George's Day!) at Clevedon Golf Club.
A team of 4 costs £184 or individual entries cost £46 and includes;
18 holes of golf
Coffee & Bacon rolls
2 course buffet lunch
To find out more please contact Board member, Dev Chakraborty on 07863288999 by Monday 21st April 2009.
Safer Bristol Partnership
You are invited to the next Neighbourhood Partnership Residents Forum on Tuesday 19 May, 10am - 12.30pm at Broadmead Baptist Church, Union Street, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3HY.
The meeting will include Safer Bristol Partnership plan - funds to tackle crime and safety in your neighbourhood Partnership, plans for a Neighbourhood Partnership Seminar, updates from Np's across the city and a chance to networkwith people from other Neighbourhood Partnerships in Bristol.
See Diary for more details.
PARTNERS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER - ONE YEAR ON ROADSHOW
You are probably aware that the PACT Process has now been running for around ayear in your local community area. Following on from this, I would like toinvite you to a 'Roadshow' to be held at the South Bristol SportsCentre, West Town Lane, Brislington, on Wednesday 18th March, commencing at 7pm.
The Roadshow will consist of a presentation from each of the NeighbourhoodTeams within the Brislington Neighbourhood Policing Area, highlighting examplesof how the PACT process has been successful in your area.
After these presentations, there will also be an opportunity to question apanel of representatives (including Magistrates) from the Criminal JusticeDepartment.
The Roadshow has been organised with the intention of being open andinformative about PACT, to provide an opportunity to answer any questions youmay have regarding the process and to answer all those queries which are alwaysraised at Public meetings about the Criminal Justice system!
South Bristol Sports Centre,
West Town Lane,
Brislington,
on Wednesday 18th March, commencing at 7pm.
Earth Hour 2009 - see HERE for details about this very important community initiative.
Community groups, council and Tesco work together to clear litter:
10am on Saturday 21 February 2009.
All Welcome!
Newly formed Sustainable Knowle have joined forces with Sustainable Brislington, Friends of Callington Road Nature Reserve, Sustrans volunteers, Bristol City Council's Clean and Green team and Tesco to organise a litter pick and vegetation clearance on Saturday 21 February. The footpath area around Tesco, Brislington is frequently strewn with abandoned bags, wrappers and other litter. Residents have decided that it is time to clear up the area to make it a cleaner and more pleasant place to walk.
Residents and members of the community groups, along with Tesco staff, will be clearing the area from 10am. If you wish to get involved with the litter pick simply turn up at the recycling bins at Tesco at 10am on wearing sturdy shoes and warm clothing. Some equipment will be provided by Sustrans & Bristol City Council's Clean and Green team but do please bring your garden tools if you are able, secateurs & shears are useful for cutting back encroaching vegetation.
Photos of Arnos Park in the Snow! See HERE
In this weather ice-free paths are essential for our safety. However, the council don't grit paths: apparently residents are meant to, even on major pedestrian commuter routes.
The following is a petition to Bristol CC to grit cycle and foot paths in icy weather - if you agree sign up and tell your friends!
There's some good news about Bristol's Green City project - see the Noticeboard for more information
You've made your New Years resolutions to get fit, lose weight and save money, so why not do all three at once?
See the Working Groups page for details!
FOSBR celebration of Bristol Metro on Saturday 13December - 4 can travel for the price of 2!
Local support is essential as we know from the Half Hour trainCampaign. As well as the activities listed below, we will make 2 largepost cards one for Severn Beach and one for Stapleton Road. Thiswill give people a chance to write on it asking for Portishead & NorthBristol rail to be included in RFA2 funding.
Celebrate the Bristol Metro
Come and join us for a fun-filled day on and around the Severn BeachLine to celebrate the success that Friends of Suburban Bristol Railwayshas had this year, including the introduction of more frequent andreliable services on the Severn Beach Line and find out what you can doto help re-shape rail services in Bristol and its surrounding areas.
Take the service which leaves Bristol Temple Meads at 11:16 to SevernBeach
12pm—1pm
Join us at Shirley's Cafe in Severn Beach for warming refreshments orenjoy sauntering beside the River Severn. (Our agents will bedistributing the new timetable at stations and on trains).
Take the 12:55 service from Severn Beach to Stapleton Road Station
2pm—4pm
Come and meet us at Eastside Roots, an organic community garden atStapleton Road station, where we will be taking part in a winterdecoration making workshop and a gardener's question time session. Asimple cafe and volunteer work day will be in full swing ensuring afun-filled time for all.
Take the15:40 service from Stapleton Road to Bristol Temple Meads
4pm—6pm
Celebrate FOSBR's continuing work to improve rail services in ourlocal area at The Great Western Staff Association, on the StationApproach at Bristol Temple Meads. Local Councillors have been invited tocome along and pledge their support for the reintroduction of passengerservices on the Portishead and Henbury lines. There will screenings ofFOSBR's first campaign film plus a display of pictures, photographsand drawings from our archive plus refreshments.
Avon Wildlife Trust
People and Wildlife Programme
We are about to start a new three year Heritage Lotteryfunded programme to encourage a much wider range ofpeople to take action for wildlife. We will be supportingcommunities and under-represented groups as theybegin to engage with wildlife and their environment. Weare now recruiting for two posts to complete the team.
Community Action Officer £15-23k
Based near Bristol
You will create new ways for people who have nevervolunteered before to become actively involved in caringfor wildlife. The scope and potential impact of this role isas broad as your creativity and ability to inspire people totake action and then support them.
Part-time Community Communications Officer£15-23k (pro rata - 22.5 hours) Based near Bristol
You will be responsible for attracting a greater diversityof people to take the fi rst steps to become activelyinvolved in caring for wildlife. This will mean developingboth new media and traditional communicationsresources that will inspire people to take action forwildlife where they live.
Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 26th November
Interviews: 3rd/4th December
Job information and application pack are available fromAvon Wildlife Trust or phone 0117 917 7270
Bristol's Public Transport - at a crossroads?
The Transport for Greater Bristol Alliance (see here for more details) will be holding a public meeting at the Jury's Hotel, Prince St on Tues 9th December 7.30pm to discuss improving local transport in 2009 which we believe will be a crunch year for transport. Will we get an Integrated transport Authority or continue with the West of England partnership, a South Bristol Link Road or improved public transport, a tram or a guided bus?
Members of the public,councillors and activists are invited to join our panel in a debate.
The chief speaker will be Christian Wolmar who is a leading transport writer on rail issues and an ex Transport Correspondent of the Indepedent. Cat Hobbs, who was involved in FOSBR's successful Severn Beach campaign, is now Campaign for Better Transport's public transport campaigner and has been involved in national policy on buses. Josh Hart will talk about his widely publicised recent study 'Driven to Excess' on the impacts of traffic on the lives of residents of three Bristol streets and his conclusions for local transport policy.
Speakers and questions addressed to them will last until 8.45pm. Then there will be refreshment break and after the interval questions to the panel including the speakers and Pip Sheard, who will chair the meeting.
Please come and let your colleagues and other people you think may be interested know about the meeting. This is important for Bristol, so the more poeple who come, the louder our voice can be.
APAG Work Day
See diary for the 15th November.
See diary for the 15th November.