BCP news, articles and items of general interest. This page will update as often as new material is recieved, so please check back frequently! Older and out-of-date items will be stores in the Archive
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Greater Bristol Bus Network - linking Bristol to Bath
Your opportunity to comment on options.
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.
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 images
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:
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.
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!
Calendar Smileys indicate an event (or two!) on that day and are links to the calenders with the details.
