A dog show staged in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Sunday has raised over £400 for a local rescue charity. The Family Fun Dog Show, organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) to mark National Pet Week, attracted an entry of 119 animals and raised £443 towards the group’s greyhound and lurcher rescue work. DAWG’s patron Andrew Dilger
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Bob’s charity bike ride in support of cancer care
Local resident Bob Bloomer is currently on a mammoth sponsored cycle ride in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Bob, an ex-professional footballer (Chesterfield, Bristol Rovers & Cheltenham) who now works for the Football League, trained for his ride at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre and is supported by Giant Bradley Stoke, who have loaned him a road bike. He is
Continue readingBradley Stoke couple seek support for Philippines mission trip
Two members of a Bradley Stoke church are raising funds for a two-year non-salaried missionary trip to the Philippines. Steven and Portia Greenhalgh, members of the congregation at Holy Trinity Church, will be leaving in July this year to go on mission to Manila. Portia is a qualified teacher and Steven recently completed a TESOL course (Teaching English to Speakers
Continue readingFun Dog Show to be staged in Town Square
A Fun Dog Show is to to take place this Sunday (8th May) in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square. Organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) and sponsored by the Willow Brook Centre, the show includes a total of 14 classes, ranging from “best puppy” to “dog the judge would most like to take home”. The show runs from
Continue readingBSCS to host hockey world record attempt
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been chosen as the venue for an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record™ for the longest continuous hockey match. The event, organised by South Gloucestershire Hockey Club (SGHC) and held over the weekend of 28th/29th May, will raise money for the Cots for Tots Appeal at St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol. The current
Continue readingCommunity rallies round to support fire victims
Residents of Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area have rallied round to support families affected by a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of two young children. Charlie and McKenzie Whitton, aged five and seven, died after fire broke out at their home in Merryweather Close at around 6am on Saturday 19th March. Their parents, Lee and Alex, managed
Continue reading[Forum] Four-year-olds raise funds for Red Nose Day
Megan & Grace Elder are 4-year-olds doing a six mile bike ride in three stages by riding to and from their nursery (Leapfrog in Bradley Stoke). They have completed the first two miles and Thursday and Friday they will complete the final stages of their task. This is all in aid of Red Nose Day 2011, so any help for
Continue readingSponsored dog walk to mark charity’s anniversary
A local dog rescue charity is staging a sponsored dog walk in Bradley Stoke this coming Saturday, to mark the second anniversary of its formation. The Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG), which specialises in rescuing and re-homing greyhounds and lurchers, is the nominated charity for two Pets At Home stores in Bristol and its members are regularly seen collecting
Continue readingA sound idea to help children in Africa
Children in Kenya are set to benefit from a new school built specifically for deaf children, thanks to the local branch of Specsavers. The Specsavers hearing centre located at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, is working in partnership with UK-based hearing charity Sound Seekers to sell pin badges of the loveable cartoon character Miffy for just £1. Money raised
Continue readingAlpine runners raise £32,000 for St Peter’s Hospice
A Bradley Stoke man has helped raise more than £32,000 for a local charity by completing in an ultra-distance running race across the Alps. Chris Barker, running in a team with David Smart from Long Ashton, completed the 300km Gore-Tex Transalpine-Run in 47 hours 36 minutes, coming 29th in the Master’s category. The pair, who competed in the gruelling race
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