Members of two Bradley Stoke families affected by prostate cancer will be taking part in this weekend’s Run for the Future on the Downs to raise funds for research into the disease. The Capels and the Underwoods, who are soon to be linked by the marriage of Sam Capel and Chris Underwood, are being joined by friends and relatives to
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Local performers are being invited to take part in a ‘Battle of the Bands’ contest, which will raise funds to enable two teenagers from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) to go on an educational trip to Southern India. Entry costs £15 and the winning band will receive a cash prize of £200 (courtesy of Bradley Stoke Matters) and be invited
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has raised funds for a local children’s charity by running in the 2010 Bristol Half Marathon. Completing the course in an impressive 1hr 58 mins, Mr Lopresti raised vital funds for the Frenchay After Burns (FAB) Children’s Club through sponsorship from the race. The FAB Children’s Club is a charity which provides ongoing support to burn-injured
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Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), a community development charity that works with local people to help them identify issues that concern them and to find local answers to local issues, is seeking new trustees to join its governing board. The board meets at least quarterly to ensure that the staff team continue to meet their objectives and to set the
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A dog show staged on Sunday in the car park of Bradley’s Stoke Willow Brook Centre has raised more than £800 for a local rescue charity. The Family Fun Dog Show was organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG), which specialises in rescuing and re-homing greyhounds and lurchers. A total of 182 dogs attended the event, with many
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Toby Cox, the young cerebral palsy sufferer from Bradley Stoke who travelled to the USA for an operation to help him walk unaided, has become something of a local celebrity this week – featuring in the Bristol Evening Post (BEP) and on ITV’s The West Country Tonight news programme. Writing on the ‘helptobywalk’ blog, Toby’s Mum Donna said: “I was
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Friends and family of Ryan Abrahams, who passed away in March aged 14, are to take part in a sponsored walk to raise funds for a local children’s hospice. Ryan’s mother Mary will be joined by a group of friends for the Midnight Memory Walk, a seven-mile route around Bristol in September, to help celebrate her son’s life and raise
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Toby Cox of ‘Help Toby Walk‘ fame is back in Bradley Stoke following his selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) operation in the United States. The young cerebral palsy sufferer returned to school for the last few days of the summer term and is said to be “thrilled with his new body”. His regular local physiotherapist says she is amazed at Toby’s
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A Marks and Spencer manager from Bradley Stoke is to join a team cyling from John O’Groats to Lands End to raise money for Help the Heroes. Steve Hewitt, homeware manager at Marks & Spencer, Cribbs Causeway, is taking part in the 1,068 mile ride help the local store reach its target of raising £10,000 for the wounded servicemen’s charity.
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A fundraising campaign has begun to send a second child from Bradley Stoke to the USA for a life-changing operation. Abigail Newton Smith, 8, suffers from cerebral palsy, mainly affecting her legs. She currently uses a wheelchair but wishes she could play football and tag with her friends. Inspired by the story of Toby Cox,who is currently recovering from the
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