Construction work has finally begun on a new skate park for Bradley Stoke, at a new location within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. Councillors, council officers and local young people recently met on-site to mark the occasion. Town Mayor Cllr Roger Avenin commented: “I am pleased to have officially started the construction of the new skate park development for Bradley Stoke. The
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Work on a £250,000+ project to construct a new concrete skate park in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre could finally get under way within the next few weeks, subject to planners at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) granting approval following a protracted evaluation of the town council’s planning application. At the time funding was secured for the project in
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a new concrete skate park within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The existing skate park will be demolished in advance of the construction of the new one. This will yield eighteen car park spaces for the leisure centre, however, the construction of the
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Over the spring bank holiday weekend, around a hundred members of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group attended the Brunel District Jamboree at Woodhouse Park Activity Centre near Almondsbury. This three day camp involved groups from across the district, so it was a real opportunity to get to know the wider Scouting family for both the young people and their
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The 1st Bradley Stoke Beaver Scouts have been busy fundraising for Guide Dogs, one of the Scout Association’s partnered charities. As part of their St George’s day commemorations, the Beavers were set a series of sponsored ‘Knight’s Challenges’ to complete at home. These were designed to demonstrate their core promise of “doing their best” and being “kind and helpful”, and
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The 1st Bradley Stoke Scouts have been undertaking a number of water based activities this month. Firstly, they learnt how to row a large boat in Bristol harbour. Not as easy as it seemed, although once they all started pulling at the same time, they found it much easier. The instructors also learnt to duck after being hit a couple
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On Friday 20th March a rather unique ceremony took place at the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout headquarters at Brook Way Activity Centre. Due to the incredible demand on the group’s waiting lists (and after months of planning with considerable help from the Scout Association’s Regional Development Team), the group were able to finally realise their ambition to open a further
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After the success of their first wave of social action projects in South Gloucestershire, Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) has started its second wave of ‘Social Action’ mentor recruitment, focusing on young people in the local area. They are training students from schools in Patchway and Bradley Stoke as mentors, who will take on the role to inspire younger students
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The town council’s £260,000 project to construct a new concrete skate park in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre reached a significant milestone in January with the selection of Wheelscape as the preferred contractor. In view of the value of the project, an invitation to tender for the construction work had to be advertised on a regional procurement website
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Bradley Stoke Town Council says it is hopeful that a new concrete skate park within the grounds of the leisure centre will be ready for the school summer holidays next year, but probably not in time for the community festival in June, as had originally been planned. The £260k funding for the park has been raised from various sources, including
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