Spending on youth provision by Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) looks set to be slashed by 39% from April if draft budget plans are approved at a meeting next week. The news comes as young people await the outcome of a two month consultation into ‘youth needs’ in the town that was run by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) during November
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Bradley Stoke Community School is celebrating achievements made by a number of its students over the last few weeks. Dani Williams (Year 10) competed in the Junior Mixed Pair category for Harriers Acrobatic Gymnastic Club at the British Open Tournament in Stoke-on-Trent. Dani and her partner qualified for the final and came first, receiving Gold and the title of Great
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South Gloucestershire Council and the Town Council are reminding local youngsters about the ‘Youth Needs Survey‘ currently being conducted in Bradley Stoke. The consultation was started after the two Councils jointly decided to close the town’s only youth club at the Brook Way Activity Centre with effect from the end of October, a move which led to Southern Brooks Community
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has revealed details of the interim youth provision measures it has put in place following its decision, jointly with Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), to close the Brook Way Youth Club at the end of last month. Youth workers will be going out onto the streets on three nights a week to engage with young people
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Youth clubs in Bradley Stoke are once again facing an uncertain future after local Councils informed the current service provider that they are to withdraw funding from 31st October. An announcement posted on the website of Southern Brooks Community Partnership (the current provider) earlier this week explains that the Town Council and South Gloucestershire Youth Service have informed the organisation
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The 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group has opened a second Cub pack and Scout troop after seeing a huge rise in the number of youngsters wanting to join. The group has seen membership rocket to over 100 children across its Beaver, Cub and Scout sections over the past year. On Thursday evening last week, the town’s Mayor, Cllr Ben Walker,
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South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) ruling Cabinet has voted to put an extra £58k into youth provision in Bradley Stoke following lobbying by local Councillors, who claimed that the town was getting a poor deal compared to others in the district. The decision, which must be ratified by Full Council on 23rd February, came after extra money became available because of
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Michelle Chatham, Youth Development Officer for St John Ambulance in Bristol, writes: St John Ambulance is looking for motivated and reliable adults to help run their recently opened Cadet division and help support the opening of a new Badger Sett in Stoke Gifford. The roles suit people who get along well with children and young people, are creative and proactive.
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A Bradley Stoke Town Councillor has branded the town’s Mayor “dictatorial” after he failed to invite other Councillors to a meeting with a senior official at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Mayor Ben Walker met alone with SGC’s Director of Children and Young People to find out why Bradley Stoke receives significantly less from SGC than other towns in the district
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Two local Brownie packs are to benefit from grants awarded by Bradley Stoke Town Council. The 2nd Little Stoke pack has been given £375 towards the cost of a trip and the 2nd Stoke Lodge pack, which meets at the Jubilee Centre, £500 towards running costs. Three-quarters of the Brownies attending the packs are said to be from Bradley Stoke.
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