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Jacob's ladder challenge at the Brunel District Scouts' Jamboree.

Monday 13th July 2015 SH (Editor)

1st Bradley Stoke Scouts attend District Jamboree

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

Wendy Donaldson has her hair lopped to help the Little Princess Trust create a real-hair wig for a sick child.

Monday 13th July 2015 SH (Editor)

Local ladies have hair chopped to help sick children get theirs back

Two kind-hearted local ladies have recently had their long locks lopped so they could donate hair to a charity that provides real-hair wigs to children suffering from cancer and other serious illnesses. The off-cuts, which need to be at least 17cm (7 inches) long in order to be useful for wig-making, have been sent to the Little Princess Trust,

Swan and cygnets on the Three Brooks lake (a.k.a. the duck pond) in Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

Friday 10th July 2015 Sara Messenger

Another busy month in the Three Brooks nature reserve

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Swans and cygnets By now we’re sure you all know that our mute swans Bradley & Brooke have, from their seven eggs, hatched three cygnets! We’re rather chuffed with them – and with the ducklings, grebe and moorhen chicks that can be seen at the lake. We had made

Jemima Grinter (centre) with (l-r) Donna Carl (assistant Beaver Scout leader), Annette Tadman (puppy walker for Guide Dogs, with Guilda), John Tovey (with Dez) and Beena Chheda (Beaver Scout leader).

Thursday 9th July 2015 SH (Editor)

Beavers raise over £500 for Guide Dogs charity

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

The Giant Walk at Meadowbrook Primary School, Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

Wednesday 8th July 2015 SH (Editor)

Meadowbrook pupils march for road safety

Pupils from Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School joined over 100,000 children across the UK taking to the streets on 10th June as part of the Giant Walk. Organised by road safety charity Brake and sponsored by Brantano, the initiative aims to get children walking and highlights the importance of road safety in helping them lead active, healthy lives. Schools taking

Wednesday 8th July 2015 SH (Editor)

Out now: July 2015 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine

There’s a strong sports theme in the July edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine, which has reports from all the sporting events at the recent Community Festival (10k run, skate park competition, cricket match) plus news of Bradley Stoke’s first triathlon, planned for August. Other stories report on plans to close the Bradley Stoke to Winterbourne road for up to six

Helicopter of the the Western Counties Air Operations Unit.

Monday 6th July 2015 Mary Hawksworth (Forum)

[Letter] No objection to proposed helibase

With reference to the article in the June edition of the BSJ magazine concerning the proposed new helicopter base at Almondsbury (‘Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved’), I live at Woodlands Park and have no objections whatsoever to the siting of the new base. We have lived here for eight years and have never been troubled by

Sunday 5th July 2015 SH (Editor)

Dunkley’s are leaders of the flock

This summer, Dunkley’s Chartered Accountants, who are based in Bradley Stoke, are one of the lead sponsors of the exciting and ewe-nique Bristol ‘Shaun in the City’ trail. The eagerly-anticipated charity sculpture trail will feature 70 individually-designed sculptures of Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep. The sculptures will be installed in iconic locations and green spaces all across Bristol from 6th July

Almondsbury FC Under-8s team in kit sponsored by Mama Bear's Day Nursery.

Wednesday 1st July 2015 SH (Editor)

Almondsbury Youth FC Under-8s celebrate new sponsorship from Mama Bear’s

A new junior football team in north Bristol is celebrating after securing its first sponsorship from local business Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School. The Almondsbury Youth FC Under-8s team was set up in September by local man Stuart Lawrence and has grown to 36 players since the first training session was launched. Sponsorship from Mama Bear’s, which has local

Malcolm Dixon (right) in action for the Dream Cycling team during the Bristol Grand Prix on Saturday 20th June 2015.

Thursday 25th June 2015 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke cyclist helps team to victory in Bristol Grand Prix

A cyclist from Bradley Stoke is hoping that his share of victory in the recent Bristol Grand Prix will inspire other people to get back in the saddle. Malcolm Dixon, 31, who works at Arriva Transport Solutions (ATSL), was part of the Dream Cycling team which stormed to gold in the prestigious race through Bristol city centre on Saturday 20th June.