An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Green Gym We’re always quite busy at this time of year, but this time I think we’ve surpassed ourselves! Our Green Gym ate a lot of cake as we’ve had several birthdays (Geoff, unlike me, doesn’t look a day older) and we had our annual garden party hosted
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Event staged by the South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP) gave festival-goers a chance to experience a fun Indian custom normally associated with celebrations surrounding the Hindu festival of Holi. A report by the organisers. The South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP), in partnership with Bradley Stoke Town Council, organised Rang Barse, the Colour Fest, as part of the recent Bradley Stoke
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By Graham Baker, town council youth development worker On Saturday, Bradley Stoke Town Council youth workers and young volunteers organised the return, to Jubilee Green, of the popular combination of the skate half-pipe (provided by King Ramps) and street art workshops (courtesy of Paintsmiths). The half-pipe accommodated displays by the pro’ riders, coupled with the chance for festival goers to
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An update from Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke. It was great to attend the Bradley Stoke Community Festival in June. I met with many people, friends and good local causes. It was a brilliant event that was widely supported by the whole community. That same weekend, I also had the pleasure to run the Bradley Stoke 10k!
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On Saturday 9th June, Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) continued the success of their Schools’ Football Festival at the Jubilee Centre, which this year attracted 130 Year 1 children representing 13 different local primary schools. The festival is the finale to the club’s School Link Programme where BSYFC’s FA Qualified coaches go into the schools and coach all the Year
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On Friday 1st June, several Kumon Centres from the Bristol region held a High-Level Students Awards Ceremony at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, where the awards were presented by the Lord Mayor of Bristol. In attendance were 17 specially selected students, ranging from Year 4 to Year 12, who have had great success in the Kumon programmes. The centres
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By Andy Ward of the Bradley Stoke Carnival Committee. Saturday 14th July sees a new community event taking place in Bradley Stoke. Instead of the carnival that traditionally takes place on the last weekend in August, the Carnival Committee thought it would be nice to bring something a little different to the town and so the Jubilee Green [BS32 8HL]
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a 29-year-old Asian man was subjected to racist abuse as he walked through an underpass that connects Bradley Stoke with Stoke Gifford. It happened at about 7.30pm on Thursday 5th July in the Winterbourne Road underpass, between Huckley Way and Oxbarton. A group of about seven young people were in the underpass and one
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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. How much can change in just one month? At The Common East pond, the wonderful little balls of fluff quickly grew into something that more closely resembled a small duck, aided I’m sure by the constant and adoring crowd ever ready with a tasty titbit or two. Sadly, they have
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An update by Jenny Thompson of Bradley Stoke Woodcraft. Spring camp this year was made all the more special as it was the first time we’ve been able to use our new tents, which we were able to buy with the grant from Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme earlier in the year. It didn’t take long before all our tents
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