Staff at Bradley Stoke’s Tesco Extra store raised a total of £207 for the Alzheimer’s Society through a sponsored 12-hour indoor sports event on Saturday (16th July). Workers at the store, who were allowed to wear sport-themed casual clothing for the day, took it in turns to work-out on a multi-trainer and static bike positioned near the customer services desk.
Continue readingThe local beat team have announced that a Community Speed Watch scheme is about to commence in Bradley Stoke. The news was first revealed at last Tuesday’s Safer and Stronger Communities Group meeting and was confirmed today in an announcement on the police website. The local police team have been looking to set up a scheme since at least June
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Following a successful inaugural two-week FM broadcast in June, Bradley Stoke Community Radio Association (BSCRA) has decided to take the bold step of applying to Ofcom for a full-time FM licence. The decision was agreed by an overwhelming majority of the 30 or so members attending last Thursday’s AGM, who had been told that Ofcom’s current window of opportunity to
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The Governors of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have decided to plough on with plans to convert the school to academy status despite its two proposed partner schools deciding to drop out of the process in recent months. BSCS, Brimsham Green School (BGS) and Patchway Community College (PCC) had collectively applied to the Department for Education to become a chain
Continue readingFuture 4 Science is a not-for-profit organisation that strives to inspire young minds, getting children excited about Science. We are one of the world’s leading providers of fun, hands-on science enrichment programmes! This summer we will be entertaining and inspiring children at Baileys Court Primary School on the 3rd, 4th and 5th August, from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Children will be
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St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Webbs Wood Road, Bradley Stoke, has submitted a planning application for an additional classroom and a group room. The school, rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, says the proposed extension will provide a larger IT teaching suite (accommodating 30 pupils rather than the current 15) plus a room for teaching in small groups away from the
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Councillors could be in for a hard time at tonight’s meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group, where a number of residents are expected to protest against the recently completed part-night switch-off of street lights in Bradley Stoke. The programme to adjust the lights so that they switch off between (nominally) midnight and 5am began in April
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Children from a Bradley Stoke primary school have taken part in a fun-filled practical session about fruit and vegetables at the Willow Brook Harvester. Staff at the restaurant teamed up with a Harvester chef to teach 30 pupils from Bowsland Green Primary School about the importance of their ‘five-a-day‘. Manager of the Harvester, Adam Giles, said: “During a VIP tour
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Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Green play park has been nominated in a competition to find the “best free places to go with the family in South Gloucestershire”. Readers of the parenting advice website ‘netmums’ are being asked to vote for three of the seven places nominated within South Gloucestershire. Chair of the Friends of Jubilee Green volunteer group Michelle Dent told
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A father and son team from Stoke Gifford have embarked on a 1,100 mile sponsored cycle ride to raise funds for the local branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL). Matthew Moran, 49, and son Fraser, 17, are undertaking the epic ride from Lands End to John O’Groats in appreciation of the support given by the Legion to Matthew’s father-in-law
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