Rumours that the only major road in and out of Bradley Stoke from the north is to be closed for up to eighteen months are unfounded, the Journal can reveal. Social media channels have been buzzing since a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) was published earlier this week on the website of Bradley Stoke Town Council announcing the closure of
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The north Bristol area now has 249 more people trained in life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), thanks to an initiative organised by Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) with support from the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Back in April, BSCS successfully completed a bid to become a designated CPR training school and was given over 30 sets of resuscitation training equipment by
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Award: Achievement Against the Odds (sponsored by LV Insurance) Nominated by: Victoria Parsons No. 1 in our series looking at the stories behind the eight Stars of the Stokes award winners honoured earlier this year at a presentation dinner held at the Hilton Bristol Hotel, following a call for nominations promoted in the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine. Victoria nominated her
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Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd, building the MetroBus North Fringe to Hengrove Package, have recently helped Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) at the new skate park within the grounds of the leisure centre. As part of the Griffiths community benefits initiative, and throughout the contract, the company works with and supports local community groups and provides assistance to local regeneration projects.
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. The wet weather has continued to cause issues on the reserve, although, ironically, it has yet to fill our ‘new’ pond in Bowsland Meadow and, at the other end of the reserve, much of the bottom of the lake is visible. When you can see a seagull
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You may remember that during last year’s May bank holiday, members of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scouts attended the district jamboree. This year they were at the Avon county jamboree with 4,200 young people from Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, the Guiding community and all their supporting adult volunteers. Together they took part in activities across four themes – skill, adventure,
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The top pitch area at the Jubilee Centre on Saturday 4th June was host to the annual Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Festival of Football. This was the tenth anniversary of the BSYFC festival and is the final stage of the Club School Link Program, where the club coaches have been going into 14 local primary schools providing in-school football
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By Arthur Allen of Bradley Stoke Bowls Club. On Sunday 12th June, Bradley Stoke Bowls Club held their annual charity event, this year to support the local West of England MS Therapy Centre (MSTC), based in Wheatfield Drive. With the event coinciding with the main weekend of the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations, many members chose to wear red, white and
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Meadowbrook Primary School in Bradley Stoke has been recognised for its exceptional school sport provision through a Gold Award from the School Games programme. School Games encourages young people by getting them involved with school sport. The Mark Award has been running since 2012 and recognises schools for their commitment to sports in school. The School Games is all about being the
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Graham Baker, Bradley Stoke Town Council’s youth development & participation worker, writes: We had two days of extremely well-attended activities with young people again actively contributing to the planning, promotion and voluntary staffing of activities over the Bradley Stoke Community Festival weekend. On the Saturday, we brought a skate half-pipe to the main festival site with ‘have a go’ sessions and
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