Bradley Stoke Radio has been given the chance to do a weekly one hour show on BCfm, Bristol’s premier community radio station. The show will be all about the community of Bradley Stoke with local news, features and interviews being the focus. The programme will be pre-recorded on the Saturday, then simulcast online on Bradley Stoke Radio and on BCfm
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Volunteers from Bradley Stoke Radio will be entertaining shoppers in the Willow Brook Centre this Saturday (3rd September). Since the launch of the station earlier this year, Bradley Stoke Radio has had a successful two week broadcast on FM (from 4th to 18th June) and, following a short break for recuperation, has continued to broadcast online via its website. The
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FoJG) are staging their second ‘Summer of Fun’ event between 10am and 12 noon this coming Saturday (20th August) at the Jubilee Centre and Jubilee Green, Savages Wood Road. The event has activities that are suitable for the 5-12 years age group; however, families with children of all ages are welcome, as there will be
Continue readingMillions of TV viewers around the world watching the 2011 Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Sunday were shown advertisements for a Bradley Stoke football club. “McDonalds – Supporting Bradley Stoke Youth FC” was the message seen on advertising boards around the pitch during the game between Manchester City and Manchester United. Martin Lee, of BSYFC, reports that the club
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The community of Bradley Stoke has been officially thanked for sending a giant congratulations card to HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton (now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) on the occasion of their wedding in April. The letter, from St James’s Palace, describes the card as “a marvellous piece of work” and makes reference to the hearts, fabric and
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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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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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The work of Bradley Stoke Youth FC’s (BSYFC’s) Martin Lee has been recognised by the Gloucestershire Football Association (GFA) at its 2010/2011 season awards presentation evening. Martin, a founder member of BSYFC, was named winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Community Football Award at the event held on Monday 27th June. This award was presented in recognition of Martin’s successes
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A family fun day and a five-a-side football tournament are being held at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre (BSLC) this Saturday (2nd July), to raise funds for equipment at a local children’s hospital. The combined event, organised by the Willow Brook Centre and CJ Hole estate agents, will raise money the Cots for Tots Appeal, which is seeking to raise £1
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Bradley Stoke’s annual skate park competition, originally scheduled for the Community Festival weekend but postponed due to bad weather, is to take place this coming Sunday (26th June). Organised by the youth workers of Southern Brooks Community Partnership, the event will take place alongside Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre from 12 noon to 4pm. Contests for BMX, skateboard, micro-scooters and roller
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