South Gloucestershire Council has announced the dates and locations for this February half term’s free Holiday Cycling Courses for children. Courses cover Bikeability levels one, two and three – designed to give beginners and improvers the skills needed to take to their bikes with confidence. Locally, the courses will run at Bradley Stoke Community School as follows: Level 1 –
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Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) is staging a free Family Day at Meadowbrook Primary School on Saturday 29th January, from 12pm to 4pm. Learn about the cultures and faiths of your area through story telling, art workshops, games, refreshments and singing! Further Family Days are scheduled for Filton (Monday 21st February) and Patchway (Thursday 24th February). More info: Family Days
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As part of the events programme to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, South Gloucestershire Council is piloting an event at Bradley Stoke Library called the Human Library. A Human Library is where the public take out a book in the form of a person who can provide first hand experience of an issue, belief or experience. Over a period of about
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South Gloucestershire Council is encouraging residents to make use of a new cycle route between Bradley Stoke and Cribbs Causeway to help get in some last minute Christmas shopping. The three mile route, which runs from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, consists of a series of dedicated or mixed-use cycle paths and quiet roads which
Continue readingBradley Stoke impressionist Paul Burling featured in his own show on ITV1 last night. The Britain’s Got Talent finalist, best known for his Harry Hill impressions, has so far received mixed reviews for the one hour pilot programme. For example: It’s Paul Burling was easy-watching (Metro) It’s Paul Burling (Digital Spy) Leave a comment on this post to let us
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FoJG) group has announced that it has won a grant award of £350 from the Wakeham Trust to go towards its Enablement Project. The money will allow the group to employ the services of a landscape architect to help produce plans and obtain costings for three future projects at the play park on Jubilee Green.
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FoJG) group has announced that it has been unsuccessful in a grant application for further equipment at the play park on the green. A message on the group’s website reads: “Unfortunately, we were not successful in our first ever grant application to Biffa to raise £50,000 for the Youth Structure and flying carpet.” Biffa’s feedback
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The South West’s Asian community will be heading to Bradley Stoke once more on Saturday (6th November 2010) to celebrate Diwali in the Town Square. Radio Mast FM, an Asian radio channel in the South West, is staging a repeat of its highly-successful 2009 event, to mark the Indian “festival of light”. The theme of the event is “Diwali at
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The Christmas lights go on at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 18th November. The entertainment starts at 2:30pm with music from Heart Bristol, along with a winter al-fresco area, face painting and prize giveaways. Children will be able to pet the reindeer and have their picture taken with Santa on his sleigh. The count down to the lights
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Bradley Stoke’s ever-popular Town Council Fireworks Display takes place this year on Sunday (7th November 2010) at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road [map]. As in previous years, entrance to the display is free but there will an entry point collection for St Peter’s Hospice, Mayor Ben Walker’s nominated charity. Last year’s display was watched by a bumper crowd estimated
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