Conservative Councillors have welcomed the signing of an agreement between Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) that secures annual funding of £93,000 for youth work in Bradley Stoke. Councillors claim that the new agreement will produce “better value for the money that both Councils put into youth services in the town”.
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A student of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is hoping to be elected to represent South Gloucestershire at the UK Youth Parliament. Twelve-year-old Sophie Simmonds says in her manifesto that, if elected, she will aim to: “Improve the image of young people in the media because I think we are portrayed really negatively. We should be portrayed for the good
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The relocation of Bradley Stoke’s youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre has claimed another victim with the news that the Black and Blues Netball Club has “reluctantly” decided to move to a different venue. The netballers first came into confrontation with youth workers just days after the youth club moved in on 5th October. Youth leaders “mindful of
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The recent relocation of all Bradley Stoke youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre has led to a “confrontation” between youth workers and members of a local netball club (believed to be The Black and Blues), according to Bradley Stoke Town Council. The news is revealed in the recently published ‘draft’ minutes of a meeting of the Council’s Finance
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The Journal has learned that local charity Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) has been successful in its bid to retain the contract for youth work provision in Bradley Stoke. Youth work in the town was thrown into confusion late last year when Bradley Stoke Town Council decided to terminate its direct relationship with SBCP and instead work “in partnership with
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A closed meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Youth Sub-Committee will tonight confirm whether or not toddler groups and other daytime users will be allowed to continue to use Brook Way Activity Centre after the town’s youth clubs relocate to the centre in July. A statement that day-time users would have to quit, made by Town Clerk David Chandler at
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The proposed move of Bradley Stoke’s youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre could lead to the closure of other community groups in the town according to Town Clerk David Chandler. All youth clubs in the town are currently set to be transferred to the Brook Way site from 6th July 2009 following Bradley Stoke Town Council’s decision in
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The inaugural meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s new Youth Sub-Committee takes place today (Wednesday) at 3pm in the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road. Councillors decided to form the new sub-committee at a special meeting of Full Council on 25th February, in order to oversee how their “record funding” for youth work in the town is spent. The agenda for
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Continuity of youth work in Bradley Stoke looks assured after Town Councillors voted unanimously to fund Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) for six months beyond 31st March, when the organisation’s current contract is due to expire. A recent meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s (BSTC’s) Finance & Leisure (F&L) Committee saw Councillors minded to offer only a two month extension,
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A special meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) is to take place this Wednesday (25th February) at 8:30pm in the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road. The meeting has been called to decide how youth work is to be delivered in the town from 1st April, after it was revealed that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is unlikley to be able to
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