Over 3,200 residents of Bradley Stoke are being called to the polling booths for the second time in a fortnight – this time to choose a single councillor to sit on the town council. The by-election in the Willowbrook ward on Thursday 18th July has been called following the resignation of Cllr Brian Mead (Labour), who was elected to the town council in May 2023.
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The full line-up of bands and dance groups for the first day of next weekend’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival has been revealed. Saturday 8th June 2024 will see a full-format festival return to the Jubilee Centre fields following a barren year in 2023 after councillors embarrassingly failed to secure the services of a management company…
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has scaled back its programme of regular ‘meet your councillor’ events after an initiative to host additional sessions at a range of new locations across the town failed to stimulate increased engagement from residents. Going forward, the events will revert to being held just once a month, on the last Saturday of the month, at the Willow Brook Centre.
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Illuminated Christmas-themed motifs have been installed on lamp posts surrounding three roundabouts on Bradley Stoke Way following a town council decision to allocate a first-year budget of £10,000 for the initiative. The costs incurred to date are £4,157 to purchase the motifs, £2,400 to install power supplies and £1,980 to erect and take down the motifs.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has announced plans to install a suite of free-to-use outdoor gym equipment on Jubilee Green, adjacent to the existing Beacon Play Area. Following lengthy discussions that have spanned several years, councillors have agreed to proceed with the project which has a estimated cost of between £65,000 and £90,000.
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The addition of a musical accompaniment to the 2023 edition of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s annual fireworks display has been hailed as a great success. The event is free to attend, with bucket collections being made for the mayor’s charities. This year’s collection raised £3,508 (including £490 donated by traders) for Prostate Cancer UK, The Brightwell and Mamas Bristol.
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Bradley Stoke’s hugely popular annual FREE fireworks display returns with a musical twist this Sunday (5th November). Following suggestions from members of the public, this year’s event will be accompanied by music broadcast from a beefed-up sound system comprising around 18 speaker cabinets. The town council has budgeted a cost of £11,500 for staging the display.
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Residents of Bradley Stoke Stoke are to be offered free trees (saplings) and packets of wildflower seeds in an upcoming implementation phase of the town council’s Local Nature Action Plan. A further two community orchards could also be established in the town. The council’s Finance Committee has agreed to establish a £2,000 budget for the three new projects.
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A spate of vandalism at Baileys Court Activity Centre has resulted in the town council spending over £2,800 on repairs and additional security measures. An attempt was made to enter the building via a roof hatch and a large number of roof tiles have been damaged, along with a CCTV camera. Police have issued images of three “teens” they believe may be able to help with enquiries.
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Bradley Stoke town councillors have resumed the staging of regular ‘surgery’ sessions following a break that spanned the recent local elections. The purpose of the face-to-face advice surgeries is to give local residents an additional opportunity to discuss local issues with their elected representatives. The new council has reversed a controversial decision made in June 2022 to staff the surgeries on a ‘party political’ basis.
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