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Good quality clothing donations are what we live for at Emmaus Bristol so if you're clearing out your wardrobe, please donate your unwanted garments to our charity.

We're always looking for clothing of any size or style to sell in our three shops to generate an income to provide accommodation, support and training to help formerly homeless people rebuild their lives.

You might not be getting much use out of that jumper or suit, but someone else definitely will – and they could be buying it at an affordable price instead of something brand new, too.

How to donate Your impact

You can have a huge impact on people and the planet just by donating your old or unwanted clothing, and it's so easy to do too.

Reduce demand for resource-hungry new clothing

Contribute to sustainable fashion.

Help to reduce the amount sent to landfill

Support a local homelessness charity.

Please wash and bag the clothing you plan to donate Donations can be dropped off at our Bedminster or Stokes Croft shops:

Mon: 10am - 4:30pm

Tues: 11am - 4:30pm

Weds - Sat: 10am - 4:30pm

Update from Westbury Wildlife Park

After the cold winter months Westbury Wildlife Park will finally be reopening on Friday the 24th March. After a great 2022 we have spent the winter improving and making changes around the park. Come and see what is new at the park, explore the woodlands and learn about the wildlife and enjoy the natural therapeutic awesomeness of nature in the city suburbs.

we need your help, the aim of the park has been the preservation and protection of wildlife and their natural habitats and without the help of the volunteers this would not be possible. We have regular volunteer spots available in different roles.

Welcome and gift shop - Retail position is available at the front of the park, this is a customer and money taking role that would suit all abilities and ages.

Coffee shop - Customer facing and at times quite busy. You will be working alongside either another volunteer or a member of the WWPF team to make and serve coffee - tea - cake and ice cream. Full training will be given.

We have an exciting year ahead planned and can’t wait to share it with you. We are planning our fabulous Family Open Days with our famous Nepalese inspired BBQ from Nepali Nosh. Our cafe serves frothy coffees and specialist teas supplied by Clifton Coffee Roasters. Amazing cakes and sweets by local artisan Baked With Love and a few savory choices as well.

We are proud to say that we have a new space opening up on the entrance to the park where you can pick up educational games and historical leaflets on your entry into the park. This will also give you the opportunity to peruse the local crafts and artwork on offer in the gift shop. This will include crafts made on site, seeds from the park and photo books of the wildlife found in the WWPF.

We as always are run by volunteers and

Gardening Volunteers - A mixed and varied and very social role to help maintain the gardens and habitats in the park. Light gardening and some days of heavy humping and lumping but with a great sense of achievement at the end.

The WWPF also hosts corporate volunteering days as well so if you would like a great team building day out with lots of varied activities depending on your interests then get in touch.

If any of the above interests you and you want more information then please don’t hesitate to get in touch to info@ wwpf.uk or visit wwpf.uk

In the last few months I’ve written about trips to to see Gloucestershire play cricket at the Seat Unique Stadium and the Bristol Pitbulls do their worst (play hockey) on the ice. Being a spectator is one thing, but nothing beats actually throwing yourself into some fiercely contested sporting action. Therefore, fired up and raring to go, Mrs Haskell and I paid a visit to Roxy Lanes.

Based in Union Street in the middle of town, Roxy Lanes is a sports bar that offers a vast range of different games including ten-pin bowling, skittles, a (baseball) batting cage, pool and curling. Along with the darts at Fight Club and mini golf at Gareth Bale’s Par 59, it’s part of the growing number of experience bars taking over the city – we’ll save the debate on the dying art of conversation for another month!

As someone who always gets obsessed with the curling at the Winter Olympics every four years – so much so that during the weeks of the competition you’ll often find me outside, broom in hand, doing my best Eve Muirhead impression as I vigorously sweep the front drive – there was only one choice for us to have a crack at.

Unfortunately, the ice-free curling on offer at Roxy Lanes doesn’t require any sweeping. That slight disappointment aside, the object of the game remains the same, with each team taking it in turn to slide their stones down the strip, aiming to land it as close as possible to the centre of the house/target.

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With only the two of us taking part, we had more than enough time to get to grips with the skills required. To start off with we were a little tentative, our stones stopping well short of the desired target. Before long though we’d mastered both the technical and tactical elements of the game and were engaged in a closely contested clash of the curling titans.

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An hour was definitely enough time for the two of us. I’d actually recommend taking part in larger teams in order to give each member a bit of respite when needed - we both woke up the next day with “curlers forearm” (I’m pretty sure that’s the official term).

At £16 per person for an hour, it was a thoroughly enjoyable way to discover a new sport, though one not disconcertingly alien to anyone used to either bowls or tenpin bowling. We’ll definitely be back - now where’s my broom?

Duncan Haskell

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No one want to be a burden to their family but having NO Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) can cause huge problems for those you most care about.

The law often doesn’t work in the way you’d expect. Even married couples need LPAs to appoint each other to have the legal right to support each other.

WHY: If you lost the mental capacity to make decisions on your own, then bank accounts / savings can be frozen. And family can be left powerless to help you. So you need Lasting Powers of Attorney to be already in place that legally appoint those you trust to act for you.

WHEN: If you had a serious accident or perhaps a routine operation went wrong or you had a stroke or developed dementia.

WHAT: Most people need 2 LPAs, 1 for Money issues and 1 for Health issues – so they are fully covered.

THE DIFFERENCE WITH SIMPSON SOLICITORS’ COMPLETE SERVICE: No complicated forms to complete as they do all the form filling. But with them the price you pay also covers extra clauses to record your wishes, acting as your Certificate Provider as to mental capacity, helping your Attorneys sign. They also handle the lengthy court registration process – so you have LPAs ready to be used when needed. Their price even covers certified copies.

Milo Robertson at Simpson Solicitors adds “But most of all we give you peace of mind as we include our after care service of future support and guidance to those you trust, in activating and using your LPAs – so they don’t feel burdened”

Due to huge demand Simson Solicitors have extended their offer. If you use them for both LPAs, they offer readers 25% off the full cost of their Complete LPA Service.

To qualify call them on 0117 959 2266 or pop into their Westbury-on-Trym Office by 31st March to book your FREE review meeting and mention you saw it in the Bristol 9 Magazine.