Lord Mayor’s Medals

Nominations for the Lord Mayor’s Medals are now open

Lib Dems secure historic referendum on mayoral role:

After several months of careful negotiations with colleagues across the council, the Bristol Lib Dems tabled a motion for a referendum on the mayoral system of governance last Tuesday. Both your Brislington West councillors spoke in support of the motion, which went on to win by 41 votes to 24. As a result, we will be having a legally binding referendum on the governance of Bristol on Thursday 5 May, 2022. More details here: https://www. bristollibdems.org/referendum-motion-passes If you would like to get involved in the campaign to #ScrapTheMayor, please sign up here: https://www.bristollibdems.org/getinvolved

Arnos Court Park events:

This Thursday, 16 December, we will be planting our new A4 Bath Road perimeter hedge with the help of local schoolchildren. It will be a native species hedgerow of 200 saplings funded by One Tree Per Child. Over time it will provide both a visual barrier between the busy A4 Bath Road and the park and a pollution screen to help clear up our air. We will also be holding a litter pick at the same time and in the evening there will be festive carols with a local choir. There’s so much happening in our local park. Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 718708475350789/?ref=share

Christmas bus services:

Christmas and New Year bus timetables will be running across the West of England from 20th December to 8th January. Details here: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-andwest/news-and-service-updates/christmasand-new-year-bus-services-202122 Most services are running across the period with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. First Bus said, “Our staff have worked incredibly hard to keep buses running over the course of what has been another extremely challenging year. Therefore, like many retailers, to thank them we have taken the decision not to operate on Boxing Day this year so that they can enjoy a couple of days off over Christmas.”

Lord Mayor’s Medals:

We are pleased to advise nominations for the Lord Mayor’s Medals are now open. Last year, we had two winners from Brislington, so if you know someone who has provided outstanding, unpaid, innovative and selfless service to the Bristol community, you can nominate them via the link below:https:// bristol.gov.uk/council-and-mayor/nominatesomeone-for-a-lord-mayors-medal The deadline for nominations is Friday 21 January 2022. Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Services consultation:

The Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Services consultation is now open until Sunday 23 January 2022: https://bristol. citizenspace.com/public-health/domestic-and-sexual-violence-services-consultation/

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 has made more funding available to Bristol to provide domestic and sexual violence services. The council currently spends £1,475,000 per year on these services; the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 will increase this to £2,180,000 spend per year. The council is proposing to use this additional funding to increase its provision of domestic and sexual violence services, to build on and improve how these services are provided. The proposals we are consulting on include new funding for local prevention and recovery services, additional funding for accommodation-based support, and joint commissioning of other domestic abuse services.

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By Jos Clark, Liberal Democrat Councillor (Brislington West) Email: cllr.jos.clark@ bristol.gov.uk Mobile: 07584 370429 & Andrew Varney, Liberal Democrat Councillor (Brislington West) Email: cllr.andrew.varney@bristol.gov.uk Mobile: 07584 183381