What’s on this weekend

Fire Pit Nights at Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park

Selected weekends in April & May

From: 16 April 2021 6:00pm

Bristol's Haunted and Hidden tour

Bristol's Haunted and Hidden tour reveals the darker side to Bristol's history and is a very entertaining and informative way to spend an evening.

Come and enjoy an exclusive evening in a beer garden like no other after the park has closed for the day. Friday & Saturday nights 16th, 17th, 23rd & 24th, 30th April 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th & 15th May

Time 6pm – 9.30pm

Enjoy an exclusive, chilled out session on the lawns of Avon Valley, under your very own gazebo with a picnic bench and fire pit for up to a 6 people.

Relax around a pre-lit fire pit, roasting marshmallows, and simply enjoying an open air experience.

Wind down with pizza and drinks available to buy on site or order in advance.

The Woodland Kitchen will be serving our freshly made pizzas, whilst our licensed ‘On The Deck’ bar will be serving Butcombe’s finest draught beer & ciders, and spirits and wines.

We only have 10 of these gazebo’s available so reserve the hottest ticket in town for just £60 (to include up to six people) What’s Included?

Exclusive gazebo hire with pre-lit fire pit & wood Welcome drink (lager, cider or wine) Marshmallows for toasting Music to enjoy Access to walk around the park and see what our park animals get up to as the sun goes 14 down. The tour won the 2017 Trip Advisor ‘Certificate of Excellence’ and was voted No.1 on GWR FM'S ‘Top 20 Things to do in Bristol’. The route of the tour takes in some of Bristol darker and creepier historical locations along with film and TV locations. The tour delivers historical fact and TV and film trivia with a good dose of humour. The tour has been featured on Living TV's Most Haunted and the Source and has been entertaing punters for the last 10 years. The Haunted and Hidden walk features include:

Hear about Clifton's ghostly Dwarf Highwayman See Bristol's famous Haunted Cinema Visit a 16th Century Haunted House Hear about a Church and it's ghostly Monk See where a cook chased a Ghost Visit TV and Film locations and many fun and interesting sites!!! The weekly Friday walk will return from April 2nd for “rule of 6” bookings to start with.

Departs Bristol Cathedral, College Green - Every Friday night at 8pm

Price: Adult £7, Concessions £5, Children £4.

Private walks also welcome on a night to suit you.

Advanced booking required on all walks by email or call 076 6258407.

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Calls for vulnerable to get vaccinated - including homeless, ethnic minorities and undocumented migrants

The homeless, undocumented migrants and people from ethnic minority groups are being urged to have the COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves and their communities.

Deaths among homeless people increased by over a third last year and those from Black and Asian backgrounds are at greater risk of dying if they contract the virus. And almost half of migrants surveyed said they would be scared to access healthcare if they got sick during this pandemic. Charity worker Naseem Talukdar has been volunteering at the Easton Community Centre to encourage people who are ‘off the radar’ to come forward.

Off the radar

He said: “We are working to reach out to people who may be off the radar - yet because they move around a lot could be at high risk of spreading or catching infection.” People from black and Asian groups are more likely to die of COVID and tend to be more exposed to the virus through customer-facing jobs. Those of Bangladeshi heritage are twice as likely to die of COVID and Naseem, who is a keyworker whose own parents migrated from Bangladesh in the 1960s, has had his vaccine – and is encouraging others to do the same. Naseem, who was involved with Feed the Homeless and has organised food deliveries to people sleeping rough during the pandemic, is using his connections to spread the word.

Naseem, who is also the director for social responsibility and sustainability for campaign group UK Curry Connect, which was set up to raise awareness of skills shortages in the Asian catering industry, said: “We want to help vulnerable people, who also may have underlying medical issues.”

High risk

Dr Caroline Crentsil is a GP at The Orchard Medical Centre in Kingswood and Lead GP at the Haven, a primary care service for asylum seekers and refugees in Montpelier.

She said: “Undocumented migrants are more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 infection due to their living and working conditions. “But they are more likely to experience barriers to accessing healthcare, which can lead to undiagnosed and untreated conditions. “Many are also from ethnic minorities. This combination of factors can put them at greater risk of serious illness and even death should they catch COVID-19.”

Migrants can register with their local GP and access free NHS primary healthcare without documentation.

Dr Crentsil said: “Primary care is free for all and the Home Office cannot access GP healthcare records except in very rare circumstances, such as in relation to a serious crime.”

She is also reassuring people they will be individually assessed and have an opportunity to discuss any risks before they have the vaccination. There are also many translated sources of reliable information available.

She said: “There is some fear and suspicion around the COVID-19 vaccines, which is in part due to incorrect information. On the whole, the evidence shows us that the risks of catching COVID-19 outweigh the risks of the vaccines.”

· If anyone has difficulty registering with a GP, they can contact support groups such as Red Cross, Bristol Refugee Rights, Doctors of the World.