Out & About With Jos & Andrew

Jos and Andrew report on: First Bus journey feedback

Clean Air Zone start date finally announced:

After years of delays, BCC have now agreed a start date for Bristol’s Clean Air Zone, which will see it operating from Monday, 28 November 2022. Along with the start date, BCC have agreed that an exemption will be available until July 2023 for those that are successful in applying for financial support and have yet to receive their new vehicle. More details here:

www.bristol.gov.uk/newsroom/bristol-cleanair-zone-to-start-charging-older-and-morepolluting-vehicles-on-28-november

First Bus journey feedback:

As regular bus users, there are many occasions when we would like to give feedback to our principal bus service provider in our region, First Bus! If you would like to let them know how you found your recent bus journey, please click on the link below. Hopefully, your feedback will help the company make changes to improve their services. www.tellfirstbus.com/?sid=0030Y00000LM2JwQAL&src=MTicket

New Community Resilience Fund:

Bristol City Council has announced a new fund that will invest in our city’s community organisations. The Community Resilience Fund is a one-off pot of £4 million available to organisations based in and working with the most deprived areas of the city, with support also available for city-wide equality groups. Parts of Brislington West will be covered by this scheme. The capital funding can be used to pay for something physical, not a service or activity. This could include improving access for Disabled people, adding an extension to a community building or upgrading a community centre’s heating system to make it more environmentally sustainable. To find out if your community organisation is eligible and how to submit a proposal, visit: www.bristol.gov.uk/crf Home to School transport consultation: What do you think about Home to School transport provision in Bristol? As a local authority Bristol City Council has a duty to provide travel support for eligible children. This provision must be safe, appropriate to need, reliable and sustainable.

The new Home to School Transport survey seeks to find out from parents/ carers and young people what is working well and what is not working well with home to school travel, and how you think it could be improved. It also asks about travel requirements for young people at each stage of their childhood, personal budgets for home to school travel and an independent travel training offer. The survey is aimed at parents and carers who use the service, as well as schools and other professionals who work with children, to help inform a consultation planned for later this year. The survey is live now until Sunday 14 August:

www.bristol.gov.uk/newsroom/what-do-youthink-about-home-to-school-transport-provision-in-bristol

Annual canvass to commence:

Every year BCC’s Electoral Services department undertakes a check of every property in the authority area to update the electoral register and ensure it is as accurate as possible. This annual canvass runs through the summer, with the new register being available from 01 December. Please engage with the annual canvass and reply promptly if asked to do so. Don’t lose your right to vote!

Community litter pick:

A reminder that our next litter pick will be Saturday, 30 July. We are meeting at the bottom of Sand Hill by the junction of Bloomfield and Whitby Roads at 10am. As usual, we will provide litter pickers, hi-viz and bags, please bring your own gloves and hand sanitizer. Hundreds of Brislington West residents have signed up to receive our monthly newsletter via email. You can register using this link: http://www.bristollibdems.org/efocus. 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