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Listen to Up Our Street on BCfm 93.2 and Ujima 98fm every Wednesday at 8.45am Follow us on Twitter @upourstreet or join our group on Facebook Inside this issue Up Our Street news………………..…..…page 3 Neighbourhood Partnership…...…....page 4 Have Your Say………………...……pages 5 to 7 Get Involved……………………….pages 8 to 11 Working Together…………....pages 12 to 13 Active Citizens………………..…pages 14 to 15

Creative news……………………...page 16 to 17 Community news…………………page 18 to 19 Food review..…………………………………page 19 AGM Announcement…..……….………..page 20 Health news…...………………..……………page 21 Advertising…………………………pages 21 to 24

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UP OUR STREET - People changing the world. One street at a time.

Things are busy as ever at Up Our Street. By the time you read this, our team of community researchers will be out knocking on doors and talking to residents. This is a really important part of what we do as it helps make sure we are led by residents and the changes you want to make in your neighbourhood.

We have had some really great nominations for our Thank You Awards.

If you know someone who goes the extra mile in Easton and Lawrence Hill, there may just be time for you to apply, but hurry as nominations close on 28

August. Thangam Debbonaire MP will present the awards at our AGM on 20 October.

We were also delighted to be selected by the British Council as one of their Active Citizens partners. We are one of only 12 organisations in the UK delivering this training course, so it’s really prestigious for us. Active Citizens aims to give residents the skills and confidence to effect change in their community. You can find out more and how to apply for a place on page 15.

HAVE YOUR SAY The stories in this section are all about having a Political Voice. That is not about supporting a particular political party, it is about having influence over decisions that affect your life or your community.

GET INVOLVED

We have recruited a part-time community research team who will be working for us until February 2017. Find out more about the project in the next edition, but please say Hi to the team if you meet them around Easton and Lawrence Hill.

The stories in this section are all about Civic Participation. This means the different ways that people can and do get involved in their community.

Community Research Manager Kuba Jablonowski

WORKING TOGETHER The stories in this section are all about Social Capital.

This means the way that people work together to share skills and experience and build strong networks.

Trainee Community Researchers Ejaz Ahmad Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley Nura Aabe Zakiya McKenzie

Aiken Street Garden - Julian House are working with local residents to restore the community garden in Barton Hill. If you would like to help out, please contact Jodie at Julian House on : 07398 256 209 or jodiec@julianhouse.org.uk We are updating the Up Our Street website to include regular blog articles, so we have space for even more inspiring stories from local residents. We would really like to see more citizen journalism, so do get in touch if there is a story you would like to cover. Check us out at www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk Playing Out - Tamsin will be working with residents at Twinnell House to organise some more outdoor play sessions in September and October. www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP Meet the Neighbourhood Partnership

Paul Bradburn Old Market Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Partnership has a small grants fund called the Wellbeing Fund. At their most recent meeting the Partnership approved the following grants:

£1,100 for Friends of Millpond PTA To provide funding towards crèche support for parent classes run by Millpond School £350 for Golden Agers To fund the Golden Agers’ 25th Anniversary Celebration £1,000 for Knightstone Housing To provide funding towards the St Pauls fireworks display held on Portland Square £1,056 for POD Action Group To continue support for music therapy and sensory play for children with autism £800 for Redfest Bristol To provide funding towards the marquee structure for the dance performance stage at Redfest 2016 £2,955 for Resource Futures on behalf of Bristol Reuse Network To fund Reuse Festivals in Easton and Lawrence Hill to encourage the reuse of unwanted goods and responsible waste management £2,739 for Up Our Street To provide funding towards the delivery of four editions of Up Our Street magazine in 2016-17.

The total amount of grants applied for in this round was £42,371.50. 14 applications were received and seven were successful.

Got an idea for a project?

There are two more rounds of funding this year, each round has an allocation of £10,000.

Visit http://tinyurl.com/hua7doe for information about how to apply. Up Our Street can provide telephone advice on 0117 954 2834 on how to fill out the forms, but we are not involved in deciding how grants are awarded.

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Why are you a member of the Neighbourhood Partnership?

Primarily to ensure that areas like Old Market have a representative looking after their interests. And when I talk about Old Market, I include the wider area covered by our Neighbourhood Development Plan which includes Newtown, St Judes and The Dings.

What do you find most rewarding?

The best element is coming together with people who truly care about making things work in their part of the city and, hopefully, this leads to local people having a voice that is heard at higher levels of the local authority.

What is the one thing you’d most like to change in Easton and Lawrence Hill?

What I’d most like to do is look at linking these fractured communities together again.

There are areas like Newtown that feel very isolated, even though they are physically very close to the city centre. I’d like to get better infrastructure and services to help people improve where they live.

Dates for your diary

Neighbourhood Partnership Monday 3 October 6.30pm to 8.30pm Phoenix Centre Monday 28 November 6.30 to 8.30pm St Pauls Learning Centre Wellbeing Fund Deadlines Wednesday 24 August (9am) Wednesday 19 October (9am) www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

HAVE YOUR SAY

Neighbourhood Forum Up Our Street runs the Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Forum on behalf of Bristol City Council. Forums are held in community venues and are a chance for residents to come and have their say on issues in their neighbourhood.

The most recent forum was at Newton Hall on 29 June. Sue Mountstevens, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Avon and Somerset presented to residents and answered questions.

There was discussion around the impact of Brexit and all residents were asked to be vigilant and report hate crime to the police so they are able to respond and react to the situation. Another hot topic was the reduced hours of operation of Trinity

Sue Mountstevens at the recent Forum Road Police Station. Local residents voiced concerns that this was leading to an increase in crime and reduced access for vulnerable people. Sue’s response was that the police force faced harsh funding cuts and she had to choose between keeping the building staffed or keeping officers on the streets.

You can have your say about Police priorities with the PCC’s consultation which is open until 30 August. You can also find out more about becoming a representative on the Independent Resident’s Panel at http://www.avonandsomersetpcc.gov.uk/Take-Part/Take-Part.aspx The Forum closed as always with a chance for residents and organisations to network. It was great to see so many conversations going on.

Join the conversation

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Have your say on waste collection at the next Neighbourhood Forum Wednesday 7 September 6.30pm to 8.30pm The Old Pickle Factory 13 All Hallows Road Bristol Waste Company will be at the next Neighbourhood Forum, giving residents an opportunity to share views and ask questions on waste collection, communal bins, and street scene. Find out more about proposals for a pilot change in service for the Stapleton Road area.

Don’t forget that you can also meet your local Councillor at their surgery at 5.30pm before the Forum starts.

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HAVE YOUR SAY

Up Our Street contacted your newly elected councillors to ask if they had a message for residents in Easton and Lawrence Hill. This is what they said: “Although the local elections in May now seem a long time ago, they brought dramatic changes to Bristol. You elected a Labour Mayor, Marvin Rees, who is also a resident of Easton ward. He is not an elitist career politician, but went to local schools and has worked in a variety of roles, seizing opportunities rather than having them handed to him on a plate. As local councillors we are really proud to be working for him and in a majority Labour administration.

We were also really honoured to be elected as your local councillors. You re-elected both Lawrence Hill councillors, Marg Hickman and Hibaq Jama, with increased majorities, and they are both feeling really honoured. In Easton Afzal Shah was re-elected, also with an increased majority, and a new councillor, Ruth Pickersgill, was elected for the first time.

As a Labour Party we worked hard before the election to try and put together a manifesto that reflected the needs of our residents. We visited local groups, attended events and listened to residents’ concerns, as well as knocking on doors for months asking about people’s priorities for change. All this information was brought together to make a programme for change. Under Marvin we want to end the huge divisions in our city. We feel it is indefensible that people in this wealthy city live in poverty, have high levels of unemployment and poor housing. Our priorities are to make sure that everyone benefits from the city’s success and no one gets left behind. We are prioritising housing, as for years there has been virtually no social housing built, private rents in our area are increasingly unaffordable, conditions are poor and thousands are on the waiting list for social housing. We can’t wave a magic wand but will do all we can to build 2,000 homes by 2020.

We also know that people in this area really value education and we shall be working in partnership with schools, not only to try and improve standards but also to get fairer admissions procedures. We are determined to bring more jobs into the local area so that people in Easton and Lawrence Hill can get decent work in some of the new initiatives that are promised, such as the Arena. There are many other 6

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Local Councillors: Marg, Hibaq, Ruth and Afzal

policy areas we want to focus on, but what we heard time and again on the doorstep was that you are fed up with the state of our area – the fly-tipping and dirty streets. We have already started working with the new Bristol Waste Company to try and develop pilot schemes that will make a real difference.

All four of us will work hard to help in any way we can with individual problems. Our contact details are below, but if you would like to come and see us in person, please visit our surgeries, which run before every Neighbourhood Forum, or on the additional dates listed below.”

Councillor Surgeries: This your chance as a resident to meet face-toface with your local councillor. You don’t have to book an appointment. There are surgeries in the hour before each Neighbourhood Forum; 7 Sept, 17 October, 1 December. Look out for details on Up Our Street noticeboards and ebulletins.

There are also additional surgeries: Easton Community Centre on 17 September and 19 November St Anne’s Boardmill Social Club on 20 August, 15 October, and 17 December All between 2pm and 4pm.

Contact your local Councillor: Easton cllr.afzal.shah@bristol.gov.uk 07775 026 384 cllr.ruth.pickersgill@bristol.gov.uk 07818 422 871 Lawrence Hill cllr.hibaq.jama@bristol.gov.uk 07429 653 309 cllr.marg.hickman@bristol.gov.uk 07967 733 735 www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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Tatiana Garavito got in touch with Up Our Street to talk about her work as a Community Organiser for Hope Not Hate.

What is Hope Not Hate?

“Hope Not Hate is a charity that aims to combine first class research with community organising and grassroots actions to defeat hate groups at elections and to build community resilience against extremism.”

The Children’s March

a film about the American civil rights movement. They showed the film at the Trinity Centre in June.

The core group has also come up with a number of actions for the newly-elected Mayor, it’s a Manifesto of sorts, but one with solutions. The group plans to present the Manifesto to the Mayor in September, and are thinking about creative ways to present it rather than it just being a dry document, the same work is also now supported in Cardiff.”

What is your role as a community organiser?

“I think we all agree that the politics of fear and hatred are dividing our communities. Migrants and refugee communities are being othered and blamed for the inequalities we are facing; we know it is not these communities who should be blamed, but those who are cutting services, privatizing public services, going into wars, these are the real causes of the inequalities we have. We know that Fatima Awil, member of Bristol core group adds: when people talk about migrants and refugees, they “You would think that those who have been are talking about communities of discriminated against would come colour, so we are also fighting Nearly two thirds (63%) of together, and fight for each other racism and xenophobia. to build a better world. But often those polled believe this never happens, we often Britain is more divided as watch, and wince while we are So, I am currently travelling across a result of the the UK (eight cities) facilitating the mistreated. But why wait for this, creation of a network led by when we can make each other Referendum vote and migrants and refugees or more people think there better, when we can build a better communities of colour. A network world, together!” are more tensions that self organises locally but one between communities that can also act nationally on What is the key message from than when asked the matters that are important to us, Hope Not Hate? same question in we need to create a strong social “One of the ways we work is to movement of people that alarm, learn lessons from the past, to see February.

Source: research commissioned by educate and mobilise the general what has worked for communities, HOPE not hate and conducted by public and change this oppressive for example a lot of the the pollsters Populus in July 2016 culture. We have enormous employment rights that we enjoy challenges, just this year 2,510 today are because trade unions people of colour have been murdered by fortress campaigned for workers rights, women fought for Europe, climate change is a reality and poverty to their right to vote, black people fought to abolish name a few, all these issues can be overcome if we slavery, the struggles continue today and it is only work together, we have done it before, we can do it us who will be able to overcome them.” again.”

How can people get involved?

What’s happening here in Bristol?

You can join the Bristol core group! Contact “We have a core group in Bristol, mainly made up of Tatiana Garavito on young people. The group decided that they wanted Tatiana@hopenothate.org.uk to organise a free film screening of Mighty Times: or call 07905 518 157 www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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Up Our Street heard that Golden Agers are celebrating their 25th anniversary this summer, so we dropped in for a chat. The group for older people in Easton runs every Tuesday and Thursday, providing social activities and a freshly-cooked meal.

We spoke to Gloria Morris, who is Chair of the management committee. “The group started in 1991. The elders at the time had nowhere to go after church, and wanted somewhere to go to socialise. And so Golden Agers was formed. Then they found they wanted more than just sitting and Members of Golden Agers chatting, they wanted to open it up to the community. We got a small amount of funding from Bristol City Council to offer activities at the group cooked meal twice a week. “Often people have one like sewing classes and exercise classes.” meal at the group and they take another portion Eight years home to eat later. For some of our members, it’s the ago due to only cooked meal that they will have all week.” the financial downturn, the council was looking to make cuts, and Golden Agers lost its funding.

Gloria and Madge “We have no core funding from the council now, we have to raise all our own funding from small grants and donations.” Recently the group secured funding from the lottery-funded project, Bristol Aging Better, to buy new electric sewing machines and materials for their knitting sessions.

Gloria is an extremely busy woman. As well as volunteering with Golden Agers she is a volunteer for We Care and Repair, Bristol Older People’s Forum, Bristol Aging Better Board and she’s involved in the Celebrating Age Festival. Over a cup of tea we talk about what keeps her going. “One of the main things for me is that I have a faith: I feel the Lord gives me strength. I feel that as long as I can still get up in the morning, I can do something.

Also being able to help someone else, see the benefit for other people. I see how people change from when they first come to the group, how it benefits them, and that really gives me a boost.”

Golden Agers is always looking for volunteers to help in the kitchen. Call Up Our Street on 0117 954 2834 and we will put you in touch with Gloria’s husband helps out as chef and leads a small Gloria. Golden Agers runs Tuesdays and volunteer team in the kitchen. They serve a freshly Thursdays at Tudor Road Church Hall.

A team of ten people took part in the Baggator Duathlon Challenge on 22 to 24 July to raise money for local young people’s project, Baggator, on All Hallows Road in Easton. The participants completed a gruelling trail run over Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales, followed by a 140 mile Cycle to Brecon. There they met Pen Y Fan, the highest peak in south Wales. After running over the summit, the team cycled back to Bristol, covering 250 miles on foot and wheel in three days!

You can still make donations to the challenge, which is raising funds for Baggator Young People's Project programme of activities at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/Baggator-Challenge-2016.

The team would like to thank their project sponsors, VW Heritage, Matter Wholefoods, Bristol Bike Project and Holy Spokes.

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Hundreds of students from City Academy left lessons behind on 15 July to do voluntary work in their community. Up Our Street talked to Beaula McCalla, Family Support Officer at the school, to find out more. “The whole school, years seven to ten, was off timetable to take part in our community action day.”

Groups of students took part in a range of activities, including organising and running a sports day at Barton Hill Academy, making and serving food at St Marks Road Community Café, painting rooms at school and hosting a tea party for older people. A team also joined Up Our Street for a #TidyBS5 litter pick on the railway path.

We asked Beaula what City Academy aims to achieve with the day. “We hope to make a real difference to the local community and give students a real experience of community action. Schools are an important part of any community and the City Academy has had a long history and sense of community. It gives the students a sense of pride and achievement. One of the core values of the school is to ‘look after this place’. This extends beyond the school gates.”

City Academy students We talked about how the students responded to the day “It’s a day different from any other school day…

They enjoy taking part and relish the responsibility they have been given.” There is definitely a community benefit too. “We run an action day every year and organisations now plan in advance to accommodate the students. Members of the public have remarked that they like to see young people actively looking after their environment and their community.”

Bristol Nightstop are based centrally at The Old Fire Station in Bristol and funded by the Big Lottery.

They are keen to recruit more hosts from the BME community in Easton and Lawrence Hill.

Do you have room in your heart and your home to help a homeless young person?

Bristol Nightstop works with 18-25 year olds who come to them when no other options are available. They arrange temporary and emergency accommodation, a safe place to stay, in the homes of individuals and families through their volunteer ‘Host Community’.

This is a community response to a community issue.

Hosts offer a warm room to stay in their own home for one to three nights, an evening meal, breakfast and compassion. They are trained, supported and supervised by project workers. Bristol Nightstop are on call 24 hours a day and offer expenses of £12 a night to make sure you’re not at a loss. You can be assured that they risk assess all young people and won’t place anyone inappropriate in your home. Bristol Nightstop are also keen to recruit more volunteer drivers to transport young people.

To find out more visit www.bristolnightstop.org Call 07979878814 or email Julia.clapp@caringinbristol.org.uk No commitment, just a chat! www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

The Alzheimer's Society runs a group on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at St Anne’s Board Mill Social Club. The group runs from 1.30pm to 3.30pm in the skittle alley and people can just drop in as they wish.

This service is for people with dementia and their carers to meet and enjoy a wide range of social activities. This can involve anything from skittles to relaxation techniques, reminiscence, games, and creative activities.

They currently really need volunteers to help continue to run the group. If you have a hour or two to spare, please contact Cat.Watkins@alzheimers.org.uk or call 0117 967 2975 Up Our Street

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Bristol Waste is the council-owned company that took over waste and recycling collections from 1 August 2015.

Bristol Waste wishes to work collaboratively with community groups who can help them get these messages out to everyone living and working in the area. More detail will follow soon about how you Bristol Waste Company wishes to improve the street can get in touch if you wish to be involved or share -scene along Stapleton Road and surrounding ideas. This will include: streets. There is a large amount of fly tipping and  Distributing posters to local shops, schools trade waste entering our domestic collections and religious spaces; resulting in ongoing issues around untidy streets  Putting leaflets through residents’ letterboxes; and problems with seagulls and rodents. and After listening to issues raised by the community  Speaking with people in community centres Bristol Waste plans to run a trial to improve the and other meeting points. streets but wants to gain feedback from the local By engaging with the community, Bristol Waste residents and businesses to help them develop their aims to encourage good waste management ideas. practices including: The plan so far includes removing the 1280ltr • Correct separation of recyclables (euro bins) communal refuse bins from Stapleton • Stopping trader’s waste entering our Road and the surrounding roads as shown on the collection streams map at the bottom of the page.

• Reducing fly-tipping occurrences Bristol Waste proposes to replace the existing service with: For more information about Bristol A fortnightly 180ltr wheeled bin service for Waste please visit refuse and weekly recycling box collections www.bristolwastecompany.co.uk. where space at properties allows A 3 times a week M/W/F (at a designated time) black bag collection service where properties have no space for bins and boxes – to include collections of bailed cardboard.

The trial will last approximately 10 weeks starting in September.

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Join the #TidyBS5 campaign. Contact Celia at Up Our Street on 0117 954 2835.

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What Residents Say...

“I've lived on my street for nearly 17 years.

Originally we had individual wheely bins and on bin day they would often be overflowing with bags of rubbish that seagulls and cats picked apart. We had a big rat problem then and in the summer it smelled very bad, people didn't clean their own bins so they got maggoty. When we got the communal bins it got a lot cleaner and the rat problem went… I'd be sorry to see the communal bins go, they clearly work away from the shops and cafes and I think the businesses that are dumping should be prosecuted. It's bad that council funds are spent cleaning up after them when they could go towards more important things like health care and education.”

“The big bin opposite Clifton Place in Easton has become a joke to those businesses along that row. They seem to feel they can dump all manner of fly tipping around the bin. At present there is a huge amount of builders rubble in bags as it seems one of the shops is having work done.”

Stop Press!

Bristol Waste will be at the Neighbourhood Forum on Wednesday 7 September.

This is your chance to find out about the plans and ask questions. The forum starts at 6.30pm and is being held at The Old Pickle Factory, 13 All Hallows Road, Easton.

If you have larger items to dispose of such as fridges and freezers, washing machines, furniture, mattresses or electrical items phone Bristol Waste to book your collection. The service is £15 for up to 3 items and £30 for 4-6 items but if you are receiving certain benefits you’re entitled to a free bulky waste collection of up to three items every six months. Other organisations that collect bulky items for reuse include the SOFA Project, Emmaus Bristol, Happytat and Sue Ryder.

If you have transport you can take your bulky items or excess waste and recyclables to one of the recycling centres: • St Philips Household Waste Recycling Centre, Folly Lane, off Days Road, St Philips, BS2 0QS • Avonmouth Household Waste Recycling Centre, Kings Weston Lane, Avonmouth, BS11 0YS

Area covered by Bristol Waste trial

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WORKING TOGETHER

St Marks Road in Easton played host to a lively community Eid celebration on 10 July, with stalls, food and music. Celia went along to run the Up Our Street stall and chat to residents. It was great to see so many people out enjoying themselves.

We spoke to Samina Iqbal, one of the volunteer event organisers. “I was overwhelmed by the response from the community, it was just fantastic.

We organised the event in a short space of time, as we were waiting to find out about the funding. We got a grant from Make Sunday Special which helped to pay for the stage and musicians, publicity and the children’s activities.”

Around 500 to 600 people visited the event. “We were busy from 11am when the event started and there was a steady stream of people all day.”

Although it was an Eid festival, to mark the end of the month of Ramadan, it was held in St Marks Road, a public space, so that the whole community could join the celebrations. “Although this is an Eid event, it’s open to all people, not just Muslims, it’s about community. I think Bristol’s strength is its diversity.”

St Marks Road in organising an event, it’s not just about one day, it’s all the work beforehand.”

And would she do it all again next year? “People really want it to happen again next year, I’ve had lots of messages, and so people are really keen. I would love to have more people involved in organising, it’s all about connections, finding people who can help out.”

We asked Samina what she had learnt from organising the event “The main lesson I’ve learnt is If you’d like to get involved next year, get in we have to get people involved early on, find touch with Up Our Street and we will pass your people for our team. Also the paperwork - people don’t realise how much paperwork there is involved details on to the organisers.

Volunteers are at the heart of many works on the set up in Eastville Park, community events. Up Our Street spoke which takes three days to complete. All to Rizwan at Bristol Muslim Cultural their volunteers are young people aged Society about how volunteers are between 15 and 25. “People come back essential part of the annual to help year after year. For me “It’s about Islamic Cultural Fayre. “We it’s great to see people absolutely could not do this those one-to- develop their skills and event without volunteers, confidence, you really see one they are so important to us. connections them progress over the years.”

We only have a small budget Rizwan also feels that between compared to many of community events can help people” Bristol’s big events and we provide cohesion at a time just wouldn’t be able to when the referendum result has afford it.” highlighted division in the community.

In the run up to the event there is a “It’s about those one-to-one small volunteer team working on connections between people, people marketing and admin, then a much relating on a human level. We shouldn’t larger team of up to 60 volunteers let this divide us.”

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Education Supplement

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It may seem early, but families with children going into Reception or Year 7 (secondary school) in September 2017, need to be thinking about choices NOW. Bristol City Council only decides the admission arrangements for certain schools, and others, like academies, have their own admissions policies, so you do need to research each one individually.

However, everyone still has to fill in a ‘common application form’ and list the three ‘preferences’ for schools in order. If you want one outside Bristol, e.g. South Gloucestershire, you still list it on the form and it will get passed on.

Information in this advertising supplement has been provided by the schools included.

Up Our Street does not endorse any particular provider.

Research well. Don’t just listen to the experience of another parent, as their children may be very different from yours, and may experience the school differently. You can attend schools’ open days, (which are advertised on their websites), arrange a visit to see how inclusive they are, ask about their values and curriculum, look at inspection reports on the Ofsted website, or ask professionals in other settings: nurseries, Children Centres, community groups.

Always fill in the ‘Common Application Form’, even if you are applying to an academy which has asked you to send them other (supplementary) information directly.

Make sure your school or nursery has your up to date address and email to avoid delays.

Get your form in on time. If it is late, you are less likely to get a place in your preferred school.

Application forms must be received by the Admissions Team by midnight on the closing date of 15 January 2017 (for primary) and 31 October 2016 (for secondary).

Make sure you tell them if your child is or has been in care or foster care, has a sibling at the school, or has an Education or Health Care Plan as this information is used to prioritise if the school is full.

Look out for the offer letter or email, and make sure you reply within the two weeks you are given. This will come out on 17 April 2017 for primary schools (to be returned by 1 May), and on 1 March 2017 for secondary schools (to be returned by 15 March).

You can also ask to be on a waiting list for another school until the end of Autumn term, but you have to send your child to school offered in September.

You have a right to an appeal in May or June if you are not offered the school you want. This is a formal process, so make sure you get advice before you go, as you have to submit evidence in advance. You can take a friend or someone to support you, and an interpreter if you need one.

Bannerman Road Community Academy is part of CGST (Colston Girls’ School Trust) and is an inclusive primary school in Bristol. We share our setting with the Children's Centre, providing education and caring support for our children from birth to 11 years old.

Our two modern buildings in inner city Bristol, Easton are linked by play areas. We use our developing landscaped areas for forest school activities for all children.

We celebrate our diverse and multi-lingual community and believe that all pupils are entitled to high quality, engaging and exciting teaching and learning. We have high expectations and challenge everyone to reach his or her full potential.

Contact the school on 0117 377 2080 or visit www.bannermanroad.bristol.sch.uk

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Education Supplement Easton CE Academy is a large, happy and welcoming primary school in the heart of Easton.

The school has fantastic facilities and has had over £3.5 million of improvements in the last two years. Highlights include two libraries, a ‘forest themed’ reading area, a cooking room, new nursery and Reception outdoor play areas, an astroturf sports pitch, extensive playing fields and woodland.

Since becoming a DBAT (Diocese of Bristol Academy Trust) academy in September 2014, the school has improved significantly. A monitoring report in June 2016 said;

‘The Headteacher, together with his deputy Headteacher and the associate head, have transformed the school over the course of the last two years ‘The work in books shows that pupils are making good and increasingly rapid progress.’

‘There is a positive learning ethos in the classrooms. All adults and pupils get on well together.’

Easton CE Academy aims to provide an excellent education for every child and be a school which works in

Hannah More is a friendly, welcoming school right in the heart of the city. We have just over 350 children here, from more than 20 countries! Children at our school make excellent progress in their learning and our Key Stage 2 results for reading, writing and maths are above the national average. This year we are also proud winners of a national award for reading! Ofsted rate us as ‘Good’ and we are always working hard to become even better. We have a breakfast club, after-school clubs, stay and play sessions and family trips in the holidays!

At Hannah More we pride ourselves on being a school at the heart of our community. We have an exciting curriculum which draws on our local area and beyond, making the most of our wonderful city. As well as fantastic teaching and learning we also run lots of activities for parents – this year we had a mums’ drama group, maths and English classes, a sewing group and much more.

Sometimes people say they’ve walked past our school many times, but have never been inside. And when people do come in for the first time they’re amazed at how much space there is, how beautiful the building is and what a FANTASTIC playground we have (we even

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partnership with the local community. Parents are a very important part of the school. Parent workshops, information sessions and coffee mornings are held each week and every month parent representatives meet with the Headteacher to discuss issues and make suggestions. This year, parent representatives also helped organise a community picnic and a family fun day attended by over 600 people.

Come to the Easton Food Festival the school is hosting on Saturday 19 September!

If you would like to find out more about Easton CE Academy, come to an open morning - every Thursday at 9.30am during term time. This is a chance to meet the Headteacher and have a tour of the school.

To book an place, please contact the school office on 0117 377 3070 (8am-4pm) or email school@eastonce.org

have our own BEACH!).

Every Wednesday we invite visitors to come and see learning in action; this is a great chance to discover more about our friendly and successful school. So if you have walked past but never been inside, please contact us to make a date!

Contact the school on: 0117 9039936 or email: hannahmorep@bristol-schools.uk Website: www.hannahmore.co.uk

Education Supplement Redfield Educate Together is a warm and welcoming environment where qualified staff offer our unique ethical curriculum alongside the National Curriculum for Maths, English etc. We are building a nurturing, equality -based school where no child is an outsider. We develop the whole child, encouraging their individuality, respecting each child's identity and respecting that of their family equally.

The school is:

Equality based Co-educational Learner-centered Democratically run

The school works hard to create a positive, comfortable atmosphere. The underlying concept is that human diversity enhances life, enriches culture and provides huge educational resources for current society and its future social, cultural and economic prosperity. Currently we have Years Reception, 1 and 2 and are growing gradually with a new Reception class every year.

Tours of the school are available on: Tuesday 11

Whitehall Primary School is an expanding school and is currently taking 90 children in 2017. We have a fantastic school team who work collaboratively with parents to ensure our children get the very best education.

Our teachers and teaching assistants are highly skilled with understanding children’s individual learning needs and so progress in reading, writing and mathematics for all children is excellent.

We plan a curriculum which is fun and motivating and

October 10am and 4pm, Thursday 20 October 10am and 2pm, Friday 4 November 10am and 2pm. Prospective parents evening meeting: 1 November at 7pm Please call 0117 379 0777 to book a place, or visit www.redfieldet.org.uk to find out more.

provides a wide range of enrichment opportunities.

Every term children go out on trips or have visitors in, all linked to their topic. These include trips locally such as to Bristol Zoo and Bristol Museum as well as further afield such as London’s Natural History Museum and Stonehenge.

We have a wide range of after school clubs which are very well attended including Art and Craft, Chess, Football, Circus Skills and Tennis.

We run our own school kitchen and our wonderful chef provides the children with a menu which uses fresh and seasonal ingredients. We teach children how to cook across the school too!

Our school has a breakfast club which starts at 8am and is open to all parents. Our chef cooks lovely breakfasts which parents can stay and enjoy with their children.

We are extremely proud of the positive attitudes our children and parents have towards our school. Our children say they enjoy their learning and love coming to school. Our parents say that they value our approachable and friendly staff and our inclusive ethos.

Contact the school on 0117 377 3087 or visit www.whitehall.bristol.sch.uk

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“Every student a graduate every student a leader” Vision This vision for the Academy remains key and at the forefront of every decision made. It is built on Challenge- We challenge our students in their lessons, we challenge ourselves around our performance and delivery.

Trust- We constantly build trust with our community by being honest, transparent and welcoming of external review.

Commitment - We demand the commitment of the staff to work with our students, the commitment of the students to their learning and the commitment of the community to work with the academy.

City Academy is a vibrant, diverse and dynamic academy in the centre of Bristol. It provides an inclusive and accessible education, transforming future opportunities for young people, their families and the community.

In its central setting, City Academy makes a unique contribution to the Cabot Learning Federation and to Bristol and the commitment in securing excellent education across the city that improves lives and places, in line with the strategic aims of Bristol’s Learning City.

City Academy offers a contemporary, traditional curriculum that is both innovative and future proof.

The curriculum design reflects our understanding of the diversity of the community and support personalisation so that all learners are able to experience and achieve success that impacts positively on their futures, their families and the wider community. City Academy students develop multiple and transferable employability skills, which will enable sustainable futures and financial independence.

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learners’ outcomes and by the quality and diversity of the workforce, its connectivity and contribution to the CLF, Bristol and beyond. In doing so the Academy will secure social and economic mobility for all students. The Academy will be good by the end of 2016 and outstanding by the end of 2018.

The experience of students, parents and staff at City Academy will be underpinned by a strong sense of equity and equality. We will seek to remove any barrier to access, progress, participation, achievement and attainment. We will achieve this by providing a nurturing learning environment, where learning is encouraged both in and out of the academy via a range of structured and independent pursuits and aims to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relationships.

Join us for our Open Evening on Thursday 6 October 2016 4.30pm to 7pm Open Mornings also available, 9am to 10.30am. Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday between Tuesday 6 September and Thursday 20 October. Please check our website for more details www.cityacademy.bristol.sch.uk

WORKING TOGETHER

What does the word University conjure up?

Georgian buildings in Clifton and mortar boards?

Well, the Children’s University is a little different. It is a programme funded and delivered by the University of the West of England, Bristol which encourages 5 to 14 year olds, and their families to learn together, to try new experiences, develop new interests and acquire new skills. Children have a passport which they use to record their learning experiences outside a school setting. The philosophy is that learning happens everywhere, not just in the classroom.

Children’s University in action

Andy from Kensington Baptist Church said “It has been an honour and a privilege to be involved as an individual and a church with the Children’s University over the last three years. It has been exciting to see the children develop new skills and improve on existing ones. It has been a real joy to see them at the daycentre, learning about church Children from year six were visiting the older people’s lunch club at the church to talk about their belief and history. The daycentre folk also find the heroes. The children had worked on posters about visits uplifting and stimulating and gain positivity someone who inspired them, with subjects ranging about today’s youth.” from Albert Einstein to Didier Drogba. The lunch The Children’s University is keen to develop links club members were very welcoming to their visitors, with other schools in Easton and Lawrence Hill. and the room was soon busy with conversation. The Children can also join the university as an session also featured an acapella singing session individual, if their school doesn’t currently take part. with some of the children, and a lesson in how to play the drums with Kyana, a volunteer at the For more information please visit church. www.childrensuniversity.org.uk or call Di Stone/ Angela England on 0117 328 2792.

Kensington Baptist Church in Easton has been registered with Children’s University as a ‘Learning Destination’ since 2013. Recently they have been working with Millpond Primary School. Up Our Street dropped in one day to find out more.

are currently facing. The group talk about how sleep deprivation is a major issue for carers as they worry about the person they are caring for waking 6.5 million people in the UK are carers. Carers in the night. Holly from Carer’s Support suggests provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, older or assistive technology that could help, such as disabled family member, friend or partner. It could vibrating alarms under the carer’s pillow that go off be a few hours a week or round the clock. Up Our if their partner or family member gets up.

Street went to visit a group at St Lukes Church, Barton Hill that was set up recently to support One member updates the group on her carers locally. relationship with her daughter “We’re back in touch now after not being in contact for two months.

The group grew out of the weekly coffee morning Talking it through has really helped. I don’t get so at the church, where many of the regulars have worried about it now, I’ve realised I have to look caring responsibilities. The aim of the group is to after myself too.” listen to each other’s stories and support each other. Holly from the Carer’s Support Centre comes If you are a carer and need some support, the along to provide practical advice about benefits group is very welcoming to new members. and other support.

The Carer’s Support Group meets every second The group begins with a chance for everybody to Wednesday of the month from 9.30am to 11am talk about how they are, and any challenges they at St Lukes Church, Barton Hill. www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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ACTIVE CITIZENS School Governor Bristol is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the UK But this diversity is not fully represented in public life. Up Our Street held a networking dinner at Trinity on 21 July to bring together BME residents who were interested in becoming school governors, magistrates or local Councillors. 60 people came along to hear speeches from people from the BME community who were currently serving in these positions.

Mayor Marvin Rees gave the keynote speech and stayed to chat with attendees.

We had really good feedback from participants, with many describing the speakers as “inspiring”. A majority of those attending planned to take action as a result of the event, whether that was joining a political party, visiting a court to find out more about the role of magistrate, or undertaking school governor training.

Race Equality in Public Life event

This is a voluntary role. School governors set a school’s strategic goals, hold the Headteacher to account for meeting those goals, and oversee the school’s budget. https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schoolslearning-early-years/governors

Magistrate This is a voluntary role. Magistrates are ordinary people from the local community dealing with most of the criminal cases arising from crime committed in their area. Each magistrates court has a team of three magistrates who all have equal decision-making powers. www.magistrates-association.org.uk

Local Councillor All 70 Bristol City Councillors receive a basic allowance of £11,530. Anyone can become a councillor if they represent themselves as an independent candidate. You can also become a councillor if you’re a member of a political party.

The majority of councillors represent a political party, if you want to know more then you should contact the party directly https://www.bristol.gov.uk/counciland-mayor/become-a-councillor

Active Citizens Events Throughout the summer, Up Our Street have delivered events to support citizen action on issues of concern in the local community. This Active Tackling Street Harassment Citizens project is funded by Awards for All. A group of local women met in June with Up Our Street and BS5 Against Street Harassment, to look at how the harassment of women in public spaces can be challenged and stopped. The group are creating ‘call out cards’ which can be handed out to challenge harassment in a non-confrontational manner.

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Disability Equality We worked with WECIL and Bristol Disability Equality Forum to find out more about proposed changes to disability benefits and hear about the Deaf and Disabled People’s Manifesto for Bristol.

Organisations, individuals and businesses can pledge to support the manifesto to build an equal and accessible city. www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

ACTIVE CITIZENS

Active globally Citizens connected, locally engaged Do you have an idea for positive change in your community?

Do you want to develop skills to make your voice heard?

Would you like to network with other active citizens locally and around the world?

Up Our Street is running a 4 day Active Citizens training programme for residents in Easton and Lawrence Hill. This is funded by the British Council and is an internationally recognised programme. We are offering this as a one day a week course for four weeks. You must be able to commit to all four days.

This is a really exciting opportunity for residents to work together and learn from each other. You will meet active citizens from overseas and there may even be the chance to visit projects abroad through the exchange programme. The course will be delivered at the Beacon Centre by Up Our Street facilitators Celia and Tamsin. We expect this to be a very popular course, so make sure you get your application in on time!

In the last week of the course you will identify a project to work on in your community, and develop skills to make it happen. This could be in a group or on your own. You may already have an idea for a project, or this could develop during the course. Up Our Street will provide ongoing support after the course ends if you need it. Taking part in social action projects makes a real difference in your community, but could also help you gain valuable skills for employment.

Course Outline: Week 1. Me: Identity and Culture Working together to understand how identities and cultures form, are expressed, change and are connected.

Week 2. Me and You: Intercultural Dialogue Exploring approaches to dialogue, listening skills and questioning skills.

Week 3. We: Local and Global Communities Understanding the concept of community and connections between local and global.

Week 4. Planning Social Action Developing practical skills to make your social action project a reality.

Course Dates: Course 1: 2016 Friday 30 September Friday 7 October Friday 14 October Friday 21 October

Course 2: 2017 Saturday 14 January Saturday 21 January Saturday 28 January Saturday 4 February

Each day runs 9.30am to 3.30pm. Lunch provided.

Apply Now! To apply you need to fill in a simple application form. You can do this in person at the Up Our Street office at the Beacon Centre. Or call 0117 954 2834 or email contact@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk.

Deadline for applications is 9 September for the 2016 course and 2 December for the 2017 course. www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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CREATIVE NEWS Through hosting several local printmaking workshops; attending fairs and focus group meetings; and conducting questionnaires, over 200 local people were involved in creating the design painted on the side of The St George Liberal Club.

The response from locals called for artwork that that is bright and cheerful, that celebrates the ethnic diversity of the area, and that features the local nature of St George Park.

The artists created a mural that features a patchwork of these elements as well celebrates diverse businesses and history of the area. To name a few, the mural features: trams that used to run down Church Road; a Victorian water fountain - a local landmark restored by Church Road Action Group; and local wildlife such as swans and a heron.

The design has taken many weeks of painting to complete, with the artists working long hours on five metre high scaffolding.

The response to the mural so far has been overwhelmingly positive, with locals Church Road Town Team have been working hard to enjoying the colour and improve the local environment, including the vibrancy it has brought amount of greenery, public spaces and pedestrian to the area. friendly walkways. As a part of this vision, the Town Team gained funding from the council's Sustainable Transport Fund and commissioned the artists to create a public artwork that would make walking and cycling around the area more enjoyable as well as celebrate the unique and diverse community of the local area. Since then both Sophie and Zoë have been working hard to create a piece of artwork that makes the locals of Church Road proud.

If you’ve recently been along Church Road, you may have noticed some unusually colourful work going on. Artists Sophie Rae and Zoë Power, have been busily working to complete one of Bristol’s largest murals, the design of which has been inspired by local residents, school children and businesses.

Silversmith Charlotte Duckworth invited Up Our Street to come and see behind the scenes at a new shared workspace for designer-makers. Tucked away on an industrial estate off Midland Road, you’ll find Old Market Manor, home to 30 skilled craftspeople who use the studios on a regular basis.

Around half are furniture makers and woodworkers, and there is also a steel fabrication studio, as well as jewellery makers, and glass-makers. Around nine to ten regulars use the office hot-desks.

Old Market Manor also offers training courses in silver -working and glass bead making and are planning an Open Studios in September.

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You wait ages for a community mural and then two come along at once… Up Our Street spoke to Robyn Boden, a local artist who lives in Easton, about what’s been happening on the railway path.

The railway path mural was funded by Sustrans and TravelWest, who commissioned Robyn to carry out the work. We talked about how the project came together. “The brief was really to give a positive identity to the area, and to celebrate the diversity of the community.” Robyn worked with pupils from City Academy and Whitehall Primary, who were involved at all stages from first designs to the final painting on the bridge.

“The themes really came out of the school workshops, I suggested some and then they Ammarah Hamid developed. So we have the changing seasons and the cityscape mixed with the wildlife in the area.”

“City Academy were really supportive, and students spent two full days painting. I was very impressed by the students’ work, they were really taking pride in it.”

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As the mural is right on the railway path, there was plenty of conversation with people passing by while painting was underway. “We had a really positive response from people. People stopped to chat and ask questions. We even had people saying thank you for doing it, which was lovely.”

There will be an official launch event for the mural in September, when the new name for the bridge will also be unveiled. So watch this space...

Over the last six months, residents and organisations in Easton have been working with arts charity Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) on a new initiative called The Bristol Approach to Citizen Sensing. The approach supports people to work together to identify issues in their neighbourhood and use digital technologies to tackle them – and the Easton group are exploring the problem of damp in homes.

A group of community ‘damp busters’ recently received training from the Centre for Sustainable Energy to help them identify damp and mould in homes. Five families have also been testing frog-shaped sensors which measure temperature and humidity. The team at KWMC is currently evaluating the data that’s been collected; watch this space for more information about the next batch of frog sensors and a new damp-reporting website which will be launched in the autumn to help more households detect and resolve problems with damp.

If you would like more information, or you’re interested in becoming a community damp-buster please email Martha.king@kwmc.org.uk or call 0117 903 0444.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

A group of Somali women is campaigning for better food choices in their local community. Up Our Street went along to the Somali Kitchen event organised by the group on 18 July to find out more.

“We want to work with others in the community to improve the health of our community and provide a cleaner, healthier environment for our families. We want to promote fresh, nutritious food and thriving, affordable local food culture in Easton.”

The group meets regularly at SPAN (Single Parents Action Network) in Easton. They have been exploring how the local environment shapes food habits in their community and are worried about the negative impacts of fast food takeaways on their community, the environment and their children’s health. They are concerned that fast food and takeaway food often has high levels of fat, sugar and salt that are linked to obesity and related health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and some cancers.

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The group surveyed the local area and found that: “On Stapleton Road between the Job Centre and Easton Leisure Centre there are 34 takeaway shops.

Lawrence Hill and Chelsea Park Road have ten takeaway shops. This is in an area that takes ten minutes to walk from one side to the other. In this area there are four primary schools, seven children’s centres and a secondary school with over 1,000 children.”

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Encourage and support more healthy and affordable takeaway and food options in the area.

The group say Bristol could learn from other places with similar issues. Some cities and towns have already adopted policies that work to control unhealthy fast food outlets. In 2012 , Birmingham City Council declared that only one in ten premises in any shopping area should be a takeaway and began limiting the number of new ones opening.

Medway Council in Kent has developed guidance that restricts the hours of operation of unhealthy takeaways within 400 metres of schools. More than 20 UK councils have introduced restrictions on unhealthy fast food outlets.

The group would love to hear from you if you are interested in helping work towards a healthier future in Easton. Get in touch if you are an individual, family, group or organisation.

Call SPAN on 0117 955 0860 or visit www.facebook.com/SomaliKitchen To find out more about the University of Bristol research project that this work came out of please visit www.productivemargins.ac.uk/ projects/food-habits

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Here at Up Our Street we’re always pleased to see a new food business open. Husaria opened a few months ago at 441 Stapleton Road so we thought it was time to go and taste some traditional Polish cuisine. Celia chose a plate of mushroom and cabbage dumplings (£6.50) and your editor enjoyed stuffed cabbage rolls filled with rice, beef and spices (£6.80). As well as traditional Polish food, Husaria also serves up a range of pasta and pizza.

Rafal the owner provided a warm welcome and very efficient service. The food was delicious and came in very generous portions. Husaria stocks a range of Polish beers to accompany the menu.

Husaria is open 2pm to 10pm on Tuesday to Thursday, 2pm to 11pm on Friday and Saturday and 12pm to 10pm on Sundays. Walk-ins welcome, or to book a table call 07548 492 476. www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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HEALTH NEWS

Wellspring Health Centre got in touch with Up Our treatment for the disease. Vaccination is the only Street to let us know about the importance of way of preventing it. vaccination in our community:

“There has been some controversy about whether the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine might cause autism, following a 1998 study by Dr Andrew Wakefield. Dr Wakefield claimed there is a link between the MMR vaccine and autism or bowel disease. However, his work has since been completely discredited and he has been struck off as a doctor in the UK. Subsequent studies in the last eight years have found no link between the MMR vaccine and autism or bowel disease.

Measles, Mumps and Rubella are not trivial. They are very infectious, nasty illnesses. They can have serious, potentially fatal, complications including meningitis and swelling of the brain. One in five children with measles experiences complications such as ear infections, diarrhoea and vomiting, pneumonia and eye disorders. There is no

Outbreaks can happen at any time. Measles in particular is one of the most infectious diseases known. If your children haven't yet had their routine MMR vaccination, don't delay - speak to your doctor. MMR vaccination is usually given as a first dose around the age of 13 months and again as a "booster" jab before starting school between the ages of three and five years.

If your child has already had two doses of MMR vaccine, you don't need to worry. It is never too late for children or adults to "catch up" with MMR vaccination if they missed it earlier. Children up to the age of 18 and adults without immunity should have a catch-up MMR vaccination.�

Vaccination is FREE for children and adults.

Speak to your doctor to arrange an appointment.

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