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Charity single set to help Oscar, 4, walk on his own A FOUR-year-old boy with cerebral palsy is hoping to be able to walk independently thanks to a Christmas single. Oscar Cridge from Barrs Court needs specialist spinal surgery at Bristol Children’s Hospital. It will enable his legs to receive the correct signals from his brain so he can learn to walk without a frame. But the operation isn’t available to him under the NHS so parents Emma and Shaun, age 31 and 37, need to raise £25,000 to pay for it. They also need to raise tens of thousands more for ongoing rehab and physio, specialist splints and hydrotherapy. Luckily a huge boost to fundraising has come from an unlikely source: a Christmas single dedicated to Oscar, written by a complete stranger. The song, Put The Fairy On The Tree, came about after Shaun happened to talk about Oscar’s struggles to a woman running a burger van. She had heard about charity work done by a musician from Hull and contacted him to see if he could help fundraise. Darren Sims, known as Daz, has spent the past decade raising more than £800,000 for causes across the UK. His work has been recognised with Pride of Britain and Point of Light awards. He agreed to help Oscar but lockdown made many fundraising events, such as charity football matches and concerts, impossible. So Daz decided to produce the DIY Christmas single, filming the video on his phone featuring three generations of his own family with whom he was spending lockdown. He added in footage of Oscar enjoying Christmas filmed by Oscar’s parents. Daughter Scarlett wrote the lyrics, and DAZ

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First over-80s get Covid jabs Some Hanham patients aged over 80 were among the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as local surgeries worked together to deliver the jabs at Kingswood Health Centre. PAGE 3 recorded the vocals and most of the instruments in his home studio. Money from sales of the single, which at one point before Christmas hit the top ten iTunes chart, combined with donations from the public will be put towards Oscar’s treatment. Shaun, who works in printing, said Oscar loves the song and listens to it on the way to Emersons Green primary school every morning. Turn to Page 10

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'Tier decisions show lack of logic' THE battle to stop the spread of Covid-19 is set to dominate the first weeks of 2021 for people in Hanham and Longwell Green and across the country. Case numbers in our immediate area remained fairly low as the Voice went to print but the number of people confirmed with the infection was rising in many places and concerns were growing about a new strain of coronavirus, which is thought to spread more easily. On December 17, the Government announced that South Gloucestershire would keep its Tier 3 restrictions, while neighbouring Bristol went down to Tier 2. A week later, stronger Tier 4 restrictions - similar to a full lockdown - were being discussed for many parts of the country. Kingswood MP Chris

Skidmore and the leader of South Gloucestershire Council criticised the "contradictory" decision to have different limits in Bristol and South Glos when the areas were so closely intertwined and used the same hospitals. "The decision to isolate South Gloucestershire in such a way, without a clear, transparent and understandable logic has not been understood in the local area (or more widely), and seriously risks the credibility of the national system, restrictions, and our work at a local level to reduce the levels of the virus," Councillor Savage said in a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

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Glimmer of hope as Covid jabs begin THE first Hanham and Longwell Green residents had their Covid jabs a few days before Christmas. The start of the vaccination programme is a sign of hope for 2021 after nine difficult months last year since the coronavirus pandemic began. Kingswood Health Centre was the venue for delivery of the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, with GPs, nurses and pharmacists from Hanham Health, Cadbury Heath Healthcare and Close Farm Surgery involved. The first patients, aged over 80, and some frontline health and social care workers,were selected by surgeries and invited to receive their first doses. More surgeries will be joining the rollout of the vaccination programme this month. GP Dr Neil Kerfoot, part of the team vaccinating people at Kingswood Health Centre said: “We are really excited to be able to start vaccinating local residents to help protect them

Dr Neil Kerfoot, above right, talks about the start of jabs locally against coronavirus. "We are asking everyone to be patient and not to contact their surgery in relation to vaccination - we will contact you when we are ready to book you in. "To be in this position is testament to our incredible workforce - they have pulled out all the stops to ensure we are able to start vaccinating. This includes identifying suitable

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sites and putting in place strong processes to meet the logistical challenges of a programme of this size and scale.” Sara Blackmore, director of public health at South Gloucestershire Council, said: “This is fantastic progress, and it has been a real partnership effort. It is still vital that we keep following the guidance: Hands, Face, Space; to protect ourselves,

our family, friends, neighbours and our whole community. While there will be vaccine for everyone who needs it, the scale of the task means it is going to take some time, and we need to stay mindful of the threat of the virus and do everything we can to limit spread.” The priority order for those having the jabs has been decided by Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI): 1. residents in a care home for older adults and their carers; 2. aged 80 and over and frontline health and social care workers; 3. 75 and over; 4. 70 and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals; 5. 65 and over and all aged 16 to 64 with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality; all those 60 and over; 55 and over; 50 and over. You can find out more on the Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos CCG website.

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LONGWELL Green’s hidden gem, Willsbridge Mill and nature reserve, has big plans for a 2021 comeback after being hit hard by 2020’s restrictions. Concealed off Willsbridge Hill, the mill was built in 1712 in what was the ancient Kingswood Forest, extending all the way from the River Severn to Lansdown. Originally an iron mill, then a grain mill, the building fell into disrepair in the 1960s following devastating floods around Kingswood, Hanham and Keynsham. It is now owned by South Gloucestershire Council. From the 1980s the council leased the mill as an education centre to Avon Wildlife Trust, who still look after the nature reserve valley surrounding the mill. Since 2014 the main mill buildings and barn have been

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maintained and regenerated by Willsbridge Mill Community Refresh (WMCR), a not-forprofit voluntary group made up of seven core volunteers as well as around a dozen others who help with projects. Despite 2020’s Covid restrictions, the volunteers still managed to run a range of events and carry out improvements to the site. A fairy trail around the woods was set up, ending at a decorated fairy grotto. More than 300 people attended the opening weekend of the trail in August and the mill sold out of activity packs and fairy wings. In October a pumpkin hunt through the nature reserve was organised. The sold-out event attracted more than 200 visitors and included enchanted music and lights, as well as a big pumpkin display in the mill.

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volunteers keep the magic alive But many of the events that would have brought in muchneeded revenue for the mill were unable to go ahead. Mother’s Day afternoon teas, arts and cultural days, a duck race and Santa’s grotto were all put on ice until 2021. Even the outdoor forest school, launched in October for toddlers and preschoolers, only managed a few taster sessions before the second lockdown hit and it was forced to temporarily close. More bad news came when more than 30 trees in the nature reserve were found to be suffering from ash dieback, a fungal disease that meant they needed to be felled. They will be replaced with a wider variety of trees to attract a bigger range of wildlife WMCR chair Frank Ward, a computer teacher at Wellsway School, said they have launched a GoFundMe page to try to raise £10k from the community to support its work. He is appealing for more volunteers, such as gardeners, to give up a little time to help maintain the mill and its grounds. He said: “We’ve actually had more visitors than ever to the nature reserve. During the first lockdown lots of people came for exercise and many of them have carried on coming regularly now they’ve discovered it. “But we have suffered a lot financially. We’d just finished refurbishing the café when the first lockdown started so we’ve yet to show that to people. We made a little revenue from a takeaway service once that was allowed but nothing like what we’d normally make.”

A fairy grotto adds to the magic of Willsbridge Mill's nature reserve Luckily £10k from the Heritage Lottery Fund has paid to make Covid improvements to the site, including building an outdoor shelter for the café. A further £10k from the government Culture Recovery Fund will be put towards turning the mill building into a proper museum. Plans already under way for the coming year include deepening the existing pond,

which often dries out in summer, to make a year-round wildlife garden suitable for pond dipping and spotting insects, amphibians and mammals. Four of the existing mini ponds in old baths, a favourite with Willsbridge Mill’s youngest visitors, will be kept and a new rockery and bog garden will be added. The project is due for completion by spring 2021. Regular forest school sessions

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will resume as soon as it’s safe and permitted to do so and it’s hoped these can be offered for school visits too. Frank said: “We’d like not just local children to be able to benefit from the mill, but also children who are at inner-city schools and perhaps don’t get much opportunity to interact with nature. “We also want to get started on the jewel in the crown of the site, which is the mill. There are some old displays but we want to create modern, interactive displays that really tell the story about the mill. “We’d also love to add subtle QR codes around the nature trail and valley. People could scan the code with their phone and see a picture of what that exact spot looked like 50 years ago, or find out more about an interesting tree.” A gift shop, events space and much-needed new windows for the mill building are also on the agenda for 2021. Longer term, WMCR wants a car park closer to the mill buildings to make it easier for wheelchair and buggy users to visit. The current car park in Long Beach Road is 500m from the mill and is muddy and poorly lit in winter. Frank said: “We’ve got a lot that we’d like to do here but the most important thing for us is to tell people that Willsbridge Mill is a fantastic place to come with the family to get near to nature. It’s a gem and we love it!” https://uk.gofundme.com/f/ willsbridge-mill

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WELLSWAY School will start the search for a new principal this month. Matthew Woodville, who has led the school for five years, is moving in September to become principal of Bedminster Down School. A new principal should be in place at Wellsway by the start of the academic yeqr. "I know that I am handing over a very strong school to my successor," Mr Woodville said. Debbie Gibbs, who has been interim head at Bedminster Down, will return to her permanent post as principal of IKB Academy, which shares the Wellsway campus in Keynsham. Malcolm Broad, chairman of the Wellsway Multi Academy Trust board, said: These appointments will set up these three secondaries for great success next year.”

WORK is back under way on a new television series written and directed by Hanham’s Stephen Merchant. Stephen also has a role in the show, The Offenders, which is coming to BBC One and Amazon Prime Video. The six-part series, filmed in Bristol, follows seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence in Bristol. As they become involved in each other’s lives, they also become involved with a dangerous criminal gang. The Offenders has a strong cast, which includes Oscar winning actor Christopher Walken in his first lead British television role. Robert Del Naja from Bristol electronic band

Massive Attack will compose the music for the series. Stephen Merchant said: "Like so many other productions, we’d just begun filming when Covid 19 struck and we had to shut down. I’m delighted that we’re now finally able to resume filming with this incredible cast and finish this long-standing passion project. This is the first series I’ve made in my hometown of Bristol and I’m so excited to showcase the city and utilise the amazing local talent.” The series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Amazon Prime Video in the United States, Canada and Australia.

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Hanham's first window trail proves a hit WINDOWS were lit up with cheery scenes for the first Hanham Shine Your Light trail. Nearly 50 households, businesses, churches, nurseries and schools produced creative, illuminated window displays. Residents could follow a map of the walking trail along 28 roads from December 18 to 20 and hundreds of people also viewed photos of the displays online. Children at Christ Church primary school displayed their work in Hanham Christ Church, which also organised a nativity trail of displays with goody bags for children who spotted all seven scenes. Art shop Artime’s display was an incredibly detailed nativity scene, painted by Vincent Brown who appeared on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year. Trail organiser Chloe Scholefield, 41, who moved to Hanham during the July lockdown, worked with her son, Hector, age three, to create her own displays featuring dinosaurs in Christmas hats and animals

looking at a bright star. She said: “I really enjoyed organising Hanham Shine Your Light and meeting new people. ’ve enjoyed seeing what people created and I’ve especially enjoyed the happiness that it’s given to other people, including the excitement that Hector got from it all.” Chloe, who works as an art technician at Bristol Brunel Academy, plans to run the trail again next Christmas after positive feedback this year saying the trail was wonderful and had cheered people up. She said: “I have had people say they would like to do it again and also volunteer to help out with the organising. “I would like to get more people doing displays and run creative workshops to help support people in developing and trying out new ideas. I would also like to run a lantern parade as part of the trail weekend.” She is hoping to involve care homes, more schools, the youth centre and the library in 2021 to make the trail more accessible.

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The 1977 Kingsfield building and, above right, the old school in 1973

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of proud history EXCITING plans are being made to celebrate 100 years of education at King's Oak Academy. An exhibition, reunion and other events are planned for 2021 if Covid restrictions allow. Founded as Kingswood Secondary School in 1921, the school became Kingswood Grammar School in 1927 then Kingsfield School in 1968. Since 2011 it has been known as King’s Oak Academy. The original, wooden school building famously burned down in a suspected arson attack in 1976, with 80 firefighters tackling a blaze that could be seen for miles. The replacement building in Brook Road, was completed in 1977 and in recent years a primary section, known as the King's Oak Acorn building, has been added. Current academy principal Katherine Ogden said: “Now part of the Cabot Learning Foundation, we are delighted that in September 2021 we will become a full all-through four to sixteen academy serving the heart of the Kingswood and South Gloucestershire community. “To mark this occasion, we are currently planning a number of events and ask for your help. Do you have any photographs or memorabilia from your or from members of your family’s time at the school?” Kingswood Heritage Museum will run an exhibition from April to November, including more

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Kingswood Grammar Form 2B 1956 with - we think! - Colin Pillinger back row second from left Inset: Bernard Lovell at Kingswood Grammar School in 1928 than 200 historic photos, and also hopes to organise a school reunion. Publicity officer Richard Hartill said: “The exhibition will tell the story of all four schools that have occupied the Brook Road site. It will feature key individuals associated with the schools, including the first headmaster, Major Elton, and distinguished ex pupils.” Former pupil Mike Bendrey, who edits a biannual Kingswood Old Scholars Association newsletter, is helping the museum put together a list of alumni who have gone on to great things. They include physicist Sir Bernard Lovell, who tracked Soviet satellite Sputnik for the British military; planetary scientist Professor Colin Pillinger, best known for the Beagle 2 Mars lander; and Richard Scudamore, former CEO of the FA Premier League. Writing in Times Higher Education, Prof Pillinger revealed that the wooden school was nicknamed “the cow sheds” when he attended and that seeing Sir Lovell’s name on the school honours board helped inspire him. He said: “I wish other kids

The 2020 generation: reception pupils at King's Oak Academy could have the same inspirational old boys to encourage them to consider science careers.” Mr Bendrey said: “We’d like people to get in touch to let us know about the names of old pupils and their achievements. "We wish to highlight the men and women who have made a

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memorable contribution to the life of our nation.” Memorabilia and photos can be sent to Miss Ogden at koa.principal@clf.uk or posted to the school at Brook Road, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 4JT. Details of former pupils can be sent to kosanews@tiscali.

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He said: “We asked the Santa float to play the song when they came to Barrs Court and Oscar couldn’t believe they were playing his song. “Being able to walk independently would mean the world to Oscar. He wants to be able to go and play football without a frame like all the other kids. “At school he tries to let go of his frame because he wants to run and chase with his friends but ends up falling over. He gets upset because he can’t do things like go to the toilet on his own and his current leg splints give him blisters and are painful to wear. “It makes him so sad that when he gets home from school, he often says he wants to go straight to bed or be alone because he’s feeling low. “It makes me angry that he can’t have this operation on the

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to him crawling and walking. He was born prematurely by emergency c-section following failed attempts by medical staff to rotate him in the womb. The Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) operation will involve shaving a nerve in his spine and cutting his hamstring muscles to allow his legs to straighten, after which Oscar will face a long recovery learning to stand and walk again. The family hopes the surgery can take place in 2021, once Covid restrictions allow both

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Above: a scene from Daz Sims's video recording of Put the Fairy on the Christmas Tree. Right: Oscar with parents Shaun and Emma parents to be with him at the hospital. He also needs to wait for six months for recent Botox treatments in his leg muscles to wear off. Until Oscar can successfully

walk, Emma, a hairdresser, has had to put on hold surgery she needs herself following breast cancer treatment. She won’t be able to pick up anything heavy, including her son, for several

months after reconstructive surgery so must wait for her own operation until Oscar needs less physical support. Daz said: “The timing seems perfect now to release this single for a really good cause to help this amazing, brave, young lad Oscar walk unaided for the first time in his life. “People have seemed to be as generous as before lockdown, if not even more supportive. I am really hopeful that this innovative way to raise more funds during Covid will prove to be successful and Oscar will get all of the money needed for his operation.” Put The Fairy On The Tree can be downloaded from iTunes and Amazon and the accompanying video is on YouTube. Money for Oscar’s operation and rehab can be donated at www.justgiving. com/crowdfunding/shauncridge-5

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Project with a lot of heart BEACON Rise Primary School pupils have taken part in a collaborative art pr0ject with five other schools. Each one of nearly 2,000 pupils of Beacon Rise, Pucklechurch, Barley Close, Marshfield, Christ Church Infants and Christ Church Juniors designed, created and painted a clay heart. Each year group painted their hearts a different colour and the hearts were collected together and sent from school to school, with an appropriate Covid isolation gap between each visit, for pupils to arrange in a way of their choosing, making a series of spectacular displays. The idea for the project came from the schools, which are members of the Ignite Hub, reflecting on their recent memories

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Mr and Mrs Mead were among the residents of Magpie Court in Hanham High Street who received some of more than 60 Christmas cards handmade by Beacon Rise pupils. In return, the residents sent the school some chocolate coins.

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including other nearby CLF academies, which will allow us to maintain the high standards our post-16 students currently enjoy. We will be able to confirm these interim arrangements later this year.” The deal reached by the council and CLF means that 138 extra spaces for Year 7 students in September 2021 can be created, to meet the needs of a population bulge in the area. The council had hoped a new secondary school at Temple Quarter could be agreed in time to meet some of this demand but the project has been greatly delayed and will not open before September 2023 at the earliest. The federation’s statement continued: “All of the CLF schools in the area have grown gradually over recent years to

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think more positively earlier. “My book is very action orientated and includes activities for people to do every day to bring emotional fitness into their lives. They can use it as a journal, and there are also illustrations to colour in, and the idea is to train the brain for emotional resilience every day for 5-10 minutes. “The key thing I want to make people aware of is that although we are always told to look after our physical fitness and wellbeing, we are not often told about the importance of emotional fitness and how we can get positive mental health into our day. My book is not for designed for people who need medical help with their mental health or have been diagnosed with depression, but for those who are struggling in everyday life before they get to that stage. “Positive mental health is like a muscle, which we can work on. It helps us to cope with difficulties and improves performance, relationships and our physical health. My mission is to help as many people as possible, as these are really hard times we’re all experiencing.” For more information, visit Clare’s website: www.novaassociates.co.uk/mentalhealth-book

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achievement as many choirs are struggling to retain existing members. In autumn 2020, we hosted “Zoom into Christmas”, a popular (49 attendees) five-week online course for women of all singing abilities, local or not (one lady joined us from Australia, where it was early morning). The aims of the course were to teach two Christmas songs in four-part harmony to the chorus and course delegates, and produce a Christmas Choir video; to help the attendees develop their singing voice with a range of vocal

techniques; and encourage people to take up singing, maybe even join Black Sheep. During lockdown, members of Black Sheep Harmony learned, recorded and produced a video of Caro Emerald’s “That Man” arranged by our very own Pete Nugent and edited by Kathy Farrell. To watch our videos and find out how to join Black Sheep Harmony, visit our website at www. blacksheepharmony.co.uk. Sue Davis, Assistant Music Director

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