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Driverless cars - the future is here at St Monica's ...
Council U-turn on A4018 plans Bristol City Council has dropped many proposals for the A4018 in north Bristol after a public consultation brought an outcry. PAGE 2, 3 & 4
Fence battle goes to Ombudsman Alleged maladministration by Bristol City Council over decisions made about the Stoke Lodge site will be investigated by the Ombudsman. PAGE 5
Pooches on parade
ST Monica Trust residents Jeffrey and Mair Harrap enjoyed a spin in a prototype driverless car around the grounds of the retirement village in Cote Lane. Residents provided feedback to researchers from the University of the West of England about
their journey in the Aurrigo Pod Zero for the world leading ‘Flourish’ project which aims to bring a whole new meaning to ‘assisted living’. Report: Pages 6 & 7
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Dogs, some in fancy dress, and their owners stepped out on the Downs to raise money to help children with disabilities. PAGE 16
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Council's U-turn: by Keri Beckingham RESIDENTS are delighted that controversial proposals for the A4018 from north Bristol to the city centre have been overturned. Bristol City Council has dropped many of its plans after thousands of people protested that they would block access to Brentry and carve up Westburyon-Trym village. The scheme for the A4018, which encompasses Wyck Beck Road, Passage Road, Falcondale Road and Westbury Road had been designed to help keep traffic flowing and improve public transport reliability along one of the most important routes into central Bristol. The plans were drawn up as a result of the new housing developments planned for the former Filton Airfield, and the proposed improvements included adding inbound and outbound bus lanes, and creating junctions with traffic lights to support traffic flow. The proposals were mainly focused south of Crow Lane roundabout, and the council said it also wanted to improve the vitality of Westbury village by removing the rat-running traffic. Following a consultation in the spring, the council has amended its plans and launched fresh proposals it hopes will make journeys easier for residents and commuters. Bristol North West MP,
Darren Jones, who organised a petition of 3,700 signagures and held a number of public meetings, welcomed the U-turn. He said: “I thank my colleague, Mayor Marvin Rees, for listening to my calls to scrap the initial proposals for the A4018 upgrades. I was pleased to be able to facilitate so many of my constituents having a say on this important issue and I’m sure they welcome the announcement. As last time, I will consult with my constituents about the updated proposals and make sure local residents are part of the process of getting this right.” Bristol City Council is now recommending that a new community-led design to improve vehicle, cycle and pedestrian movements through Westbury-on-Trym and the surrounding junctions on Falcondale Road should be developed, meaning that the initial proposals for the village will not be progressed. In addition, the council is also proposing to significantly reduce banned turns and restrictions for traffic along the A4018 and will introduce peak-time bus lanes instead of the previous 24hour proposal. Commenting on the revised plans, Councillor Kye Dudd, cabinet member for transport, said: “I’m grateful to everyone who engaged with the public consultation; the recommended scheme has been revised and shaped by the feedback we
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plan to 'carve up' village dropped received. I want to make sure any changes on the A4018 and Westbury-on-Trym support local residents and businesses in their everyday activities, which is why I’m recommending the proposals for Westbury village are redesigned in partnership with the local community, MP and ward councillors. “The bus lanes remain part of the scheme but with revised operating hours. Bus prioritisation is a crucial element in our vision for Bristol to be carbon neutral by helping us to double bus journeys. This recommended scheme would help provide reliable, accessible and sustainable transport options for all who would like to use them.” In response, Conservative Leader Mark Weston, councillor for Henbury and Brentry said: “Having been briefed on these changes, I am pleased - and relieved - that the council seems
to have listened to our residents and road-users. “There are still some things that will need to be revisited and revised in the latest version but we are at least starting from a better place than the last diabolical scheme.” Geoff Gollop, Conservative councillor for Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze, added: “The protection and preservation of Westbury Village remains one of my main priorities in any new traffic layout. “Consequently, this revised plan still needs careful and detailed examination to evaluate its likely impact on our primary shopping centre. However, the suggested air quality monitoring of the area is something I very much support.” Hilary Long, chairman of the Westbury-on-Trym Society (WOTSOC), says that she is relieved that the review for the A4018 has been largely
abandoned. She said: “The remaining features, for traffic lights at two main junctions – actually promised for the past ten years – will be welcomed by all motorists and pedestrians, as will a safety crossing for Westbury Primary School – long overdue
and in fact campaigned for by parents over ten years ago! “However, we are aware that a return visit from the council is on the cards for the future, to look at ‘improvements’ to traffic flow and safety in the village. Before this Turn to Page 4
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War memorial 'must not be moved for benefit of drivers' From Page 3 happens, we must bring together all interested institutions and social groups, to agree on what we need: no-one wants idealistic but impractical and insensitive plans, like the last ones, to be imposed on the community. “Local democratic consultation and activity is now essential in preparation for talks with council. For example, everyone I have spoken to is adamant that the War Memorial is sacrosanct and cannot possibly be moved to allow cars to speed through the village. “We want Westbury and its people to be treated with the respect it deserves - as the unique and historic part of Bristol that it has occupied since incorporation into the city over a century ago. It is its people who
must be considered first, over the convenience of commuters in and out of Bristol.” Alan Aburrow, ex-chairman of the local Neighbourhood Partnership’s transport working group said: “On the whole a good result for vox pop and for Westbury village in particular but the final result will obviously depend on its endorsement by Cabinet members at their June meeting. “Maybe, on this occasion, the council just had to drastically review their far-reaching and ill-conceived ‘improvements’ for the A4018 corridor as a result of the groundswell of opposition that culminated in 2726 comments being submitted to the council. Perhaps the best news – depending on your point of view – is that Westbury village
remains ‘as is’ (for now) and will gain a new pedestrian crossing on Passage Road, near Westbury Academy. “Other long-awaited improvements will include fully signalising the very busy junctions of Greystoke Avenue with Falcondale Road and Westbury Road with Falcondale Road. Also, subject to a local consultation, a new pedestrian crossing could be installed on Canford Lane (near the crematorium entrance), for which local residents have been campaigning for a long time." The changes will be discussed at Bristol City Council’s Cabinet on June 18 when a decision is due to be made on whether to progress the revised scheme. Councillors are urging residents to register their support or
concerns for these new plans by submitting statements to cabinet by emailing: democratic. services@bristol.gov.uk , stating ref: Cabinet/A4018. Comments have to be submitted by midday on June 17. A summary of the initial A4018 consultation can be found online at the Bristol City Council Consultation Hub. The full report will be released with papers on June 8.
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Local Government Ombudsman to investigate BCC THE Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) confirmed in May that it will investigate alleged maladministration by Bristol City Council over decisions made about the Stoke Lodge site in Stoke Bishop. Emma Burgess, one of 1,200 members of campaign group, We Love Stoke Lodge said: “It’s very good news. We intended to take Bristol City Council to a judicial review but our barrister advised that the Ombudsman has stronger powers. We were delighted when the news came in.” Thousands of Bristolians from three wards surrounding the controversial Stoke Lodge site were left so shocked at the extent of what they believe to be maladministration, wholly inadequate and erroneous decisions and multiple errors of law by Bristol City Council that they have complained to the
LGSCO, which has confirmed it will now investigate. The saga about fencing off part of the land for Cotham School sport lessons has run for eight years and looks set to continue as documents disclosed as part of legal action left the community reeling and seeking redress against the council. In the hope of persuading Bristol City Council to review a surprise U-turn on its approach to fencing at Stoke Lodge late last year, a Pre-Action Protocol Letter (the step before legal action) was issued to BCC by the www.welovestokelodge.co.uk group. This letter set out the legal arguments as to why the council should not have allowed Cotham School to build a 1.5km, 2 metre high security fence around the 22-acre site in north Bristol which is designated as Important Open Space and where the lease is subject to community use. Because of this letter various
documents were disclosed and some of the revelations have been included in the complaint to the LGSCO. The LGSCO will investigate a complaint which covers several matters including but not limited to Bristol City Council reversing a 20-year view on curtilage which campaigners claim is based on
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Driverless cars 'could revolutinise the futu RESIDENTS at St Monica’s retirement village on the Downs have taken part in a demonstration to see how driverless vehicles, known as CAVs (connected and autonomous vehicles) could make a difference to their everyday lives. The demonstration at the St Monica Trust’s Cote
Lane retirement village saw participants experience a journey in an Aurrigo Pod Zero, a first production line model of CAVs that are being trialled at a retirement village in Australia. Open to people aged 65 and over, the physical demonstration lasted around 10 minutes before attendees were invited to provide feedback on their experience. A
Hamish Hall tries out one of the pods in the Flourish project
safety ‘driver’ accompanied up to three participants at a time on a planned journey around the site. One of the testers was nonagenarian Hamish Hall, who was an unexpected star of the television series Old People's Home for Four Year Olds. The £5.5m project, known as ‘Flourish,’ is run by a multi-sector consortium of organisations including the University of the West of England (UWE) and is the only Innovate UK funded project focused on older people. The research project launched in 2016 with an aim to develop a driverless vehicle that integrates the mobility needs of older people with a secure and connected infrastructure. The introduction of CAVs could revolutionise mobility for older people, reducing loneliness and helping them to maintain a healthy level of independence. It is anticipated the pods could be in operation on enclosed campuses like retirement villages within five to ten years.
Sara Naylor-Wild, director of development and research at St Monica Trust, commented: “We have a long-standing relationship with UWE Bristol, especially around technology and assisted living. At St Monica Trust we are constantly continuing to develop our thinking with what we can offer our residents to ensure they live their best lives. “When we were given the opportunity to host this demonstration it was a no brainer for us; our residents are open to new technologies and they certainly rose to the challenge. The demonstration has been thrilling, it’s such an exciting opportunity and the residents have met it with such enthusiasm.” The Flourish project works across three specialist areas at UWE Bristol, which is running the event at the St Monica Trust village. These are the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, the Centre for Transport and Society and the Psychological Sciences Research
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ure for older people' Group. This group of specialists has helped the research project cover the science behind driverless vehicles, the UK’s future transport requirements and the psychology behind how humans interact with and what they want from CAVs. The project team decided to work with the St Monica Trust due to their like-minded dedication to introducing innovative technologies into their retirement villages that encourage and facilitate independence in later life. Dr Chris Alford, Associate Professor in Applied Psychology at UWE Bristol, said: “Today’s event was a perfect way to conclude the Flourish project - with a demonstration of how pods could be used to transport older people, and those with limited mobility, within their home environment. “Our project team has been able to gather a high quantity of useful feedback from St Monica
Trust residents, offering a valuable insight into how older people feel about the concept of driverless vehicles and the types of user interfaces that might work best for them. “Flourish is unique in being focused on older people, who will be among the first to benefit from the private and community availability of driverless transport. The project has shown that driverless vehicles have the potential to keep older people engaged in their communities and in touch with their family and friends.” The design of the vehicles has been the result of a period of consultation with older people to identify what they want from driverless vehicles and the vision for their future use. The consultation process has included older people visiting a simulator in a robotics lab and various workshops and discussion groups. The research to date,
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supported by Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire Council, has found that older people have an acceptance of these vehicles and that they wish for the cars to become commonplace in order to have the freedom to plan days out, pick up grandchildren as well as run day-to-day errands. The project has also considered the design of the cars to ensure they meet requirements. This has included studying how older people interact and operate the vehicles using a human machine interface
(HMIs) and adapting them to allow for impaired vision, loss of hearing, restricted mobility, poor movement control and issues with balance and difficulties with speech, memory and attention. Following the demonstration event, the team will publish a report this summer and develop a framework that will help determine the individualised adaptations needed for older people and people with disabilities to introduce these vehicles into their everyday lives. • Photos courtesy of Barbara Evripidou
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It’s time for festival and community in Westbury Park THE Westbury Park Festival weeks are here once more when the local community comes together for a fabulous series of events. Programmes will be in the library and cafes - here’s a taster of what to look out for. There is a real mixed bag on Saturday 15 June, starting with a morning storytime for 3 – 6 year olds at Max Minerva’s bookshop in North View. The same morning there will be a Charity cafe in the Methodist Church with plenty of delicious home-made cakes on offer. And that same evening there will be a concert at St Alban’s Church with pieces for choir and organ, including Mendelssohn’s muchloved “Hear my Prayer”. Family barbecue is offered at the Cambridge Arms on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16. There will be music on Sunday as well as delicious outdoor food, and a bouncy too.corridor A castle spacious Walkers may enjoy either
of two local walks: there’s a History Walk with Jeff Bishop on Tuesday 18, as well as a walk on the Downs with Francis Greenacre from FoDAG (The Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge) on Tuesday 2 July. The Quiz this year has a new Quiz-master, Abigail, but it’s at the same place as ever, St Alban’s Church Hall. So gather your team, and get your general knowledge up to speed for a thoroughly good evening on Friday 21 June. The festival has always had the full-hearted support of the United Parish, and on Sunday 23 June there will be a St Alban’s Day Festival Service at St Albans Church at 10.15am, followed by a Get Together lunch in the Church Garden at 12.30pm. On Monday 24 all comers are encouraged to dust off their musical instruments and to join the Westbury Park Orchestra in rehearsal. Give it a try - it could be the start of something new.
Westbury Park has many talented residents. Film-maker Gordon Young returns this year on Tuesday 25 with some of his films and also the premiere of a film based on Jeff Bishop’s ‘Bristol Through Maps’ book. Saturday 29 June brings the opportunity to see the work of local potters, enamellers, painters and printmakers’ at the Arts and Crafts Fair. There’s always something to tempt you to buy... This year’s Open Gardens is held on Sunday 30 June. It’s a great opportunity to see how lovely some of our rather small gardens can look at this time
of year, and to talk to other gardeners about their plants. All fueled with drinks and cake along the way, too. July also brings a Winetasting on Wednesday 3 and it all finishes with the Garden Party at St. Albans Church on Saturday 6. Committee member Jeff Bishop says: “Great Festival, something for everybody. What a community!”
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Bristol YMCA Youth cricketers reveal smart kit OVER 200 boys and girls are enjoying playing cricket more than ever after they received their new brightly coloured playing kit, as seen in IPL and T20 matches. A huge launch ceremony at Golden Hill Sports Ground at the end of April saw the Bristol YMCA Youth Cricketers receive their kits, getting to wear them for the first time. Director of Youth Cricket Razi Ahmed said: “We are the first club in Bristol to set the trend in the Bristol Youth Cricket League by introducing coloured kits. The children have already commented that they feel much smarter and more professional and we’ve received many positive comments from our own parents and those from other clubs.” Support from local businesses, including principal sponsors Ward’s Solicitors, have helped to make the dream come true. Jem Brooks, cricket committee member, said: “Our sponsors have been very generous in their support and the whole club will benefit in both the short and long term from the extra enthusiasm that playing in such smart gear has provided. We’ve been able to improve other facilities at the club and YMCA has grown to become one of the biggest clubs at youth level in the area.”
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First team skipper John Colley also pointed out how the whole club has benefitted: “From the U11s all the way through to the First XI, we are driving the club forward. To see the kids so excited
to play in their kits and take such pride in representing the club is brilliant. The community around the club continues to build and we are fast becoming a focal point for scores of families around the area.”
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n NEWS PATIENTS are being advised to plan in advance how they travel to Southmead Hospital and allow more travel time to cope with road closures over the next four weeks. From 20 May to 8 June, contractors will be carrying out work on Dorian Way which will affect how staff, patients and the public can access Maternity Buildings, the Emergency Department, and Gloucester House. Pedestrian access will be maintained throughout, but drivers will need to be aware of the schedule of diversions as outlined below. Signage will be present around all affected entrances and exits to the site which will show the best way to access the relevant buildings. Emergency Department (ED) Access to ED via Dorian Road will be maintained for both public and Emergency vehicles throughout the works. However, there will be no access to ED from Southmead Road or Monk’s Park Avenue. This means that
Southmead Hospital road closure: Dorian Way Dorian Road is likely to be very busy, as it will be the main route of access to ED for ambulances. Maternity buildings (via Donal Early Way) The Maternity buildings affected from 27 May - 8 June are: • Central Delivery Suite (CDS). • Percy Phillips Ward. • Mendip Birth Suite. • NICU. • Quantock Ward. • Antenatal Clinic. • Antenatal Assessment Unit. There will be no access to Donal Early Way via Dorian Road, but access via Monk's Park Way and Southmead Way will become available. Gloucester House car park There will be no access to the Gloucester House car park except via Monk's Park Way and Southmead Way during 3 - 8 June.
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Officer returns caravan stolen from terminally-ill man POLICE have recovered a caravan stolen from a terminally-ill man who lives in Westbury-on-Trym. The 64-year-old was storing his caravan while he underwent treatment for cancer. Thieves took it from a field behind the Plough in Pilning in November last year. At the time Neighbourhood PC Ross Calderwood appealed for information and said: “The family have been using the caravan to get away and create memories and this theft has been devastating for them." Now he’s been able to hand the caravan back. Leslie Collison said: "The theft was a huge blow and a loss to us at the time. I'm unable to work due to my illness and the caravan was our bolt hole. We're delighted to get in back after months of frustration and upset." Mr Collison described PC Calderwood's commitment and dedication to the investigation as "nothing short of fantastic". PC Calderwood said: "I'm delighted to have been able to track down and return the caravan which means so much to Mr and Mrs Collison. I sincerely hope they are now able to enjoy it." The caravan is missing various parts and equipment, such as the battery, water pump and gas bottles, but Mr Collison is looking forward to getting it all up together. He and his wife now plan to use it to get away and go to music festivals. The caravan was found in Avonmouth in April. Enquiries continue in relation to the theft.
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Robber who targeted victims on social media jailed hands and legs. Ahmad was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court in April to 10 years’ imprisonment for five counts of robbery, one count of theft, five counts of possessing a bladed article and possession with intent to supply cannabis. A previous suspended sentence was also activated as a result of his
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offending. The 20 year old carried out the robberies in the Hotwells, Clifton and Westbury-onTrym areas of Bristol, as well as Keynsham, Kingswood and Weston-super-Mare. The offences happened over a 12-day period between 2 March and 13 March 2019. Investigating officer PC Harriet Drewett said: “Jalees Ahmad carried out a terrifying series of robberies in which some of the victims were threatened in their own homes. “In most of the incidents, Ahmad made off with expensive mobile phones which had been advertised on social media and classified ad websites. “In one of the incidents, a victim was stabbed as he tried to defend himself. He’s still recovering from his injuries and needs crutches to get around. “Ahmad was caught after leaving the sheath for his hunting knife at the scene of one of the robberies. We were able to recover forensic evidence from the sheath which provided a DNA match to Ahmad. A
Jalees Ahmad fingerprint left on an iPhone box also matched Ahmad’s. “During our investigation we located the hunting knife at Ahmad’s home and found CCTV footage of him topping up a mobile phone he used to contact one of the victims. “We take knife crime offences like these extremely seriously and I welcome the significant sentence given by the court. I’d like to thank all the victims for supporting our investigation and I hope this conviction will help with the ongoing recovery process.”
New organ donation campaign unveiled AVON Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) has revealed a new partnership with the NHS in aid of organ donation. Four of the 13 wrapped fire engines at Temple fire station
were unveiled in a ceremony on May 7 with the hope that the message will encourage families to discuss organ donation. The move comes ahead of legislation, also known as Max
and Keira’s law in honour of a boy who received a heart transplant and the girl who donated it, which will be brought in next Spring. This will mean adults in
England will be considered donors unless they choose to opt out or are excluded. The aim of this campaign is to encourage people to make their wishes known.
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n NEWS OVER 70 local people collected more than a ton of rubbish when Westbury-on-Trym played its part in the Great British Spring Clean. The volunteer litter-pickers were responding to the appeal by Sustainable Westbury-on-Trym (SusWoT) for help in cleaning up the village, which was a huge success, netting 153 sacks of litter and several large objects. Eight litter picks were held across areas starting at the War Memorial on March 23-24 and finishing at the Stoke Lane shops on April 13-14. SusWoT organisers were astonished that 16 people turned up for both days and for the last weekend there were 22 people each day. Many individuals helped several times. The youngest picker was twelve, while the oldest was in their eighties. “Litter picking is challenging and skilled work,” said Alex Dunn of SusWoT. “A good litter picker has the dexterity of a surgeon, the determination of a bulldog and the eyesight of a hawk!” “Most people think of Westbury being clean and many litter pickers on their first picks are fooled into thinking that there is not a litter problem. But once you start to look closely you find masses of rubbish.” Hedges and wooded areas conceal cans, bottles and bits of cars that have often been there for years. The volunteers also found TVs, fridges, bikes, car wheels, tyres, footballs, clothes, chairs and even a microwave oven. Police had to be called when
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a large knife was found, though they lost interest when they learned there was no blood on it. The greatest challenge for many of the pickers, though, was the great numbers of cigarette butts, which are often difficult to pick up. SusWoT has invested in high-quality equipment and bag holders and Bristol Waste provided the plastic sacks and collected them after each
weekend’s work. Some of the litter could be sent for recycling, though much could not. Every street and path in Westbury was cleaned to a high standard with large amounts of deeply-hidden litter removed. “Many of the local residents would come out of their doors to thank us as we worked,” said Alex Dunn. SusWoT has been awarded a grant to buy equipment to keep
the centre of the village and the Stoke Lane shopping area clean. It holds litter clearing sessions on the last Sunday of every month from 11am to 1pm, usually in Westbury or at the river Trym.
Local litter wardens SUSWOT is considering setting up litter wardens in Westbury, to help keep their local area clean. Each warden would have their own equipment and aim to keep their area litter free and report problems to Bristol Waste. There are some people who are already doing this independently. If you would like to know more about Local Litter Wardens, joining SusWoT’s litter cleaning team or find out what else SusWoT does, please email SusWoT at suswot2050@gmail.com. For more information on SusWoT and its other activities, see http://suswot.org.uk
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All the fun of the fair WESTBURY-ON TRYM Spring Community Fair returned to Westbury village on May 11 with fun for all the family, big and small. It was the twelfth year for the popular community event, which takes over the centre of the village with stalls spreading from Westbury Hill car park to both churches and the village hall. Organised by Clare Waggett this year, the community fair was packed with stalls selling art, books, bric-abrac and local produce as well as a fabulous spread of homemade cakes, jam and burgers served up by the Cadets. Local community groups were on hand to share the work that they do with the public. Among them was Sustainable Westbury (SuSWoT) talking about their environmental projects and selling a multitude of varieties of tomato and vegetable plants, all of which they have been growing at the Community Garden especially for the event. Some of the locals were shaking a leg, enjoying country dancing outside Westbury Parish Church. Others were embarking on a steep climb up the interior of the church tower to enjoy an uninterrupted view across the village rooftops to the countryside beyond.
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Senior Film Club celebrates three years HELPING the elderly live life to the full is the vocation of Home Instead North Bristol owner, John Moore. “I’ve never been happier in my work,” he said. “Care is not the goal - it’s the enabler. We focus on un-rushed care with matched carers and clients which makes a real difference to the clients and the CAREGivers too. We aim to have a joyful office with the hope that joy is passed on to the CAREGivers and clients.” John’s built up the home care business over the past three and half years, and now provides care for 130 customers delivered by 75 team members. Bringing some of that joy to elderly people is Senior Film Club which sees a crowd of elderly people get together each month to watch a film that they’ve chosen. John says: “We chat together over cake after the film and see old friendships rekindled and new friendships formed. I love it when I see 50 people walk out with a smile on their faces.” Senior Film Club takes place on the third Monday of the month at St Peter’s Hall, Henleaze at 2pm. The next two films will be About a Boy on Monday 17 June starring Hugh Grant and Toni Collette and The Children Act on Monday 15 July starring Emma Thompson. John has used his experience of working with the elderly to set up free Dementia training sessions, full of tips to help families communicate better with a loved one who has Dementia. The sessions are designed for groups of eight people at a time. To find out more please call 0117 989 8210.
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Fancy dress for dogs? It's all to help children with disabilities ‘WOOF-WOOF’, ‘arf-arf’ and a few gruff ‘ruff-ruffs’ could be heard at the Water Tower on the Downs on Saturday 18 May when more than a dozen excited dogs and owners met up for the Henleaze fancy dress dog parade. The event was the first of its kind held on the Downs in support of Flamingo Chicks CIC, an inclusive dance school for disabled children and children with illnesses such as cancer. The charity have been running a campaign ‘May 100’ aiming to encourage 100 people to get active and raise funds so that more disabled children can be active at Flamingo Chicks classes. Once the greetings, sniffs and licks were over it was time for the dressed up hounds to head off across the Downs for a walk to The Dog Shop and Spa on Henleaze High Street who were supporting the parade. Rosa Bladon from Flamingo Chicks says: “We thought a dog walk was a fun and lovely way of getting local people in Henleaze involved and to come along. It’s so lovely to see all the effort everyone’s put into bringing their dogs.” Katie Sparks set up Flamingo Chicks five years ago after adopting her daughter Poppy who has cerebral palsy. She soon realised the lack of facilities for disabled children and when Poppy showed an interest in ballet dancing, she hired a
dance teacher and the hall at Cairns Road nursery, and set up inclusive dance classes. Initially there were 15 places and 200 families came along. Now the scheme has widened and 3,000 kids come through the doors each year, fulfilling a need for activity that is often lacking for children with disabilities. “There’s such a lack of opportunity to be active which is why we do what we do at Flamingo Chicks with the ballet,” Katie explains. “The aim of the May 100 has been to raise funds but also to get people active, particularly disabled people. Nearly a quarter of kids with learning disabilities are obese and a half of adults with a learning disability are obese. “We had a ten metre toddle for the one year olds, and adult events such as sky-dives, swimming and cycling for the May 100. We’ve raised £5,000 already and we’re only half way through the month. “We are just so grateful for the support we’ve had locally over the years. Our growth has been huge and we can’t do what we do without people supporting us. We have 350 volunteers who support us and we are always looking for more. We now have baby-sling ballet - Hatching Chicks - aimed at mums with disabled babies or disabled mums themselves. We keep
putting on more classes but can never fill the demand. There’s a huge need out there.” The dog walk ended at The Dog Shop and Spa where the pooches were welcomed in and given ‘doggy bags’ in celebration of the day. The prize for best outfit went to Betty, who was wearing a brightly coloured ballerina outfit. Her owners, Jacky and Hannah Manson from Henleaze, were delighted with the prize, a smart new dog basket, which a tired Betty promptly curled up in.
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'It would be great to have a bridge built at last' THE CHAIR of Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge has told Henleaze & Westbury Voice that it would be great if a new pedestrian bridge on Clifton Downs was finally given the go ahead. As previously reported, plans for the 80m-long bridge across Bridge Valley Road were submitted to Bristol City Council in 2016, in the hope that it would make the crossing safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Fourteen objections were lodged against the scheme, which is in a conservation area and would require 38 trees to be removed, although it received the support of 148 people overall. At the time the bridge was initially recommended for refusal, however in July 2016 it was permitted by a planning committee with the condition that £85,000 was needed to pay for compensatory tree planting.
Following this, the decision was changed and the committee refused the scheme, before this was overturned in October 2017 by a planning inspector. Dr Adrienn Tomor, who is based at the University of the West of England and worked on the design of the bridge with the Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge, asked Environment Secretary Michael Gove to get involved as part of The Commons Act 2016, which requires the post holder to give permission before a structure is built on common land. The plans for the bridge are now with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for approval, however the final decision will lie with the Downs Committee, a group of Bristol City councillors and Merchant Venturers. Commenting on the bridge and the difference it would make
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to the local community, chair of Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge, Robert Westlake said: “It has been a long aspiration of ours to link up parts of Downs, as we’ve always thought that the road prevented a safe circular route, and so we’ve always been keen for a bridge to be built. At the last Downs Committee meeting questions were asked about how the bridge would be funded, and it has been confirmed that Dr Tomor will be sourcing funds from a charitable trust. “We also believe that the bridge would provide a great training opportunity for stone masons, because as far as I’m aware there hasn’t been any significant stone bridges built within the last 100 years. From a safety point of view, the junction is very difficult for pedestrians to negotiate, especially parents with pushchairs who often have to
take their life in their hands. “We also feel that the actual design of the bridge sat well in its surroundings, and complimented the great and impressive houses along the promenade. It feels like there is a good amount of public support for the project, and at potentially no cost to the council, Merchant Venturers or Friends, I think it would be great to get a bridge finally built.” Robert also told Henleaze & Westbury Voice that no further developments will occur until Defra’s decision has been made later this summer. Once the planning application has been endorsed, he believes that Dr Tomor will be able to push on with raising funds and the project will move quite quickly. To find out more about Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge, visit their website: www. friendsofthedowns.org
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n NEWS BRISTOL Food Network’s Get Growing Garden Trail returns for the 8th year, with 32 of Bristol’s fruit and veg gardens throwing open their gates throughout June. The Trail offers the perfect opportunity for families and friends to explore the city’s community allotments, orchards, smallholdings, mini market gardens, city farms, productive parks and even a unique berry maze! New for 2019, the Trail will centre on a different area of the city each weekend, so in addition to weekday volunteering sessions, openings have been coordinated for different areas of the city with a focus on East Bristol the weekend of 1 - 2 June, North-West Bristol 8 - 9 June, Southville and St. Werburghs 15 - 16 June and South Bristol 22 - 23 June. This year gardens on the trail will be highlighting their naturefriendly growing methods and approaches with a wealth of tips, ideas and insights for visitors
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to take back and share at their own plot and garden, all in a bid to support and encourage more nature-friendly growing in the
city. As well as garden tours, this year’s trail includes seed sowing, fun games for kids,
pizza-making, the opportunity to pick up some new plants and fresh produce, delicious lunch and snack stops, wildlife-friendly gardening tips and plenty more. Abi Moores, coordinator of this year’s trail says: “Get Growing is a celebration of the joys of growing together, of Bristol’s community growing projects and of the unsung heroes of our hidden green spaces. Visitors are invited to explore the sights, learn about the green spaces that surround them and hopefully get inspired to grow at home or with their local community group.” Full details of all 32 garden openings can be found at www. bristolfoodnetwork.org/getgrowing-garden-trail-2019/ and trail maps are available across the city. Growing trail: Page 49
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Elmlea Infant School remains ‘Outstanding’ ELMLEA Infant School has maintained its ‘Outstanding’ rating following its first Ofsted inspection for 10 years. The school’s last inspection was in March 2009, and the inspection on 19 and 20 March was instigated following a risk assessment of ‘exempt’ (outstanding) schools, based on the 2018 end of key stage 1 performance data where there appeared to be a significant decline in the standards that pupils reached in reading, writing and mathematics. However, during the inspection it was found that the initial risk assessment was based on inaccurate information, which inspector Stewart Gale stated relationships within a culture was “not an accurate reflection of warmth, respect and care. of the school’s current quality Consequently, pupils are of teaching, learning and exceptionally keen to attend and assessment.” show an appetite for learning.” Within the report, it states: In addition, headteacher “Elmlea Infants is a happy Inge Fey was also praised for school. Pupils, staff and her highly effective Lunch hp ad.qxp_Layout 1 03/04/2019 22:54 Page 2leadership, parents benefit from excellent
and the “rigorous and robust systems” that she has established for checking pupils’ progress. Commenting on the report, Chair of Governors, David Regan said: “We are thrilled to have such an excellent OFSTED report following the inspection. The
fact that Elmlea Infants’ School remains graded “Outstanding” is a real testament to the inspirational leadership of our highly experienced Head teacher, Inge Fey, and her dedicated team of talented and creative teachers and staff. “’Take time to be a child’ is our school’s guiding principle – to help children develop, thrive and learn while having time to enjoy exploring their world as children. Putting this philosophy into practice is only possible with a huge amount of hard work and dedication by all those who work at the school, and we are delighted that their efforts, and those of the children and the whole school community of parents and carers, have been rewarded.” To read Elmlea Infant School’s latest Ofsted report, visit: https://files.api.ofsted.gov. uk/v1/file/50074021
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St Bon’s summer fair ST Bon’s hold their Summer Fair on Saturday June 15 from 2-5pm. It promises to be a great afternoon out for the whole family with a falconry display sponsored by our local property group, Andrews, as well as lots of fantastic stalls for both children and adults including Bouncy Castle, Gladiator Duel, Lucky Dip, Beat the Goalie competition. Returning this year is the very popular St Bon's Bake Off. There will also be some fantastic food on offer including ice creams, cakes, fresh fruit and candy floss, as well as tea and coffee and a Pimms bar.
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Crowning Mary Queen of May PUPILS and staff at St Bonaventure’s Catholic Primary School held a special service on the first day of May. It was the beginning of a month dedicacted to the Virgin Mary when the school takes the opportunity to celebrate her role as the Mother of Jesus, and appreciate what mothers and grandmothers do for us. Dozens of flowers were donated by pupils symbolising how important Mary is to them. The school Chaplaincy and Choir group led the singing. St Bon’s youngest pupil, Arthur, and eldest pupil, Aoibhinn, were given the honour of placing Mary’s white rose crown on her head as they crowned her ‘Queen of May’. Deputy Head, Mrs Ballantine, invited both pupils and staff to use Mary as a role model, to think of others needs before their own and to be more open and say ‘yes’ to help others.
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Elmlea Junior pupils show their creativity ELMLEA Junior School's Bristol themed Arts Week is here! There are a huge number of activities going on with children on visits to take part in workshops, artists in school leading activities and teachers leading art lessons across the school. Elmlea Junior are especially grateful to Mr Smith for organising artists from Upfest to come in and run Graffiti Workshops. A big ‘thank you’ goes to Mrs Bjelica for organising this, the children will gain so much from the week.
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n EDUCATION HOT on the heels of England women’s most recent international cricketing success, Redmaids’ High Year 12 student Maddie Hughes is celebrating her own cricketing feat – appearing in the annual WisdenMCC photo competition. An action shot of fast bowler Maddie, taken by her coach, Matt Hunkin, while touring with Gloucestershire CCC’s U17s Women’s team in Sri Lanka last year, was one of 11 to be shortlisted in this year’s contest. Maddie, aged 16, who bats at number six, joined Stoke Bishop CC at aged 7, and successfully trialled for Glos CCC U11 girls’ team two years later. She made her Gloucester Senior Women’s Team debut last July when she was 15, just after finishing her GCSEs. Also a member of Frenchay CC, matches can amount to as many as three a week in the summer including her county cricket commitments. Maddie’s love of cricket began simply, knocking a ball around in the garden with her older brother. She said: “My parents are keen on sport and my school, Elmlea in Stoke Bishop, also enabled us to play so my interest
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continued to grow. “Cricket has taught me so much and I love being able to play it at school. It’s great to see more girls taking it up too.” Women's cricket is still very
much in the ascendency, with England’s women blazing a trail in the UK with their World Cup win of 2017. Whilst the T20 World Cup in 2020 might be coming a little
too early for Maddie, England Women's success continues to grow the fan base, which is reflected in the huge growth in uptake in schools. Redmaids' High Juniors and Seniors are looking forward to a variety of fixtures both locally and around the South West region this summer, joining more than 60,000 girls now enjoying cricket at school level. Meanwhile, Maddie, who is also a keen netballer and hockey player, is looking forward to passing on some cricketing tips to fellow pupils at Redmaids' High and her old school, Elmlea Junior School in the summer term. Her shortlisted photo will be displayed at the MCC Museum at Lord’s cricket ground during the summer, where her great great great great uncle – none other than WG Grace himself – is commemorated. Something clearly runs in the family!
Sixth Form students lead award-winning eco work AN eco-campaign led by two sixth form students has earned their school a bronze award in recognition of improved sustainability within the school environment. The initiative was launched in the autumn by the Environmental Captains at Redmaids’ High School and has already led to positive changes in relation to recycling and biodiversity. The captains – Loveday Kossmann and Ania Melichar, both aged 17 – also have their sights set on reducing energy consumption and identifying suitable renewable power sources for the long term. To qualify for the award, Ania and Loveday formed an active Environment Committee, completed an environmental review and developed an action plan focused on three key areas: developing biodiversity in the school grounds, improving waste disposal and reducing energy consumption.
Ania explains: “To help us achieve our biodiversity goals, we have worked closely with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. “To start with, we took part in the Big Schools Bird Watch to record the number and type of bird we currently have in the school grounds. Having held a whole-school ‘Design a Bird Box’ competition, we plan to install a number of boxes in the grounds, and then carefully monitor the impact they have. “We are also working with
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says: “Following discussions with the Bursar, he has committed to looking at ways to ensure more of the school’s energy come from renewable sources, including solar panels. This is a longerterm goal, which we are pleased to have set in motion. We have also signed up to the Energy in Schools program to monitor our energy use and analyse the data provided within the curriculum.” As this is the first of three awards available, the school are already looking towards achieving the Silver Award, and hope to go on to achieve the Green Flag Award. Mr Cooper, Assistant Headteacher (Sixth Form and International), says: “The girls have done some sterling work this academic year and the school is 100% behind them. It’s really important our students understand the challenges facing the environment, and take direct action themselves to help protect our planet.”
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Peony garden opens at University Botanic Garden A NEW peony garden, which is unique to the West Country, opened at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden in Stoke Bishop on 12 May. With medicinal uses and many layers of symbolism peonies are one of the most important plants in Chinese culture. The garden is the first stage of a planned Chinese Culture Garden, an extension of the Chinese Herb Garden, which was unveiled in 2010. In ancient China, peonies were the Emperor’s Flower and were only grown for the Emperor and in his gardens. Anyone found growing peonies at their private residents illegally were executed. Now the peony is the people’s flower and is found everywhere from bank notes and coins, to advertising everyday products. They hold a special place in Chinese hearts and are revered in Chinese culture. Peonies have long been
admired for their voluptuous beauty, medicinal uses and their symbolism. Among the tree peonies, the male vermilion flower is known as the ‘King of Flowers’ and represents both royalty and aristocracy. The herbaceous peonies are termed the ‘Prime Minister of All Flowers’ and are also highly prized. They have long been depicted in literary and visual Chinese art forms for centuries and form one of the main motifs in silk tapestries, painting, lacquerware and clothing. The new peony garden at the Botanic Garden has been developed to show the main species sections of Chinese peonies and focuses on their development through hybridisation in China, Japan and America. Nick Wray, Curator of the Botanic Garden, said: “Gardeners resorted to using umbrellas to keep rare peony flowers protected
07517 476 998 from inclement weather. These delicate and unusual flowers are damaged by rain, cold, wind. Never have peonies had such attention, but these flowers are unique in the West Country and that makes them special.” The garden includes cultivars of both Paeonia x suffructicosa (mu dan) and Paeonia lactiflora (bai shao) and the collection illustrates the major cultivar regions of China / Japanese grafted cultivars and the Itoh hybrid tree peonies. The garden is also very fortunate to have a rare group of named Gansu mu dan cultivars from the collection of the leading UK expert Will McLewin. One of the new peonies is part of the intersectional Itoh Hybrid range; a group of peonies that was first developed in Japan by Dr Toichi Itoh who managed to transfer pollen from a Chinese tree peony onto the stigma of a herbaceous peony. Although both are in the same genus they are genetically far apart; the process took thousands of attempts to get successful pollination and seed development. Finally, Dr Itoh achieved his aim and raised
a few seedlings, but sadly died before they were mature enough to flower. After his death the hybrids were taken to America and developed by peony breeders there. The garden’s plant is Paeonia ‘Sequestered Sunshine’, deep yellow with orange at the base of each petal. The Itoh Hybrid range is famous for these yellow blooms, which are very unusual and was the subject of Dr Itoh’s work for many years. The new garden, although small, makes up for this in terms of collaboration and knowledge and celebrates the fruitful partnership between the University, The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine and the Bristol China Bureau as founders of the Chinese Culture garden. In the afternoon, Nick Wray gave a tour on the construction of the peony garden and culture garden before the opening ceremony performed by Rosa Hui MBE DL Director of the Bristol & Avon Chinese Women’s Group and founding member of the Bristol China Bureau. • Photo courtesy of Nick Wray
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European squash success for Karina BRISTOL-based Karina Tyma has become the new European Under-19 squash champion. Karina took the title in Prague with a three-game victory over Katie Malliff, after overcoming long-term rival and no.1 seed Elise Lazarus in the semi-final. It was a landmark win, with Karina becoming Poland's first ever individual European squash champion. While she was playing under the flag of her native land, Karina has been based in Bristol since 2006, and the city has played a major part in her squash education. She was coached first by Hadrian Stiff of Elite Squash, based at Workout Harbourside in the centre of Bristol, and has since also worked with Richard Coleman and for the last two years Ian Thomas, who is based
at Millfield School in Somerset. Over the last few years Karina's game has really developed, pushed on by training with locally-based professional players at Workout Harbourside, including Joelle King and the El Shorbagy brothers, and she is also a member at Redland Green Club. With high-quality facilities and a friendly but competitive group of squash professionals pushing each other on, Bristol provides the ideal environment for young players like Karina to develop their game. Karine said: “Bristol is a great place for any kind of squash, be it amateur of professional, and a great place for juniors too. Patrick Truss from Avon County Squash said: “It's very exciting to see a local player rise
so high, and we know that with her mindset Karina certainly won't stop there. The next stop is Drexel University in Philadelphia on a full athletic scholarship, and beyond that who knows?”
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n NEWS ORGANISERS of Bristol Pride have announced that the annual LGBT+ festival will move to The Downs this year. Bristol Pride takes place from Saturday June 29 – Sunday July 14, with Bristol Pride Day taking place at Durdham Downs on Saturday July 13. The move will see the festival double its capacity after welcoming 36,000 people to the event last year. With the increased venue size, Pride will introduce new areas and activities, including a new stage in partnership with national lesbian magazine DIVA, as well as expanding current festival areas. Other new additions this year will include a giant circus tent in partnership with Bassline Circus with performances throughout the day, a wellbeing and mindfulness area, and silent disco. The event will be sponsored by Unite Students for the third year in a row, and 2019 marks the 10th anniversary for the current Pride team. The multiaward winning festival has become one of the largest Pride events in the UK and one of only four Pride’s in the UK to be named in the Global Top 50 of Pride festivals worldwide. Pride Day will start with the parade march from Castle Park to the city centre, which last year saw 12,000 people take to the streets in a colourful, empowering display to showcase visibility for the community. As part of the celebrations, Spice Girl Melanie C will be performing on the main stage as part of a unique world-colliding live show with party makers Sink The Pink. Other names already announced for the festival include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Disco legends Boney M, Sonique, Saara Aalto, Bristol Drum & Bass act Dr Meaker, Four of Diamonds, Hazell Dean and Ru Paul’s Drag Race’s Peppermint. Daryn Carter is CEO of Bristol Pride, and has worked in equality and diversity for over 16 years. Speaking of the event, Daryn said: “I’m really excited for Pride 2019, we’re celebrating our success but also securing our future. It’s been an incredible 10 years and we’ve rapidly grown to a Pride that consistently named as one of the biggest and best in the country as well as being named in the Global Top 50. “Moving to The Downs not
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Clifton Robinsons hockey teams in national club finals CLIFTON Robinsons are very proud to be the only Hockey Club in the county that has had both its U12 Girls and Boys, secure places at the England Hockey National Finals, due to take place in Nottingham on 18 May. Both teams have succeeded in securing their places for the second year in a row, placing them in the Top 10 Teams in the country. To qualify, the hockey teams had to progress through a number of County and Regional level tournaments. As a result of all their hard work, they will now compete against the winners and runners up from the five regional competitions. Teams play in two pools of five before progressing to either crossover games – which will determine who finishes third to tenth and ultimately a winner will be crowned. Such successes are in part the result of long-standing relationships between Clifton Robinsons club, its coaches and local schools, which have been developed over many years, with many people volunteering their time to help children develop their skills, so they can
participate in competitions such as these. Ian King, Clifton Robinsons' coach for the U12 boys said: “We are proactive in recognising the strong links we have with local schools and we thank them for their continued support for our Juniors. As Bristol’s largest Hockey Club, Clifton Robinson’s are fortunate to attract the best players from the area and our men’s and ladies 1st teams are regular competitors at national competitions. Having not one, but two of our junior hockey teams, reaching a national level, is a great boost for raising the profile of Junior hockey across all clubs and schools in Bristol.” Players for the Girls U12 Team come from Redmaids’ High, Redmaids’ High Juniors , Clifton College, Bristol Grammar School and Clifton High. The Boys team comprises of three boys from each of Clifton College and Bristol Grammar School with the remaining four players coming from Bristol Cathedral, Prior Park, Sidcot and Christchurch Primary. Clifton Robinsons' Club Captain, Caroline Meads,said: “This is a great achievement for
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Lord Mayor’s Medals celebrate Bristol’s local heroes MEDALS have been awarded to seventeen medals individuals for their contribution to improving the lives of people in Bristol. Civil rights campaigners, volunteers, charity workers, educators and many others were honoured by the Lord Mayor and guests at the city’s annual Lord Mayor’s Medals ceremony on April 11. Speaking ahead of the awards, Lord Mayor Councillor Cleo Lake said: “Bristol is full of inspiring, caring, committed and talented people and I am delighted to honour some of our finest here tonight. This diverse group represents the best of our city and stand as living testament to what can be achieved when we work together for the benefit of others. “I hope that their stories will inspire others to volunteer, mentor, coach and support to continue the legacy already established by Lord Mayor’s Medal recipients.” This year’s medal recipients included Karina Castro, who has worked for Trinity Community Arts for 10 years, Rebecca Scott who chairs the newly formed BAME Staff Advisory network at the University of Bristol, Dionne Draper who runs the Sing with Soul (SWS) Community Choir, Christine Dyer who has been a unit leader for Girlguiding Bristol and South Gloucestershire for over 50 years and Jane Oakland who was chair of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta for a number of years. Two recipients in particular
Manor Farm Boys Club, Rob Webber with Lord Mayor of Bristol, Cleo Lake. have been involved with organisations that are local to our area. Rob Webber has been Leader in Charge of Manor Farm Boys Club for the last 20 years, a voluntary not-forprofit organisation that works with boys and young men in North Bristol. After becoming a member at the age of 11, Rob became a volunteer helper as a teenager and took on the role of Leader at short notice whilst working nights and supporting a young family.
Commenting on the work of the club based at Wellington Hill, Rob said: “We currently have in excess of 50 members and operate two evenings a week plus occasional weekend sessions. “The club’s aim is to give its members further opportunities to develop their potential through the effective use of their recreation and leisure time. We seek to develop the social skills and confidence of young people through a range of extracurricular activities and youth
led projects. Many of them are at risk of becoming involved in anti social behaviour and Manor Farm Boys' Club is there to help them make informed choices and mature decisions and to understand how their actions affect their community.” Roger Mortimer was nominated by Councillor Anthony Negus and has been instrumental to the work of the Redland and Cotham Amenity Society (RCAS) since 1992. In addition, he is also a member of Bristol Civic Society’s subcommittee, has campaigned for improvements to Castle Park, and was also involved in researching and creating a selfguided walk leaflet for the Old City. The full list of The Lord’s Mayor’s Medal recipients for 2019 is as follows: Karina Castro Rebecca Scott Rob Webber Dionne Draper Christine Dyer Jane Oakland Amy Kington Anndeloris Chacon Poku Osei Harold ‘Buster’ Footman Roger Mortimer Alastair Brook Dennis Stinchcombe Victoria Tiley Henry Poultney Roy Hackett Steve Rosser – International Medal To find out more, visit: www. bristol.gov.uk/council-andmayor/lord-mayor-of-bristol
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n NEWS INDEPENDENT fostering agency Amicus Foster Care has celebrated its 10th anniversary with its third successive ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted. The Government’s inspectorate has rated Amicus, which is based in St Werburgh’s Community Centre, constantly ‘outstanding’ since it was established back in April 2009. In a double celebration, the fostering agency celebrated its 10th anniversary in April with an event at Bristol Zoo, attended by 150 foster carers, young people, staff, their families and friends. Since it started, Amicus has placed more than 500 young people, a high proportion of whom had already experienced several placement moves. It prides itself on a high level (approximately 80 per cent) of long term placement stability, thanks partly to a care approach which encompasses wraparound therapeutic support, underpinned by Developmental Psychotherapy for children with trauma and attachment disorders. The Ofsted inspector
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supports children and young people, carers and members of birth families under extreme stress to stay together.” Amicus Foster Care was set up by Nasareen Ahmed, who is supported by social care manager Trish McManamon and business services manager Mark Brady. Mr Brady said: “We’re really proud of the work we do here and it’s great for us to mark a decade since we were founded at the same time as the quality of the services we provide was recognised again by Ofsted. “However, the real credit has to go to the foster carers and the children just as much as it does to us.” Nasareen Ahmed is keen for people to come forward and help fill a shortfall of carers for children needing homes. She said there were some common
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Wartime US links cele by Maurice Fells A RATHER special American flag will fly over Clifton College on July 4 to mark American Independence Day. This particular flag is notable as it was a gift from General Eisenhower, a five-star general in the United States Army during the Second World War and former American president. It was a “thank-you” to the college for the important role it played during the war. Flying the American flag affectionately known as both the ‘Stars and Stripes’ and ‘Old Glory’ - from the college’s Wilson Tower, will have added importance this year as it is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 1944. Code-named Operation Overlord, the landings on five separate beach-heads at Normandy, was a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. It was the start of a long campaign to liberate north-west Europe from occupation. Much of the detailed planning of this top-secret operation took place at Clifton College and was carried out by American troops. The first American soldiers to take over the college buildings started arriving in 1942 and by D-Day their numbers had
grown to more than 300. They were joined by General Omar Bradley who arrived from the Mediterranean where he had commanded 11 Corps in Sicily. General Bradley took over the housemaster’s drawing room in School House on the corner of Guthrie and College Roads. Another housemaster’s study was used as a planning room while classrooms were put to military
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use. Clifton College’s Council Room became known as a ‘War Room’ filled with maps, charts and files of intelligence data. The Wilson Tower, named after a former headmaster of the college, became a high security listening post with its top floor receiving messages from the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) along with information coming in from the Enigma code-breakers at Bletchey Park, Buckinghamshire. Another floor of the Wilson Tower became a map room where details of the American part in the D-Day Landings were compiled. Ordnance logistics were brought together by clerks
working in the college’s library. The character of this part of Clifton changed with the arrival of the American servicemen. The college’s boarding houses in the large Victorian residences nearby became billets for the troops. The school’s cricket field, known as The Close, became an airfield. It was also used by the soldiers to demonstrate the game of baseball to Queen Mary. During much of the war she stayed at Badminton House, the home of her niece, the Duchess of Beaufort. While at Badminton, Queen Mary made visits to Bristol, many of them incognito. The soldiers were also regular visitors to Clifton Zoo around the corner. They helped to spread the fame of one of the zoo’s most popular residents, Alfred the Gorilla, by sending picture postcards of him back to their families in the States. Alfred, who arrived at the zoo in 1930 from the Congo, could often be seen walking around the zoo grounds wearing his trademark woolly jumper, accompanied by one of his keepers. While the American servicemen were planning the world’s largest-ever sea-borne invasion, senior students from Clifton College continued their studies - albeit in make-shift classrooms more than 130 miles away from Bristol. The headmaster of Clifton had made arrangements for his students to stay in guest houses and hotels at the sea-side resort of Bude in north Cornwall so that they would escape the bombing of Bristol. Part of one hotel not only
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England in 1953 to represent President Eisenhower at Queen Elizabeth 11’s coronation in London. He found time to return to Clifton College and asked the staff that ‘Old Glory’ should be flown from the Wilson Tower every American Independence Day. This is a request that the college faithfully honours to this day.
became a boarding house but its ground floor rooms were turned into classrooms and a library which was stocked with books taken from Clifton. The students were joined by some of their House Masters and teachers. Meanwhile, boys from the college’s prep school were moved into Butcombe Court, an 18th century house in north Somerset. In November 1944 the college’s buildings were officially handed back to their owners. Four months later the teaching staff returned to Clifton with their students. However, that was not the end of the college’s link with America. General Bradley was back in
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Treat 999 call handlers with respect support to these individuals who work so hard to keep our communities safe. Nationally, there has been an increase in 999 calls and within Avon and Somerset we have seen an 8% year on year increase. This 8% equates to approximately an extra 48 calls every day or an additional five hours of call handling per day. Disappointingly, some 999 calls are not emergencies and some are even hoaxes. We need to remember that non-emergency calls to 999 could be blocking a real emergency and this is deadly serious. In May, we supported Mental Health Awareness Week. Many mental health charities now believe that people are more aware and feel more empowered to tackle mental health. It is great that people now feel empowered to speak out about their experiences in schools, workplaces and in
their communities but we now need to turn this awareness into action. We know that mental health services are woefully underfunded and those experiencing a mental health problem wait an extremely long time to be able to access the treatments and the services they need. This all has an impact on our stretched emergency services, particularly policing. For example, in Avon and Somerset, on average, an incident involving someone in a mental health crisis will take four and a half hours of an officer’s time. The majority of contact when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis into the police is by the communications centre as 101 or 999 calls. The average time on these calls is 77.9% higher than the average call and mental health related calls take up 12% of all calls. We cannot offer the best support to those suffering a
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Pocket Collective youth choir set for first concert THE Pocket Collective have launched a youth choir, for singers aged 12-19. The choir, formerly the Bristol Sessions, has a regular free night at The Social in Stokes Croft which has been growing from strength to strength over the four years it’s been running and has seen some amazing vocalists performing with the house band. It's grown into something special with quality guest musicians, including Mo Pleasure from Earth, Wind & Fire, Adrian
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Crutchfield, sax player for Prince, and Dale Davis, who played with Amy Winehouse. The youth choir rehearse at The Elmgrove centre and have their first concert on June 14 at the Elmgrove Church. Ruth Royall from The Pocket Collective says: “I’m really keen on giving young people on opening in the musical community. This is a great opportunity to meet and support the younger talent in the city and we are offering them some great
COME and enjoy a pleasant stroll viewing beautiful art at the BS9 Arts Trail on the weekend of Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June. Eighty artists will be exhibiting their work from 11am 5pm each day in locations dotted throughout Henleaze, Stoke Bishop and Westbury-on-Trym. There will be painting, print, textiles, jewellery, ceramics, photography, mosaics and much more to see and available to buy
opportunities to work and perform with musicians and artists from our collective.” The choir is audition only, with the next round of auditions held on July 1st. A set of open taster workshops are planned for the summer which will be open to all. Contact bristolsessionsuk@gmail.com or turn up at the Elmgrove Centre. The Pocket Collective have also launched a new night called Pocket Presents that is starting in June 21 at The Forge.
directly from local artists. Many artists will also be able to discuss commissions. A venue map is available in local shops and online www. bs9arts.co.uk showing the best walking route around the trail and which artist will be exhibiting where. Some artists will be exhibiting in their own home, others will be in shared venues such as Elmlea Primary School, Redmaids’ High School,
Stoke Lodge, Stoke Bishop Village Hall, St Monica Trust’s Oatley Hall and The Bristol University Botanic Gardens (including free entry to the gardens for the two days of the trail on showing the official BS9 Arts Trail brochure). For all BS9 Arts Trail news see @BS9Arts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. One postcode - so much to see!
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A WACKY evening of entertainment awaits when the comedy troupe Pantaloons Theatre Company return to a pop up stage in St Andrew’s Park to perform their own interpretation of the Jane Austen classic 'Sense and Sensibility'. Bring a picnic and a chair and enjoy what promises to be another wonderful evening of dramatic hilarity organised by the Friends of St Andrews Park. The ‘doors' open at 6pm on Sunday 23 June and the performance begins at 7pm. There will be a short interval and the performance will end around 10pm. Tickets can be purchased at thepantaloons.co.uk
INDEPENDENT local businesses will now be able to access finance from Bristol Pound through interest free loans. The cost of borrowing is covered through an innovative ‘finder’s fee’. The local currency provider is offering loans as part of their partnership with Bristol Credit Union. The aim is to provide finance that meets the needs of local business and will help the business to grow, at the same time as increasing the use of Bristol Pounds in the economy. Bristol Pound ensures that more money circulates locally and supports the development of Bristol owned enterprise. Any business member of the Bristol Pound that has been trading for two or more years and has a turnover of £25k+ per annum will be eligible to borrow between 1,000 and 15,000 Bristol Pounds, which can be spent on anything a small
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business might need such as marketing, printing, equipment, vehicles, business services and more. The main benefit of the finance compared to more traditional bank loans is that the loans are interest-free. The cost of borrowing is covered through a ‘finder’s fee’, which takes the form of a 5% transaction charge levied on all payments from the loan account to the members who benefit from the extra business generated through the loan. Commenting on the announcement, Diana Finch, Bristol Pound MD said: “Taking
out a loan is an opportunity to invest in growing your business. Taking out that loan in Bristol Pounds does something extra - it helps ensure the money stays in the Bristol Pound network, creating sales opportunities for other local businesses like yours - and in turn potentially being re-spent with your own business in the future.” The business lending will at first operate as a pilot loan scheme, with a small number of limited scale loans of up to 15,000 Bristol Pounds offered to qualifying members of Bristol Pound. It is anticipated that with the success of the pilot scheme, business lending will be expanded and open for any Bristol Pound business member to apply. If you would like your business to be considered for a loan, please email: info@ bristolpound.org
Days out at the farm LAWRENCE Weston Community Farm have a number of days out planned at their site on Saltmarsh Drive. Farm Tots on Wednesdays from 10.30 - 11.30am provides an opportunity for the under 5s to help feed the animals. Drop in most Wednesdays, check Facebook for any changes, £2.50. Improve your health and meet new people by joining the free, friendly, weekly Walking Group that’s based at the farm. Wednesdays from 2 - 3.30pm. If coming for the first time, please arrive at 1.45pm to sign up. A Gardening Group takes place on Fridays between 11am 12.30pm. Call Ian on 0117 938 1128 for more details if you are interested in getting involved in gardening on the farm. A workshop about Herbal First Aid takes place on Saturday 29 June, 1-4pm. Come and learn about which plants in your garden can be use for first aid and make a healing salve to take home. Tickets £30, to book: https://herbal-first-aid.eventbrite.co.uk
Jazz meets Bristol Symphony BRISTOL Symphony Orchestra are collaborating with two exciting and cutting edge combos for their third Jazz Meets Bristol Symphony concert. London-based jazz flautist Gareth Lockrane brings his quartet to Bristol and will be performing pieces especially arranged for Bristol Symphony from his latest album, Fistfight at the Barndance. Opening the night’s performance is Bristol-based sextet, Dakhla Brass, who will join the Orchestra to play tunes from the band’s latest and high acclaimed album, Murmur. The event takes place on Saturday 22 June, from 8pm at Clifton Cathedral. Tickets: £20 online, £22.50 on the door; under 16s £10.
SSE Wildcats in training TRAINING started for new girl’s football team SSE Wildcats at the end of April. There are over 20 girls turning up to play with SSE Wildcats each Sunday morning (10-11am at Coombe Dingle), with four coaches on hand to run the sessions. It’s a scheme by which young girls can play football in a fun, engaging environment created exclusively for girls, with training from Football Association (FA) qualified coaches. The coaches will help the girls learn lots of different football skills, whether they are new to the game or not. Bristol Ladies Union FC runs competitive league teams for girls and ladies football, all the way through from U10s to adults. They see this as a perfect pathway for young girls to enjoy playing the game from childhood to Seniors. To get involved, contact Lisa Daley at the University Lisa.daley@ bristol.ac.uk or Justin Ogilvie at BLUC, at blufc.chair@gmail.com To sign up on the website TheFA.com/SSEWildcats search for 'Coombe Dingle' to find the centre.
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News and views from our city councillors Geoff Gollop (Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze) Hillsdon Road Street Light missing I was delighted to help resolve the speedlight in this road already blighted by Council the start slow a After ers. ing rat runn est. responded very quickly to my requ Westbury Community Fair The fair had a great feel to it again this ts we year. We were able to buy all the plan odneeded for the garden from the Meth tion ist Church and plant stalls, not to men gh enou and ot Susw from at ts plan tomato er books to keep me occupied in the summ much holiday. Thank you to all who put so effort into organising it. ulance CPR Training from South West Amb Service
I was Saturdays in April were well attended. more glad to attend and hope there will opportunities later in the year. Travellers travellers At the time of writing there are no Smith Steve Cllr, ever, How on the Downs. have and I met with Council Officers. We combeen promised an improvement in osals prop as well as ess, proc and n municatio . It is to help prevent the problem recurring is being still early days, but we feel progress made. A4018 'Improvements!' ge I welcome the Council’s complete chan of heart. The new proposals are a masnal sive improvement on the flawed origi that s issue still are there ever, plans. How about need changing. We are concerned acks the length of bus lanes causing tailb s at delay nt curre the s, buse ing and delay nce of Blackboy and Crow Lane, and the abse us know any air quality measures. Please let of any other concerns you have.
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News and views from our city councillors Steve Smith (Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze) Canford Lane Crossing Campaigners for a safe cro Lane submitted a bid to ssing on Canford Are for funding from the Com a Committee 1 munity Infrastructure Levy to create at lea st one crossing. I’m pleased to say that the committee met in May and agreed that this bid sho the formal funding round uld go through to in is very limited money ava October. There ilable, so this is no guarantee that we will get round but it is good to see funding in this this work progressing. In addition to this bid, I was delighted to see that the Council’s res ponse to the A4018 consultation (covered in more detail in my colleague Geoff’s colum n) includes “investigation of options” for a cro ssing at the Canford Road end of Canford Lan e. That is a promising start, but I would like to see a stronger commitment that at lea st one crossing will be provided as part of the sch with proper public consult eme together ation on what sort of crossing and where it should go. I have
written to the Project Ma nager and Executive Member to ask for this to be improved before the proposals are agreed by Cabinet. Those proposals go to Cabine t on June 18, I will be watching closely! Dentist Surgery in We stbury Village A planning application is in to convert the empty former premises of Co-op bank on Westbury the Britannia / Hig dental surgery. By the tim h Street into a e this goes to press the application should hav Personally I hope that it e been decided. goes ahead. This will be a welcome addition to the village, and an excellent use of a unit tha t has been empty for a while. New Cardboard Bags for Bristol Waste will soon be Recycling issuing households with new bags for recycli ng to provide extra space for cardboard. This is recycling by removing card from the green box where is goes at the moment. I have hea rd their recycling boxes are from residents that ofte collection day, so this sho n overflowing by uld be a welcome improvement. Get Growing Garden Tra il The Bristol Food Netwo rk wil it’s 8th annual garden trai l be launching l ing ways that people can in June, showcasgro own gardens. The launch w food in their in our area is on the
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Why I'm leading drive to act soon on climate change Your Voice in Parliament It’s been an odd month in Parliament. The Government is stuck on what to do next about Brexit, and all of the political action is reserved for Conservative Party MPs who have been huddling around their preferred candidate to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister (as she has said she will leave later this year). The Brexit lull has given us time to debate other issues though, not least climate change. As always, I have taken part in the climate change debate as much as possible. As part of that, I led a cross-party campaign to the Prime Minister, signed by nearly 100 MPs, to have at least one whole day of debate in Government time on how the Prime Minister plans to respond to the evidence from the Climate Change Committee regards meeting net zero emissions targets sooner rather than 2050. I have also been involved in the debate about the Chinese telecoms company, Hauwei. As a member of the Science & Technology Select Committee, I have been part of debates in Parliament about the call from the United States to ban Hauwei from our own infrastructure in the UK. It seems to be that this is largely driven by geopolitical and trade war dynamics, although it’s clear Hauwei could have higher quality software in its
technology. I will be taking part in a grand committee with Defence and Foreign Affairs colleagues next month. Your Champion in Bristol Readers will no doubt be familiar with the consultations I ran as part of the A4018 proposals from Bristol City Council. We’re expecting an announcement in June about what the council plans to do next. At the time of writing I don’t know what the new proposals will be but I’m optimistic that we’ve won the debate about Westbury village and (I hope!) the Crow Lane roundabout and turning restrictions into Brentry. As with the first consultation, I will do all that I can to make sure residents are able to have their say on amended proposals. As part of my wider work on transport across Bristol, I recently met with Transport Minister Jesse Norman MP. I’ve asked Jesse to organise a meeting at the Department of Transport for our regional Mayor, city Mayor, neighbouring councils and relevant MPs to see what more we can do to get cross border transport sorted and moving (making the case for my Transport Hubs proposals set out in my North Bristol Transport Plan, of course!). I have also been kept in the loop about Stoke Lodge and share the concerns raised by residents
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about potential procedural issues highlighted as part of Freedom of Information requests. If council officers have been notifying Cotham School in advance of formal legal advice and statements to residents then - regardless of the outcomes - this shows a procedural unfairness which needs to be sorted. I have written to the council on that basis and expect answers soon. Lastly, it was great to attend both the Westbury Community Spring Fair, where I caught up with the 2442 Squadron, and Henleaze May Fair at Henleaze Juniors recently. If you’d like me to stop-by your event, please contact my office with as much notice as possible. What do you think? It’s that time of year when I send my annual constituency survey to households across Bristol North West asking for feedback. As I set out in that leaflet, you don’t just vote for me, you also pay for me and my staff to provide our services to you in Bristol and Westminster. So I’m always keen to hear how we can improve our service and to check I’m campaigning about the local and national issues you care the most about. Let me know what you think at www.darren-jones. co.uk/bristol/survey or call my office for a paper copy.
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As always, if you have any questions or need my help just drop me an email, call or letter or message me on my Facebook page. To chat in person, pop along to one of my coffee mornings or pub politics events or ask me anything you like as part of my Wednesday night Facebook Live Q&As from 19:30. All the details can be found on my website at www.darrenjones.co.uk. You can also find me on Facebook at fb.com/ darrenjonesmp, on Twitter at @ darrenpjones or sign up to my monthly newsletter at darrenjones.co.uk/sign-up. Darren Jones MP Member of Parliament, Bristol North West
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Keeping wealth within the family FOR many families who come and see us, the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next is a key objective. Inheritance Tax (IHT) planning can be a complex area but the option of ‘doing nothing’ often results in families being hit with IHT charges of up to 40% due to rising property prices and the accumulation of other assets. When an individual dies their estate (property, money and possessions) are potentially liable to IHT. HMRC allow a tax free ‘nil rate band’ exemption of the first £325,000, plus an
additional £150,000 when a residence is passed on death to a direct descendant. It is also possible to transfer un-used nil rate band exemptions from a deceased spouse to the surviving spouse. Any assets within the deceased’s estate in excess of these exemptions are typically taxed at 40%, paid straight to the tax man. In addition to the nil rate band there are a wide range of exemptions and products available to families to pass on wealth inheritance tax free. The big dilemma is wanting to gift
money away and keep it within the family, whilst still retaining a sufficient sum to maintain a decent standard of living or, should it be required, to pay for long-term care. If you want to pass on as much as your wealth as possible in a tax efficient and affordable manner, creating an effective plan for your estate and looking at the various options to pass on wealth tax free will help give clarity and could help your family avoid a huge tax burden later on. Please contact us should you need guidance surrounding
Inheritance Tax rules in general or with other financial matters. Richard Higgs, Chartered Financial Planner, provides friendly financial advice in BS9 on a face-to-face basis in a welcoming location at 50, High Street, Westbury-on-Trym. He specialises in advising retired clients on savings, investments, Inheritance Tax and longterm care planning. You can contact Richard on richard@ haroldstephens.co.uk, 0117 3636212 or through the website www.haroldstephens.co.uk.
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Local tennis ace wins Young Volunteer of the Year award
Local artist Val Popischill, whose work is featured in the Art of Caring exhibition
The art of caring CONNIE Simpson, 17, from Coombe Dingle, has won ‘Young Volunteer of the Year Award’ for the South and South West Region, from the Lawn Tennis Association. Connie volunteers for the Wheel Chair Tennis Group that meets every Sunday and a Visually Impaired Tennis group. Routinely she helps organise inclusive tennis sessions supporting children and adults in playing tennis and includes their families so everyone can join in the fun. Having played tennis from a young age and represented Avon Tennis at County level on numerous occasions, Connie is great at supporting these groups with her talent and she is very inclusive and confident in supporting people develop their tennis whatever their ability.
Tennis coach Helen Abbott says: “Connie has impressed me from the start as a young female coach wanting to help people with disabilities. She only sees what people can do, not what they can’t and is reliable, warm and a great inclusive coach. She’ll go far and we’re excited that she has received this high recognition.” The LTA Tennis Awards celebrate the thousands of individuals involved in tennis – from the 25,000 volunteers, to the 4,400 coaches and 940 officials. Connie will be presented with her award at The Fever Tree Championships at Queens Club in June and she is also put forward for the National Awards, which will be announced at Wimbledon in July.
Operatic comedy talk FRIENDS of Welsh National Opera welcome visitors to COMEDY TONIGHT, an evening with Donald Maxwell who will talk about operatic comedy characters and play their music on Wednesday 12 June at Redmaids High School. Donald has performed many such parts with the WNO and around the world so expect a highly amusing evening as he recalls some of these roles in his unforgettable style. The meeting will be preceded by the AGM at 7.15pm. Tickets at the door: Friends £5, Guests £7. Contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@googlemail.com for more information.
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CARERS Week, 11 - 16 June, is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring and to highlight the challenges carers face. Its aims are to get carers connected to their local community and recognise the contribution they make to those communities and families throughout the UK. Carers don’t choose to become carers; many carers don’t even see themselves as carers. Many feel they are just doing what anyone else would in the same situation; looking after their husband or wife, child, parent or friend and just getting on with it. But taking on a caring role can mean facing a life of poverty, isolation, frustration, ill health and depression. They often don’t ask for help and they are completely hidden from support services. The majority struggle alone and do not know that help is available to them. This year to celebrate carers week, a group of local carers have put together an exhibition called The “Art” of Caring, featuring their own paintings, prints, pyrography, photography, stained glass and poetry. As well as using art as a means of relaxation, expressing how they are feeling and releasing the everyday stresses and strains of caring, the exhibition also aims to highlight the amazing work that carers do. The exhibition features paintings by Val, who is a carer and lives in Lawrence Weston: “Before I had support I felt like breaking down. Being able to paint and write helped me tremendously. If you get a chance and a platform to express and communicate how you feel and what you go through, it gives you the reassurance that you get heard and soon you discover that there are many more people out there who have similar problems to you. You get encouraged and supported by what you do, paint and write.” The exhibition has been organised by Carers Support Centre. It runs from Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 June at SPACE, 6 West Street, Old Market, Bristol BS2 0BH and is free. Full details www.facebook. com/carersBSG/events or call 0117 958 9989. Carers Support Centre work locally to provide a range of services to carers of any age living in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas. These include information and advice, employment support, carers’ groups, training, breaks for carers, counselling and the Carers Emergency Card. If you or someone you know is a carer in need of help, contact CarersLine: 0117 965 2200, carersline@carerssupportcentre.org.uk or www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk Love’s Blood on the Moon by Val Popischill
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Community gardens and orchards set to join growing trail BRISTOL’S community gardens and orchards are opening to the public as part of the June 2019 Get Growing Garden Trail www.bristolfoodnetwork.org/ get-growing-garden-trail-2019/. Local residents are often amazed to find these hidden gems on their doorstep. Members of Horfield Organic Community Orchard (HOCO) are looking forward to welcoming all to their Midsummer Orchard Open Day on Saturday 22 June, 1- 5pm. Orchard Learning coordinator, Shannon Smith says: “Come and meet our 100 fruiting trees. Each has a story to tell. It may be a rare or local variety. Perhaps it’s poorly and we’re using nature-friendly ways to perk it up. Orchard members are happy to answer your fruit growing questions.” To find Horfield Organic Community Orchard www. community-orchard.org.uk nearest postcode BS7 8JP) walk
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Help us open a new chapter on libraries THE challenge facing library services in Britain is a well-known story. Nationally, almost 130 were closed last year, while spending by local authorities on public libraries fell by £30m, meaning a 12 per cent reduction in the last four years. This reflects the financial pressure local authorities are under as our budgets are reduced in the name of austerity while demand for our services increases. However in Bristol, thanks to the commitment and hard work to bring our finances under control, we’ve been able to turn the page and invest in our library service as we look to modernise the offer. Last July we committed to keeping all 27 libraries open and pledged to work with community groups to explore sustainable options for the future. As part of this we conducted a library technology review to look at the systems and technology to make sure the service is supported by resilient, sustainable equipment. At our most recent cabinet meeting we accepted proposals to purchase 35 new portable kiosks and other supporting hardware.
This £705,000 investment will mean we can offer alternative payment methods such as contactless, provide library users with more payment choices, and meet modern expectations. I am also pleased that we have been able to extend Central Library’s opening hours. It will now be open 52.5 hours a week, including late night opening on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We understand the importance of the Central Library for many people all across the city, so as part of our drive to improve the library service, we wanted to make sure it is open when people need it most. Across the country there were 182 million books issued to almost eight million active borrowers in 2017/18, and libraries continue to provide key services for local communities. But we know that we need a new chapter in our understanding of how libraries are used if they are to thrive. What residents want from them is changing, and the service needs to adapt to this. We want to hear from community organisations, current and potential library users, businesses
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Spectacular fundraising weekend for cancer charity LEADING cancer charity, Penny Brohn UK, raised more than £110,000 this weekend with over 800 people coming together for three incredible events. The fundraising weekend kicked off on Friday 17 May with the charity’s annual Long Table Lunch where Her Majesty’s LordLieutenant, Peaches Golding OBE, was joined by Casualty star, Amanda Mealing and news presenter Alex Lovell for a threecourse lunch and luxury auction. The event saw Peaches Golding OBE receive the prestigious Jackie Collins Inspirational Woman Award, recognising her commitment to supporting the Bristol community and her own experience of living with cancer. On Saturday 18 May, guests were treated to a practically perfect Afternoon Tea in a beautiful marquee in the stunning gardens at Penny Brohn UK’s National Centre in Pill. The Mary Poppins themed event was a
together for one night only. The crowds laughed until their sides ached to stand up performances from favourite comedian Mark Olver and his friends; then they danced the night away to pop
legends Doreen Doreen and singer-song writer Spencer Flay. Emma Gilmore, Head of Community and Challenge Events at Penny Brohn UK said: “Our fundraising weekend has been the most successful that we have organised. A huge thank you to everyone who helped put the events together and the amazing people who attended and were so generous with their support. All the money raised will help us to support more people living with cancer to live as well as possible for as long as possible.” With nearly 40 years’ experience, Penny Brohn UK recognises that people with cancer need more than medicine. Its Bristol Whole Life Approach provides integrated whole person cancer support that works alongside medical treatment to achieve the best health and wellbeing. For more information about Penny Brohn UK visit www. pennybrohn.org.uk.
The designs for this 1946 production of The Sleeping Beauty were so successful that, according to Gemma Brace, curator at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, they are still used for reference. This was just one of the insights Gemma shared in her recent talk organised by Friends of Redland Library about the Oliver Messel archive, which the Theatre Collection acquired in 2015. This is Messel’s own personal archive of letters, photographs, sketches and memorabilia that bring to life his extraordinary life and career. A pressed rose, for example, is one that Margot Fonteyn, gave Messel from her bouquet when the Sadler's Wells Ballet opened their first American season at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York with The Sleeping Beauty in 1949.
Becoming a master of theatrical illusion, Messel’s career in stage design would run until the early 1960s. He also designed for opera and for cinema, working on eight films, including Caesar and Cleopatra (1946), which starred his great friend Vivienne Leigh. The recent Theatre Collection exhibition of the Oliver Messel archive borrowed the title of a Cole Porter revue, Wake Up and Dream (1929), for which Messel designed the costumes, because as Gemma said, “The title seems to sum up Oliver’s world.”
Nina Barough CBE, Tara Arkle, Peaches Golding OBE, Laura Kerby, Amanda Mealing and Alex Lovell at this year’s annual Long Table Lunch supercalifragilisticexpialidocious afternoon of tea, cakes and lots of fun. The fantastic fundraising weekend culminated with two of Bristol’s finest acts coming
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Wake up and dream WHEN it re-opened after the Second World War, the Royal Opera House mounted a production of The Sleeping Beauty, which was performed by the Sadler’s Wells Ballet. The
costumes and set were designed by Oliver Messel, who created a spectacle of colour, grace and courtly magnificence that - after the desolate war years - was a revelation.
Gardening and art THE Friends of Redland Library have two events in June. The first event is on Thursday 13 June at 7pm. In Books That Made Me A Gardener, four local gardeners and horticulturists talk about books that have influenced their life journey. The panel comprises Matthew Bufton (Garden Manager, Bristol Zoo Gardens), Rod Pooley (Business Unit Manager, Bristol City Council Plant Nursery, Blaise Castle), Sara Venn (Founder of Incredible Edible Bristol & Horticulturist) and Nick Wray (Curator, University of Bristol Botanic Garden). Doors open at 6.45pm and admission is £3 (pay at the door). There is a Desert Island Books on the theme of “Books & Art” on Tuesday 25 June. A panel of artists, curators and academics will select one book on the theme of art and a second ‘wild card’ book, being a book that they have enjoyed and would recommend to others. Doors open at 6.45pm and admission is £3 (pay at the door). All of these events are held in Redland Library and full details can be found on the website https://FriendsOfRedlandLibrary.org.uk/ future-events
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n IT HOME HELP Russell Isaac runs ITHomeHelp, providing a personal, oneto-one computer coaching service in clients' homes in the Westbury-on-Trym, Henleaze, Stoke Bishop and Clifton areas. With over 20 years' IT experience, he helps users, particularly older people, get what they want from their PCs, tablets and smartphones. He is also a web designer/ builder, photographer, father-of-two and keen sportsman.
Making Use of OneDrive for Cloud Storage MOST people are aware of “cloud” storage – saving files to an internet-connected server – and it’s something we should all become acquainted with as it has become the heart of storing documents and programs on computers, tablets and smartphones. It offers many benefits as it means you have an incredibly safe back-up of all your files, you can access them from different devices, and you can share documents/ photos etc with others really easily. There are lots of different “cloud” options – Apple offers iCloud, Google offers GoogleDrive,
Dropbox is an established independent provider – but I want to highlight Microsoft’s offering – OneDrive, as it has become much simpler to use and is readyinstalled on every Windows PC. It’s free to use (though you only get a limited amount of space for free), and very cheap (compared to Dropbox) to add additional storage whenever you like. I can’t give you a user manual in 250 words but anyone with basic PC knowledge can set this up quite easily and have a play with it. I’m outlining the principle so the inquisitive can have a go.
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First you click on the OneDrive program from the Start menu, and it will ask you to set up a free Microsoft account (if you already have one just log in). Once done, open File Explorer and you’ll see a folder called OneDrive alongside your familiar folders like “Documents “ & “Pictures”. From then on it’s simple – if you save a file into the OneDrive folder, the program will automatically copy that file to your space in the cloud. So it’s automatically backed up if you ever lose the files on your PC. If you have a tablet or smartphone you can add the
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OneDrive app to it, log in – and all your cloud-stored files are available on your devices. Edit a file (say, a Word document) on one device and it will synchronise across all devices automatically. Everything safe, updated, without having to think about it. Give it a try! Russell Isaac can be contacted on 0774 775 3764 or via www. ithomehelp.biz
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Blaise Plant Nursery open to public BLAISE Plant Nursery, run by Bristol City Council, has began opening up its greenhouses on King’s Weston Road to the public for plant sales. The original Blaise Plant Nursery used to be a walled garden which was attached to the Blaise Estate. It was where most of the fruit and vegetables for the house were grown from around 1800. This old nursery is now a community garden. In 1926, Blaise estate was brought by Bristol City Council, and in 1950 they created a plant nursery to grow bedding plants, pot plants and hanging baskets. By the early 1990’s the nursery began to supply plants to a number of local authorities. Since then the business has really developed and it now grows more than 1.5 million plants in their glasshouses and poly tunnels every year. Blaise Plant Nursery is now open to the public during dedicated times throughout the year, selling a wide range of bedding plants, shrubs, fruit and vegetable plants, hanging baskets, composts and pots. The next plant shop opens on Monday 13 May – Friday 21 June, from 10am – 4pm daily including weekends. See www. blaiseplantnursery.co.uk
A LOCAL voluntary group has announced its programme of day outings to National Trust and other properties over the summer. The National Trust Bristol Centre was founded in 1968 and aims to promote the work of the National Trust. Made up of National Trust members and volunteers, they organise visits to properties and gardens throughout the year, as well as talks, walks and social events. The National Trust Bristol Centre’s summer programme is as follows: Wednesday 5 June: Polesden Lacey (near Dorking), by coach (NT) Tuesday 11 June: Cruise– Exeter Quays to Exmouth, by coach and boat Thursday 20 June: The Laskett Gardens/Kilpatric Church, by coach Wednesday 26 June: Dunster Castle, Minehead (NT), by coach Thursday 11 July: Hinkley Point B Power Station, by coach Thursday 18 July: Bath Soft Cheese Company, by own transport Thursday 25 July: Morwellham Quay, Tavistock, by coach Thursday 8 August: Ugbrooke House & Cullompton Church, by coach Tuesday 20 August: Giffords Circus, Minchinhampton, by coach Thursday 19 Sept: Portsmouth Historic Harbour (Mary Rose), by coach Wednesday 25 September: Picton Gardens, Colwall, by coach An annual membership subscription costs £5 for a single and £8 for a double, and visits or social events are costed to provide a small profit to be given to National Trust projects. If you would like to join the centre, contact the Membership Secretary, Mrs Janet Stanton by calling: 0117 456 3497 or visit their website: www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk. Occasionally, spare places on the trips become available and can be booked by non-members: see the website for more information.
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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA 24 May – 9 June n Artist in Residence @ Victoria Methodist Church, 1A Whiteladies Rd, Clifton, Bristol . Mark Cripps – BS8 1NU. Please visit www.vicmethodist-Bristol.org.uk for events or contact Vicmethevents@gmail. com for more information May 28 n ALL WELCOME Free tea, cake and warm welcome at the Henleaze Knit & Crochet Catch Up Café at Trinity Henleaze. 10am-12pm Trinity Henleaze United Reformed Church Waterford Road, BS9 4BT. First time knitters as well as experienced knitters/crocheters all welcome, Please tell your friends and neighbours June 5 n Henleaze Garden Club talk by botanist and former director of Oxford Botanic Gardens, Timothy Walker: A Blaze of Glory. He will show how autumn colour can be achieved until the first frosts. 7pm for 7.30 in the Main Hall, St Monica’s Trust, Cote Lane. Visitors welcome – entry £5 (inc refreshments). Details: www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk June 12 n Welsh National Opera/Bristol Friends/June Meeting Friends of Welsh National Opera welcome visitors to COMEDY TONIGHT, an evening with DONALD MAXWELL who will talk about operatic comedy characters and play their music on Wednesday 12 June at Redmaids High School. He has performed many such parts with WNO and around the world so we can expect a highly amusing evening as he recalls some of these roles in his unforgettable style. The meeting will be preceded by the AGM at 7.15 p.m. Tickets at the door: Friends £5, Guests £7. Contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@googlemail.com for more information. June 14 n Stoke Bishop Local History Group talk: ‘Discover the History of your House' by Rose Hewlett at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, 42 Stoke Hill BS9 1EX, 7.30pm. All Welcome! Visitors £3. Contact: Jenny 0117 968 6010 or sblocalhistory@gmail.com June 15 n An Introduction to Social Media for Business, Leisure and Social Purposes workshop on Saturday 15 June from 10 - 4pm at Stoke Lodge, Shirehampton Road, BS9 1BN
Tel: 0117 903 8844 Full Fee: £40/ Concession: £24 See: https://www. bristol.gov.uk/schools-learningearly-years/stoke-lodge-adultlearning-centre June 17 n Henleaze Senior Film Club, 2pm About A Boy (12A) Starring Hugh Grant and Toni Collette Screenplay by Peter Hedges, adapted from the book of the same name by Nick Hornby. A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown up by a little boy. At St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Refreshments: £4.00. Easy access, carers welcome. For more information please ring Home Instead Senior Care on 0117 989 8210. June 29 n Bristol Chamber Orchestra evening of Chamber Music including Parry, Purcell, Elgar, Mozart, Dvorak and an oboe concerto by Marcello. Sat 29 June, Frenchay Parish Church BS16 1LJ at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 advance, £11 on the door, (Students £5, Children Free) includes refreshments. Contact: 0117 9562106, www. bristolchamberorchestra.org.uk June 29 n Westbury Park Art Sale during W.P. Festival, 10:30-5 p.m., Saturday 29th June, Methodist Church Hall, North View. Gaswork Singers, other musicians, tea, homemade cakes. Proceeds from cafe to charity. Details:janeiwills@gmail. com June 30 n St Stephen's Church, St Stephen's Road, Bristol, BS1 1EQ at 3.00pm. Bristol Chamber Choir. A Magic Carpet of Choral Music. Rounds, Canons, Glees, Catches, Part-songs and Madrigals from the13th to the 20th century. Tickets £10.00 (Students and children free) from Eventbrite, from Opus 13, 14 St Michael’s Hill, BS2 8DT or at the door. More details at www. bristolchamberchoir.org.uk July 1 n The Royal Osteoporosis Society Bristol Support Group will be meeting at 1.45pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. Linda Toulson, Development manager from the ROS will be giving us an update. Everyone is welcome. For more information ring 07710 743613.
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REGULAR EVENTS IN OUR AREA Monday n Westbury-on-Trym Women’s Institute meet at WOT Methodist Church, Portland Lounge on the third Monday of the Month (not Aug.) from 2.00 – 4.00pm. Visitors Welcome. For more information call Sue on 01179502826. n Canford Bowling Club, Canford Park, Westbury On Trym. All welcome on Monday’s at 5.45pm. Flat-soled shoes please. Further information call 01179 69 4532. n Redland Wind Band rehearses at the Quakers Meeting Room on Gloucester Road at 7.30pm. We sometimes have vacancies, currently mainly for bass instruments, horns and percussionists. Contact Andy Brown at redlandwindband@googlemail. com or on 07594240269 or via our website www.redlandwindband. co.uk. Get in touch to be put on our mailing list or would like to book us for events or fundraisers. n Redland Green Choir meets for rehearsals every Monday 7.30pm-
9.30pm at Redland Green School. We sing a wide variety of music. New members welcome: no auditions. For more information, visit www.rgscommunitychoir. wordpress.com or phone 0117 9443042. n City Voices Bristol welcomes new members. A friendly mixed voice local choir singing a wide range of music rehearses at 7.30pm-9.30pm at Red Maids School. No previous experience and no auditions, just come along for a trial rehearsal. For more details contact the Secretary at members@cityvoicesbristol.com or visit www.cityvoicesbristol.com n RAFA, City of Bristol branch and club Eastfield Westbury on Trym for ex-RAF and associate members. Skittle Ally, parties and functions. Live entertainment on Saturday evenings. Open Monday -Thursday from 5pm. Friday & Saturday lunchtimes and evenings, Sundays noon - 5pm. All enquiries telephone 0117 3291913. n Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild meet fortnightly on Mondays at 7.30 pm in the Leonard Hall,
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n WHAT'S ON Waterford Road. All welcome. For more information call Jenny Rich on 01179620108 n Senior Film Club, every third Monday in the month at 2pm in St Peter's Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. All Welcome. Refreshments £3. Dial-a-ride transport possible by personal arrangement ; 0845 130 1875. n Bristol Good Afternoon Choir At Westbury on Trym Methodist Church from 1-3pm every Monday afternoon. n Redland Green Bowls Club welcomes new members, come along to our club on Redland green any Monday after 4pm , or book a free taster session with one of our qualified coaches. Jean or Gerry :Tel 9624466 . HALF price membership for the first year (£50) n Henleaze Bowling Club welcomes new Members. Come along to our free Coaching sessions at 6pm on Monday evenings (excluding Bank Holidays) to see if the sport is for you. Phone the Secretary, Tom Logan, on 01179621669 for further details. n Discussion Group: we are a small, convivial group who meet locally at 10am - 12 noon every Monday to discuss a wide range of topics of mutual interest. We are currently looking for new members - if you are interested please call Bob Broomfield on 0117 962 1061, or Alan Routledge on 0117 968 2246 for more information. n Bristol Bridge Club - Come and play, there are daily bridge sessions for experienced and less experienced players. Try a free taster session on a Monday afternoon or evening and Wednesday afternoon. Phone the club before coming, Tel.0117 929 1846 or www. bristolbridgeclub.co.uk n Taoist Tai Chi helps calm the mind and transform you into a healthier, more harmonious person. Come to a beginner class and you will experience benefits to your body, mind, and spirit, make friends and listen to remarkable stories of health improvement. 7pm, Badock’s Wood School BS10 5PU. First class is free, everybody is welcome - just turn up! taoist.org.uk Tuesday n Westbury Walkers- Meet at Meet outside the Co-op in Westbury @ 9.20am on a Tuesday morning. New Walkers welcome! Please contact for further details: Tel 0117 9629582 Mob 07790 172451 Email: pat. walker@blueyonder.co.uk n Alcoholics Anonymous meet at the Methodist Church in WoT every Tuesday @ 7.30pm n Ladies badminton at Westbury-
on-Trym Village Hall, 9.45 to 12 noon. Tel 0117 909 1714. n Scottish Country Dancing. Get fit and have fun with Westbury Scottish Club. Classes for beginners at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze, (Tel: Maggie 01934 838175). Classes for more advanced dancers at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze, (Tel: Cheryl 0117 4012416). 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Details at wscbristol.co.uk. n Melody Makers Baby Friendly Choir. A fun and friendly daytime choir for ladies with babies and toddlers. Tuesday 10:30-11:30am during term time at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road. Membership only. Book a FREE taster - www. melodymakerschoir.co.uk n St Peters of Henleaze Keep fit group would like to invite you to attend their weekly sessions every Tuesday at 9.30am. This is a men only group of 60+ year olds who enjoy regular exercise taken by fitness Professional Natasha Johnson for only £4 per session. Please contact Keith Bonham on 01179684972 or just turn up. n Ladies Badminton group, Tuesday afternoons, at Stoke Bishop Villiage Hall 2pm - 4pm. Friendly group all ages, and ability ( men welcome) Just turn up or contact Pat 0117 9149511 n River of Life Christian Centre, Trym Road, WoT every Tuesday from 2-4 pm we have a tea, coffee and cake with a few games thrown in for retired age people. Free of charge. n We are Westbury Folk – Folk/ Country Dancing. We meet at The College in College Road, Westbury on Trym. We meet on Tuesdays, 1 – 3 pm to have fun, get some exercise and, of course, stop for a cup of tea. All dances are called first. Ffi call Christine on 0117 9622223. n A new knitting and crochet group has been set up in the local area. All abilities welcome, including beginners. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, 10:30 am at JP Destiny, Kellaway Avenue. 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road. Contact Stephanie Toft-Jones at poppytoft@hotmail.com or visiting our facebook group 'Bristol Knitting and Crochet. n The Arts Society Bristol is for those who enjoy the arts and welcomes new members. Activities include lectures by specialists in their field. The lectures are at 8pm on the second Tuesday each month at Redmaids' High School BS9 3AW. More information is on our website www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk Wednesday n Henleaze Townswomen’s Guild meet at St Peter’s Church Hall,
Henleaze on the first Wednesday of the month (except Aug) from 7.15pm. Call Shirley Phillips on 0117 962 2243 for further details n Local Winemaking & Social Club meets at the Common Room, Studland Court Elderly peoples residents on Henleaze Road from 8pm to 10pm on the second Wednesday of each month. They are a small and friendly group looking for new members. Evening include wine making, tasting and social events. Call Paul Johnson for further details on 0117 9508370. n In Step Widows and Widowers Club meets weekly from 8-10pm at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Call 9628895 orDonna on 01275 832676 for details. n St Peter's Ladies Guild meets in the hall, The Drive, Henleaze at 2pm on the third Wednesday of the month. Speakers, refreshments, outings. Contact 9628895 for more information. n Bristol Cabot Probus Club for retired and semi-retired professional and business men to maintain contact and fellowship with people of similar interests. Group meets third Wednesday of each month at BAWA Club in Southmead Rd. Lunch is followed by a guest speaking on a wide range of interesting subjects. In June and December ladies join us for the lunch. Contact John HowardCairns for more details: 0117 968 3134. n Henleaze Garden Club meet on the first Wednesday of each month in the Main Hall, St. Monica’s Trust, Cote Lane. Doors open 7pm for 7.30 start. Visitors are welcome: entry £5 (inc. refreshments). Details: www. henleazegardenclub.co.uk n Knitnatterstitch. Term time, Wednesdays 9.30 -11.30@the Coffee Bar, Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Please contact Paula at knitnatterstitch@gmail.com for details. n North West Bristol Camera Club are an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who meet each Wednesday at 7.45pm at Westbury Fields, Greystoke Avenue. New members of any level of ability are most welcome. For details contact Neville on nevwgoodman@ mac.com n Melody Makers Pop Choir. An evening choir for men and women singing popular songs. Wednesday's term time 7:30-9:00pm The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. Book a FREE taster www.melodymakerschoir.co.uk n Clifton Women’s Institute We meet at 7.30pm on the last Wednesday of the month at Alma Church, Alma Road, Clifton BS8 2ES. Contact by email: thecliftonwi@
gmail.com or visit www.cliftonwi. blogspot.co.uk Take advantage of our guest visits which are just £4 (max.three per year). Full membership details available. n Nature Cafe for over 55s and friends First Weds of the month 2-4pm. Lawrence Weston Community Farm, Saltmarsh Drive BS11 0NJ. Gentle walk around the farm, craft activity and tea and cake! n Come and make new friends at the growing Westbury Park WI that also serves Redland, Cotham and Henleaze. We meet at Redland Church Hall on Redland Green, BS6 7HE, from 7.30pm onwards. There are some very interesting talks and crafts to try this year and guests are most welcome to visit before joining. For more info email: westburyparkwi@gmail.com or find us on facebook: Westbury Park WI. We look forward to seeing you! n Bristol Scrabble Club meets every Wednesday at 7.15 pm at Upper Horfield Community Trust (next to Eden Grove Church). New members welcome - first visit free so come and give it a go. For further information contact Sue on 0117 9247871. n Sound of Song ( a Choir for Female Voices) meet in Horfield URC, Church Hall, Muller Road on Wednesdays 7.30 - 9.30pm. Repertoire covers classical, choral, jazz, popular, folk, and show songs. No auditions necessary. www. soundsofsongchoir.com Thursday n Henleaze Carers Group - A place to share experiences and make new friends. Meeting on the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month from 10am to 12 noon @ Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Call Mrs M Rudston on 0117 9426095 for further details. n Henleaze Townswoman’s Guild (Mornings) meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road on the third Thursday of every month from 10am to 12noon. Call Elaine Anderson on 0117 9075279 for further information. n Embroidery Club at Westbury-onTrym Village Hall, 7.30pm. Tel: 0117 9501743 n Henleaze & District Flower Club meet on the second and fourth Thursday of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. New members are always welcome. The second Thursdays are Flower demonstrations and the fourth are practise classes. n The Friendly Club meets every Thursday from 2-4pm (except August and major holidays) in the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. We are a lively group of older people who meet to chat, play
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n WHAT'S ON Scrabble and card games. Regular trips out and entertainments are arranged plus we have delicious tea and biscuits for only £1! Do come and make some new friends. Transport can be sometimes arranged. Contact 0117 9508644. n Drop-In Healing Centre at The Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE. Thursdays from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Run by Bristol Healing Group on a donation basis and supported by members of NFSH The Healing Trust. Come along and try a healing session, everyone is welcome. For more information phone 0117 9466434 or 0117 9082061. n Flowers by arrangement Is a new informal supper group, meeting the first Thursday of each month, 6.159.00pm Kondi Braserrie Henleaze. Enjoy good food & company whilst creating your own floral arrangement. Contact Jane Voke for more info 0117 9622440 n Shared Reading Westbury Library. We read aloud a short story and a poem pausing for discussion. You sit back, relax, enjoy or you can read or share your ideas. Thursday 11 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. It's free, all welcome. Drop in or contact Christine Betts 07967 332821. n Stoke Lodge Ramblers welcomes new members. Small, friendly groups walk 8-10 miles on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month; 4-7 miles on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. Please look at our website www.stokelodgeramblers. wordpress.com or contact Secretary 0117 950 0934 for more information. Please come and try a walk or two before joining. n Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS) Singles and couples get fit and enjoy the company of experienced and not-so experienced dancers in the beautiful surroundings of the St. Monica's Trust theatre on The Downs. Expert tuition and Beginners' class on site. St. Monica's, Cote Lane, Westburyon-Trym BS9 3UN 7.30 - 10.00pm. Phone Martin (07786-609940) or visit http://www.rscdsbristol.info/ n West Bristol Orchestra meet at the United Reformed Church, Muller Road, from 7.15 - 9.15pm and play a wide range of classical music arranged for our small friendly orchestra. String players of Grade 5 and above are particularly welcome. For further information please ring 0117 968 3998 n Henleaze Ladies Choir is a friendly welcoming group which meets in St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze on Thursdays between September and May from 1.30 – 3.30 pm (with a short break for tea). We are always pleased to see new members. Please come and try a rehearsal
without obligation. To find out more contact Jane English (07752 332278) or Jean Wickham (0117 9624466). n Henbury Singers welcome new members. A mixed, non audition choir, we meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School, Thurs evenings. We sing choral music, carols, musicals, gospel and folk songs. Contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org. n Singers Wanted! Henleaze Ladies Choir meet on Thursdays at 1.45pm in the hall at St Peter’s Church, Henleaze. We sing a range of music from works by Elgar to Bernstein’s West Side Story and lots more! Our new season starts on Thursday 13th September – come along for fun and friendship. For further details, contact Jean Wickham on 9624466 or Jane English on 07752 332278. n A Breathe of New Life - a series of workshops for women over 40, providing tools and techniques to create your own health and happiness. Facilitated by a Nutritional Therapist, a Wellbeing Life Coach, a Somatic Movement and Shiatsu Practitioner at the Redland Club, Burlington Road, BS6 6TN. Introductory workshop 17 January, 7-9pm, £10, plus 5 follow up workshops. Email judy@ jgnutritionaltherapy.com n Ladies Keep Fit, Thursdays 10-11am, at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze. This friendly session, which has a dance element to it, is suitable for all. New members are always welcome. £6. Ring 01454 618488, or email laili@tiscali.co.uk, or www.exercisewithlailibrooks.com for full information; or just turn up. n Ladies Keep Fit, Thursdays 10-11am, at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze. This friendly session, which has a dance element to it, is suitable for all. New members are always welcome. £6:00. Ring 01454 618488, or email laili@tiscali.co.uk, or www.exercisewithlailibrooks.com for full information; or just turn up. Friday n Badminton (Ladies) at Westburyon-Trym Village Hall, 10am. Tel: 0117 9681759 n Bridge at Westbury-on-Trym Village Hall, 9.30am. Tel: 0117 9687140 n Country Market - Baked goods, garden produce and crafts. 10.30 11.30am at the Westbury On Trym Methodist Church Hall Tel : 0117 9628306 n Coffee and refreshments in the coffee bar at Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Road. 10am-12pm. n Bristol University of the third age (u3a) scrabble group would
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welcome new members. We play every Friday at the Beehive, Wellington Hill West, BS9 4QY from 2 to 4pm. For further info please contact Heddy SARA on 0117 9241318 or email : nigel.d.sara@ btinternet.com n The Bristol Astronomical Society host astronomical talks and activities each week. We provide free Saturday observing at our observatory in Failand and often hold Star Parties in and around Bristol. Friday evening talks are held at 7pm at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. See website for details: www. bristolastrosoc.org.uk. n Horfield Friends Café meets every Friday 2.00-3.30pm. Free drinks and cakes plus fun activities – a chance to meet people and keep our minds active. Horfield Quaker Meeting House, 300 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8PD. n Male and Female over 50s Walking Touch Rugby. Every Friday 10am to 11.30am at Westbury Fields, Cricket Lane, Westbury-onTrym BS10 6TW. A great inclusive sport for all levels of mobility. Come along and be welcomed. Contact Kris Tavender on email ktavender@ bristolbearsrugby.com
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Saturday n Whiteladies Farmers’ and Fair Trading Market held every Saturday, from 8.30am-2pm. Takes place at the junction of Whiteladies/Apsley/ Burlington Roads. Stalls cover bread, cheese, local lamb and chicken, fish, preserves, cakes, sushi, local fruit and veg, wild food larder, and recycled tools, wooden items and much more. n The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson’s UK meet every first Saturday of the month at Oatley House, St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10.30am -12.30. Carers, relatives, spouses, and people with Parkinson’s - all are welcome for a social and informative get-together, with a variety of speakers. Lifecycle UK n Over 50 and want to cycle? LifeCycle UK's free, one-to-one Cycle Buddy scheme can help get you back on your bike safely and confidently, while promoting fitness and wellbeing. Local contact Geoff on 0117 962 9345 or LifeCycle UK at the Create Centre on 0117 353 4580.
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Bristol biotech leader wins Innovation Award 2019 THE FOUNDER of a Bristolbased biotech company has won the 2019 Pharmaceutical Industry Network Group (PING) Innovation Award. The PING Innovation Award recognises individuals and organisations in the pharmaceuticals and life sciences whose innovative ideas, products, services or processes sector are making a positive impact on people's lives, and is hosted by Bristol-based law firm VWV. Ziylo Ltd was founded by Dr Harry Destecroix in 2014 while he was studying for his PhD at the University of Bristol, and the company’s mission has been to help people with diabetes to live more normal and longer lives. Ziylo’s innovative technology platform is based on over 20 years of cutting-edge research pioneered by Professor Anthony Davis’ group at the University. For people living with diabetes, the technology helps to enable synthetic glucose binding
molecules to react and adapt to glucose levels in the blood, which therefore eliminates the risk of hypoglycaemia (dangerously low blood sugar levels) and leads to better metabolic control. In August 2018, Ziylo was acquired by pharmaceuticals company Novo Nordisk, the world leader in diabetes, in a deal valued at up to US$800m. Since then, Harry also co-founded Unit DX in Bristol, which is now home to 26 companies operating
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congratulations to Dr Harry Destecroix for this richly deserved award. Diabetes is estimated to affect over 280 million people worldwide including four million in the UK. It is one of the biggest challenges facing global healthcare, including on healthcare budgets. With concern around Brexit, it is so uplifting to recognise innovators who show such a bright future for the Pharma & Life Sciences sector in the UK." Dr Harry Destecroix also commented: "Thank you so much for selecting me for this award. None of this would be possible without the fantastic teams at Unit DX, Ziylo and Carbometrics. It is a credit to their hard work and the important research taking place in Bristol." For more information about the Pharmaceutical Industry Network Group (PING) and Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Law, please contact Paul Gershlick on 01923 919 320.
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n PETER'S VISION The Beauty of Colour Colour - it certainly makes the world more pleasing to the eye! It’s a rough estimate but us humans can see around 1 million different colours. Oh yes, 1 million. Just imaging trying to choose a wall paint if it had to be one in a million... I mean, honestly just how many shades of taupe does the world need! (I think it’s actually around 2000 paint colours that we have to choose from, or at least 2000 colours give most of us enough choice to be very happy with). The human eye can detect colour because we have retinal cells called cones which are either red, green or blue sensitive. There are always going to be a few who can see more or less shades of colour, but hey if we were all the same life would be less interesting right? With the green cones being in the middle of the sensitivity range it’s perhaps no surprise that we can detect more shades of green than
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Alzheimer's drug trial PEOPLE in Henleaze and Westbury are being invited to take part in trials of two new drugs that might be able to prevent or delay the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. ReMemBr Group, a joint University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust research group based at Southmead Hospital, is one of 250 study sites taking part in the Generation Program,. Researchers at Southmead Hospital are looking to recruit volunteers aged 60-75 with no diagnosis of dementia. They will be tested to find out if they have the genotype that shows they are in a higher risk group. To get involved, contact the ReMemBr Group at Bristol Brain Centre: email research. volunteer@nbt.nhs.uk, call 0117 414 8238
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Little by Edward Carey DESCRIBED by one critic as ‘Dickens meets David Lynch’, this rare gem of a book tells the story of Swiss-born Marie Grosholtz, or ‘Little’ as she is nicknamed (due to
her petite size), the woman who would come to be known the world over as Madame Tussauds. Inspired by real events in Marie’s life, and played out against the tumultuous backdrop of revolutionary France, Carey’s story takes us through the extraordinary life of this prolific woman. Although set in bleak times (heads really do roll in this tale), Carey’s witty and determined Marie keeps our spirits up and our hopes high. The Madame Tussauds museums are often thought simply as tourist traps but Carey challenges our perception of the importance of waxworks and more importantly breathes new life into the founder’s history. Did you know for instance, that Marie undertook the task of cataloguing the faces that were to make and shape French history? Louis the XIV, Marie Antoinette, and Napoleon all come
under her gaze (alive and dead) and were subject to her craft. Carey’s novel strikes a wonderfully fine balance between humorous and heartbreaking. So skillful is his writing that, at times, one feels you are actually reading the autobiography of Madame Tussauds (which in fact we only have fragments of ). Interspersed with charming pencil illustrations by the author himself, and with themes of death, love, revolution and independence all in the mix, this is a book that you’ll be pressing into the hands of friends and family just as soon as you’ve finished! Little is available to reserve at your local library and on Libraries West.
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Juicy fruits of summer PRUNING and Caring for Stone Fruit Trees is a new weekend workshop at Horfield Organic Community Orchard. Working with trees of different varieties and needs, the course covers pruning and training, managing pests and diseases, and choosing what to grow. Course tutor, Shannon Smith says: “Caring for stone fruit trees is not always the same as for apples and pears. Focusing only on this fruit family, will help crack the kernel of growing these delicious fruits.” The course takes place on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June, 10am - 4pm. Contact: hocopips@gmail.com HOCO website: https://tinyurl.com/ OLcourses2019
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Bristol's interior design masterclasses on the move again BRISTOL’S one day Interior Design Masterclasses are on the move again, this time to Bristol Upholstery Collective in Totterdown. As the team behind Bristol Upholstery Collective settle into their new home in Totterdown they are joined by Bishopston Voice columnist Zoe Hewett of boutique interior design studio Stylemongers Of Bristol in a new collaboration to give local residents the chance to learn how to design their own homes in a day. Participants will learn Zoe’s unique design process and learn how to apply it again and again for each room of their property, to take the stress out of decision making for home redecorating and renovating. Attendees finish the day by making their own moodboard to take away and use at home. After running sold out workshops at venues as varied as Hamilton House, Harvey Nichols and Bakesmiths Zoe is already enjoying the change to using the
new space on Wells Road. Zoe says: “We met last year through the Bristol Life Awards. We were rivals for a trophy as we were finalists in the same category. There’s a synergy between our brands as we are both independent, artisanal and passionate about practising our respective crafts so we were much more interested in collaboration than competing with each other. I’m thrilled to be partnering up with BUC. I’ve delivered my workshops in quite a few different venues now from Hamilton House to Harvey Nichols but I feel really at home in the buzzy creative atmosphere at Bristol Upholstery Collective and I’m sure my participants will too.” Zoe invited Leigh-Anne Treadwill the founder of BUC to try out her workshop before agreeing to host it at her workroom and she thoroughly enjoyed her day: "In true collective fashion we're incredibly excited to invite our creative networks
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to collaborate, in encouraging Bristol's people to design, make, rebuild, and express unique style. Zoe's Interior Design Masterclass is without doubt the most inspiring and enjoyable day - a super way to overcome 'ideas' overwhelm, in our brand new creative venue. It's such a joy to be working together," says Leigh-Anne Treadwill.
The June event is sold out already but luckily there are three more dates planned for this year in July, September and October. Visit www. stylemongersofbristol.co.uk to book tickets online. For more information about upholstery courses visit https:// www.bristolupholsterycollective. com
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RISTOL is home to many artists living in interesting houses and Sadie Spikes is no exception. An art gallery, installation, studio, family home and guesthouse, all rolled in to one Sadie’s home, the Curious Cabinet in Fishponds, has the most fantastically tranquil and restorative ambience. It is a stunningly light-filled space without suffocating carpets but naked floorboards throughout revealing plenty of warmth and character. There are many thoughtful, detailed touches dotted around, such as a hand written labels for the teas, quotes and notes, bath luxuries, carefully chosen books, fairy lights, baskets of blankets, beautiful crockery
- all simple little pleasures that encourage a certain slowing down, mindfulness even. Despite serving so many purposes and housing a collection of vintage treasures the house feels anything but cluttered. I had to ask her how she does it and the answer was quite surprising. “The movement of energy in our homes impacts us in ways we just don’t even realise. After studying Feng Shui I completely overhauled and decluttered the house over the last year and reconfigured all of the gathered, stagnant stuff. It now feels incredible and almost upkeeps itself, which is amazing for a large five bedroomed house!” Going forwards Sadie plans to
run retreats at her extraordinary, multi-purpose home. “My next vision is to start small, intimate retreats for women in the house to create amazing, life affirming, and creative short breaks that nurture the soul. Sharing skills through a variety of workshops and talks, inspiring each other whilst being recharged in the house’s peaceful atmosphere.” Sound like the perfect staycation to me! For more information and to view Sadie’s artwork visit http://sadiespikescuriouscabinet. com Zoe Hewett is interior designer at local studio www.stylemongersofbristol.co.uk
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Talking Tables cooking sessions THE Talking Tables project has a new 6 - 8 week cookery course starting in June, specially designed for the over 50s. The cooking lessons aim to support people aged 50+, including those with access requirements, with the skills and knowledge to feel confident to cook nutritious and tasty food. The sessions will also provide them with the opportunity to meet and socialise with other local people. The project is funded by Bristol Ageing Better and takes place at Lawrence Weston Community Farm, Saltmarsh Drive, BS11 0NJ. Sessions every Tuesday morning from 10am 1pm, beginning on June 4 and continue until July 23. For those who are unable to attend in June,
another course is planned for the autumn which will run from October 1st - November 19. Dawn age 69, took part in the sessions at the farm last year: “I thoroughly enjoyed coming here on a Tuesday. I would wake up thinking, oh good it’s a Talking Tables day today,” she said. Caroline McDonnell, Talking Tables Co-ordinator, says: “The venue provides a lovely and supportive environment for people to learn new cooking skills, meet other local residents and learn a bit about the farm itself. “It doesn’t matter whether you know lots or little about cooking, the sessions are designed to let participants choose what they want to do,
whether that’s planting, picking, chopping, cooking or just chatting…there’s something for everyone.”
To book your place call LinkAge Network on 0117 353 3042.
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