YOUR NEWSLETTER This is the sixth edition of the Knowle West Newsletter Since the last edition we have learned that funding is secured for another year, so there are many more still to come! Sport is the focal point for many of the articles in this issue; you can read about aspects of the Positive Futures project (pages 10 & 11) and see how it aims to cut across all boundaries and help improve life for many Knowle West residents, young people in particular. Don’t forget, all issues of the newsletter and much, ou ur r website: much more can be found on yy o
As always, all ideas for contributions and offers of help welcomed by the editorial team and for any comments about Neighbourhood Renewal please contact Anita Pearce: Neighbourhood Renewal Steering Group Filwood Community Centre Filwood Broadway Knowle West Tel: 908 4248
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SUUF AT THE PARK
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In June, an exciting and unusual musical happening will take place at The Park on Daventry Road, when nine-piece band Suuf comes to stay. Suuf is a collaboration between musicians from Bristol and Senegal in West Africa, playing a fusion of Senegalese traditional and pop music with reggae, jazz and classical – you need to hear it! They’ve already made a successful CD and gave an excellent concert in Bristol for the BBC in February. The band will base itself at The Park from mid to late June while they prepare for a national tour in July. Activities for young people and anyone else interested will run alongside the band’s rehearsals. These include workshops in African dance, percussion, instrument technique and music technology. There’s also the chance to join Suuf throughout their rehearsal period and experience what it really takes to get a band on the road. For further information, please contact: Jan or Jason at The Park Tel 9039783 email: theparkmedia@zoom.co.uk
CARNIVAL 2003 Here’s a picture of last year’s festivities as a reminder to start preparing for Carnival 2003 on July 11th. Paint those masks, make those costumes and build those floats!
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EASTER BONNETS Children in the nursery class at Novers Lane Infants School made these fantastic Easter Baskets with the support of a group of parents and a family learning tutor. Thank you to everyone for making this such a fun activity! If you would like to get involved with other family learning activities in your child's school, then phone Ruth Cochrane (Family Learning Tutor Organiser) on 9039757, or ask at your child's school.
G’DAY VICAR! A warm welcome to Alister Palmer, the newly appointed vicar of St Barnabas Knowle West. Australian by birth, Alister is no stranger to Bristol, having studied and worked here in the 70s and 80s. After leaving Patchway in 1983 he spent 15 years living and working as a priest in some of the toughest estates in Wolverhampton before returning to Australia for 4 years. Alister has a breadth of experience in community development, empowerment and reconciliation and says, “I am looking forward to meeting and working with the people of Knowle West.”
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CONGRATULATIONS KEITH!
The Broadway cafe is now under new management. New owner Jennifer Merchant (see photo on back page), will be introducing a new menu.
Keith Houghton is now officially the new Neighbourhood Renewal Manager. We wish him the very best of luck and happy times ahead in this important role. If you wish to contact Keith, please tel: 9531329
NATURE, ART AND MENTAL HEALTH A new mental health in-patient unit at Callington Road has been commissioned by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust to be built to improve mental health services in the area. The 12 acre development will involve the loss of part of the wildlife habitat, so the Trust will be working with English Nature, BCC and local people to reduce the loss to a minimum and attract a further range of plants and animals. There will also be opportunities to get involved in the associated arts programme. The Trust recently appointed an arts consultant to develop an arts strategy. Part of her work will be to work with local communities, so if you are creative and interested in this project, see contact details below. Mary Morgan, a Community Development Worker, is keen to hear of any comments or concerns and is setting up a neighbourhood forum. Contact Mary on tel: 928 6512 email: mary.morgan@awp.nhs.uk
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MINT IMPERIAL Many readers will know that Imperial Park is the new name for the site of the old Wills factory. It is the other side of Hartcliffe Way. There is a lot going on there. When everything is finished there should be around 1300 jobs in retail, leisure and manufacturing. It will be one of the biggest mixed-use sites in England.
The Trust’s One Stop Job Shop is putting in an application now. To find out more, ring 9231101 and speak either to Dave or Debra or drop in at 43 Filwood Broadway and speak to them about it.
B & Q, Powerhouse, CS and CarpetRight are the first batch of companies. Pilkington Glass are on the way. There is £800,000 available to help local people get and keep the 1300 jobs.
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The 'Digi Room' at the Park on Daventry Road is a computer room with a difference. Here, you can do fun and unusual computer courses with friendly tutors to help you. From May a range of taster sessions and longer courses are
on offer including: making a video, how to design your own website, making animated films, creating digital photos, making music on computers, and an introduction to the recording studio. For more details contact The Park on 903 9770.
FAMILY SUPPORT A workshop to take forward issues around Family Support is to be held at Filwood Community Centre on Thursday 15th May between 9.30am and 2.30pm. The content of the workshop is to be planned by workers from Social Services, Knowle West Development Trust Family Support Service, Sure Start and local residents. The day will concentrate on services available for any family members with responsibility for young people up to the age of 25 and is open to all residents and professionals across Knowle
West. Please do come along if you have the local story – we really need to hear from residents to make sure we are planning services that meet YOUR needs. If you would like to book a place on the workshop please contact Anita on 902 4248. A workshop concentrating on the needs of older family members will be planned in the near future. If you would like more information on the above please contact Heather Barham on 953 1329.
50p BUS SERVICE By the time you read this article the Mede Sprint will have started its new Service for residents of Knowle West. For now it’s a Community Bus, but the project will be officially launched in July when our made-to-measure bus will be arriving! So, if you need to get to the Health Park, Filwood Community Centre, Eagle House or the Park for the bargain price of 50p a trip then you need to become a member.
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Membership is free. Details available from Liz at The Mede. Tel: 904 2202.
NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL
GET ON BOARD TOUR The Partnership Tour rolled through Knowle West on March 4-7 2003, arranged by Anita Pearce (NR Facilitator) and Heather Barham (Community Development Worker). There were freebies of personal safety alarms, energy saving light bulbs, safe cans, tamper-proof car discs and everyone received a NR Partnership leaflet and a copy of the KW Newsletter! Stopping at various venues, Anita and Heather, as well as the Street Wardens, talked to residents face-to-face on the streets. From the 200 people interviewed, 11 signed up for the KW Partnership. Only 9 people declined to talk! Here are some of their comments: Stolen cars are a problem, going up and down Newquay Road This £10m for Knowle West has all been stitched up before it’s been started The phone boxes have all been vandalised What’s going to happen with The Venture? Don’t want it back as a pub – too much trouble We don’t want it to be a Drug Rehab Centre – better as a Family Support Centre Anti-social behaviour is a problem Is there going to be a Youth Club next to Connaught Primary School? Truancy is a problem – the parents don’t care We need more shops – The Broadway used to be full of people Who decides where the money is spent? Why is double glazing not put in all Knowle West houses? They are easier targets of crime (NB This has become an action point and progress has already been made to double glaze all houses see page 6) Police don’t come out for people being too noisy I loves reading the Knowle West Newsletter!
PARTNERSHIP ARRIVES AT LAST! The last edition of the Knowle West Newsletter advertised for local people to join the Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership and the Partnership tour certainly produced a lot of interest from residents. The Partnership launch on Wednesday 30th April at 5.30pm at the Health Park café, Downton Road will bring together a balanced group of residents and service providers to take an overview of the Knowle West Action Plan and see that it keeps moving forward. Neighbourhood Renewal has been guided since June 2001 by a Steering Group of local residents. This group came to an end on 3rd April.
Some of them are going forward to the Partnership but others are stepping back now. They’ve done a brilliant job of getting their heads around the Neighbourhood Renewal theme of changing the way mainstream delivers its services and they’ve spoken out clearly and passionately for Knowle West. This magazine is just one of their achievements. Many thanks to all the residents who’ve brought us this far! Ke K e ii t th h H Ho ou ug gh ht to on n ,, N NR R M Ma an na ag ge er r
ENDOWMENT FUND UPDATE The Endowment Fund received 13 applications from local organisations, asking for a total of £821,640 – and the fund only has £250,000! The Endowment Panel of 9 local people certainly have their work cut out to assess the applications and reach decisions. The first meeting was on 16th April and the Panel anticipates holding up to 4 further meetings to finish the job.
Local organisations who’ve put in applications will be receiving invitations to talk to the Panel and to answer questions on their bids. We’ll keep people informed through this newsletter as the process unfolds.
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ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND POLICE RESPONSE TASK FORCE When local residents wrote the Action Plan for improving Knowle West, they identified a number of key actions that need to happen if Knowle West is to be free from its reputation for antisocial behaviour. They asked local Neighbourhood & Housing Services Office at Salcombe Road to lead a task force to implement the following actions: l
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Our task force is now established. We (see list of members below) have regular meetings to ensure that appropriate enforcement action is tackling ‘hot spots’ on the estate. We are working on a number of initiatives, including: l
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Other agencies are also working to improve their existing services. For example BCC Neighbourhood & Housing Services are establishing a specialist multi-agency team for tackling anti-social behaviour across the city. The team will include police officers and solicitors and is expected to improve response times to the more serious cases of nuisance. The team will also be considering commissioning new support services for both victims and perpetrators of anti-social behaviour. In the meantime we continue to use every means within our power to take preventative or enforcement action to curb the incidents of anti-social behaviour on the estate.
TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP: Local Residents, KWDT Street Wardens, BCC Neighbourhood & Housing Services, BCC Leisure Services, Bristol Mediation, BCC Social Services, Local Councillors, Youth Offending Team, St Barnabas Church RAGS, KW Youth Partnership, Avon & Somerset Police, CLEO.
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DOUBLE TROUBLE Ilminster Avenue resident Vanessa Teagle, the Streetwardens and many others local people have set up a pressure group in the fight against house burglary. Following mounting concerns across the estate a meeting was held with Crime Reduction Officer Andy Boulton and they will be presenting their case to the next area housing committee meeting. When Bristol City Council fitted double glazing into a number of homes, the reduction in house break-ins was significant. However, it created an extra burden on the houses which were not double glazed; they suffered the knock-on effect of even more burglaries.
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The pressure group is calling for every house on the estate to have double glazed windows and keep the burglars out.
TARGETING DEALERS & HANDLERS
Our efforts to stop drug dealing and handling of stolen property in South Bristol continue. In February and March 2003 two policing operations took place with significant success.
Operation Burnside succeeded in arresting 53 people suspected to be involved in handling stolen property across South Bristol. Detective Sergeant Andy Gwyther said that the operation "had succeeded in disrupting the major crime activity of dozens of handlers of stolen property so often involved in harvesting the proceeds of drug dealing and burglary". Our proactive anti-crime operations will continue in your area.
Operation Buffalo targeted drug dealers. Over 20 Misuse of Drugs Act warrants were executed on local addresses, with 15 arrests being made. Of those arrested, 10 people were charged with DrugsTrafficking offences and were put before the court. Detective Sergeant Dave Jury commented that "the proactive and targeted operation was designed to combat the peddling of misery and depravity in South Bristol".
MORE POLICE FOR SOUTH BRISTOL The high demands placed on policing in our area have been recognised at a local and national level. South Bristol Policing District will be getting an additional 23 officers in 2003/04. We expect that the first of these new posts will be in place by November 2003.
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FOOTIE TOPS AWARD Congratulations to the Knowle West Learning Through Football Project for winning the Avon and Somerset Constabulary Problem Orientated Policing Competition 2003/04. The project beat over 35 other entrants to the top prize of ÂŁ3,000. The idea to help young people learn new life skills through football has proven to be a great success. Over 80 young people have completed the scheme and received accredited certificates. Several young people on the project who were originally excluded from school, for one reason or another, are now back in full-time education. The project is to be extended this year to form the basis of a new Youth Inclusion Project for Knowle and Filwood, providing more options and activities for those young people who most need it.
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ACHIEVEMENT A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL MENTOR In the last issue, two articles in the ‘Achievement’ section mentioned Learning Mentors working in schools with poor attendance and behaviour problems. What do Learning Mentors do? The following diary page charts a typical day: Arrived and went into breakfast club. Sat with pupils and parents for a friendly chat and met some of my attendance group. 8:45 Went around classes and checked the attendance group were in. Checked no one had a problem prior to school. 9:00 Talked to a parent having difficulty with their child at home. Explained how well the child was doing and how pleased we were. Mum was very pleased because this was something positive. 9:10 Phoned the home of a child I work with on attendance; they were unwell. Informed the class teacher. 9:15 Spoke with visiting agencies. 9:30 Checked all pupils were settled into class after service. Collected first mentee, talked about difficulties and ways forward. Set a SMART target to help them deal with this problem. Settled mentee back in class. Collected another two mentees and covered the same area of work. I was pleased that I had managed to see three pupils within an hour. 10:30 Went out into playground. One mentee said they had not got anyone to play with. Organised a group to include them. Dealt with minor playground incidents. I ensured everyone went back to class. 10:45 Went round settling mentees into classes. Sorted out a minor dispute between two boys. 11:00 Checked to see if any child needed an alternative lunchtime provision. 11:15 Another mentee talked about a concern they had out of school. Reviewed targets that we had set. Set a new target. Talked with yet another child, reviewed targets and finished off set maths work. 12:00 Over lunch I liaised with SMSAs to ensure they gave praise for two particular pupils intending to come and see them, as I had set them a target to seek help rather than get in trouble by trying to sort it out themselves. 12:30 In the playground a child was refusing to do as the SMSA asked. I knew this child, was able to approach them, and ASK them to come inside with me to have a quiet chat about what happened, what their options were and what would have 8:15
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been best. The pupil calmed down and felt able to accept the consequences of their behaviour. I sat with two mentees finishing lunch and said how pleased I was that they were meeting their targets. End of the dinnertime. Briefly told class teacher about the incident in the playground. A child refused to follow instructions from the class teacher, ran out of class and out of the building. I went out to look for the child. Talked to them and ASKED them to come in. Although timeconsuming, this was working because the child had not run any further and eventually agreed to come in. Helped the child understand why they had to take the consequences of their behaviour. Took them to a ‘partner’class’ (for cooling down purposes). Spoke to a child at their request, who had a minor difficulty at dinnertime. Talked to EWO (education welfare officer) on telephone. Met with a parent who was having difficulty getting their child to school and suggested appropriate steps forward. Liaised with teachers, parents, LBP (Leading Behaviour Professional) and Head about any difficulties with pupils, wrote up monitoring and planned following day. Went home.
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ACHIEVEMENT LIGHTWAVE
In collaboration with Ashton Angels and Broadway Performing Arts, artists Neil Bromwich and Zoe Walker organised a group of young people to create a giant Mexican Wave of light.
Based at the Media Centre in Leinster House, Neil and Zoe wanted the Lightwave to form part of a film they are making about Knowle West. Fifty cheeleaders took part in the event in early March, using glowsticks to create the stunning effects.
ATTENDANCE RISE AT ILMINSTER AVENUE PRIMARY Attendance is up 2.4% since September after a half-term “intensive purge” by Knowle cluster School & Family link worker Jacky Bloomfield (pictured right). Jackie believes ring-rounds, home visits and an exciting after-school art club are responsible. An informal drop-in session for Ilminster parents has also been successful, and now a parents’ glass painting workshop is planned (with Family Learning): Thurs May 22, 9.30 – 11.30 Jacky’s work continues this term at Novers Lane Juniors. Tel: 377 2613 or 07966 435842
THE FUTURES BRIGHT......... Dav Kelly runs the KNOWLE FUTURE PROJECT in Knowle West. Here she describes its work: “Young people and their families are referred to us and we run group activities which aim to engage them in positive programmes seeking to reduce anti-social behaviour within the community. For those at risk of school exclusion because of
behavioural issues, we develop skills with them to build self-esteem and enable them to return to school. “One afternoon a week we run group activities for 8-10year olds with their parents and a group for 11-13 year olds. We intend to set a parent support group for those whose children are attending this group. “Some of our recent activities/workshops include DJ Workshops, Graffiti Art, Circus Skills, Bristol Playbus crafts/art, Photography and indoor/outdoor climbing and abseiling.” If you are interested in finding out more about the KNOWLE FUTURE PROJECT please contact Dav Kelly Project Co-ordinator on 9031413 or email: Damhnait_Kelly @ bcc.gov.uk
TRUANCY AND EXCLUSIONS The Achievement Working Group is continuing to work on developing more effective solutions to Truancy and Exclusions. We’re a combined group of residents and professionals and we’re happy to keep in touch with anyone who’s interested but can’t get to our meetings. At present we’re working in two groups, looking at primary and secondary education. We’re looking at where gaps in effective responses are
and what services we could develop using Neighbourhood Renewal funding. We intend to develop a directory of all the resources available to schools and parents. If you would like to take part or want to find out more contact Keith Houghton (953 1329) or Anita Pearce (908 4247)
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ACHIEVEMENT POSITIVE FUTURES TO EXPAND ACROSS ESTATE The Positive Futures Project is one that crosses all the Neighbourhood Renewal focus areas. It is all about tackling antisocial behaviour by providing alternative activities, raising achievement, promoting health, offering support to families – regeneration of community through sport.
NEW SPORTS DEVELOPMENT WORKERS The Positive Futures sports project for Knowle West is currently in the process of interviewing for two posts of assistant sports development workers with the project. These posts are part
of a joint programme with the Knowle West Youth Partnership and the worker’s roles will be to help run more structured sports sessions
across the estate, and particularly in the four local youth clubs – The Mede, Eagle House, Broadplain and Filwood. We hope to be able to create more opportunities for young people to play sport, and to look at creating Knowle West teams for entry into local, regional and national football competitions as well as other sports. The workers will also be running specific sessions alongside teachers and others to use sport as a way to teach more disaffected young people teamwork skills, social skills, and anger management techniques, as well as supporting those young people at risk of exclusion to try and stay within school. Please look out for these new workers and make them feel welcome – due to start mid-May.
WORK WITH FILWOOD POOL Positive Futures staff have been working in partnership with Bristol Community Sport who run the Filwood Pool, in order to try and build relationships between the young people from the area and staff from the pool. This has been achieved by using staff from the pool to help run informal football sessions on the hardcourt behind the pool. In this way the staff and young people have been able to meet
each other and build relationships, which has allowed a number of the young people to use the pool more regularly and without as many problems as before the sessions started. The session is also helping to run positive activities for young people who are attracted to Filwood Broadway during the evening, and has seen the development of 5-a-side teams who recently entered a competition at Pro 5, and were unlucky not to reach the final.
THE PARK LADIES AND JUNIORS NETBALL TEAM The Park Ladies team (formerly Filwood Ladies) has successfully started a Junior team for the first time this season. The club is run by local women and coached by Julie Milkins and Jayne Dollin. Initially junior players had little or no experience of playing competitive netball and struggled in the first half of the season. Through hard work and training they have had a run of good results and are now looking forward to challenging the top teams. Their end of season trip to Pontins sees them playing in a youth tournament. Via the Positive Futures project the club has been able to attract additional funding and some adult members have been on training and coaching courses. The coaches have then gone into local schools, run after-school clubs and hosted inter-school competitions.
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Going now from strength to strength, the club has plans to add a second adult team and have two junior sides at Under 14 and Under 16 level. Are you interested in joining the team? Training (+ friendship and fun!!) is on Wednesdays at The Park 7-8pm Juniors; 8-10pm Adults – all levels of ability welcome. Anyone who may be interested in helping to run the club, or sponsor a team please contact Julie through The Park on 903 9770.
COMMUNITY SPORTS LEADERS AWARD (CLSA) A rr ee yy oo uu :: A l over 16, and interested in sport? l interested in helping coach sport in Knowle West, a career in sports coaching, or earning some extra cash by running sports sessions in your local area? If your answer is YES then this course is for YOU!!! T hh ee PPaa rrkk aa nn dd W W ii tt hh yy w woo oodd SScchh oo ooll Place: T SSpp oorr ttss H H aa ll ll Time: S S uu n nd d aa yy ss from 10am-2pm for 10 weeks S uu n nd daa yy M Maa yy 1 11 1 tt h h starting from S TT hh ee cc oouu rrss ee …will give you skills to deliver high quality sports coaching across a number of sports, with the potential to then help run sports sessions as a first step towards employment as a sports worker or volunteer. Wh W h aa tt w w ii ll ll ii tt ii nn vv oo ll vv ee ?? The course will be run by tutors who have great experience and who aim to make it fun!! The course is designed to be an enjoyable way of learning how to lead a sports session.
Wh W h oo ii ss ii tt aa ii m m ee dd aa tt ?? The CSLA is for over 16s ,no matter what your level of ability or previous knowledge of sport. You may be a parent wanting to help run a school club, retired and want to volunteer some time, want a change of career, be looking for the next step after leaving school and looking for a career in sports.
TT hh ee cc oo ss tt ss ii nn vv oo ll vv ee dd ?? There will be a deposit of £15 but this will be refunded on completing the course. AA nn dd aa ff tt ee rr ?? On completing the course all candidates will be offered the chance to take further sports qualifications, and participate in the Positive Futures sports programme of after-school and holiday schemes. Contact: Alistair Dale on 903 9766 or 0773 664 0936 for an application form, or a chat about the course, or call in at The Park and pick up a leaflet with more details.
POSITIVE FUTURES SUPPORT If you have an idea for running a sports club in Knowle West then please contact Alistair Dale, for support and guidance. Support can mean help writing application forms for additional funding, placement on coaching courses to help individuals get the training they need to run sessions, help with buying equipment or resources.
Some examples of work to date: l 15 local people qualified to FA Level 1 standard 10 of whom help run a local football club. l Free football kit for 2 x local schools, and Broadwalk FC. l Funding support for: Filwood Juniors, for The Park netball team to help pay for venue hire, equipment and coaching courses and to sup port the development of a girls’ only football team for Knowle West.
NEW FOOTBALL SESSION FOR 5-8 YEAR OLDS Tony Morris a local Street Warden and qualified football coach through Positive Futures will be running a football session for 5-8 year olds at Eagle House on Thursdays from 4-5pm starting in April - it’s not too late! If you are interested please turn up and sign the consent form on the day.
ANYONE FOR TENNIS? Following on from coaching in the local primary schools, a mini-tennis festival took place at Redcatch Park from 1-4pm on Saturday 5th April for young people aged 5-11 years old. A regular mini-tennis club at The Park now runs on Sundays from 12-1pm - turn up on the day.
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NOTICEBOARD RECRUITMENT - LEAD ARTIST The Cloverdown Action Group wish to appoint a Lead Artist to research design ideas for the Cloverdown Doorstep Green. The Action Group are working in association with Buried Treasure, Knowle West Development Trust, Knowle West Arts Forum and Bristol City Council. The Lead Artist is asked to devise the overall vision for the arts programme and public artworks via project research and consultation with local people. A workshop led and community focused programme is anticipated that could involve creative writing, visual and performance arts. The initial research and design fee is ÂŁ1500. Artists brief is available fromBuried Treasure, The Park, Daventry Road, Knowle, Bristol BS4 1QD Tel: 0117 903 9782 e-mail: buriedtreasure2001@hotmail.com Application closing date : 1 June 2003 All articles express the views of individual contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Neighbourhood Renewal Steering Group. The Bristol Objective 2 programme is part financed by European Community (ERDF)
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DHEK BHAL Pictured left is one of the photos from a ten week photography course with Dhek Bhal youth group. This is part of Knowle West Media Centre’s commitment to forging links between Knowle West and other communities and groups. ffi: contact: Zehra Haq Tel: 9146671.
THANKS TO..................... The Neighbourhood Renewal Participation Group: Anita Pearce, Sister Joanna, Ann Howell, Margaret Jordan, Denise Britt, Sue Baldock, Rene Gough. New Manager Keith Houghton. Mervyn Maunder for Issue 5 delivery. Bristol City Council for photos. All at KWMC, who facilitate the production of this newsletter and in particular Jo Hansford for her excellent photography and for working above and beyond the call of duty. Editor: Barbara Benson Design: Rowena Dugdale