No 523 Brislington Community News 30th March 2024

A very happy Easter holiday to all our Brislington schools

– to teachers, staff, governors, pupils and their families.

We hope you have a refreshing and happy time (and many Easter eggs)

And a very happy Easter to everyone

BS4 Good Gardens

5 Days left to nominate your road!

90 roads nominated so far! That's 30 less than last year so make sure you've sent in your nomination to avoid disappointment.

Nominations end on the 31st March.

https://bs4goodgardens.co.uk/nominations/ Don't forget to sign up for a judge and donate too if you can!

https://pay.collctiv.com/bs4-good-gardens-202439873

Love colour and light?

The Glass Loft

Evening and daytime places are now available locally for you to learn glass techniques!

Now is a great opportunity to join one of my classes for a 10 week term in Brislington, as courses, especially evening courses, are usually booked out. More details and payment at https://www.theglassloft.co.uk/class Classes start week of April 29th.

Creative classes are a great way to learn new skills and techniques, feel inspired and always have a project on the go! My classes are friendly and informal, people work at all different levels and sometimes learn as much from each other as they do from me.

Student quotes:

Many thanks, Fiona, for your excellent teaching. I've really enjoyed learning from you and think you run a very clear and well organised class. Best wishes, Ron.

BRICKS & ST ANNES HOUSE

Chair + Trustee Recruitment - Spring 2024

Creative and Community Hub & Public Art Agency

Bristol based charity Bricks seeks to recruit new trustees to join our board

Now is an exciting time to join Bricks board and lead us through into the next stage of our work, now in our sixth year as a charity, and our fourth year at St Annes House we are gearing up for a phase of consolidation, long term thinking and capital building works.

We welcome all applications, and if you think this is not for you, still apply as we are always interested to hear from people that want to support our work and communities.

Based on a recent skills audit and our medium term plans, the skills and experience of particular interest are:

- Legal, particularly charity law, construction or property

- HR

- Capital development projects

- Public Art Commissioning

- Leadership of a non profit organisation.

- Housing

- Communications/ PR

We especially welcome applications from candidates from Black and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds and lived experience as a person with a disability as these lived experiences are underrepresented in our current board

Kate Stilwell

Hello everyone. I hope you all enjoyed the hunt. I loved seeing all your happy pictures finding them all. Just a reminder that there is a COMPETITION to win an activity book if you upload a photo of your child finding the book/ just the book to the group. You have until Monday if you'd like to enter and I will randomly pick a winner next week!

Also anyone in this group can also get 10% off any orders. You can browse all books on my website here https://usborne.com/gb/uevent...

Following the success of the inaugural BS4 Arts trail in 2023 we are returning for our second year.

The 2024 BS4 Arts Trail will take place on 15th & 16th June 2024 to coincide with the St Anne's House Open Studios weekend. It’s a wonderful celebration of creativity and community in the BS4 area of Bristol.

The form to take part can be found at https://bs4artstrail.co.uk/get-involved/

The deadline for applications 31st March 2024 in order to be included on the printed arts trail maps.

If you are a venue wanting to host artists or a local business wanting to advertise in the map please email bs4artstrail@gmail.com

Then and now

A series of pictures of Brislington places, past and where they still exist, present

St Anne’s House after the demolition of the Mill

This is a dead honeybee. The pollen on her legs is from dandelions. Her tongue is sticking out due to what killed her that was on the dandelions.

It’s spring, dandelions are the bees first food. This bee is dead from weed killer spread on what we see as weeds, but what nature sees as food. Please don’t spray for weeds until you see the blackberries blooming. In this area, weeds, flowers and fruit trees are bees only source of food until middle of June. There are FAR more weeds than flowers or fruit trees, so it's their only food source. No bees, no food crops for us and we all starve.

Community groups and activities in Brislington church halls

What a choice!

Beavers, Bingo, Brislington Carers Group, Brislington History Group, Brislington School of Dance, Bristol Concert Wind band, Broomhill Food Club, Brownies/Guides, Chair dance, Changes Support Group, Coffee morning, Craft & Hobbies Club, Creative Stitchers, Cubs, Flow Yoga, Gardeners’ Club, Hound plus Puppy Training, Karate, Keep Fit, Kick Boxing, Kung Fu, Line Dancing, Little Elephants, Little Treasures, Luncheon Club, Memory Café Alzheimers, Perform Dance and Drama, Pilates, Postnatal, Rainbows, Repair Café, Rockout Baby, Scouts, Slimming World, St Luke’s Players Drama, Story Stars, Taekwondo, Tai Chi, Time for Tots, Trefoil Guild, Zumba, Tea Club,

Why not have a look by clicking on any of these?

St Anne’s Hall

St Christopher’s Hall

St Cuthberts Hall

St Luke’s Hall

United Reformed Church

St Peter’s Methodist Church

St Anne’s House

Easter holiday regular activities

Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Lucy.

From the 01 April, this session will be moving to Monday evenings, 6-7pm.

Mini Milk Taking 01, 08 + 15 April off, returning on 22 April, 11am - 12pm. - just drop in 4 O’Clock Club will be returning on 25 April, 4pm - 5pmjust turn up.

Reengage for 75+, on 09 April this month, 1-3pm. Shared Reading is running at their usual times, Wednesdays 10.30am - 12pm - just drop in.

Morning Meet up is remaining open at their usual times, Thursdays, 10am - 12pm - just drop in.

St Anne's Young People (for 13-16 year olds)

Join us for a special easter session next Tuesday April 2nd from 2-4pm with artists Sylvia Rimat and Charli Clark exploring meadows, plant life and growing,

Half term dates:

Usually running on Tuesdays, 5-7pm.

The group will be off for the half term: 9th and 16th, and will return on the 23rd April.

If you'd like to come along, please get in touch with Jack via email or WhatsApp.

jack.young@bricksbristol.org / 07718106953

People often ask where they can donate food locally - I am Member Pioneer for Co-op St Anne’s and Broomhill and we have food donation points in both stores. The one in Wyatts View goes to Family Action Food Clubs and the one in Broomhill goes to a food collection at Broomhill Juniors School. Any indate, sealed, nonperishable items gratefully received (no fridge/freezer items).

Thanks!

The Trussell Trust

We know the solution is for our social security system to be fit for purpose. More than 150,000 of us stood together and signed our petition calling for an Essentials Guarantee. Read about the day we handed it in.

We Have a donation box at the Broomhill co-op to help with donations

British Ukrainian Aid

Turning polluting vehicles into humanitarian aid for Ukraine

In an amazing project between Transport for London and British Ukrainian Aid, London high polluting vehicle owners who scrap their vehicles are entitled to a substantial payment. They can donate their vehicle (and their payment) to charity British Ukrainian Aid who will fill it with humanitarian aid – from medical kits to portable generators – and take the vehicle and the kit to Ukraine for life saving purposes

In Brislington we don’t live in the London Ultra Low Emission Zone, but we can donate to British Ukrainian Aid to fill the vehicles with life saving equipment

Donate Here

A story for all times and places in QR

This Sunday with the bible

Every Sunday we have three short passages from the bible to reflect on. There's usually one from the Old Testament - the Jewish bible as well as Christian; one from the life of the early church after Jesus; and one from the gospel stories of Jesus' life.

Have a read Here We’ve arrived!

Easter Day!

The Day of Resurrection!

The greatest day of the year and of all years past and future!

“We believe in the resurrection of the body” says our Credo, our formal statement of belief

And it comes from the hundreds of very well attested eye witnesses whose lives were profoundly changed by the experience – not to mention the billions since then

Around our Brislington churches

Church services across Brislington April 2024.

There’s a great choice of churches, times and types of services across the Brislington churches.

If you have not been to one yet or recently, you’ll be very welcome!

St Anne’s Church

St Christopher’s church

St Cuthbert’s church

Did you hold a special family event at St Cuthbert’s?

Were you married there, or your children christened - or maybe there was a family funeral?

Before we begin on some major changes to the inside of the building, we have prepared a 2025 calendar with pictures of the church in its original layout. Each month has a different picture showing the church through the seasons, with room for you to write your reminders and appointments. The calendars cost £6 and all the money raised will be used to help finance the building works.

The calendars will be available at our coffee morning on Easter Saturday or phone 07519 146241 and leave your details and we will get back to you.

Palm Sunday procession from the four Brislington churches to St Cuthbert’s

St Luke’s church

St Peter’s Methodist church

Craft and Hobbies Club

Monday 19.30 – 21.00

Carol Payne 0117 9710747

We are a friendly group of Crafters who love to chat while making items for charity and family. Join us and knit, crochet, sew, cross stitch, etc.

Brislington Carers Group

We are a friendly supportive group of people who care for someone who has dementia. The meetings allow us time to discuss our caring roles and to feel genuinely listened to.

First Wednesday of each month 10.30-12.30

Louise Brown 07752 340370

Brislington School of Dance

Tuesday 16.45 – 19.30

Thursday 19.00-21.20

Friday 17.30 – 18.30 18.45-20.45

Saturday 09.00 – 17.30

term time only

Debbie Bassett 01761 472 109 Stagehandsdance@gmail.co

The Brislington School of Dance was established over 30 years ago by principal dance teacher Debbie Bassett who still runs the school today. Many of the students that grew up taking dance classes now send their own children here. Dancing can impart many skills that can be used throughout life.

Zum Zumba

Thursday 17.00-19.00

Gill Tippetts 0782 7441 109 Gilltip@gmail.com

Jacqui Price 0776 6467 093

Zumba is a combination of salsa and aerobics involving your entire body, from your arms to your shoulders and your feet, so you’ll get a full-body workout whilst having fun and enjoyment.

Tai Chi

Monday 14.15 – 15.15

John Bruce 0771 8745 815

Tai Chi is a set of exercises which seek to establish a balanced and relaxed body. Based on Chinese wisdom it is well known for reducing stress and producing excellent health benefits, both mental and physical.

Broomhill Food Club

Tuesday 12.30 – 14.30

FOOD CLUB | Ebcc (eastbristolchildrenscentre.co.uk)

Runs in partnership with Family Action. For £3.50 each week we offer a food parcel worth approx. £15 for anyone who lives in the local community who wants to reduce waste and save money. You are welcome to contact us.

Keep Fit

Wednesday 10.00 – 11.00

Eileen Scott 0796 9929 733

Scottyartois@hotmail.com

Improve mobility, flexibility, strength, balance and general wellbeing, whilst having fun and making new friends. All are welcome. Try the first session for free.

Bristol Concert Wind Band

Wednesday 19.30 – 21.30

Ian Maitland-Round

Info@bcwb.co.uk 0117 4057369

Bristol Concert Wind Band (BCWB) has rehearsed at St Peter’s since 2001 and enjoys an excellent relationship with the Church providing concerts and playing at our Carol Services. BCWB is among the premier wind band in the Bristol area.

Nightingale Valley Community Choir

Monday 19.30-21.00

Brislington United Reformed Church

Brislington Community News Follow

Brislington Community Forum

Brislington Community Page

St Anne's Community Group

Brislington People's Group

Friends of Arnos Court Park

Together for Bristol

Brislington Ward Councillors

West Brislington

Jos Clark

Andrew Varney

Quarterly newsletter, 'Focus on Brislington West' delivered to every household across the ward. You can also sign up for a monthly eFocus at: BristolLibDems.org/localefocus.

Facebook: Brislington Liberal Democrats

Twitter: @BrisLibDems

@AndrewJVarney

@josclark6

Instagram: andrewjvarne

East Brislington

Katja Hornchen

Tim Rippington

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