No 55 Brislington Community News 13th April 2024

Brislington Community News No 55 for the week from 13th April 2024

Friends of Brislington Brook Litter pick and Himalayan Balsam pull in Nightingale Valley

10.00 -12.00 on Sunday 14th April

Don't forget to get your tickets for our latest work party on Sunday 14th April!! It will be balsam pulling as well as litter picking! If you've never done that before then make sure you have your arms and legs covered in case of stinging nettles. There are some gloves to borrow but really helpful if you have some to bring along. Balsam pulling is easy and very satisfying!! Hope to see you there! All welcome.

Greater Brislington Together Public Meeting

Let's come together as a community in Greater Brislington for a public meeting to discuss important local issues and build connections!

Tuesday, 16th April 18:15 - 20:15

St Cuthbert's Church, Sandy Park Road Brislington BS4 3PG

Come join us for a community gathering where we discuss important issues, share ideas, and work towards a better future for our neighbourhood. This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbours, voice your opinions, and be part of positive change in Greater Brislington.

Hot food will again be available from 6.15pm with choices suitable for Vegetarians, Vegans, Dairy free, Gluten free, and Low carb diets. A chance to chat, refuel and ask questions before the meeting. The meeting will run between 7-8pm and will be on the theme of feeling safe, connected and included.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greater-brislington-togetherpublic-meeting-tickets-879059930917?aff=oddtdtcreator

Local elections are coming to Brislington

Apply for a postal vote

Local elections are just a few weeks away, on 2nd May.

In case you are busy on the day, why not ensure you have your say by signing up for a postal vote?

However, time is running out. You’ll need to apply by 17 April. You can do so using this link:

https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

Tickets by donation available on Headfirst.

Read more Here

We are inviting you to the Bristol Commons Community Gathering at St Anne’s House with a focus on rebuildingtheCommons!

We’ll be spotlighting some amazing local work and exploring how we can collaborate more effectively to protect these spaces that are vital for physical health, mental wellbeing, and biodiversity.

They are the lungs of our city and they belong to us all.

The invitation is to come and get involved. There will be speakers, music, workshops, delicious food by the Coexist Community Kitchen, a children's play space and we will be sharing our draft manifesto for all to engage with. EVERYONE is invited!

Fancy a bit of light gardening at St Anne’s House?

As Spring arrives in 2024, we are getting together with volunteers to help make the most of our outdoor space at St Anne’s House. It could be a space with potatoes, berries, and other edible goodies, as well as flowers to brighten up the space and make it more attractive for us and for wildlife.

No experience needed, sessions will involve things like planting, clearing weeds and cutting back but there will also be time to contribute to the future of the space and drink tea.

Come along for as long as you like and bring gloves if you have them

Find out more here.

Upcoming sessions:

Thursday 25 April, 11am - 1pm

Monday 06 May, 10.30am - 1pm

Then and now

The station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway opened on 3 September 1873. It closed to passengers on 31 October 1959 and to goods traffic on 7 October 1963. The site is off Talbot Road, close to the junction with the A4 Bath Road, and is used as a scrap metal yard.

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

BRIZ

The free community newsletter for all things Brislington

BRIZ is a twelve page physical newsletter, developed by the BRIZ volunteer editorial team.

The content is about all things Brislington, touching on local curiosity, local actions, local groups, local creativity, and local happenings.

www.stanneshouse.org/projects/briz

We are looking for writers!

We need some writers to help produce the content for the next summer issue.

We’d like to collaborate with a writer who is keen to write articles and do stories for local engagement topics happening in Brislington.

You do not need to be an amazing writer, just have a passion to get involved and practice your writing!

Please get in touch with us on: briz@bricksbristol.org

Or fill in this form

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 is 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

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

Beyond Brislington

Isn’t Climate change just too difficult, technical and generally overwhelming, so that there’s nothing individuals can do about it?

Then See This

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

The Day of Resurrection may be past but we are still in the season of Easter for several weeks yet!

So we continue to read the stories of Jesus appearing in the resurrection body “Touchmeandseeforaghostdoesnothaveflesh andbonesasyouseethatIhave”

“Intheirjoytheyweredisbelievingandstill wondering”

Well, you would, wouldn’t you!

Around our Brislington churches

Annual Parochial Church Meetings

What are they?

Every year, every Church of England parish must have an Annual meeting, open to the public and announced well in advance

At these meetings, two churchwardens are elected and the electors are anyone who is resident in the parish, whatever their religion or none

Each parish church has a Church Council with elections for membership. The electors are those on the Church Electoral Roll which is open to anyone living in the parish

At APCMs, reports on activities and finances are given

The APCMs for the Brislington churches are on these dates:

St Luke’s: Sunday 14th April at 11.30 am

St Christopher’s: Sunday 19th May at 5.00pm

St Cuthbert’s: Tuesday 21st May at 7pm

St Anne’s: Wednesday 29th May at 7.30pm

All parishioners are welcome to attend

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 Christopher Livestream can be seen Here

St Anne’s Church

St Christopher’s church

St Christopher's Church Hall

Weekly Events

MONDAYS Time for Tots

Play time for youngsters, parents and grand parents 07825278045 or 07818 097926 Beavers,

Sensory story telling for babies to 18 mths

stars.co.uk

jen@145scouts.co.uk

St Cuthbert’s church

Brislington

Conservation & History Society

Meeting this month

25th April at 7.30 in St Cuthbert's Church.

"Know Your Place"

Bristol's Award Winning Historic Mapping Resource - Peter Insole, Bristol City Council Environment Officer, will talk about this important online local history resource.

All are welcome. Admission £5, including refreshments & raffle ticket.

See you there!

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.

St Luke’s church

Quiz Night at St Luke’s 7.00 pm on 27th April 2024

in the Church Hall

All are very welcome

Whether you are part of a team or not we can always join teams up.

Maximum team size is six people.

£3.00 Per Head

There will be a Raffle and Hot Dogs for sale @ £1.50 each during the interval.

Please confirm if you have team members who can help with catering arrangements.

simgwy24@gmail.com

Hope to see you there for a fun evening.

Activities in St Luke’s Church Hall Brislington

Monday

6.00pm: Every week in term time. Rainbows.

7.30pm: Every week Creative Stitchers

Wednesday

2nd Wednesday Mothers’ Union

3rd Wednesday

4th Wednesday

St Luke’s Ladies

Alzheimer’s Memory café

7.30pm Every week St Luke’s Players Drama Group.

Thursday

7.30pm Every week Line Dancing

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

Anya Szreter 07720

Brislington United Reformed Church

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