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From Page 4 Brislington Snippets
From Page 7 Great Summer Events in July
From Page 19 Great Summer Events n August
From Page 29 Plenty of worthwhile ways to help out across Brislington
From Page 33 Regular weekly and monthly activities across Brislington
From Page 40 Wellbeing and mental health From Page 42 Around the Brislington churches
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SUMMER SESSIONS AT ST ANNE’S HOUSE
Bricks are expanding their sessions for young people run out of St Anne’s House. Activities start on 30th July, you can find out more here: https://stanneshouse.org/projects/summersessions-2024/
NETHAM LOCK FERRY SERVICE
Bristol Ferry Company now operate a daily commuter service from Netham Lock to Bristol City Centre via Temple Meads and Castle Park. The weekday fee is £3 per journey. There is also a Saturday service into the City Centre. Please do give it a go if you can to ensure it has a future. Find out more here: https://www.bristolferry.com/waterbus/netham/
FOSTER CARERS
Bristol desperately needs more Foster Carers. And some children who cannot find a foster parent in Bristol are being sent as far away as the Lake District to alternative childrens’ homes. If you think you might consider being a foster parent, you can find out more here: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/foster-with-bristol-city-council
Bristol Live: “We visit the ‘proper’ Bristol pub with cheap pints, meat raffle and several dartboards”
The Sandringham has been a Brislington landmark since Victorian times
Read the review Here
Saturday 12th July From 12pm
Macmillan fundraiser family fun day!
All are welcome!
We are still looking for prizes to give away in a Raffle, kids lucky dip & Tombola.
Any cakes on the day for the cake stand would be great
Dhayalan and Saritha are looking for:
The Pukka
Peacock
Brislington's soon to be, Indian Inspired, family run restaurant, is NOW
recruiting!
* A young, dynamic, adaptable, positive and proactive person
* With a definite Interest and flair for cooking; and a keenness to learn the hard skills and mindset, that goes with being a successful chef, cum restauranteur. Basically, an eagerness to learn the ropes of what ALL it takes to be in a kitchen and restaurant space; one that only aims to give its guests, the best possible dining and takeaway experience, each and every time.
* Prior experience in this field is not a necessity, but the ATTITUDE, interest and drive to get stuck in, is a must have! This will ensure it's a win-win relationship; just the kind we want to nurture with and for, all of us on the team
* Most of all, we're on the hunt for an open-minded, hardworking, pleasant and respectful human, who is looking for a career path or a job they would love to go to
More information Here
From our end, we'll make sure you're one on the team, playing to achieve some amazing feats together, and loving each day of the journey... After all, it's what we want for ourselves too!
So get in touch; we're really excited to hear from you, and soon!
Please contact Saritha Thomas via WhatsApp on +919535444005 ASAP, with a 100 word introduction to yourself, based on all the above points, making a case for why we should meet. Or send the same, on a clearly recorded voice note. We believe this is possible in a minute or 2, but we’ll happily listen to you for 3
Before you do all this, do please look up Dhayalan Paul and The Pukka Peacock on Instagram — @dhayalanpaul & @thepukkapeacock
Cuthbert’s Church 10.00-12.00 Saturday 20th July
Bring your broken things that would otherwise be thrown away and replaced, to a local, regular venue where volunteers with skills to share try to fix them for free. Why not bring them along to the Repair Café where our friendly volunteer repairers will try and repair it with you?
Electrical appliances - clothing - toys - ornaments etc
If you have something suitable to help with mending your items, such as matching wool, thread, wood and glue, please bring it with you.
Donations welcome to help support this Repair Café (cash only) More information Here
CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Eastwood Farm Calendar
The deadline for submitting images is 31st July 2024
Selling calendars has allowed us to fund projects at Eastwood Farm for both humans and wildlife and we really want to continue doing this.
If you visit Eastwood Farm please bring your cameras or phones and take some spring and summer shots for us. Alternatively you can submit photos that you taken on a previous visit to Eastwood Farm.
This Year we particularly want to include macro (close up) shots of flowers, insects, birds etc
Please read through the conditions of submission
1. Photos should be in landscape orientation
2. From whichever device is used, phone, I pad or tablet, please use the highest picture settings available. e.g. largest file size or best picture quality
3. Do not include any people in the picture. This may infringe privacy law.
4. When sending in a photo this gives FoEF the rights to publish.
5. Images can be close up macro shots of insects or flowers or be beautiful views, or anything in between.
6. Images can be from a previous visit but must be taken at Eastwood Farm
7. Images should be sent to: EastwoodFarmcalendar@gmail.com
8. Please include your full name and age if under 16 The calendar will be on sale in early October, so perfect for Christmas presents
Sign Up Here
Calling all detectives!
The BART* team are running a free river monitoring training session on the River Trym in West Bristol at 7:00pm on 18th July.
During the session, we will demonstrate how to sample rivers for nutrient levels. Elevated nutrient levels can harm river wildlife, and understanding how to measure them is crucial for river health.
The training session will cover all of the skills needed to become a monthly BART River Detective, with participants being able to take home their own free river sampling kit.
Attendees from all backgrounds are encouraged to attend, and no previous experience is required.
*Bristol & Avon River Team. Much more info Here
'Big BS4 Book Hunt' Summer 2024
The summer holidays are almost upon us and Kate’s Book Corner is organising a 'Look for a Book' event for the local children. Usborne reading books will be hidden around the Brislington/BS4 area for children to find and take home for free!
I am looking for businesses to sponsor the event with a donation of £40 (Box of 50 books) or a contribution towards this.
In return I will shout you out on my page and I will also include business card/flyers in the pack alongside the book. Please get in touch if you would like to donate or know a business who may be interested. You can also follow the event here
Kate Stilwell Independent Usborne Organiser
St Luke's Mother' Union
2.30pm Thursday 15th August
St Luke’s Church Hall
Strawberry cream tea
Tickets will be on sale at £5 each.
We are raising funds for a literacy project in Africa.
Please come and support us.
Thank you Rosemary 07443854955
Brislington Conservation and History Society celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a members only party on July 25.
Originally formed after a public meeting in St Luke's Church Hall in 1984 the society was originally Brislington Conservation and Amenity Society. Formed to celebrate and conserve Brislington, past , present and future, the group formed the Brislington Conservation Area, and helped to preserve the Victorian villa, Lynwood, on Bath Road, now restored and converted into flats after 30 years of neglect. BCHS have produced two books of local history photographs, "Brislington" (1995) and "Brislington Revisited"(2008), plus many leaflets on Brislington's past, as well as organising many exhibitions, talks and guided walks. The society has a large archive of old photographs of Brislington, as well as other material and information.
Monthly meetings are held usually at St Cuthbert's Crypt, Sandy Park Road at 7.30 on the last Thursday of the month. Most events are open to non members.
The next event is a Talk & Walk at St Luke's Church on Saturday, August 17th at 2pm led by Jonathan Rowe, Chairman of BCHS.
BS4 Sunday Market on the 4th August!
An event held at Green Works on Sunday 4th August. The event starts at 11:00 and finishes at 16:00. The event has been tagged in the food & drink category We still have a few stalls left to fill but everyone is welcome to come check it out.
Creatives, Cooks and Crafters head on over to Green Works for our first Sunday Market. Free and families welcome. Please grab a free e-ticket Here if you can so we can get an idea of attendance!
Stalls include (but not only):
Bespoke Furniture, Handmade Jewellery, Face Painting, Second-hand Clothes, Caribbean Food
Tuesday 20th August
This year’s Victory Park Community Picnic planning is underway.
The idea behind this event is no or low cost for the families of Broomhill and Brislington to attend in the school summer holidays when patience and money is running out. To engage with the park and have fun with the wider community.
I am looking for any community groups that would like to come along and maybe run an activity or perform in some way.
- sports group or activity?
- outdoor yoga session)
- dance/music group? (any choirs out there)
- craft or tell us about your hobby?
- children's entertainer happy to offer a free sample of your show?
- children's author who would like to read your book or lead a storytelling session.
Do send me a message if you are able to come and support us on.
Hope for Ukraine Bristol
On Saturday a group of volunteers came together to pack up our fourth full lorry of humanitarian aid.
This lorry is now heading to Suceava, Northern Romania, where our partners here will then determine the areas of most need and gradually transport into some of the needy outlying areas in Ukraine.
This lorry is full of your donations, from tools to food parcels and clothing to medical equipment, the people of Ukraine will be very grateful for your generosity.
Watch this space for updates of our lorry as it makes its way to its final destination!
Website - https://hopeforukraine.org.uk/
Email - info@hopeforukraine.org.uk
Phone - 07933 712584
Have a great week! #HopeForUkraineBristol
St Christopher's Church Hall Weekly Events
MONDAYS Time for Tots 9:15am to 11:30am Play time for youngsters, parents and grand parents 07825278045 or 07818 097926 Beavers, 5:30pm to 7:00pm 6 to 8 year olds jen@145scouts.co.uk
TUESDAYS Story Stars 10:00am; 11:00am and 12:00pm Sensory story telling for babies to 18 mths info@storystars.co.uk Yoga with Sheri 6:30pm to 8:00pm All levels are welcome 07468 438120
WEDNESDAYS Slimming World 4:30pm to 8.00pm. A friendly and active group 07867 783911
THURSDAYS Cubs 5:30pm to 7:30pm 8 to 10 year olds jen@145scouts.co.uk
FRIDAYS Perform Dance and Drama 3:30pm to 6:15pm 4 to7 yrs and 7 to 12 yrs perform.org.co.uk Scouts 6:30pm to 9:30pm. 10 to 14 year olds jen@145scouts.co.uk
Activities in St Luke’s Church Hall Brislington
Monday
6.00pm: Every week in term time. Rainbows.
7.30pm: Every week Creative Stitchers
Tuesday
7.30pm Gemini Drama Group
Wednesday
2nd Wednesday Mothers’ Union
3rd Wednesday St Luke’s Ladies
4th Wednesday Alzheimer’s Memory café
7.30pm Every week St Luke’s Players Drama Group.
Wellbeing And
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Our Support
Changes Bristol Support groups
We understand that no-one should have to face feelings of stress, anxiety or depression alone.
That’s why Changes Bristol provide peer support groups in Bristol and online for anyone aged 18 or over, offering a safe and friendly space for people to share any worries they might have. Our groups are free to access, confidential, with no referral needed and no diagnosis required. We also now offer one-to-one phone befriending for new and existing members.
https://changesbristol.org.uk/
As well as this support, we offer a large number of volunteering opportunities and workplace training in mental health awareness.
From Tim and Katja
MEETING WITH LOCAL CHURCH-GOERS
Last week we were very much made to feel welcome by local churchgoers when four of our Brislington churches came together to host a sermon on “Who Should I Vote For?”. We’d like to say thanks to everyone who came along and made us feel so welcome, and I hope we were able to provide suitable answers to your questions!
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 bible passages today are all about truth telling and especially telling the truth to violent and lawless people who will respond to criticism with violence and in the case of Herod, with extreme violence.
Nothing much has changed when we look around us, whether in the extreme cases of Russia or Iran or in the worlds of social media Being able to hear the truth and respond truthfully to it is a mark of true humanity and reflects Jesus’s words: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life’
Around our Brislington churches
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Church services across Brislington July 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
St Luke’s church
If you would like to join the St Luke’s Ladies Group, contact Christine Bush on bushchristine06@gmail.com
Looking ahead
Jonathan Rowe, Chairman of Brislington Conservation and History Society, will lead a Talk and Walk at St Luke's Church and churchyard on Saturday August 17th at 2pm.
The talk will begin with a short history of the 15th century church and will also include stories of its many associations with writers such as Hannah More, Jane Austen, and even a tenuous link to Agatha Christie!
In the churchyard you'll hear the story of the man, buried here, who reputedly died aged 153, a link to how the term "gas lighting" began, and the tragic tale of a young vicar who committed suicide in 1886 who is buried in the churchyard. All this and much more!
The event is free but donations are welcomed and will be divided between Brislington Conservation and History Society and St Luke's Church.
Refreshments will be available
South Bristol 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
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 390275
Brislington United Reformed Church
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