News from Dundry View Neighbourhood Partnership delivered to Bishopsworth, Headley Park, Highridge, Bedminster Down, Uplands, Hartcliffe & Withywood
T: 0117 903 8044 Issue 66 Autumn 2016 Link opening soon
This image shows the South Bristol Link taking shape by the Gatehouse Centre and the new path being built along the route
Construction for the South Bristol South Bristol Link) said: “We’re access to the local road network.” Link is on schedule and the making excellent progress and expect Towards the end of the year the contractors building it say they to finish construction at the end of the MetroBus contractors will start work expect to finish by the end of 2016. year. We thank local residents for their on improving the public footpath The 4.5km road and MetroBus route support and patience. We’ve worked between Highridge Green and starts at the A370 Long Ashton bypass closely with them and they will soon Highridge Park where they’ll be and ends at Hengrove Park. start seeing the benefits of the South providing a barrier to dissuade motor Jim Aitken, Community Liaison Officer Bristol Link with new cycling and cyclists from riding illegally on the path. for Alun Griffiths (who are building the walking paths and improved and easier Continued page two
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From front page Meetings diary November Jim Aitken explains: “We agreed to do Wednesday 9 Highways and these improvement works with residents Transport 10am-11.30am Withywood through our community benefits Ctr, Queens Rd, Bristol BS13 8QA programme.” Monday 14 Pride of Place 10am- The South Bristol Link is expected to 12noon Withywood Centre, as above Councillors’ reduce traffic on unsuitable residential Monday 14 Hartcliffe and Withywood roads by providing motorists with an Neighbourhood Forum Scout Hut, 501 surgeries alternative route to the A370 and A38. Bishport Ave, Hartcliffe, BS13 9LR Traffic reduction on some routes Tuesday 15 Bishopsworth Traffic is expected to dramatically Neighbourhood Forum 7pm-9pm reduce on the roads which currently link Headley Park Church, St Peter’s Rise, the residential areas of south Bristol to Bristol BS13 7LZ Winterstoke Road and to the city centre December Bishopsworth ward via Bedminster. Monday 12 Dundry View Cllr Richard Eddy (Con): You should see less traffic on Neighbourhood Partnership 7pm-9pm Scout Hut, 501 Bishport Avenue, 5 Little Headley Close, Bristol Whitchurch Road, Bishopsworth Road, BS13 7PJ Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 9LR South Liberty Lane, Kings Head Lane T: 0117 377 5072 and Highridge Green. January 2017 E:[email protected] MetroBus services are expected to Monday 9 Pride of Place 10am- Cllr Kevin Quartley (Con): start on the route in Autumn 2017 12noon Withywood Centre, as above T: (0117) 353 3161 The 50km MetroBus network is Wednesday 11 Highways and E:[email protected] designed to quickly transport large Transport 10-11.30am Withywood Post: Bristol City Council numbers of people around the city by Centre, as above Room U01, The Council House, using a combination of segregated College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR busways and bus lanes. Hartcliffe & Withywood MetroBus will provide rapid and reliable wham! info ward bus journeys from south Bristol to the wham! is the quarterly newsletter Cllr Mark Brain (Lab): centre and north of the city. of Hartcliffe and Withywood E: [email protected] By improving the reliability of bus Community Partnership (HWCP). T: 07826 858298 services, MetroBus aims to encourage Contact: Anne-Marie Rogers, HWCP, Cllr Helen Holland (Lab): more people to leave their cars at home @symes community building, Peterson E:[email protected] which will reduce congestion. Avenue, Bristol BS13 0BE T: (0117) 987 2238 South Bristol Link Surgeries 2016 T: 0117 903 8013 Cllr Paul Goggin (Lab): If you have any queries or questions for E: [email protected] E:[email protected] the contractors regarding the new South www.dundryview.org.uk M: 07584 480648 Bristol Link Road you are welcome to Next copy deadline: 28 November Labour Group Office, City Hall come to: Distribution: 23 Jan - 13 Feb 2017 PO Box 3176, Bristol BS3 9FS Cutler Road Community Centre HWCP is a company limited by Hartcliffe & Withywood Surgeries • 10am Thursday 3 November guarantee no. 4167878 and registered • 11.00am-12.30pm 2nd & • 6.30pm Thursday 1 December charity no. 1092914. 3rd Saturday every month in Griffiths Public Liaison Officer on Advertising Hartcliffe Library, @symes
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Bristol City Council has now made a commitment to the long-discussed waste and recycling centre for south Bristol
New Hartcliffe Way recycling centre due to open in 2018
This sign appeared on the Hartcliffe Way site back in 2013
In August Bristol City Council and earmarked £2million to build a new a third HWRC, including a re-use Bristol Waste (who empty our bins household waste recycling centre in centre, at the Hartcliffe Way site. and recycling boxes) announced south Bristol. Waste management chiefs hope the plans to open a new waste and Working in partnership, Bristol City proposed new recycling centre in
recycling centre on Hartcliffe Way. Council and Bristol Waste will work to south Bristol will relieve pressure on
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Bristol Waste were recently granted a make sure the site is used to maximise the tip in St Philip's, which has an ten year contract by the council and reuse and recycling for local residents. average of over 1,000 visitors a day. this deal includes the development of Bristol Waste will take over the running They plan to do a lot of recycling and the new waste and recycling facility on of the council’s current Household reuse in the Hartcliffe Way site and Hartcliffe Way. Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) at we’ll report on this in future issues. Bristol City Council had previously Avonmouth and St. Philips and operate www.bristolwastecompany.co.uk
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For more info email: [email protected] or ring Jim on 903 8010 or visit: www.bristol.gov.uk/people-communities/neighbourhood-partnerships/neighbourhood- par Over £8k Wellbeing Funding awarded to local g Recommended: £8,485 Pic - Silly Fisherman by Caitlyn Stevens. The Malago flows through Manor Woods, where MVCG have been awarded £425 to improve paths The second round of Wellbeing Grants this financial year received a large number of applicants. The wham! went to print before the Neighbourhood Committee (the five local councillors) made the final decision on the grants in October but the Wellbeing Grant Panel, consisting of residents and councillors, made the following recommendations: Walnut Path Walkway, Friends of Church Road, £1,500 to cover resurfacing costs The residents want to improve a well-used pathway at the rear of their properties and then start the process of asking the council to officially adopt it and look after it. Hartclliffe CYP Respect Scheme £350 A rolling programme of work training and residential courses with young people. HHEAG Ousting Isolation recommend £780 as 50% of the cost of fortnightly stalls that are held at four local nursing and residential homes across the area. WWellbeingellbeing FundingFunding
Local groups are invited to apply for the next round of Wellbeing Funding. For more inf
The deadlines for applications: Malago Valley Conservation • 12noon 26 October 2016 Group were awarded £425 to • 12noon 22 February 2017 improve a path in the woods. Picture by Caitlyn Stevens.
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.uk or ring Jim on 903 8010 or visit: Get your skates on to grab free membership to the ships/neighbourhood- partnership-wellbeing-grants Campus Pool skate park ded to local groups 200 free skate park Wellbeing budget remaining: £10,570 memberships up for grabs
Malago Valley Conservation Group Path Extension £425 To improve the woodland path within Manor Woods. MVCG will be contributing 50% towards the work and using park works to complete the path making it safer for all users. Blenheim Scouts Marching Band £630 50% of cost towards instruments. The Raven Marching Community Band is open to both scout and non-scout members aged 6+. The Grovers Get Together £600 New Faber Grove residents group. To increase membership and run an event. Transition Skate Local accessibility £3,000 The funding will allow premium memberships for 100 young local people with Campus Skate Grab one of the free memberships and enjoy a coffee providing a further 100 memberships. in The Daily Grind, the new cafe opening soon Community Arts Zion BS13 Theatre Group £1,200 Campus Pool can offer 200 residents living in Hartcliffe, Withywood and To cover the cost of the rehearsal space Bishopsworth one year’s premium membership for free, thanks to funding to rehearse for a Christmas show they have received from Dundry View Neighbourhood Partnership**. performed at Zion and in local schools. This free membership will offer local residents the chance to skate for two hours for just £3, rather than the non-member fee of £5. Get away from it all at The Daily Grind Campus Pool are happy to announce the transformation of the ladies changing ellbeingellbeing FundingFunding rooms into a coffee shop is almost complete, thanks to support from Sport England. Davis Roofing, the contractors, have completed their work and the Local groups are invited to apply for the next round of changing room is now a light, airy room with kitchen and accessible toilet. The or more info ring Jim, number below. coffee shop will also have a multi purpose meeting room available for hire. The Daily Grind Coffee Co will open later in the year with initial opening hours of 8am till 4pm Monday to Friday. The deadlines for applications: Contact: Jim Hodgson, This will offer a meeting point for the local community where they can enjoy a delicious cup of extract coffee and a cake. The Skate Park will be extending its 12noon 26 October 2016 Neighbourhood Partnership opening hours during the week to fit with the coffee shop’s opening hours. 12noon 22 February 2017 Manager Campus Pool, Whitchurch Road, Bishopsworth, Bristol BS13 7RW T: (0117) 903 8010 T: 0117 964 1478 www.campusskateparks.co.uk/pages/pool **Decision subject to approval by the Neighbourhood Committee in October
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Richard Bevan worked for Bristol City Council for many years and has thrown himself making sure the South Bristol Link contractors listen to residents’ concerns at Local community activist in the Hot Spot Richard Bevan pictured outside the @symes community building September 2016 Richard Bevan knows Highridge skate park. What’s your fantasy job? To be well as he has lived in the area since First record you bought? Apache by Prime Minister, I’d put the country right, he was five years old. the Shadows, I bought it in 1962, it’s I have strong views and think I’d do a Richard describes the neighbourhood now my ringtone. They were my better job of it. as: “a lovely area with nice people, just favourite instrumental group and Hank Last book you read? Invisible by
a great south Bristol community.”
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them in power and then they don’t do what they said they would do.
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Richard is Chair of the Highridge Marvin is my hero. James Patterson. It’s a fiction thriller Forum, Chair of the South Bristol Link Favourite film? Le Mans, with Steve series, a bit gory, I like detective TV. surgeries with the contractor and Chair McQueen. It’s ancient but I like cars Favourite holiday destination? of the Dundry View Neighbourhood and motorbikes, I’m an amateur Falmouth, in Cornwall. We went there Partnership Transport Group. He was mechanic as well. a lot when the kids were young and I actively involved in the Community Have you got a secret crush on have good memories of it. Asset Transfer that saw the former anyone? My wife, Sue, we’ve been Where would you live if it wasn’t Bishopsworth Pool given new life as a married 46 years. Bristol? I’d like to live in the Chew
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Valley, by the lakes, to wake up and Car loving Richard’s look out at the beautiful views and see favourite film is Le Mans, Money granted the lakes, I’d love that. I wouldn’t want starring Steve McQueen to fund new to go too far from Bristol as I’m Bristol born and bred. advice room Preferred mode of transport? Car and motorbike. I’m renovating a motorbike, a 250, it’s a two year St Peter’s Church in Bishopsworth project, I had a 250 in 1965. have recently been given a grant Most exciting moment in your life by the Police Commissioner’s so far? Getting married. Sue’s really Community Fund to refurbish one looked after me. of the rooms in their church hall Who or what is the love of your life? in order to create an advice room. My wife. I still love her now, more than What was your happiest moment? This will be the first step towards when we got married. Seeing both my children born. It wasn’t fulfilling their vision of SPARC - St How do you like to relax? Rugby is so popular then but I got masked and Peter’s Activity and Resource Centre my favourite sport, on Saturday gowned up and was in the room to see - with a soft play centre and café. afternoons I watch the Old Elizabethans them born. In October three members of St who I played for, or watch Bristol What makes you angry? People that Peter’s go to Bradford for training by Rugby, I’m a season ticket holder. tell lies, that aren’t true to your face. Christians Against Poverty, a charity Who’s your favourite comedian? What makes you cry? I can get who are passionate about releasing Tommy Cooper. I found his obvious emotional with family matters, for people from debt and poverty. humour very funny, he basically made whatever reason. St Peter’s hope to run their first Job a fool of himself. I also cry tears of laughter when I get Club in November working with the What’s your favourite journey? together with my brother. long term unemployed, with further Returning home after a holiday. Who has been the biggest influence debt advice courses and life skills What’s your greatest achievement? on your life? Undoubtedly my dad. courses to run in 2017. Being promoted to be a manager at He instilled discipline, honesty, to treat St Peter’s aim is to raise £250,000 Bristol City Council. I managed two people the way you want to be treated. to carry out the remedial building teams from 1984-2014. What was the best thing about the work to their church halls and create I worked in Pest Control and the Dog last twelve months? Working with the soft play centre and café. Warden Service, then Park Estates and my brother on his car, a Trident GT. “We would really love to see our local Crematoriums. He’WWs builtellbeingellbeing and designed it himself and community FundingFunding get behind this project with Also it’s an achievement to still be alive we took it to a show and he’s now got fundraising ideas and donations” said and enjoying it. 29 orders. Shane Coles, one of the church What is your least favourite And the worst bit? Losing some wardens and project manager, household chore? Cleaning the former work colleagues and friends. “although we do hope to raise the cooker. What unfulfilled ambition do you majority of the money through grants” What’s your biggest regret? Losing have? To see my brother’s cars go he continued. my father at a young age, I was only 21 into production, which will happen St Peter’s has already been granted when he died. before too long. planning permission for the project What was the last lie you told? I’m Richard Chairs the and have commenced by creating an very direct, black and white, I try to be Dundry View Transport accessible toilet. honest with people. Group. Anyone with They have raised £23,000 so far and The last fib I told was probably trying transport issues is are in the first stage of applying for to hide a birthday surprise for my wife. welcome see Diary, p2. National Lottery funding.
wham! issue 66 7 HWCP WALKING ON DUNDRY SLOPES 2016
The view from the Green towards the Bishport Five
Above - Iga Binceswka and Jake Hoddinott Centre top - Jodie-Marie Rice Ctr bottom - Jaiden Smith, Mya Conaboy & Ellie Hoddinott Four Acres pupils f community in their summer ar Children from throughout the school contributed to the exhibition which featured a range of art including a rock pool, a real community in miniature and a google map of the school site, reinterpreted by the pupils. Four Acres Primary School holds the ‘Arts Award Mark’ and organises an annual art exhibition on a theme, this year the theme was ‘community’. The children focused their attention on the community, looking at the things they love in their local area. They looked at how the community has Nickoli Sibley- changed over time and how digitally it Tanner looks now. They produced work inspired by artists such as Banksy, 8 wham! issue 66 HWCP
Above - Young artists from Four Acres Primary School
Four Acres Primary School is part of the Four Acres Academy, which includes the primary school and two children’s centres - Withywood and Bishopsworth
Four Acres Primary, Four Acres, Withywood, Bristol BS13 8RB T: 0117 903 0474 E: [email protected] our Acres pupils focus on the meaning of community in their summer art exhibition Jenny Urquhart and used google maps. Year 6) produced wooden door Others pupils created artwork based The children used different materials plaques based on their designs during on other works from Bristol artists. such as pastels, charcoals, water a trip to Knowle West Media Centre They chose one of four artists and colours, paints, pens and pencils. (KWMC) on Leinster Avenue, recreated the image in their own style. Helen Yateman, a Teaching Assistant Knowle. Jodie Marie-Rice, Year 5, pictured in Year 3 helped get the exhibition Jaiden Smith, Mya Conaboy and Ellie above, said: “I picked to do this image together. She said: “We’re going for Hoddinott from Year 5 helped create because. it’Bigs detailed, P Volunteer and I wanteds a the Arts Mark Award again this year. the designs and saw them being challenge I don’t usually do.” Every year the exhibition has a different produced at KWMC. Jaiden Smith Nickoli Sibley-Tanner, Year 6 said: theme, in the past it’s been shape, or worked with another child to draw “I picked this image because it’s a movement and this year it’s all about the badger. Ellie Hoddinott said: “I jumbled up picture. I like confusing community. That’s why we have the drew a rabbit and then we went to pictures. My favourite bit is the duck. Community Chest, featuring memories KWMC to laser cut it. We chose I like ICT, computers and art.” donated by past students such as old the basic design and they added the To produce the large ‘Four Acres’ class photos, certificates, sweaters, school logo and put it in a frame.” wall hanging members of Frog class, and maps of the original site overlaid The plaques featuring rabbits, badgers Years 1 and 2, went to Room 13, an with a map of the school site.” and falcons will grace the classroom artSt studioOswald’s based inChurch the grounds of doors this term. Members of last year’s Year 5 (now Hareclive wham! Primary School.issue 66 9 LOCAL NEWS
Dave ‘bee man’ Gillard has been keeping bees in New community worker Hartcliffe for 35 years joins Dundry View NP Local bee keeper called to Meet our new swarm in Willmott Park teammate
Straaawberrrry and lemonade cocktails made by the bar staff
Dave used a traditional skep to rehome the bees
Back in July Dave ‘bee man’ sheet around them and drove off with Introducing Jim Hodgson, the new Gillard was called out to Willmott about 3,000 of them. They settled Dundry View Neighbourhood Park one Sunday to collect a swarm quickly in the car. Partnership Manager. of 3,000 bees which had recently “They are now in an empty hive in the Jim joined HWCP in September and taken flight with their queen garden, where they’re in quarantine to is already enjoing working here. looking for a new home. check they’ve not got anything. “I’m delighted to have joined HWCP A member of the Willmott Park Group They’re free to fly but aren’t situated in September and am really looking went looking for Dave after they near any other bees. They’ll then go forward to working in the area. spotted the hive as they knew he kept into an apiary where the hives are “My background is in environmental bees and could help; Dave has been together. You get about 50,000 bees policy and sports development and I’m keeping bees in Hartcliffe for 35 years, in a hive.” thrilled to be the newest member of the and has three hives at home. Dave works with a project called ‘Bee team. Dave Gillard said: “Someone said ‘a Bristol’ who visit schools. Dave takes “I will be out and about meeting people swarm has landed in Willmott Park’ along observation hives and his over the next few weeks getting to and they didn’t want to leave them colleague Tim does environmental know the area – please come and say there as it was close to the path. I activities with the young people. hi and introduce yourself! took my straw skep, like a basket, it’s If you’d like to get hold of local honey “You can also email me at a traditional way of taking a swarm. I try the Food for All shop at the [email protected] or catch put the basket over the swarm, giving Gatehouse Centre, Hareclive Road. me at one of the November them a small entrance, then the bees Bristol Bee Keepers offer Neighbourhood Forums”. run in and the first bees mark the site, information on local beekeepers, Jim Hodgson, Dundry View NP, mark it with a pheromone. the introduction of beekeeping HWCP, @symes community “After an hour at Willmott Park, with course, who to contact to report a building, Peterson Avenue, a bit of persuasion from a smoker, we honeybee swarm and more: Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 0BE got them all in the skep. I wrapped a www.bristolbeekeepers.org.uk T: (0117) 903 8010
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See their new website for information about what’s on offer including the Food For All shop and stop smoking service HHEAG unveil new website and logo
y and lemonade cocktails
HHEAG-run Bourchier Garden Allotments and apple orchard, site of the Hartcliffe Roundhouse
HHEAG know it is not all about used for growing vegetables and last night of the Balloon Festival. image, but they hope their new herbs. They also organised a visit to This was a lovely family event with website and logos will make it Jekka McVicar’s wonderful herb children enjoying simple games and easier for residents to discover farm near Almondsbury to dream a watching wildlife in the grass and the many ways HHEAG can help little about their plans for the future. hedgerow. improve health and wellbeing. “The weekly pop-up cafe (Tea on the Of The new website has information on Terrace) seems to have been very course all the projects they offer, as well as a popular, especially as the weather has the view calendar of events including the been fine nearly every Wednesday. of the walks, lunch club and much more. Bourchier Gardens Allotment Site is take-off Sue Walker, Coodinator, said: “This the perfect place to relax with a and has been our first full summer of cuppa and simply enjoy the view and fireworks activities at the roundhouse. The good company. We are looking to were stunning. We have more events Wednesday gardening group have extend this to monthly sessions during and activities planned for the coming been working hard at building some the winter. This wonderful site also months, so keep an eye out for our attractive raised beds, which will be attracted over 80 picnickers for the posters and come and join us.”
HHEAG’s new logo below and above - new website
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A look at the Outpatients Department at South Bristol Community Hospital. They now offer a range of clinics for everything from sleep to hearing problems Outpatients Department now offering
wide range of clinics By Caroline Bannister
“We expanded the rheumatology clinic last year with a clinical nurse specialist and a consultant clinic. “We have two midwife teams who have their administration services based at South Bristol. We have begun wondering if there is a ‘baby boom’ as we are regularly asked for additional rooms to the 10 they already have!” The first floor gym offers therapeutic care - they have 54 inpatients beds for stroke and rehabilitation patients. The speech and language team hold regular weekly clinics in the gym. Caroline said: “We are also delighted South Bristol Hospital Outpatients staff Back row: Sue to be starting to offer a range of Carrett, Abbey Pratten. Front row: Jackie Coz, Shelley children’s services including diabetes, Day, Amy Rich, Elaine green and Sarah Wheatley gastroenterology, neurology, respiratory and dieticians and are Caroline Bannister, Speciality and more specialised unit. confident that this will grow over time. Deputy General Manager at South Caroline says: “Some teams have been Bristol Community Hospital with us since the beginning such as the (SBCH), talks about some of the care of the elderly team. Our audiology services the outpatients team hold daily clinics for newborns, department provides. children and adults. “Outpatients departments are busy “We have over 1,000 patients a month places. At the Bristol Royal Infirmary attending our eye clinics. One of these (BRI) you will find an outpatient includes a clinic that provides injections department dedicated to a single into the eye. This clinic sees over 700 South Bristol Hospital main speciality , but here we offer a general patients each month, across three days; entrance outpatients department. these are the busiest clinics we host. “Even though we are unable to offer “It has always been important that the “The trauma and orthopaedic fracture one of every clinic held at the BRI, it is services on offer meet the needs of clinic has over 150 patients monthly. important to be able to offer a good local people; sometimes this is not There is a plaster technician on fracture number of clinics across a range of possible because of all of the other clinic days. specialities. We also work hard to offer things like X-rays, scans and tests that “Some of our newer clinics include a a good balance of services aimed at are only supplied at larger hospitals” sexual health clinic run by a doctor and meeting the needs of the local says Caroline. They look to see which nurse team. community as far as possible, but we parts of your care you can get locally “Our Bristol Haematology and must also ensure that all services run at SBCH, and which specialist tests or Oncology Centre suite delivered over to full capacity and are as efficient as treatments need to be carried out at a 2,000 treatments last year. they can be.”
12 wham! issue 66 We catch up with a former wham! volunteer who’s turned her life around wham! met with former Young People’s Editor Sarah Fowles, who worked with wham! from 2003 - 2005, to see what she’s been up to over the last decade. Sarah came to volunteer with wham! as a 15 year old school girl at the former Hartcliffe School. Sarah was asked by CHIL, a youth inclusion project, to write about the project for the wham! and went on to create and edit seven issues of the Young Person’s Section in the wham! “In year 11 I was referred to CHIL because of my behaviour at school, people had made the assumption that I wouldn’t get anywhere. People had given up , I was in care, CHIL was a last resort and it saved me. Once or twice a week I’d go to the Tenants’ Centre. What made me think about .- Sarah in 2003 & my behaviour was I did an exercise inset - Sarah in 2016 with the tutor, where the tutor, Teresa, pretended to be me and I was the diploma in performing arts. Then I went to Filton College and I didn’t get on teacher. She was throwing stuff with the tutor.”
around, being really bad and I couldn’t In 2010 Sarah went to Winchester to do a Contemporary Performance degree
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think ‘I’ll do it right now then’.
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Fishing is a hobby that can help you to relax, it can place you in the heart of nature and it can help you to escape from the stress and pressure of daily life Fishing for fun - and as a great escape
Young people aged eight and over are invited to join the Hartcliffe and Withywood Angling Club and enjoy getting out into nature this autumn. They are a hardy bunch and fish every week all year round and in all weathers. Volunteers with basic fishing knowledge are also invited to join and share their knowledge and love of fishing with others. The club offers local young people the chance to get into angling and benefit from the peaceful, relaxing fishing environment. The club was set up to help young people get into angling and to develop other interests to help them avoid anti- social behaviour, crime, drugs and alcohol misuse. The club has helped many young people get into angling since it was set up in April 2007 and welcomes new members to get involved. You can join the club if you are: · A young person wanting to learn new skills · Interested in volunteering for the project and have some basic fishing Steven Bunney pictured with Chris Heal, volunteer, knowledge to share Hartcliffe and Withywood Angling Club · An adult wanting to learn to fish and engage positively with others The benefits of fishing Fishing has been proven to have • It nurtures responsibility and many health and social benefits environmental citizenship and has been such as: demonstrated to reduce youth • Fishing is an excellent hobby for offending young people - it teaches • It provides opportunities for concentration, to interpret your young and old people to do a shared surroundings, to visualise the invisible activity, which helps support strong and to learn about triumph and disaster communities and families • It is something people can do Contact details: Above - Kieana Mahoney throughout their lives in groups or by Mike Robbins – 0117 978 2557 age 9, LJ Lauder age 11 themselves Mobile 07884 145 098
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Dundry and Hartcliffe Wildlife Conservation Group want Hartcliffe to be known as a green area. The group’s motto is ‘Wildlife and Wellbeing’ New wildlife group launches for the area Written by the group members Dundry and Hartcliffe Wildlife Conservation Group are a new group for the area. There are a number of large parks and green spaces in Hartcliffe and the surrounding areas including Dundry Slopes and many smaller areas in the local streets. This large area supports a wide variety of wildlife and habitats. Many are important habitats with rare and uncommon species. There is also a huge amount of green space in gardens which can also provide useful habitat, what is living in yours? All these green spaces form valuable wildlife corridors from Dundry Slopes St Andrews Brownies on Dundry Slopes. down into Bristol. All pics by Keith Way We have started this new group to cover Dundry Slopes, Valley Walk, Members of the group have been Maceys, Crox Bottom, and other green involved in green issues for a long time spaces in the Hartcliffe and Dundry and have worked on projects with Slopes area. Bristol City Council, Dundry View Neighbouhood Partnership, Avon Wildlife Trust and Volunteering Matters (formally CSV), including work on Dundry Slopes as part of the informal Grass snake Friends of Dundry Slopes Group, and on Dundry entering Dundry Slopes, Valley Walk and Crox Bottom for the RHS Bristol · Do you care about wildlife in Bloom which won awards. and green spaces in your area? We have Wellbeing Funding from the · Do you use and enjoy the Neighbourhood Partnership to plant The group objectives: green spaces around you? wildflowers in and around Hartcliffe. · To maintain and conserve · Can you help to improve We hope to hold some events and wildlife and increase wildlife the green spaces where you have this in place ready for next spring. diversity live? Spending time in green spaces have · To improve and protect If so join the Dundry and many health benefits. So we want to habitats in our area Hartcliffe Wildlife Conservation make our green spaces more · To educate and encourage Group interesting and diverse for local people people to take an active part Main contact is to email Diana: to enjoy, to play and relax, and to maintaining wildlife and habitats [email protected] enjoy and understand the wildlife there.
wham! issue 66 15 Wheel-y loving their work Four local lads at The Wheels Project FOUR-WHEELED ANSWER TO ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Their love of bikes and cars was in Bath. for the effort everyone put in. getting one group of young lads into LPW was handed the keys to their new They would especially like to thank trouble. Vauxhall van at The Wheels Project the young people who were so positive Now they have applied their energy to workshop and they are hugely grateful about the work they were asked to do. a productive cause that has helped them and their neighbourhood. Staff from The Wheels Project, LPW and local Learning Partnership West (LPW) was youngsters at the handing over of the keys called in to help around Willmott Park and Hareclive Youth Centre as young people in the area were getting mixed up in anti-social behaviour, much of it caused by a lack of engaging things to do in their free time. LPW did some outreach work with the young people and together they developed the idea of channelling the young people’s love of motorbikes into The Wheels Project. At The Wheels Project the young people learned how to strip-down and rebuild go-karts and motorbikes before moving on to refurbish a couple of vehicles that were then donated to two community 16 projects, wham! LPW issue and the 66Carer’s Centre