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Message from the Mayor Tom Aditya Bradley Stoke Town Council JULY 2019 ISSUE 65 JULY NewsletterIn Partnership with the Community I had the opportunity to open up the main festival day Message from the Mayor on Saturday, and attended the music concerts, talent displays and dance presentations as well as visiting all Tom Aditya the community stalls and activities. I also handed over medals to 150 children from 14 schools at the children’s Currently, the council is putting in efforts to address the football tournament. On the festival Sunday, I flagged traffic issues of our roads. The dredging of the Three off the Bradley Stoke 10K Run and presented medals to Brooks Lake to reduce flooding and to improve the winners and many of the 600 runners who participated year-round access is also on the agenda. I am in the run as well as being fortunate enough to read the passionate about our council supporting the community Bible at the church service at the Jubilee Green. I also in any way it can, so as a council, we are always looking presented prizes at the cricket tournament and initiated for ways to improve and engage with all the people the community bowling at the bowls club at Bailey’s who live, work and have an interest in the progress of After the recent round of local elections, I am grateful Court and joined the skatepark activities at the Leisure Bradley Stoke. and humbled to be elected Mayor by the members of Centre. It was great to chat with some lovely people out enjoying the events at the festival. Bradley Stoke Council. I am delighted to be given this The mayoral activities had a flying start since the day opportunity to serve our community. Bradley Stoke of inception. I was overwhelmed by the thousands During this period, I gave a few interviews on BBC has become one of the best places to live and work in of greetings and good-wishes received through Radio Bristol, Ujima Radio, and Bradley Stoke Radio and the Greater Bristol region. We are grateful for what we various platforms and medias. Being considered to some through print media. have, nevertheless we need to work together to sustain be the first Mayor from the Asian community in South those achievements as well having to progress further. Gloucestershire and the pioneer civic-steward from the The Mayor’s Charities for this year are the Great I recall with gratitude all the previous civic leaders of all Indian community in South West England, I received Western Air Ambulance, the National Autistic Society, different political persuasions who contributed towards compliments from around the globe. Our French and the NHS Blood and Organ donation campaign the development of Bradley Stoke. I wish to help twinning friends from the city of Champs Sur Marne, in the West of England under the auspices of Bristol make it even better. May I also take this opportunity to Paris also sent their greetings. In the midst of this, I felt Multi-Faith Forum. They are very worthy causes, express my sincere appreciation to all the volunteers it was meaningful to be a signatory of the letter sent carrying out incredible work for Bradley Stoke and the (including Bradley Stoke in Bloom, the Green Gym and to the 21,000 non-UK EU citizens living in Bristol along surrounding areas in the Greater Bristol region. As we the Scouts amongst many others) who do so much for with Metro Mayor Tim Bowles and Bristol Mayor Marvin all know, for the last few years, it has been extremely this neighbourhood. Rees, through which we extended hands of support to difficult for the charities who depend on donations. May our European brethren in our neighbourhoods, assuring I ask you all to support the charities as much as you can, As a common man, I can assure you all that the them help in the wake of the dilemma in the Brexit and by way of donation at any of the council’s events over the community’s best interests are always at the heart of the EU-UK negotiations. On the other-side, I met the year, to help those charities continue the fantastic work what I strive to achieve. The new council comprises of Chief Minister of Kerala who came to visit the UK and they do. a diverse, talented, experienced and fresh combination informed him of our council’s interests in launching of councillors. I look forward to the challenges ahead twinning links with that state. I hope it will come to I love to come and support, and promote all our local with the help of the council members and staff, fruition sometime in the future. initiatives and organisations. Please feel free to call who offer up so much of their time to operate our upon me and share your suggestions and feedback. I council. We will continue to help, maintain and build Meanwhile, I am invited to a wide range of events also urge you to come along to the council meetings or the exceptional community that now exists within all over the country. As an ambassador of Bradley to contact the Bradley Stoke Council Office, if you have Bradley Stoke. I always admire diverse viewpoints Stoke, I attend such events, gratefully highlighting anything that we may be able to help you with. I wish on issues and like to engage everyone interested the magnanimity of the Bradley Stoke residents and you all a safe and happy summer. in community matters. I wish to promote a wider passing on the goodwill of the people here. With warm regards, sense of inclusion amongst our residents regarding our town’s development and community matters; Locally, we’ve had the community festival in June Councillor Tom Aditya and want to encourage more community cohesion. that showcased the strength of our community. Mayor of Bradley Stoke For more news on your community visit www.bradleystoke.gov.uk Bradley Stoke Town Council NEWSLETTER Mayor’s Charities Great Western Air Ambulance Charity is the charity-funded air ambulance and critical care service for 2.1 million local people across Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, The service we provide is reliant on our brilliant team of pilots, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and the surrounding critical care paramedics, and critical care doctors who specialise in areas. Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) and trauma. Our crew attend the most serious incidents across the region by From emergency blood transfusions to treating cardiac arrests, helicopter or by one of our two critical care cars. or putting a patient under general anaesthetic, it’s the skill and When someone is seriously ill or injured time is of the essence, dedication of our team that means one patient in five – a patient and they need expert help fast. This is where we come in. otherwise expected to die – survives. Within four minutes of a 999 call our aircraft takes off. We work We need to raise over £3million a year to stay operational, but to the Gold Standard Critical Care Model, which means we rush despite this we receive no day to day funding from the Government a Critical Care Paramedic and Critical Care Doctor straight to the or National Lottery. We rely on people like you. Together we scene. We arrive no more than 20 minutes later, anywhere in the save lives. region. Our average flight time is just 14 minutes. NHS Blood and Organ Donation campaign (under the auspices of Bristol Multi-Faith Forum) Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body from a living or deceased person to a living recipient in need of transplantation. At present, around 6,600 people are waiting for an organ transplant in the UK. Due to the shortage of willing suitable donors, three to four people die each day while waiting for a transplant. 35% of the people waiting for kidney transplantation are from minority ethnic communities. There is a longer waiting time for kidney transplants from Black and Asian patients compared to Caucasian patients. Organ donation is a personal decision. Religious and cultural beliefs can play a major role in an individual’s decision to donate BMFF have been organising various programmes and activities organs. Engaging families of potential donors about consent needs to support the NHS Blood and Transplant Team’s Organ Donation expertise and empathy. Discussions are particularly challenging campaign for the last many years. We conducted various workshops when families have not thought about this before. We must address and question time programmes to spread this campaign at various this by empowering communities to own the conversation and by places of worship and communities. We have also enlisted many raising the sense of social responsibility amongst the communities. community volunteers. BMFF needs to fund itself to continue this Bristol Multi-Faith Forum (BMFF) is an equality organisation instituted mission and have to train and equip the community champions in by the Bristol City Council in 2004 for inter-faith and intercultural order to spread this message at the grass-root level. social harmony and community cohesion, and to promote the BMFF would like to thank the Mayor of Bradley Stoke Cllr Tom Aditya health and well-being of the communities. The NHS Organ Donation for his kindness to choose our NHS Organ Donation Awareness Awareness Campaign and the Community Champions Enrolment campaign as part of his Mayoral charity. We are proud of that. This Programme in the West of England region is coordinated under the funding may enable us to ensure the long-term sustainability of the auspices of Bristol Multi-Faith Forum.
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