HWCP Directory 2012
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HWCP Directory 2012 Please note: While every effort has been made to ensure the information contained within the directory is correct please do contact the organisations directly to clarify any dates/times/costs or other important information as changes do occur. If you would like to amend any of the information held within the directory please contact Anne-Marie Rogers at HWCP on Tel: (0117) 903 8013 Email: anne- [email protected] HWCP would like to thank Hazel Davis who put so much work into compiling this directory in June 2012. 1 of 85 CONTENTS School Term and Holiday Dates 3 Local Blood Donor Sessions 3 Key Local Partnerships, Organisations and Initiatives 4 Advice - Crisis Help 11 Advice – General Help 18 Bristol City Council Services 25 Business Help and Advice, Employment and Training 32 Childcare, After-School Clubs, Play schemes, Playgroups 35 Churches 38 Community Social Organisations 40 Councillors and MPs 42 Crime and Community Safety 44 Disability Services 45 Education (including Schools) 48 Environmental 52 Ethnic Minority Organisations 55 Family Days out (free!) 58 Family Services 63 Health (including Chemists and Doctors) 65 Housing Help & Advice 70 Money Matters (including Benefit Information Lines) 72 Sport & Leisure 75 Travel 77 Young People (including Activities and Advice) 79 Entries marked (L) are local and based in the immediate Hartcliffe and Withywood area. Entries marked (C) are City-wide. Entries marked (N) are National. 2 of 85 School Term & Holiday Dates Sept 2012 – July 2013 Term 1 Monday 3 September to Wednesday 24 October 2012 Term 2 Monday 5 November to Friday 21 December 2012 Term 3 Monday 7 January to Friday 8 February 2013 Term 4 Monday 18 February to Friday 22 March 2013 Term 5 Monday 8 April to Friday 24 May 2013 Term 6 Monday 3 June to Wednesday 24 July 2013 Local Blood Donor Sessions Monday 7 January 2013 Monday 4 March 2013 Monday 13 May 2013 Monday 1 July 2013 Sessions from 13.30 – 15.30 and 16.30 - 19.30 Sessions held locally at: Withywood Centre Queens Road Withywood Bristol BS13 8LF All local sites, sessions and times available on telephone or website. For more info Tel: 0300 123 2323 Website: www.blood.co.uk 3 of 85 Key: Local Partnerships, Organisations and Initiatives L = Local C = City wide N = National ACTA Community Arts programme (C&L) Gladstone Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 3AY Tel: (0117) 953 2448 Website: www.acta.f2s.com Email: [email protected] Barnardos (N&L) Gatehouse Avenue, Bristol BS13 9AQ Tel: (0117) 937 5500 (L) Tel: 0208 550 8822 (N) Website: www.barnardos.org.uk Bishopsworth Job Centre (C) Tel: 0845 604 3719 Monday – Friday 9.00am until 5.00pm Bristol Credit Union (0117) 924 7309 (C&L) 112/114 Cheltenham Road, Bristol BS6 5RW Drop in sessions: o Tuesdays: 10.30am-12.00pm at The Welcome Centre (Mowcroft Church Hall), Mowcroft Road, Hartclife, Bristol BS13 0LT o Wednesdays: 11.00am-1.00pm at Withywood Centre, Queens Road, Withywood, Bristol BS13 8QA Website: www.bristolcreditunion.org The Carpenters Foodstore (L) A new foodstore is now located in the Withywood Centre servicing the areas of Hartcliffe and Withywood. They work with local volunteers from St Pius RC Church, Withywood Church, HW Lighthouse and ASDA. It is a branch of The Matthew Tree Project foodstores. Tel: (0117) 987 8414 The Mathew Tree Project (C) Great George Street Mission, Great George Street, St Jude's, Bristol BS2 9ED The vision is to work in partnership with all denominations, community groups, local and national government, and local business to make a significant contribution to tackling the underlying causes and effects of poverty in the area. They aim to see families and individuals transformed out of a life of poverty and struggle and into a much better place. Mobile: 07734 289170 Email: [email protected] Website: www.the-matthew-tree-project.org CSV Environment – Hartcliffe (L) The Hartcliffe Centre, Bishport Avenue, Bristol BS13 0RJ It offers volunteering on a range of community projects and supports local people in setting up and running their own projects. Tel: (0117) 935 9710 4 of 85 Key: GATEHOUSE CENTRE (L) L = Local C = City wide Hareclive Road, Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 9JN N = National The following organisations and groups are based at the centre: Email: [email protected] Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group (L) (HHEAG) Monday - Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm o Food Growing Project (0117) 946 5285 o Community Cooking Project (0117) 946 5285 o Hartcliffe and Withywood Amblers (0117) 946 5285 o Food for all – Food Co-op (0117) 964 7228 Shop open: Monday – Friday, 10.00am-2.30pm. Email: [email protected] Website: www.foodforallbristol.webnode.com o Positive Minds (0117) 964 4670 Support and advice for adults to help reduce mental and emotional stress. Website: www.hheag.org.uk (for all of the above) • Hartcliffe & Withywood Ventures (HWV) (L) Tel: (0117) 978 1708 o Community Drop in Service: Advice and information about absolutely anything local, city wide and national basis, to support and assist individuals of any age and at any point in their lives. Enabling them to make educated and supported choices to manage life, education and careers. Email: [email protected] or Email: [email protected] o Café : Open from 8.30am - 3.00pm Monday to Fridays, except Wednesdays 8.30am - 2.00pm. o The Next Step: Support with CVs, completing job applications, exploring training opportunities, planning for employment and current job progress: o Courses for Young People (ages 16-20yrs): A2A Access to Achievement (0117) 978 8968 6 weeks, 1 or 2-year courses that can start at any time of the year. Apprenticeships and NVQs (19yrs+) (0117) 978 1708 o Courses for Adults: Learn 4 Life : (0117) 978 1708 IT @ HWV – Beginners to level 2 courses Maths & English courses Email: [email protected] Your family History – use of a computer and tutor support Email: [email protected] Learn 4 Work : (0117) 978 1708 Work club – supports work training, update or creating new CV, interview techniques and managing a budget. Online Job Search – support and training for filling in online applications. Childcare Level 1 & 3 courses (16yrs+) Email: [email protected] 5 of 85 o Parenting Support & Training: Knowing Me Knowing My Child (0117) 902 0265 Meeting other parents in a supportive and friendly atmosphere, to share experiences and coping strategies. Parents Time 4 Change (0117) 978 1708 Support with getting back to work with confidence building in interview techniques and job searches. AIM HIGH Project: ((0117) 978 1708 For families with disabled children: providing opportunities for the whole family to enjoy shared trips and activities. o Volunteering opportunities: A course to help find a placement, gain qualifications and benefit from a mentoring service. o Various Family Summer Activities: please contact for further details: (0117) 978 1708 Website: www.hwv.org.uk (for all of the above) Malago Valley Conservation Group (MVCG) (L) Tel: (0117) 964 3106 MVCG is a voluntary group with members from all parts of southwest Bristol. Work includes monitoring the Planning Applications Register and commenting on schemes which affect the area. They work with the City Council to improve open spaces and trees and with the Environment Agency to clean up streams. They act as the ‘Friends of Manor Woods Valley’ to help maintain and improve Manor Woods Valley Local Nature Reserve, and are members of Bristol Parks Forum. They offer a programme of talks and visits which are open to members and the general public. Website: www.mvcg.org.uk 6 of 85 Key: THE COMMUNITY BUILDING (L) L = Local C = City wide Peterson Avenue, Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 0BE N = National @symes is owned and managed by HWCP who host a range of services, training facilities, meeting rooms and facilities for community hire and use: Monday – Friday 9.00am until 6.30pm, Saturday 9am – 1pm Tel: (0117) 903 8044 Website: www.hwcp.org.uk • City of Bristol College (C) Tel (0117) 312 5000 Minicom users: (0117) 312 5003 Website: www.cityofbristol.ac.uk • Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (HWCP) (L) Supports local people to get involved in what is happening in the area, with the aim of making the wards of Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe and Whitchurch Park a better place to live and work in. It runs the @symes community building, CATT bus and Dundry View Neighbourhood Partnership: o CATT Community Bus (0117) 377 3451 The service links less accessible areas with mainstream transport service routes and local places of activity. • Dundry View Neighbourhood Partnership (DVNP)(NP13) (L) The partnership is one of 14 neighbourhood partnerships across Bristol. It helps local residents shape services such as street cleaning, park maintenance local recycling schemes, minor traffic schemes, highway maintenance and community safety. Email: [email protected] Website: www.dundryview.org.uk o Knitwits (0117) 903 8044, Thursdays 10.00am – 1.00pm o Pride of Place Task Group ( 0117) 903 8044 Looks at outdoor space and environmental issues, meets monthly 10am-12noon Website: www.hwcp.org.uk • Hartcliffe And Withywood Kick Start (HAWKS) (L) Tel: (0117) 964 2859, Supporting parents and young people in south Bristol who are affected by drug or alcohol misuse. Monday – Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-1pm SMART recovery meeting: 12.00pm every Friday Website: www.hawks1.org.uk • South Bristol Advice Service (L) Tel: (0117) 903 8044 Free independent and confidential advice, for people experiencing difficulties with Debt and Welfare Benefits. o Drop in sessions : Mondays & Fridays, 10am – 12pm; Weds 1pm-3pm at @Symes Community Building 7 of 85 Hartcliffe Children’s Centre – Nursery (L) Hareclive Road, Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 0JW Nursery with soft play and sensory areas.