stgeorgeMarch, & 2018 redfield Issue 12 www.stgeorgeandredfieldvoice.co.ukvoice FREE EVERY MONTH IN ST GEORGE AND REDFIELD St George in Bloom Church Road lights up 2018 open for entries ENTRIES are now open for the St George in Bloom competition 2018. Page 4 Four arrested following bike thefts AVON and Somerset Police have made four more arrests as part of its ongoing investigation into motorbike thefts in Bristol. Page 4 Have your say on local infrastructure LOCAL councillors are seeking suggestions for allocating Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) money to projects in the area. Page 5 Who are your #LitterHeroes? Photographs courtesy of Evoke Pictures AS part of the Great British Spring Clean we speak to residents who choose to clear SATURDAY 24 February saw sack of jellyfish, a pandemonium safer we all feel.” up rubbish as part of their Church Road and St George Park of parrots, a skulk of foxes and a Dee explained that the everyday lives. lit up by the fourth Church Road school of fish. collective nouns theme was Page 6 Lantern Parade. The event is organised by chosen as they felt that it would This year’s parade was titled the Lamplighters, a company of be the best way to engage with 20mph review to start A Memory of Elephants and artists local to the Church Road local schools in a way that would Other Collective Nouns and was area. work with their curriculum. this Spring A REVIEW of 20mph speed the culmination of six months “It’s about reclaiming the “People are really going in for limits in Bristol is set to be of workshops held with local night,” explained Lamplighter it – I’m tempted to keep it every carried out this Spring to look people. Dee Moxon. “I think that it is year! It allows people to choose at the effectiveness of the lower The parade included models important to get out into the what they want to do within it.” limits in each area. of different groups of animals, park and use it because the more She explained that the social Page 13 amongst which were included a people there are in the park the More on page 3... 2 stgeorge&redfieldvoice March, 2018 Out of hibernation WELCOME to the March edition Community Fair will be a great British Spring Clean. We’ll even of the St George & Redfield Voice. chance for local residents and be seeing lizards waking up from With the days getting longer, organisations to come together hibernation on Troopers Hill – a there is a noticeable increase in and learn more about what is sure sign of warmer weather to the number of community events happening on their doorstep. come! that are taking place. Gardeners will be putting In other news, we’ll be report- The St George Arts Trail has their green fingers to the test as ing on the council’s new approach been hailed as a huge success by St George in Bloom announces to the Community Infrastructure its organisers, the Church Road its 2018 competition and we’ll Levy and how you can have your Lantern Parade lit up the night be celebrating some of our local say on what projects are taken and in early March the St George litter heroes as part of the Great forward in your area. Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook @SGRVoice SGRVoice stgeorge&redfieldvoice Advertising Editorial Philip Bird Richard Foote www.stgeorgeandredfieldvoice.co.uk 0117 422 7200 07716 569447 ADVERTISING LOCAL INFORMATION PUBLISHER’S NOTE [email protected] Bristol City Council St George and Redfield Voice is published by East Bristol News Tel 0117 422 7200 www.bristol.gov.uk Limited of Easton Business Centre, Felix Road, Bristol BS5 0HE. 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General Enquiries Tel 0117 926 2061 Feedback on content and distribution is welcome – please call We reserve the right to edit letters. Emergency Tel 999 0117 422 7200 or email [email protected] NHS DEADLINE www.nhs.uk A member of the Part of the April edition deadline is March 19. We Non emergency Tel 111 encourage early submission. Emergency Tel 999 To advertise, contact Philip on 0117 422 7200 Email: [email protected] March, 2018 stgeorge&redfieldvoice 3 n NEWS From page 1 “We’ve won a One Family Foundation the biggest Vote 100 centenary event in the aspects of the workshops, as well as sharing Award which the community votes for. We’re country,” explained Dee. the making experience are central to the particularly pleased with this one because “I think there were 2–3,000 people group’s aims. this was a national vote.” coming down Park Street on the day!” “That’s what we are about – making The group also recently worked on the More photographs and video from and personal wellbeing, and then sharing, Vote 100 Lantern Parade that took place on 6 the lantern parade available at www. reclaiming public space, enjoying our February in the city centre to mark 100 years stgeorgeandredfieldvoice.co.uk/ community and creating a common place of women getting the vote. lanternparade that everybody celebrates and everyone has “Bristol should be proud that we had Photographs courtesy of Evoke Pictures ownership of – that is the street really.” The Lamplighters met through their work at In-Bristol Studios in Barton Hill. They formed the group as an answer to the fact that they worked across Europe but not in their local area. The first parade was held in 2014. With the help of Redfest organiser Simon Webb, the group applied for funding and held a single workshop and a small parade in St George Park. “Afterwards we decided that if we are really going to do this then we need to do it properly,” explained Dee. “It’s not really something you can do in half measures you have to take it seriously!” In 2015, the group applied for more funding from different organisations and took on a number of volunteers to help run the parade. In 2016, a grant from the St George Neighbourhood Partnership helped them to grow even more. “This year we have done really well. We have managed to get funding from Up Our Street and Barton Hill Church. We’ve also got a Tesco Bags of Help grant. Got News? Call 0117 422 7200 or 07716 569447 Email: [email protected] 4 stgeorge&redfieldvoice March, 2018 n NEWS St George in Bloom 2018 open for entries ENTRIES are now open for the St George in Bloom competition 2018. The annual event sees gardeners from across St George put their green fingers to the test from the garden to the allotment. This year’s categories are: • Large front garden • Small front garden • House frontage leading directly onto the pavement • House frontage only – hanging basket, window box or containers • Best wildlife-friendly garden • Street with floral display • Best business/shop or commercial premises, pub, or church frontage • Nominate your Neighbours garden or a Neighbourhood/ community garden (new category for 2018) • Best Allotment Space street, or within a public area. Last year’s winners included competition can be found at: (individual), please state the Judging will take place during Bristol East Allotments, the 74th www.stgeorgeinbloom.org.uk plot number early August. The winners will be St Aidan’s Brownies group, 3A For further information email: The closing date for entries announced at a ceremony later in Rossiters Lane and 58 Kingsway. is 5.00pm on Friday 20 July. All the year, the exact date of which Application forms and victorianhouse@blueyonder. entries must be visible from the is to be confirmed. further information about the co.uk Four arrested Tips to keep your following bike thefts motorbike secure • Lock your scooter to alarmed secure garage. AVON and Somerset Police on Cecil Avenue. They failed to something immovable like • Use a proprietary part have made four more arrests as start the motorbike and fled the railings, lamp posts or a bike marking system like Datatag part of its ongoing investigation scene shortly afterwards in a post. Keep chains as tight to or Alpha Dot to deter into motorbike thefts in Bristol: silver car. the machine as possible and professional thieves and Operation Buell. Both motorbikes have try to ensure they are off the help trace your scooter if it The police were contacted been returned to their owners ground. is stolen. by a member of the public at undamaged. 4.30am on the 16 February Inspector Rob Cheeseman, • Park your scooter where • The use of approved anti- reporting a number of youths who leads Operation Buell, it can be seen, not tucked theft devices such as Sold attempting to start a motorbike said: “This is another excellent away in the corner of a dark Secure or Thatcham may on Whiteway Road.