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Wednesday 23rd May 6.30pm – 8.30pm, Salvation Army, Ashley Road.
“Following a number of recent robberies in the Stokes Croft and
Montpelier areas and in response to requests from Montpelier residents
to address some ongoing issues in the neighbourhood, a meeting has been
scheduled for Wednesday 23rd May 2012 between 6.30pm and 8.30pm at the
Salvation Army on Ashley Road.
This meeting will be about anti-social behaviour, waste, street
cleansing, dog mess, substance abuse and crime problems that are
impacting in Montpelier. The recent robberies will be the focus of this
meeting, but within the context of these other issues.
Also, some residents are in the process of putting together a Montpelier
Residents’ Association to feed these and other issues into the Ashley
Neighbourhood Forum. The meeting will provide an opportunity to explore
this idea, get involved and support the development of this group.
If these issues are important to you, please come along and have your say.
Please also share this with anyone who lives in or around Montpelier.
Kind Regards,
Richard Orna
Ashley Neighbourhood Forum Support”
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Biodanza, with Antoinette Lorraine
Biodanza uses music and exercises scientifically studied, put together with the aim of regaining joy, vitality and the pleasure of living – preventing physical and psychological disorder. Being in the “here and now” we journey into the senses, feelings and emotions.
22nd May 6pm – 7.30pm Better Food Company cafe, Sevier Street, St Werburghs
Please see the freeskilling website http://www.freeskilling.org.uk for more info and the list of future freeskills.
If you’d be happy to help organise future freeskills, or have a skill you’d like to learn or to share, we’d love to hear from you – please email freeskilling@gmail.com
Day 4 July!
The Bristol Independents campaign is gearing-up to celebrate ‘Bristol Independents Day’ on 4 July. Volunteers are needed to help:
- Spread the word
- Talk to traders
- Get community groups involved, etc
- Distribute materials
Volunteers with marketing, PR, or event organising experience are especially welcome.
Contact us via the website:
http://bristolindependents.co.uk/
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Bristol Council House
Friday 18th May, 7.30 – 9.30pm
I hope this finds you well and a last reminder of our Poverty Hearing on Friday this coming week! I just wondered if you also had any employers that you might circulate, as businesses have such a key role to play in this. It would be great to find ways to prevent the predicted outcomes of the cuts in Bristol over the next 18 months and would be lovely to have a full house on Friday.
Bristol is facing an epidemic of homelessness. As a result of current Housing Benefit cuts, about 7,500 (more…)
FREE concert 9 May at Saint Stephens Church, 21 Saint Stephens Street, Bristol.
BS1 1EQ.
Alexander Troy pianist.
Sparse melodies, cinematic and minimalist with a streak of melancholy.
May 2012 Lunchtime Live concerts
www.saint-stephens.com
Lunchtime concerts every Wednesday 1 – 2 pm in May – free with collection
Get set up to eat from your garden all year!
This course will focus on seasonal tasks and skills. We will cover…
Planning the year
Sowing veg to eat over the winter
Building fertility – compost, wormeries, green manures
More plants for free! – cuttings, seed saving
Fruit tree and bush pruning
Avoiding pest and disease problems
Based in the Trinity Community Gardens at The Trinity Centre, the sessions will be a mix of ideas and information indoors, followed by hands-on work in the thriving community garden. We have a poly-tunnel, compost loo, lots of fruit trees and a friendly bunch of volunteers.
Classes will be on Wednesdays 2-5 pm.
8 sessions, May 30th to July 18th
Price of the course : £0
Or join us on our regular volunteer day, every Thursday afternoon from 1-5pm, which offers a fine opportunity to get some practical experience, exercise and a bag of fruit and veg.
To join or find out more, contact Tom Daly on 07938 376789 or
email: t_daly@hotmail.com
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Intersect
19th May Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, Bristol
INTERSECT is a one day feminist conference taking place on the 19th May, featuring speakers from trans*, disabled, anti-female genital mutilation and refugee rights advocates. The event will be hosted by comedian Kate Smurthwaite.
Tickets are priced £3/£6 and are available from www.intersect.org.uk
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Launch date-12th May, 11am-6pm
The first date of the monthly Stokes Croft Market has been announced! On Saturday the 12th of May venues across Stokes Croft will host markets featuring food, arts and crafts and vintage. The markets will then be on every second Saturday of the month.
The markets are, to start with, based at; The Full Moon (food, arts and crafts), Hamilton House (arts and crafts) and Boston Tea Party (vintage).
Look out for buskers and entertainment in venues!
Follow us on Twitter on @SCMarketGroup
Or like our facebook page Stokes Croft Markets
For more info contact stokescroftstreetmarket@hotmail.co.uk
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Hydra Books, 34 Old Market,
Bristol,
BS2 0EZ
0117 3297401
7.30-9pm
Public meeting and films to learn and share ideas for the upcoming day of action against the Rothamsted genetically modified wheat trial. Bakers, farmers, growers, allotment holders, scientists, beekeepers, and people who eat food are turning out to voice their opposition to GM crops coming back to the UK.
http://www.taketheflourback.org
Bristol asked for inspiration as Big Green Week tickets go on sale and fun-filled programme is launched
From Brunel to Banksy, Beryl Cook to Blackbeard, Bristol’s past and present is bursting with big names that have inspired millions. And now, to coincide with the launch of its inspirational programme, Bristol’s Big Green Week wants to know what inspires the people of Bristol today and how the city can inspire the next generation of great green ideas.
The International festival of environmental ideas, art and culture takes place from 9th-17th June citywide. Venues include The Colston Hall, The Watershed, The Arnolfini, M-Shed, and the mysterious Nowhere Island Embassy.
Tickets are available from tomorrow (25th April) and can be found, with the full programme at www.biggreenweek.com. Speakers include Vivienne Westwood, Deborah Meaden, Kevin McCloud and Caroline Lucas MP, as well as Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride, the Festival of Nature, Bristol’s biggest market, and the transformation of Park Street into a venue for the first ever electric bike world championship. Some events will sell out fast, so booking early is recommended
Paul Rainger, of Forum for the Future, one of the co-organisers of the week in partnership with Bristol Green Capital, said: “Bristol is an inspirational place with a reputation for innovation and creativity. We’ve worked hard to create an amazing programme of speakers and events to inspire you.”
Bristolians can log on to the Big Green Week Facebook page and post comments, stories, or pictures about what inspires them. Entrants have the chance to win a Green Festival Pass, giving them discounted entry to many of the week’s events.
The week is being supported by Bristol City Council. Council leader, Barbara Janke, said: “Big Green Week is a fantastic (more…)
32 Bristol organisations have agreed to participate in this year’s ‘Get Growing Garden Trail’ – an open gardens weekend which will be held over 9th & 10th June.
The groups include many of the city farms in Bristol, some allotment associations and many local growing groups and projects, and even workers from a city centre business who tend an area of ground over their lunch hour. Each will be opening at different times over the weekend and showcasing their work. Members of the public – keen gardeners or otherwise – are invited to go along and see what the groups get up to!
The event is organised by the Bristol Food Network, a group dedicated to making Bristol a sustainable food city. Steering Group member Jane Stevenson said:
“We are delighted to be able to run the second ever Bristol Get Growing Garden Trail. We hope many people take the opportunity to visit the fantastic food projects up and down the city, see what they get up to, and maybe help them out.”
One of the participants is Cat Jameson from Bramble Farm Bristol, Community Smallholding. She said
“Last year’s event was so successful that this year we’re opening the gates for two days! We are proud of what we’ve achieved as a community, reclaiming wasteland to grow quality food for our families. We’d like to invite people in to share our farm for the weekend, offering activities for adults and children as well as general advice on urban smallholding. The Get Growing Garden Weekend is a chance for us to celebrate our achievements, share our farming knowledge, raise funds for the farm from plant and food sales, but above all else, have fun!”
The Bristol Food Network has produced a leaflet which will be available at venues across the city in the weeks leading up to the trail. The trail guide gives details of locations and opening times for all the participating organisations and can be downloaded now from the Bristol Food Network website http://www.bristolfoodnetwork.org/2012/03/29/get-growing-trail-9-10-june-2012/
ENDS
Contact:
Jane Stevenson 0117 966 1639
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Shift Bristol and Eastside Roots are teaming together to put on a day of
permaculture workshops at Stapleton Rd Station on Thursday 14th June. 12 noon -
8.00pm.
This is part of Bristol’s ‘BIG Green Week’ – a 9 day festival celebrating all
things green in the city.
We are hoping to have workshops along the lines of;
- compost making / wormeries
- seed saving
- bee keeping
- basket weaving
- rocket stove making
- mushroom logs
- And anything else wonderful you can think of?
So…if any of you lovely people would like to help spread the word of
permaculture to the masses and run a workshop please email;
shiftbristol@….
We will surely need volunteers to help with other things on the day including
welcoming people, making tea, baking cake, performing music etc so please also
get in touch if you would like to do this.
Blue skies x
http://biggreenweek.com/
www.shiftbristol.org.uk
http://www.eastsideroots.org.uk/
Sewing afternoon – Sunday 22nd April
Avoid the rain by spending a lovely afternoon creating, modifying or mending!
Quick and easy alterations and mending
Basic sewing techniques
Clothes recycling
There’ll also be a vintage hand-operated machine available to have a go on.
Bring along any clothes etc you’d like to repair or modify.
(We also have clothes and fabric available).
‘Alison’s Cunning Sewing!’
Sunday 22nd April
1.00-5.00pm
NEW VENUE – BAGGATOR
The Pickle Factory
13 All Hallows Road, Easton BS5 0HH
(Round the corner from Easton Community Centre and The Plough)
FREE! (Donations to Baggator welcomed though.)
Contact Alison more info: 07985 330841 /
or email Abby on abby ( a t ) abbyfrary.co.uk
Children welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Held in association with Transition Easton.
We hope you can make it!
Thurs 29 March 7.30pm £3 before 9pm, £5 after
Come along for a lively night of high energy consisting of Celtic/ Country/and Folk music. The night features Ceilidh with a live band and caller.
SouthBank
Dean Lane
Bristol BS3 1DB
Tel. 0117 9665552
Mob. 07808 403876
Email: admin@southbankbristol.biz
