Now in its 15th year, Bradley Stoke & Little Stoke Gifford Community Matters is a popular, glossy, A5 community magazine delivered free to 15,000 homes across the Five Stokes area in the North of Bristol including Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Stoke Lodge and Harry Stoke, postcodes BS32 & BS34. It celebrates all the numerous positive local events, activities, groups and individuals that live within this area. Keeping residents up to date with the multiple and diverse activities taking place across the community. As well as promoting local community news and events, the magazine is a trusty directory for local businesses and traders, some of whom have been advertising with us since our very first issue back in 2005. Whatever you need, you will find a local business that can help, within the pages of our community magazine. If you would like to promote your business or services to the local community or raise awareness of a local group, please do get in touch, contact community@mattersmagazines.co.uk
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Road Safety Week: Dark nights, bright kids
Children in Bradley Stoke will be more visible when they are out and about, thanks to their local Specsavers store. This Road Safety Week (November 18th-24th), Specsavers Bradley Stoke has… -
Mama Bear’s Beth Celebrates 10 Years at Childhood Nursery
A nursery worker from Bradley Stoke has celebrated 10 years of service at the same setting she attended herself as a child. Bethan Jones is an early years educator at… -
Bradley Stoke Bowls Club Annual General Meeting held on 24th October 2019
Just under 50 members attend the Annual General Meeting. Before the official proceedings began, Joe Hughes, Community Fund Raising Coordinator for the Great Western Air Ambulance was presented with cheque…
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Bradley Stoke Cricket Club indoor training is only just over 2 weeks away now, and it's very much club-wide this year with senior, women and youth all booked in for 10 weekly sessions, so everyone can build on last year's momentum and hit the ground running once we start outdoors back at the club in April.
New venue for all sessions - Marlwood School, Thornbury BS35 3LA.
Dates/times and cost per player per session below.
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DARREN BUTT FUNDRAISING MEMORIAL GAMES UPDATE,THIS SUNDAY at Bradley Stoke Community School (BS32 9BS) 9.00am KO Hallen A.F.C. XI v Patchway Town Football Club XI
10.00am KO Little Stoke Football Club XI v Stokeside FC XI
Then- 12pm at the Patchway Sports & Social Club
Live band playing from 2pm
Auction and Raffle
UPDATE BUTTYS MEMORIAL MATCH From Tom Knight below.
Amazing work from everyone involved,shows how our community pulls together to help and support people during difficult times.Well done everyone :-).
Tom:"Firstly, we want to pass on a genuine thank you to every single person that has offered up gifts for the raffle and the auction. The response has been brilliant and we have some fantastic prizes for you all to bid on, which we have listed below.
We have a few changes for Sunday morning taking into account the potential weather coming in over the next few days.
Bradley Stoke Community School (BS32 9BS) have kindly offered the full Astro pitch from 9am til 11am, which we have accepted. If everyone can arrive with socks and shorts prepared to play (teams in first game arriving 08.30 for a prompt 9am Kick-Off) we can get things started. If you want to play, it will be rolling subs, everyone will get on, its £10 a player all in memory of Darren.
Game 1 09.00am Patchway Town Select vs Hallen Select
Game 2 10.00am Little Stoke Select vs Stokeside Select
If you can do your best to car-share on Sunday both for Bradley Stoke and the Patchway Sports and Social it will help.
From 12pm we will be having drinks & buffet at the Patchway Sports & Social Club all are welcome!
We will have a live band playing from 2pm followed by an Auction and a Raffle.
Current prizes on both the auction and raffle are listed below to wet your appetite and wallets, all proceeds on the day will be assisting with the cost of the funeral to the Butt family so please do get involved!
Auction Prizes ( to list a few )
• X 2 Man Utd Vs Man City Tickets
• Rovers, City, Bristol Rugby, Man Utd, Newcastle, Gazza, Bournemouth signed memorabilia
• X 2 Year-long gym memberships
• X 4 Golf 4 balls on various courses in Bristol
• X 2 VIP tickets to Bristol Rugby or Bristol City – game of your choice.
• X 2 Odd Down Country Park family of 4 memberships
• And much more including a magical mystery lot that you don’t want to miss out on!
Raffle Prizes ( to list a few )
• Rab Jacket
• X 2 Bristol Rugby tickets
• £160 worth of professional family photography gift experience
• Aztec Spa Day for 2
• Car MOT
• Booze Hamper
• X 6 various beauty treatments
• Mercure Bristol Grand stay including breakfast
• X 2 Golfing 4 balls
Please pass this on to anyone looking to attend either the football or the social club events!
See you all Sunday"
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Cathy Knight The day the music died After the tragic loss of a very dear friend, who was loved by so many we have been left thinking of those who have been leWHAT’S ON
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