BRADLEY STOKE MATTERS
The online community magazine for Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford

Community News

Willow Brook Centre shortlisted for another environmental excellence award

The Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke has been shortlisted for a CIWM Environmental Excellence Award.  These awards recognise and reward performance and achievement in waste and resource management, both within the waste industry and…
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School Closures Due to Strike Action

We have received notification that the following local secondary schools will be closed to all pupils for one day next week - Thursday 17th October - due to staff industrial action. - Bradley Stoke Community…
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Creative competition for children to design their own Poppy

Specsavers in the Willow Brook Centre  is hosting the competition and  asking primary school children to put their artistic skills to the test and design their own Royal British Legion poppy. Children have just one…
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Pirates in the docks!

Visitors to Bristol Docks last month  were astounded to see that HMS Matthew had been overrun by a band of ferocious pirates who were being confronted by brave but odd looking members of the constabulary!…
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St Michael's Successful Mission Trip to Fortaleza

Back in May, we wrote an article about 10 members of St Michael s Church who planned to travel to Fortaleza for 10 days and to work closely with Univida,  an organisation committed to offering…
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Industrial Action on Saturday 5 October

Some services provided by South Gloucestershire Council  could be affected by industrial action this Saturday (5 October). Members of the Unison Union have voted for a further one-day strike in response to changes to council…
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Nominate for the 2013 Sports Awards

There are only two weeks left to nominate for the 2013 South Gloucestershire Council Sports Awards. The annual event recognises the achievement, dedication and contribution of local people involved in playing, coaching and organising sport…
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Patchway Judo Club

Patchway Judo Club opened  at Patchway Youth Centre 24th September 2013. Ian Boulton, Chair of South Gloucestershire council, got in to the "spirit" of judo  at the  official opening! Ian happily put on a judogi…
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Missing Cat

Two  years ago, Talia  adopted a rescue cat called George and restored him back to health.    He was just 5 weeks old when  she started to take care of him, and unfortunately he  has…
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Strike Action to Close Libraries this Saturday

Some services provided by South Gloucestershire Council could be affected by industrial action this Saturday (28 September). Members of the Unison union have voted for a one-day strike in response to changes to council policies…
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