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

Category: News

Apply for Funds to Help Your Community

South Gloucestershire Council are offering voluntary organisations and community groups a chance to bid for money to help improve their own communities. Applications must be for revenue projects that would benefit South Gloucestershire residents. These…
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Staff and students celebrate Black History Month

October has seen staff and students at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College coming together to celebrate Black History Month. This national celebration aims to promote and celebrate Black contributions to British society, and to foster…
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Bradley Stoke in Bloom - RHS 'In Your Neighbourhood'

The  Royal Horticultural Society  (RHS) encourages communities to get together gardening through the  RHS  Britain  in Bloom  campaign, and  Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB) are looking for volunteers to join them. In August this year,…
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Highwood Road to Remain Closed to Public Vehicles

Work to turn one of South Gloucestershire s busiest roads into a green open space with a dedicated public transport route is to continue after councillors confirmed yesterday (16th October) key traffic control measures. Highwood…
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Local Investment in Rural Bristol

In the year of its 80th Birthday, the Independent family run business in North Bristol unveils exciting new plans for redevelopment. After an extremely successful few years for Phil Hodges and the team at Almondsbury…
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Photography session opens Clifton High School Celebrations

A wildlife photography workshop, hosted by Bristol-based photographer, marine biologist and underwater camera man, Tom Walmsley, today kicked off Clifton High School s week-long celebration of science, art, environmental, literary and musical events. The programme…
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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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