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Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership Newsletter

community action in YOUR area

undry View Neighbourhoodrtnership servesshopsworth, Hartcliffe &hitchurch Park wards

A new bus service has been

introduced after residents raised

concerns at a Neighbourhood

Forum meeting. Residents

complained that the removal of three

stops along Teyfant left many elderly

and immobile residents in Teyfant and

the top end of Hartcliffe housebound.

The problem started last October when

the No 76 bus was rerouted to service

the new South Bristol Skills Academy

and the future South Bristol Community

Hospital.

Residents brought issue to

Neighbourhood Forum meeting

The issue was given top priority at the

September Whitchurch ParkNeighbourhood Forum. Dozens of local

residents attended a meeting organised

Residents win bus victoryBristol City Council and First Bus respond to residents

complaints by introducing new bus route

Above - Janet White & Julie Hobbs

waiting for the No 76a busby HWCP and local councillors and

called on First Bus to reinstate their bus

route.

Melanie Monaghan, HWCP/Dundry View

Neighbourhood Manager says: Local

residents came to the Whitchurch Park

Neighbourhood Forum in September

and raised the change to the bus route

as an issue for them. Through the

Neighbourhood Forum we were able to

work with local councillors, Bristol City

Council and First Bus to find a solution.

This is a good example of how residents

can influence decisions that are made

that effect their Neighbourhood.

First Bus listened to local residents and a

new service, the 76a, began on Sunday 6

February. There are three journeys an

hour operating to and from Bishport

Avenue lay-by, Monday to Saturday

between approximately 9.30am and

5.30pm.

Its really good news

Speaking at the December WhitchurchPark Neighbourhood Forum local

resident Angela Nott says: Its really

good news, it just goes to show what you

can do if you get organised.

Janet White (pictured) from Shortwood

Road has been using the new service.

She said: I always used the 76, I used it

to go to the Health Centre, its not a

long way but if youre not well its a

struggle. I had to go to the doctors a

couple weeks ago, without the bus it

was a real struggle. Im going to thedoctors today and its dead handy its

back on.

Julie Hobbs (pictured) from Shortwood

Road had returned from a nightshift when

Wham! caught up with her at the bus stop.

I need to use it everyday as I work night

shifts. I told the bus driver today itsreally handy having it back on. Its only

a matter of three stops but it makes a big

difference to people, particularly older

people. I had to wait for ages on

Gloucester Road when there was only

one bus, sometimes 30 minutes.

Service review - is service being used?

Bristol City Council and First Bus will be

reviewing the revised arrangements in

May and June to see whether the service

is well used. Dundry View

Neighbourhood Partnership has

responded to residents concerns and will

continue to keep an eye on developments

and keep residents informed.

issue 44 Spring 2011Tel: (0117) 903 8044 www.hwcp.org.uk

news, information, services, views and

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Call HWCP for more info Tel: (0117) 903 8044

HWCP & Dundry View Neighbourhood Partnership

meetings diary

March 2011Monday 14 Neighbourhood Partnership

and Neighbourhood Committee, PDC

Bridge Learning Campus 7- 9pm

Monday 21 Pride of Place* meeting,

Brunel Room, Withywood Centre 6-8pm

April 2011Monday 11 Pride of Place* meeting,

Hartcliffe Room @symes Community

Building 10am-12noon

Tuesday 12 HWCP Board meeting

@Symes 4.30 6.30pm

May 2011Monday 9 Pride of Place* meeting, Brunel

Room, Withywood Centre 6-8pm


@Symes 4.30 6.30pm

June 2011

Thursday 2 Whitchurch ParkNeighbourhood Forum, Hartcliffe

Methodist Church 7-9pm

Monday 13 Pride of Place* meeting,

Visit: www.hwcp.org.uk for up to date information on meetings

Hartcliffe Room @symes Community

Building 10am-12noon


@Symes 4.30 6.30pm

Tuesday 14 Hartcliffe Neighbourhood

Forum, Gatehouse Centre 7-9pm

Wednesday 15 Bishopsworth

Neighbourhood Forum, Ex-ServicemansClub 7-9pm

Tuesday 21 Neighbourhood Partnership

and Neighbourhood Committee 7- 9pm

time and venue to be confirmed contact

Melanie Monaghan on (0117) 903 8044

for more details.

July 2011Monday 11 Pride of Place* meeting,

Brunel Room, Withywood Centre 6-8pm


@Symes 4.30 6.30pm

Note * Pride of Place meetings now coverthe three wards of Bishopsworth,

Hartcliffe and Whitchurch Park

WE WON!

HWCP was put forward for an award inNovember and we won the Creating

Excellence award. This award was given

in recognition of all the work HWCP

volunteers, staff and trustees had put in

over the past 11 years.

Brian White (a trustee) and myself took a

trip up the motorway to Exeter city centre.

A small award ceremony took place with

sarnies, juice and a couple of photos. Our

former Chief Executive Stephen Hewitt

was gracious enough to put HWCP

forward.

A good day out, after finding the right

way out of the car park and on our

journey back home.

AGM

Thank you to all those who attended the

AGM, the music by the Kookey Ukes was

brilliant, gave the meeting a real Christmas

atmosphere. I also want to take this

opportunity to welcome the new members

of the HWCP board (see page 7 for more

info) and say heart felt thank you to those

who resigned, Julie Watts (Teyfant rep),

Gabbi (Hareclive rep) and Pat Mundy

(local business rep). These three women

have put a tremendous amount of time,

experience and commitment into HWCP

and I wish them all every success for the

future. Thank you very much.

Below - Tracy Edwards-Brown, Stephen

Hewitt and Brian White receive award

HWCP wins

award

True GritLocal residents have been helping the

Neighbourood Partnership staff locate

new sites for grit drops around the three

wards this winter.

In December Bristol City Council

announced that as well as filling grit bins,

t would be making additional grit drops atkey points. The grit was loose, and not

contained in grit bins.

During the December Neighbourhood

Forums residents were asked to note

ocations where additional grit would be

useful. The locations were sent through to

he Council and before we knew it grit was

delivered.

57 locations were highlighted by local

people as areas needing additional grit.

Rocky from Hartcliffe Farm said the

additional grit drop on the corner of

Lampton Avenue and Witchhazel was

really useful: The corner is a skating

rink because its a turning and a slope.

Lots of people use it as a short cut

between Hartcliffe and Whitchurch.

Residents came and took grit away for

driveways, I put it down the hill using

buckets and people put their thumbs up

to me and said thanks very much. They

(the council) just put piles of grit down

and people came along with buckets and

bags. Its a good idea.

Wham! is the quarterly newsletter of

Hartcliffe and Withywood Community

Partnership (HWCP) and the Dundry

View Neighbourhood Partnership which

covers Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe and

Whitchurch Park wards. If there is an

issue you would like to write about, or

something you would like to see in Wham!,

contact Anne-Marie,

E: [email protected]

Tel: (0117) 903 8013.You can also view the Wham! online at

www.hwcp.org.uk

Next issue deadlines:

copy: 6 June

distribution: 14-28 July

HWCP, @symes community building,Peterson Avenue, Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13

0BE.

T: (0117) 903 8044. www.hwcp.org.uk

HWCP is a Company limited by guarantee

No. 4167878 and

Registered Charity No. 1092914.Disclaimer: The opinions and informa-

tion contained in this publication are

those of the contributors & not necessar-

ily those of HWCP or the Dundry View NP.

by Tracy Edwards-Brown,former HWCP Chair

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Children from Fair Furlong PrimarySchool in Withywood have helped plant

100 trees on Dundry Slopes alongside

CSV Environment.

The school children worked with local

residents, Friends of the Community

Forest Path, CSV, HHEAG and HWCP to

plant the Rowan, Birch, Beech, Oak and

Wild Cherry young tree seedlings in early

February. The seedlings were donated by

BTCV (British Trust for Conservation

Volunteers) to the Friends of the

Community Forest Path to improve the

path from Bishport Avenue to the

Community Forest Path in East Dundry.

One of the best afternoons

Ive ever had!

Sue Walker from HHEAG said It was one

of the best afternoons Ive ever had!

HWCP have been talking to local

residents and other partners to see how

they can get more local people using the

paths. In May 2010 the group worked

with Bristol City Council to clear and re-

open a public footpath. Other plans

include supporting the HHEAG BourchierAllotment sites and working on keeping

other parts of the Dundry Slopes site

useable by local residents.

Planting tomorrows woodlandsBelow - Fair Furlongs Chloe Maindron, Paige Sullivan, Daria Domagala,Taylor Griffiths, Olivia Phillips and Joshua Phillips worked really hard.

The CATT bus and @Symes Shuttle bus

have secured funding to keep its service

going from April 2011 until 31 March

2012.

Residents from Hartcliffe, Withywood

and surrounding areas can become

members and use these services to go on

shopping trips such as Tesco

Brislington, Broadwalk, Asda

Whitchurch and Bedminster, Broadmead

and the Imperial Park complex.

Leisure trips

The CATT bus also offers leisure trips all

year round, feel free to contact us to find

out about membership eligibility and tripsto places such as Weymouth, Weston

Super Mare, Burnham on Sea, Cheddar

and other destinations over the spring

and summer.

@symes shuttle bus

Members can also use the @Symes

Shuttle service which services the

Good news

for CATT bus

@Symes District Centre Monday to

Friday except Bank Holidays.

Future funding

The CATT Community Bus Project will besurveying its current members and

potential new members on their needs

over the next three to six months to further

improve the service. This could also help

the CATT Community Bus Project tender

for future contracts in order to continue to

provide our service.

Contact the CATT

Community Bus Project

@symes community building,

Peterson Avenue,

Hartcliffe, Bristol

BS13 0BE

Dave Parry

Tel: (0117) 903 8021Email:

[email protected]

or

Vicki Ford

Tel: (0117) 377 3451

Email:

[email protected]

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As spring comes to the Dundry View

NP area why not plant some carrots

and enter the grow the largest carrot

in a container competition?

The competition is open to everyone

living in the Dundry view area.

Contact Jan on 07975688924 for

competition details. With luck you

could be the winner at this years

Dundry View Green Harvest Festival!

Dundry View Green Harvest Festival is

a community celebration taking place

on 24 September 2011 on Millennium

Green 12 to 4pm.

Along with the fun games like bouncycastle and tombola there will be an

ecological message about healthy

food, planting food, gardening and

recycling. There will be

demonstrations from groups

promoting these activities.

Volunteers are needed on the day, if

you can spare some time please

contact Jan on 07975688924.

Carrot CompetitionDundry View Green Harvest Festival

Below - Lee John Pratt and Morgan Leigh Pratt at last years Millennium Green Festival

Contact Matt Spoors (0117) 377 4087 or 07984 635206

Learn

Tae kwon-do

ITF

with Matt Spoors

1st t

wocl

asse

s free

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Adults Mon & Fri8-9pm CORE 27/mth

Juniors 7-15 yrsMon & Fri 7-8pm

CORE 27/mth

Age 16+ DCK FightingFit Thurs 6.30-7.30pm

CORE 15/4 wks

New Toe Nail Cutting Service for over 55sSessions at

Waverly Gardens, Queens Rd, WithwoodStockwood Medical Centre, Hollway Road

Volunteers and nail technicians also requiredAge UK, Bristol require people who can spare a couple of hours

a week or month to help in their foot care clinics.We need people to help with;

Meeting and greeting people who come forappointments

Driving a pick up service for people who are unable to maketheir own way to the clinics because of restricted mobility.

Foot care treatments including toe nail cutting training is provided by NHS Podiatry services for

this role

As a volunteer for Age UK, Bristol, you will be provided withsupport, training and opportunities to take part in social events.

To find out more contact Lorraine Millard,Basic Foot Care Service Manager on (0117) 928 1540 orAge UK Bristol, Canningford House, 38 Victoria Street,

Bristol BS1 6BY www.ageukbristol.org.ukRegistered charity number 1042-548

Little Pumas 4-7 yrs

Mon 6.15-7pm Core

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Get digital!The new Dundry View NP website will be

full of useful information.

Neighbourhood Partnerships are about local

people getting involved and highlighting

what needs to be done in their area. So we

want local people like you to get involved

with running the website. You could be

posting up information about

Neighbourhood Forum meetings, or posting

up news stories you or someone else hascontributed or helping to run an online

discussion forum. If you are confident with

computers and would like to get involved,

wed love to hear from you.

You would get training in using a

WordPress website, and how to post

content onto the site. You could also be

involved in developing the site. And

remember if you dont have internet access

at home you can visit your local library and

book a computer.

If you are interested in getting involved,please ring Anne-Marie Rogers at HWCP

for a chat on (0117) 903 8013 or

email: [email protected]

We are launching a new website now we need you!

Get training in WordPress

learn to post information

write stuff yourself or

take pictures

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Bristol Care & Repair are reminding homeowners in Hartcliffe and Withywood to

utilise their Handyperson Service this spring. The service, which is supported by

Bristol Council, NHS Bristol and the Royal British Legion amongst others, provides low

cost and reliable support to homeowners wanting help with small repairs and

adaptations. Any Bristol homeowner aged over 60, or disabled, can use the service.

The Handyperson Service covers anything from putting up a shelf or curtain rail, to

replacing a washer on a dripping tap or changing a light bulb - many of these jobs mayseem small in themselves, but can make a huge difference to people who find these

tasks difficult to do and dont know a reliable tradesperson they can trust.

Examples of other jobs available through the Handyperson Service include:

Fitting handrails up stairs, around the house and in the garden

Fitting key safes, window & door locks

Helping with basic plumbing jobs like broken taps or leaking toilets

Unblocking & replacing small sections of guttering

Assembling flat pack furniture & undertaking simple carpentry jobs

Carrying out home safety checks to help identify security risks and hazards

All reliable, CRB checked tradespeople

The Handyperson team are all experienced and reliable tradespeople who have been

CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checked.As Mrs Robertson from Withywood explained, Mums been ripped off in the past but

she can trust the Handypeople and the work is always high quality. A handyperson

visited Mrs Robertsons mother and carried out a full security check on her house,

fitting new locks to her doors and windows and repairing a dripping tap.

As Terry Carroll, a handyperson with Bristol Care & Repair, explains: we cover the

whole of Bristol in our vans and offer a fast and reliable service to the citys older and

disabled people, regardless of income. We aim to help people live safely in their own

homes and improve their quality of life by undertaking small repair and maintenance

jobs.

Charitable organisation

Bristol Care & Repair is a charitable organisation that has been running for 24 years

devoted to helping older and disabled homeowners in the Bristol area. Last year the

Handyperson Service completed over 6000 jobs in Bristol. The organisation also

provides help with completing larger repairs and adaptations around the home.

To find out more ring (0117) 954 2222 (lines open 9-5 Mon to Thu, 9-4 Fri),

email: [email protected] or visit www.bristolcareandrepair.org.uk

Care and Repair

Handyperson ServiceGet a handyperson to help out

with small jobs this spring

Below- Handyperson Terry Carroll helps fit new door and window locks

Bishopsworth ward

Cllr Richard Eddy (Conservative) contact

details are: Tel: (0117) 922 2227

Email: [email protected] Post:

Conservative Group Room UG01, The

Council House, College Green, Bristol BS1

5TR.

Cllr Kevin Quartley (Conservative) is

available;

Tel: (0117) 353 3161;

Email: [email protected]

Post: 42 Kings Walk, Bishopsworth,

Bristol BS13 8AX

Hartcliffe ward

Cllr Mark Brain ( Labour) and Cllr

Derek Pickup (Labour) hold surgeries on

the third Saturday of each month between

10.30am-12 noon in the new Hartcliffe

Library, @symes community building and

now run a surgery from 10.30 to 12.00 on

the 1st Saturday of each month at

Bishopsworth Library.

Whitchurch Park ward

Cllr Helen Holland (Labour)

You can always contact Helen via phone

or email, Tel: (0117) 987 2238; E-mail:

[email protected]

Helen holds regular surgeries at the new

Hartcliffe Library, @symes communitybuilding, on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of

every month, 10.30am 12noon. No

appointment necessary.

Cllr Tim Kent ( Lib Dem) is always

available.

He can be contacted, Tel: (0117) 3005645 ;

Email: [email protected]; Post: 106

Hengrove Lane, Bristol, BS14 9DQ. Tim

also has an internet blog updated

regularly, describing what he has been

doing for Hartcliffe and Whitchurch. This

is a great way for people to keep up with

his work in the area, and to get in touch

with him.

www.blog.myspace.com/whitchurchtim

Councillors

surgeries

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The Community

Partnership

Hartcliffe and Withywood Community

Partnership (HWCP)was started by local resi-

dents in 1998 to lead improving the area. It man-

aged the 12.15 million Single Regeneration

Budget (SRB5) scheme in the area, as part of a

32 million regeneration package which finished

in March 2006.

HWCP runs Neighbourhood Management and

the Dundry View Neighbourhood Partnership

(NP). Neighbourhood Management is about

working to make mainstream services like police,

education and health match local needs in

Hartcliffe and Withywood.

Neighbourhood Partnerships are about localpeople having more say in how services are de-

livered in Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe and

Whitchurch Park wards.

HWCP is a limited company, with charitable sta-

tus, run by a board of trustees, with elected resi-

dents and representatives of local organisa-

tions.

TheHWCPoffice is in the@symes

community building - part of the Symes

District development - and opens 95 week-

days. Drop in to find out more.

If you would like to take an active role in your

community get involved by joining the Neigh-

bourhood Partnership (NP) or Task Group that

interests you.

Meetings take place at venues across the area.

HWCPBoard meetings are open for observ-ers to sit in (see meetings diary page 2).

For more info, Tel: (0117) 903 8044

or visit:www.hwcp.org.uk

New HWCPboard

membersFollowing elections held in December,

HWCP has welcomed two new trustees,

Zoe Williams and Robert Bob

Griffiths. Zoe has lots of experience of

working with young people and

previously served on the HWCP Board.

Robert Griffiths has lived in Withywood

for 20 years and has broad committee

experience.

A weekly class to teach and develop

skills and techniques used in Parkour,

also known as Free Running.The

sessions are for dedicated young peoplethat want to learn and practice in a gym

environment with a professional Parkour

practitioner from Kompany Malakhi.

Classes take place every Saturday from 12

March to the 2nd April at The City of

Bristol Gymnastics Centre, Hartcliffe.

10am 11.30am, 2.50 each.

Recommended for 11 16 year olds.

To find out more or to reserve a place on

the training sessions

email: [email protected]

or call (0117) 971 3344.

For those that already practice Parkour,

between 11.30am 12pm each week there

will be a free practice time.

Parkour/Free Running

Dundry View NP

includes the

local communities of

Bedminster Down,

Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe,

Headley Park,

Highridge, Teyfant,

Uplands,

Whitchurch Parkand Withywood.

Pic - Jay local youngster Ashworth

Have you had a stroke? Or know

someone who has?

The Bristol Area Stroke Foundation

(BASF) is a local voluntary organisation

offering support and encouragement to

people affected by stroke. Stroke affects

everyone differently but it can causephysical, emotional and social upheaval.

BASF offers a range of services

depending on your need including

information, counselling and local

groups. A new service, the Stroke Cafe, is

running every Tuesday in March from

11.30-12.30 at the Southville Centre in

Southville.

To find out more about how BASF can

help you, please call (0117) 964 7657.

Stroke Cafe

Theres a new publicly funded project

looking for people who are interested in

exploring whether they could work for

themselves. You dont need a businessidea just be open to finding out whether

self-employment could be for you. Outset

Bristol provides free training and support

to people who are considering starting

their own business in Bristol. The Outset

Bristol training programme is composed of

19 three-hour workshops aimed at taking

you all the way from considering self-

employment to starting your own

business.

Outset Bristol is running a series of

Business Start-up workshops at The

Gatehouse Centre, Hareclive Road, on

Tuesdays from 10am-1pm starting on 8

February for eight weeks. They are also

running Info Sessions at The Gatehouse

Centre on 8 and 22 March from 2pm-

3.30pm for those who want to learn more

about the programme and how Outset

Bristol can help them. Alternatively you

can pop in and see one of their advisors at

their drop-in session every Tuesday from

2pm-4pm at The Park, Daventry Road,

Knowle.

Call the Outset Bristol team on 0800 0322903 or (0117) 989 7050,

e-mail: [email protected]

or visit: www.outsetbristol.co.uk

Start your

own business

Dundry View

Neighbourhood

Partnership (NP)

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Above - Harvey Gregor, 7 from

Fair Furlong made a nice fly,

not poisonous at the

Merchants Academy art event.

For information on the Big P seewww.hwcp.org.uk or contact Heather

Williams at HWCP on (0117) 903 8044.

100 young people enjoyed the Feb

Big P, our neighbourhoods local playay events at The CORE, Willmott Park

and The Merchants Academy.

space to let

in @symes

Meeting and office space to let in HWCPs modern, light and airy

@symes community building.

Four ground floor pods, small meeting spaces ideal for up to 5people.

Large 1st floor meeting rooms and creche/modern meeting roomwith direct access onto balcony also available.

Phone @symes on Tel: (0117) 903 8044 or visit www.hwcp.org.uk

uture Big P Holiday play datesApril 13 12-4pm

July 27, Aug 3, 10, 17 & 24 12-4pm

October 26 12-4pm

Left - Kevin

Brown, 13,

playing the drums

is a regular at the

CORE onThursdays and

Saturdays

Below - Kira Meehan, 6 from BLC, Mike Shipway, climbing

instructor & Kiera Orchard, 7 from BLC.

Left - Jean Oakley,

Janette Oakley,

Kimberley Oakley , 6

from Four Acres

Primary School and

Sherell Roberts, 7 at

the CORE.

Below - Shanna Sade, Jack Jones, George Densford

and Karina Denning working at the CORE.

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