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These are websites I use to find activity ideas for you. You may sometimes prefer to go directly to these sites:

• Go places Do things (teenagers)
• Go Places to Play (younger children)
• Titchhiker’s Guide Pick of the Month
• Bristol City Council’s Events Page
• Visit Bristol – events
• Crackerjack
• Creative Learning Agency
• Easton and Lawrence Hill Events Diary
• First group discounts /days out
• Colston Hall
• Bristol Folk House
• The Trinity Centre
• St Werburghs events
• the love of it (not just Bristol)
• Bristol Parenting Hub
• Wellspring Healthy Living Centre
• The Prom Music Bar
• The Comedy Box (16+)

Please email bristol@time2share.org.uk if you have similar websites to recommend (no junk please!).

Cinema remains a popular (but expensive) befriending activity. This information should help you save money for your matched family:

Kids’ Clubs

Vue cinemas (e.g. Cribbs Causeway) have a good deal: there‘s a film on that costs 95p for adults/children (but adults need a child with them) on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This also seems to apply to everyday in the school holidays (usually around 10am). See www.myvue.com , choose cinema and then ‘hot offers‘. There are also teenage films for £1.95 (see here) and 3D films for £2.95.

Cineworld, Hengrove Leisure Park, Hengrove Way, Bristol, 0871 200 2000. £1 (incl fun and games) one adult admitted free when accompanied by a child. Saturday mornings (check dates and films). See www.cineworld.co.uk/films/junior . Scroll down to the bottom of the listings for the Bristol cinema and you‘ll see the £1 films

Cinékids is at the Watershed (Canon‘s Rd, near the Fountains in the Centre) once a month. It is usually 1pm on the 3rd Saturday of the month (check their calendar) and is aimed at children aged 8-12. Cost £2 per child and £3.50 for adults (adults need to be accompanied by a child). There are often creative activities related to the film afterwards. e.g. a street dance workshop in July 2010.

Odeon (Union Street, Broadmead). £1 and one adult admitted free with a child. See here and look for the parent and child icon (Saturday and Sunday).

Cinema discounts

CEA cards enable a disabled person to take someone else into the cinema with them for free (e.g. their befriender or parent). The cards cost £5.50 and last a year so they pay for themselves the first time you use them. See www.ceacard.co.uk  to apply.

 “The CEA Card is the national concessionary card developed by the Association to allow people with disabilities to obtain one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. Around 90 per cent of UK cinemas now support the scheme, ranging from the large national chains to smaller independent operators. Further details on the scheme can be found on the CEA Card website here. (This site may open in a new window)”. At the moment it seems to cost £5.50 and last one year. This means that one befriender or parent can go to the cinema free each time they are with a young person who has a valid CEA card.

This website: www.artsline.org.uk will give you accessibility information about different venues, including cinemas. If you follow this link: www.yourlocalcinema.com/ad.bristol.html you will see a list of current films in Bristol which have audio descriptions (for people who are visually impaired).

Befriendees love having one off trips out of Bristol over the summer.

Use Journey Planner to plan specific public transport journeys.

Here are some ideas for local beaches:

Berrow and Brean, or Burnham-on-Sea (29 miles from Bristol)

get there: via the M5 (j22) or A38 and follow signs, or by train to Highbridge and Burnham (usually every hour or so, but check times and how you get to Brean from Burnham!)

ffi: www.burnham-on-sea.com

Beach: lots to do including boating. It’s great at high tide here, but be careful with the mudflats at low tide. Swimming is best avoided on Burnham’s South Beach because the currents are very strong.

Nearby: lighthouse on wooden stilts, pier with pavillion and amusement arcade, Apex Park Wildlife centre, 19th century shipwreck, Brean Down, Alstone Wildlife Park, Brean Down Tropical Bird Garden, Brean Leisure Park.

Clevedon (14 miles from Bristol)

get there: M4 (j20)

ffi: www.clevedon.gov.uk

Beach: quaint seaside (more retired people than kids with spades). Small and pebbly beaches but with rock pool opportunities. There’s a pier.

Weston-Super-Mare (22 miles from Bristol)

get there: M5 (j21) then A370 westwards and follow signs, or A368. Trains every half hour or so from Temple Meads.

ffi: www.weston-super-mare.com

Beach: mini Blackpool with donkey rides and all. The pier should be reopening this summer (Points West will keep us updated!).

Nearby: SeaQuarium, North Somerset Museum, Helicopter Museum, Weston Wheel (like the London Eye). You can take boat trips to Steep Holm (nature reserve island) from Knightstone Harbour.

Portishead (10 miles from Bristol)

get there: go over the Suspension Bridge and take the A369. Take the 357/358/359 bus from central Bristol (they seem to leave around every half hour and take about 45 minutes).

Beach: It’s a fairly sandy beach and the closest to Bristol. Just by the beach there’s an open air swimming pool and a boating lake.

To find out more about local beaches see: the beach guide website.

Parents should cover volunteer and child costs so consult parents about any big day trip plans (Time2Share has no activity budget this year).

Some of this information came from a recent edition of Venue.

Mostly copied from http://www.venue.co.uk/dayso/dayso_events.html:

July

July 16-24: Bristol Brouhaha Comedy Festival Tobacco Factory & Hen and Chicken, Bristol. www.tobaccofactory.com
July 17: Boogie for Brizzle Bristol Zoo. www.bristolzoo.org.uk
July 18-Sept 5: David Hockney: Six Tales from the Brothers Grimm RWA, Bristol. www.rwa.org.uk
July 19: 40th Anniversary Celebrations of return of Brunel’s ss Great Britain to Bristol. www.ssgreatbritain.org
July 22-25: Trowbridge Pump Festival Trowbridge, Wilts. www.trowbridgefestival.co.uk
July 23-Aug 7: Bath International Guitar Festival www.igf.org.uk
July 24-25: Berkeley Skirmish Berkeley Castle, Glos. www.berkeleyskirmish.com
July 29: Romeo & Juliet open-air performance, Bristol Zoo. www.bristolzoo.org.uk
July 30-Aug 1: Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol harbourside. www.bristol-city.gov.uk/harbourfestival

AUGUST

Aug 1st Islamic Cultural Fayre. 12-6pm. Eastville Park. www.bmcs.org.uk

Aug 7-8: Dalek Invasion Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Somerset. www.fleetairarm.com
Aug 12-15: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Ashton Court Estate, Bristol. www.bristolfiesta.co.uk
Aug 16-22: Pride Bristol gay festival. Parade in Castle Park, Bristol, Aug 21.
Aug 18: Priddy Sheep Fair Priddy, Somerset. www.priddysheepfair.co.uk
Aug 23-30: Festival of the Tree Westonbirt Arboretum, nr Tetbury, Glos. www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt
Aug 29: World Bog-Snorkelling Championship Llanwyrtyd Wells, Powys. www.green-events.co.uk
Aug 30: Bank Holiday

 SEPTEMBER

Sept 3-5: Didmarton Bluegrass Festival Kemble Airfield, nr Cirencester. www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk
Sept 4-5: Bristol International Festival of Kites and Air Creations Ashton Court Estate, Bristol. www.kite-festival.org.uk
Sept 5: Bristol Half Marathon Bristol City Centre. www.bristolhalfmarathon.com
Sept 9-12: Heritage Open Days 2009 various venues, all over UK. www.heritageopendays.org
Sept 11: Bristol Doors Open Day www.bristoldoorsopenday.org
Sept 11-12: Swindon Railway Festival STEAM, Swindon. www.swindon.gov.uk/steam
Sept 16 (TBC): Opening of new Brunel Institute, ss Great Britain, Bristol. www.ssgreatbritain.org
Sept 17-26: Jane Austen Festival various venues, Bath. www.janeausten.co.uk

Sept 17-18: Igfest (interesting games festival) www.igfest.org/
Sept 24-26: Bristol Festival Harbourside, Bristol. www.thebristolfestival.org
Sept 24-Oct 3: Bath Festival of Children’s Literature 2010 various venues, Bath. www.bathfestivals.org.uk
Sept 25-26: Silverline Power Tool Drag Racing Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Somerset. www.fleetairarm.com
Sept 25-26: Bristol Do Portland Sq, Bristol. www.thebristoldo.com

Should help you plan the summer! 

OCTOBER

Oct 2-3: Great Western LEGO Show STEAM, Swindon. www.swindon.gov.uk/steam
Oct 6: Dairy Show Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet. www.bathandwest.com
Oct 15-17: Bristol Cajun & Zydeco Festival bristolcajunfestival.com
Oct 16-23: Bath Bach Festival, various venues, Bath. www.chantry-singers.org.uk
Oct 23-31: Halloween Festival, Bristol Zoo. www.bristolzoo.org.uk
Oct 29-Nov 7: Bath Film Festival bathfilmfestival.org.uk

Walking distance from Montpelier along public footpath- St Werburghs City Farm is a green oasis in the heart of Bristol. Entry to the farm is free so anyone can experience first hand contact with the natural world. On the farm there is a range of livestock such as pigs, cows and sheep, a community garden, an adventure playground and a friendly cafe. We also have the Boiling Wells Project which is a 3 acre environmental conservation site on Boiling Wells Lane.

Watercress Road, St. Werbergh’s Telephone- 0117 942 8241

The farm site is open every day of the year including all bank holidays. Summer 9am to 5pm Winter 9am to 4pm

website

The Mill Youth Centre, on Lower Ashley Road in Easton has a session for 13-19 year olds who have learning difficulties (including young people on the Autistic Spectrum who also have learning difficulties):

Tuesdays, 7pm – 9:30pm

This is for people who live in central Bristol (post codes BS5, BS2 and BS7) but there are similar groups in Hartcliffe and Southmead for people in other areas of Bristol.

If you’re interested phone 0117 951 0188 to find out more. If transport is a problem, it would be worth discussing this with workers at the Mill Youth

Did you know that you can play mini golf in Cabot Circus? see this link.

I haven’t found out about Disability discounts yet (although I recommend asking wherever you go).

Opening Hours 9.30 am – 11.00pm, 7 days a week. This could be a good activity for cold evenings, or to combine with shopping or going out for coffee with your befriendee.

The people at Zambezi Express have offered our befriendees and befrienders a great deal for the show next week. You need certain items and more information to prove who you are, so please email Jenny to get this information (this entry is deliberately elusive!).

To find out more about the show see www.zambeziexpress.com/index.htm

“SOLAR POWERED OUTDOOR CINEMA

7.30pm at Ridingleaze Green, Lawrence Weston*. A showing of a brilliant selection of family friendly locally made short films and animations (including some Aardman favourites!). Wrap up warm, bring a cushion, a picnic, your family and friends, for a night of FREE entertainment under the stars.

*Please note if wet the screening will be cancelled.”

Quoted from Voscur ebulletin

On this page we try to provide information so that befrienders and befriendees can find interesting things to do in Bristol. Another good website for finding lots of different ideas for things to do is: http://www.goplacesdothings.org.uk/events/. This is particularly good for befrienders who visit on a particular day of the week, because you can view all activities on a specific day.

From an email from the Scrapstore:

“Super Saturday Sample Sessions
You can come and try out the products on sale in Artrageous for FREE in our Saturday sample sessions. . If you want new children’s craft ideas, have kids who like making, or just want to try out some of the wide range of products on sale in our shop, do come along. 

Sessions are popular so get there early to avoid disappointment. We ask that children are accompanied by an adult or carer at all times. 

SSSSs will be running from 11 – 12.30 and 1.30 – 3pm on 13^th June, 27th June and 11th July.

If you have any questions about the Sample Sessions please contact Michele on 0117 914 3025 or email artrageous@childrensscrapstore.co.uk

T: 0117 908 2090
F: 0117 908 5645

E: enquiries@childrensscrapstore.co.uk
W: www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk

OPENING TIMES:
Monday to Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Sunday: Closed

For a map of how to find us, click on (or copy and paste to your Internet Browser) this link. “

Inclusion Club

Thursday, 19 Mar 2009

Type: Youth clubs

Location: Hartcliffe

Venue: Hareclive Youth Centre, BS13 0HP [google maps]

Organiser: Hartcliffe and Withywood Youth Project

Time: 19:00 – 21:30 (2 hours 30 minutes)

Description:

Contact: For details about club contact Jacky Eddy Tel 0117 9038017. Hartcliffe and Withywood Youth Project. 

Additional info: 70p. Transport provided – contact Brentry Lodge Youth Centre on 0117 3773647 for details.

Please note this information was copied from www.goplacesdothings.org.uk. You should double check the details before attending.

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