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!).

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. “

 

Quoted from: here

“Who can access free swimming?

I’ve just received an email with this message:

“Up to 4 people can bowl for £1 each at Hollywood Bowl

Everyone enjoyed our January Sale so much that we have decided to repeat the fantastic Bowl for £1 deal. The offer is available at every Hollywood Bowl for up to 4 people where they can get a game of bowling for only £1 each.

Download Your Voucher
It couldn’t be easier to claim this great offer – simply;

• Visit our website and download and print your voucher
• Then visit your nearest Hollywood Bowl Monday to Friday until Friday 27 March 2009
• Present your voucher when you pay so up to 4 people will get their first game for just £1 each
• Please note that a few terms and conditions do apply

You are welcome to just turn up at the bowl with your voucher, but we’d strongly recommend booking online to avoid disappointment.”

from this website: Bristol City Council Leisure. This is a mainstream activity but they encourage young people with disabilities to get involved. Please contact them beforehand to talk about support needs though: Angela Graham at Hype Dance on 07931 680 789.

Sport Unlimited – Streetdance (11-16s) Trinity Community Arts Centre
Wednesdays:

6-7 pm – 5-10 year olds

7-8 pm – 11-15 year olds

8-9:30pm – 16+

All £3.50 a session.

A combination of urban, hip-hop and youth dance moves. Participants are welcome to come along and enjoy the sessions and learn new moves and routines. There will be an opportunity to audition for the competition squads. Time2Share young people should bring their befriender or a parent along for a trial session to start with. The classes are quite large, up to 35 children in a class.

Cost: £3.50 

Booking: For information contact Angela Graham at Hype Dance on 07931 680 789.

Yesterday I added interesting Sport Unlimited activities separately, and discovered that there’s a lot on. On the Council website it appears like these are one off events, but most of them are weekly (I would advise checking this before you turn up though!). You should talk through support needs with the organiser as well, but Sport Unlimited are keen to encourage disabled young people to get involved. Some of these groups are competitive, which may appeal to some and not to others…

South Bristol programme

• Athletics8-16s, Monday 7-8pm, £1   

Whitchurch Track (Bristol & West AC)

• Cheerleading9-11s, Monday 5-6pm, £2  

Ashton Park Sports Centre (Ashton Park SSP)

• Cheerleading11-16s, Tuesday 3.30-4.30pm, £2  

Bedminster Down School (The Angels)

• Cheerleading11-16s, Tuesday 5.30-6.45pm, £4 

The Park Sports Centre (The Angels) 

• Cricket “For All”11-13s, Wednesday 3.30-4.30pm

£2, Merchants’ Academy Hall (Merchants’ Academy Hall)

• Dance11-16s, Monday 5-6pm, £2Â

   

Merchants’ Academy Hall (Merchants’ Academy Hall)

• Dance9-11s, Wednesday 3.45-4.45pm, £2Â

   

Merchants’ Academy Hall (Merchants’ Academy Hall)

• Disability Football15-19s, (Starting 25 February)Â

   

Wednesday 7-8pm, £2.50, South Bristol Sports Centre (Jay Lee)

• Football (Girls)11-16s, Thursday 6-7pm, £2Â

   

Cheddar Grove Primary School (Highridge Girls FC)

• Football8-11s, Saturday 10-11am, £2Â

   

Merchants’ Academy Hall (Merchants’ Academy Hall)

• Hip Hop Dance11-16s, Tuesday 6.45-8pm, £4Â

   

The Park Sports Centre (The Angels)

• Ju Jitsu11-16s, Tuesday 6-8pm, £1.50Â

   

Bedminster Down School (Bedminster Ju Jitsu)

• Mountain Biking9-16s, Saturday 10am-12pm, £5Â

   

Ashton Court Estate (Sole Events)

• Netball11-16s, Tuesday 5-6pm, £2.50Â

   

The Park Sports Centre (The Park Netball Club)

• Netball “For All”9-16s, Monday 4-5pm, £2Â

   

Bridge Learning Campus (Airborne Netball Club)

• Netball “For All”9-13s, Wednesday 3.30-4.30pmÂ

   

£2, Merchants’ Academy Hall (Ashton Park SSP)

• Netball “For All”9-13s, Wednesday 5-6pm, £2.75Â

   

Ashton Park Sports Centre (Ashton Park SSP)

• Netball “For All”9-13s, Thursday 3.30-4.45pmÂ

   

£2, St Bernadette Secondary School (Ashton Park SSP)

• Parkour12-19s, Sunday 10.30-11.30am, £2Â

   

The Park Sports Centre (Jump Bristol)

• Roller Disco10-13s, (Starting 25 February)Â

   

Saturday 2-4pm, £1.50, The Park Sports Centre

They have tried to ensure all information is accurate, but we do advise contacting the activity organiser before attending.

You can find full listings of all the activities at www.bristol.gov.uk/sportunlimited

Play for just 1p per game
hollywood bowl is offering more than good luck to families that find a penny with the return of an online only offer on the hollywood bowl website which will allow bowlers to play for just 1p a game

go to: www.hollywoodbowl.co.uk/avonmeads.php  

If your children are early risers this might be just what you need for half term! 1p a game if you start 9:00-9:30am.

Although Time2Share doesn’t have any religious affiliations, we thought you might be interested to hear about this inclusive Sunday School (for those of you who would like your children to access a Sunday School).

“The Incredibles” is a Sunday School for special needs children, their siblings and friends. Their website is www.theincredibles.org.uk and it is run by Tim and Terina who are parents of two sons with disabilities. It meets at Hop Skip and Jump on Sundays 10:30 to 12:30 and the parents stay and chat over coffee whilst The Incredibles is going on. This Sunday they are launching The Incredibles Support Group which will enable parents to share their own experiences and hear how other parents have overcome similar life issues. Some of the parents as well as having their own children with special needs, work at Warmley Park School so therefore have a vast experience of working with many different special needs. 

The age of the children ranges from babies to 16yr, however the upper age is flexible for children with special needs. There is no fee or waiting list. Families are welcome to come and join. They are also planning to have a youth group for children 10-16 in place by the time our next newsletter goes out. This will be fortnightly basis on  Saturdays at Hop Skip and Jump running from 5:30 – 7.00pm.

Phoenix Young Folk at Horfield URC, Bristol

Find other Events for children in the UK, or other Events for children in South West, UK

copied from

“MUSEUMS
Many municipal museums offer free admission. In Bristol, this means the City Museum & Art Gallery, Georgian House, Blaise Castle House Museum and Red Lodge. Bristol’s museums are efficiently and enthusiastically run, and the City Museum has an excellent programme of events and exhibitions that you’d be crazy not to take advantage of regularly. See Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions section for full details.
In Bath & North East Somerset, the Victoria Art Gallery offers free admission. If you’re a B&NES resident, you absolutely need to get a Discovery Card. This gets you into the Roman Baths and Fashion Museum for free any day of the year, and entitles you to discount admission rates to a lot of other local heritage attractions. They’re available free of charge from the Roman Baths and Assembly Rooms in Bath (take along proof of residency, such as a utility bill, and proof of identity, such as a driving licence or passport). A photograph for the card will be taken on the spot. Further details and downloadable application form are also available on the B&NES website – go to www.bathnes.gov.uk and click on ‘A to Z’, choose ‘D’ and scroll down to Discovery Card. “

copied from the Venue website January 2009