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Activity workshop at Spike Island 11/09/10

jennyt2s — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:32:16 +0000

This is a workshop at Spike Island. I’ve given them a ring and it’s free to attend in the main gallery space, you just turn up and take part. There’s also a cafe there. The contact details for Spike Island are:

Telephone: 929 2266
Email: admin@spikeisland.org.uk
Post: 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UX

“Activities for Families with Simon Tozer: Draw and Print your own Chapbook

Saturday 11 September, 12pm – 4pm

Activities for Families returns to selected Saturdays over the summer season with a range of printmaking workshops hosted by different artists and drawing club sessions for all the family. Activities for Families sees artists set up a temporary studio in the gallery allowing visitors to participate in a range of activities that reflect the artists’ own practice. To date we have offered sessions from making fanzines and creating fairytales to human scale animation workshops.

Join Simon to create your own Chapbooks…small and cheaply produced booklets sold by itinerant dealers, or chapmen, often illustrated with woodcuts. They contained tales of popular heroes, legend and folklore, jests, reports of notorious crimes, ballads, nursery rhymes, school lessons, farces, biblical tales, dream lore, and other popular matter. The texts were mostly crude and anonymous…

Using mono-screenprint methods along with simple but cunning paper folding techniques we will convert a corner of the gallery into a nineteenth century printshop. You will emerge as a (self) published graphic artist or writer. This workshop is suitable for all ages: anyone in fact that can hold a pencil and has a story to tell.”

Text copied from http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/

Cycle Festival: Sept 11-26

jennyt2s — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:56:43 +0000

Lots of community organised cycling events see:

http://bristolcyclefestival.com/event-diary/

e.g.: “Creative Cycling Fun Day 11 September

Bring a picnic and your bike to the green space over the river opposite the Create Centre. Enjoy Wacky bikes, Dr Bike, Cycle City Roadshow,All abilities cycles, Cycle games and activities for children, Bike costuming workshop (in the Create centre) . Come and find out where the new cycle path to Ashton Court is or maybe have a bike ride along the river with your family.

Location: Green Space

Address: Opposite CREATE Centre

Postcode: BS1 6XN

Start Time: 11:00

Duration: 4 hours

Audience: Family Friendly

Contact: Janine McCretton

Phone: 0117 9036745

E-Mail: janine.mccretton@bristol.gov.uk”

copied from official website

Out and About Youth Groups – Aiming High

jennyt2s — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:22:47 +0000

Hareclive Youth Centre

Moxham Drive, Hartcliffe, BS13 0HP Phone: 0117 9038017

Thursday 7 – 9:30

They provide a range of positive activities in safe meeting places to enable young people aged 13 – 19 to have fun and develop personally and socially.

Out & About

Saturdays 10.00am to 4.00pm (Monthly)

For more information call: 07825315681

Dates of Saturdays open: 14/08/2010 18/09/2010 09/10/2010 13/11/2010 04/12/2010 29/01/2011 19/02/2011 26/03/2011

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Open Spaces, The Mill

Lower Ashley Rd, Easton BS5 0YZ

Phone: 0117 951 0188

Out & About

Saturdays 10.00am to 4.00pm (Monthly)

For more information call: 07795445605

Dates of Saturdays open: 31/07/2010 28/08/2010 25/09/2010 06/10/2010 20/11/2010 11/12/2010 15/01/2011 05/02/2011 12/03/2011

Pool

Music

Nail Painting

Climbing

Trips

Arts and Crafts

Also – Tuesday 7 – 9:30pm

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Southmead Youth Centre

Greystoke Avenue, Southmead, BS10 6AS Phone: 0117 377 3605

Out & About

Saturdays 10.00am to 4.00pm (Monthly)

For more information call: 07825315725

Dates of Saturdays open: 07/08/2010 11/09/2010 02/10/2010 06/11/2010 27/11/2010 18/12/2010 23/01/2011 12/02/2011 19/03/2010

Also, Wednesday 7 – 9:30pm

Dance

Table tennis

Sports

Computing

Hair and Beauty

Short courses

Residential

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Disabled Young People’s Team

What do they do? Provide positive activities for disabled young people across the city Disability Equality Training for staff and young people

 Residential activities and short break provision to families

 Advocate on behalf of disabled young people

 They work in partnership with schools, voluntary and community sectors and agencies in Bristol.

 Lead the ‘Position Statement’ for disabled young people in Bristol.

If you require this leaflet in large print, please contact them at the address below.

For more information Contact:

Brentry Lodge Youth Centre

Machin Road, Henbury

Bristol

BS10 7HQ

Tel: 0117 377 3675

Fax: 0117 377 3654

Email: brlsef@bristol.gov.uk

Useful websites for finding activities

jennyt2s — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:30:31 +0000

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

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

Kids’ Cinema Clubs and Disability discounts

jennyt2s — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:33:54 +0000

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).

Local beaches – have a day out

jennyt2s — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:24:13 +0000

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.

Bowling in the summer

jennyt2s — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:49:31 +0000

The latest Summer Holiday bowling deal from Hollywood Bowl is:

“Treat the little monsters to two games, a meal and a drink for just £4.95 per person*. To get this offer simply find your nearest bowl and book – it’s as simple as that.”

*A few Ts & Cs apply

Summer Holiday Activities and Ability Escape Zone 4-14s

jennyt2s — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:15:33 +0000

For details of other holiday activities see this link.

Ability Escape Zone

This is funded through Aiming High for Disabled Children. Please see this link for further details about this and other days.

“e.g. St Paul’s Community Sports Academy
from 26 Jul 2010 Start: 9:00 AM – Finish: 4:00 PM

The programme will allow your child to learn new skills, meet new children, burn off lots of energy and have loads of fun. Specialist, fully trained ability sports coaches will be on hand to ensure anyone with a disability has the appropriate level of support. Sessions will consist of a variety of activities including multi-skills, brain boggling tasks, obstacle courses as well as various sports including cricket, football and volleyball. For children aged 4-14 years.Children can attend a full day 9am-4pm or half day 9am-12.30pm or 12.30-4pm. For all day activities please bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink. For football activities please bring boots, trainers and shin pads.

Cost Details:
Adult: N/A	Child: £12.50	Family: N/A
Concession: N/A	O.A.P: N/A	Group: N/A

Pricing Notes: 2nd child £10. Half day £7 and 2nd child £5.

Costs can be negotiated if this is a barrier.

Parking: Limited parking only.

Getting there: By bus: Services 5 and 25 stop on City Road.

Booking: To book please visit the website and download the booking form for central Bristol.”

Event Web Site

Local events and festivals over the summer

jennyt2s — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:59:38 +0000

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

Get a FREE Computer!

jennyt2s — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:03:02 +0000

Disabled children who have parents on a low income are likely to be eligible for a scheme which gives out free computers and assistive technology.

The best thing is to phone up to apply: 0333 200 1004

Or phone for more information: 0800 877 8777 | 024 7641 6994
To find out more online see this link.

Please could volunteers pass this information onto families who don’t have a computer (as they probably won’t be online to read this!)?