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Find out about activities organised by LinkAge, for people over 50, in Stockwood.

A lovely FREE walk that takes in Briery Leaze. We meet and finish at the Whitchurch Library, Whitchurch District Centre, Oatlands Avenue, every Tuesday at 10am. (If it is your first walk with us, please arrive 15 minutes early). The walk is between 30 – 45 minutes, between 1 – 2 miles and mainly flat, tarmacked routes. We go at a steady pace. If you would like to, remember to bring some money for refreshments afterwards. Please wear weather appropriate clothes and sensible shoes. Meet other local people 50+. Enjoy gentle exercise, at a pace that suits you. Discover your neighbourhood’s best green walks. Bring a family member, a friend and/or a (well behaved!) dog on a short lead. Reap health benefits that will earn you gold starts with your GP! This walk, along with future walks, is run by LinkAge in partnership with Walking for Health. For further information, please contact the Health Walks Co-ordinator, Cheryl Martin, on 07530 564332 cherylmartin@linkagewestofengland.org.uk or the LinkAge office 0117 305 2365 linkage@stmonicatrust.org.uk

A lovely FREE walk that takes in the Whitchurch Railway Path. We meet and finish in the bar at the South Bristol Sports Centre in West Town Lane, every Monday at 10am. (If it is your first walk with us, please arrive 15 minutes early). The walk is between 45-60 minutes, between 2 – 3 miles and mainly flat, tarmacked routes.  We go at a steady pace. If you would like to, remember to bring some money for refreshments afterwards. Please wear weather appropriate clothes and sensible shoes. Meet other local people 50+. Enjoy gentle exercise, at a pace that suits you. Discover your neighbourhood’s best green walks. Bring a family member, a friend and/or a (well behaved!) dog on a short lead. Reap health benefits that will earn you gold starts with your GP! This walk, along with future walks, is run by LinkAge in partnership with Walking for Health. For further information, please contact the Health Walks Co-ordinator, Cheryl Martin, on 07530 564332 cherylmartin@linkagewestofengland.org.uk or the LinkAge office 0117 305 2365 linkage@stmonicatrust.org.uk

On Tuesday 22nd November the full council is to consider the next steps in trying to make the Parks and Green Spaces Strategy (PGSS) work – in particular the way it will be part funded by the sale of some of the land. The report that goes to Council is here . Below, this Stockwood critic’s analysis of it: The report’s written by the ‘cross party working group’ – one member of each of the four parties – that was formed after the last elections, and has been considering the issues ever since. It doesn’t ask the council to make any decision, the rules say that only the Cabinet (a minority Lib-Dem cabinet) can do that. It simply asks the council to ‘note’ the report (which amounts to accepting it) and to invite the Cabinet to choose between two possible approaches to selling off parkland and open space to help fund the strategy. The key points are: Land sales remain as a key part of financing the PGSS. It’s estimated that they could raise £10m, (though even with other expected funding, it would still fall well short of what’s needed to realize the PGSS objectives. ) All income from the [read more...]

Announcement of the FoSOS Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Stockwood Open Spaces this year will be held at the Free Church, Ladman Road, on Monday 14th November 2011. 7pm for a 7.30 AGM start.

An unqualified, if moderate success… This was the first time that a food festival had taken place across the Neighbourhood Partnership of Hengrove and Stockwood.  For some of us who organised the festival it was also the first time that we had done anything like this, and there were some very steep learning curves!  There were lots of ideas, some last-minute changes for better and worse, but overall a real team effort from different directions made it all happen. Not a bad start. There was unexpected stiff competition from the Wales-France rugby semi-final, which meant that people trickled in mid-morning, or perhaps they were shopping, but we still had an enjoyable morning. Andy Hamilton lead a number of fascinating mini-tours of the school’s green backyard, a little under an acre, and was both informative and amusing about food foraging. Learning to cook.  CLICK HERE FOR RECIPES! Bridget Carter’s children cookery master-class was an unmitigated success and kids were able to discover for themselves the art of baking, and there perhaps we have some of our future bakery artisans? Sarah’s raw food goodies (really outstanding,  available at the Juice bar, in St. Nick’s Market), were a hit with kids and adults, [read more...]

Councillor John Rogers, executive member with responsibility for health promotion on Bristol City Council says that Bristol’s Walking For Health group network offers scores of people the perfect physical and emotional workout. The organisation, which is a joint collaboration between Bristol City Council and Natural England, is run largely by volunteer walk leaders” To read more of this inspiring article featuring 3 Walking for Health Bristol walkers click on the link below: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/ll-walk/story-13404379-detail/story.html or ITV coverage http://www.itv.com/westcountry-east/best-foot-forward83122/