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Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership Newsletter


Welcome to another edition
of the Wham!
In April we had a session looking at the
future of the paper. Young people
attended with the suggestion of having
a section just for them. If you’re
interested in sending something
contact Anne-Marie @Symes.
The first of the Neighbourhood Forums
have been taking place in the three
wards. These meetings replace the
PACTs. You are invited to attend and
raise anything that’s not being sorted
out. Thing’s like noisy neighbourhoods,
dog mess, rubbish in the park, lights
Wham! is the quarterly newsletter
of Hartcliffe and Withywood Com-
munity Partnership (HWCP) and the
Dundry View NP 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:anne-marie.rogers@hwcp.org.uk
Tel: (0117) 903 8013. You can also view
the Wham! online at www.hwcp.org.uk
Next issue copy and advertising
deadline: 13 August, delivery mid-
September.
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 information
contained in this publication are those of
the contributors and not necessarily those
of HWCP or the Dundry View NP.
Hartcliffe and Withywood
HWCP Chair of the Board
Tracy Edwards Brown
updates residents
on changes in the area
and the Partnership
over the past few
months in a regular
spot in Wham!
out on your street, anything. Keep
your eyes open for dates in Septem-
ber.
Positive Minds is in the process of
moving to the Gatehouse Centre and is
going to be supported by HHEAG.
They will no longer be managed by
HWCP. Helen will still be the manager
and be based at the Gatehouse by the
start of September. They’ve had a
successful first year and we’d like to
wish them happy birthday and all the
best for the future.
The Wild Southwest
The CATT bus team would like
to thank everyone who came
along and supported the
Country and Western
Fundraising night on 21 May
which has helped raise over
£2,000.
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Our new Neighbourhood Manager,
Melanie joined on 5 July. She will be
responsible for HWCP, the Neighbour-
hood Management and Partnership
stuff.
The sun’s finally decided to show its
face and the summer fairs have
started. The ‘Big P’ is due back for the
summer and the holidays are here.
Have a brilliant summer and speak to
you again in the autumn.
Tracy EB.
Left- Antonia and Harri Smith
at the CATT Country and
Western Fundraising night
So a very big thank you to everyone
who contributed to the event: ACL
Mobility, Whitchurch Lane; What!
Stores, Imperial Park; Homesense,
Imperial Park; Tesco Home,
Imperial Park; Bristol Rovers
Football Club; Iceland, Symes
District Centre: Greggs the Bakers,
Symes District Centre; Crazy Carp,
Bishopsworth; Carols Hairdressers,
Bishopsworth; The Bishopsworth
Hair Company, Bishopsworth; Joys
Flower Shop, Bishopsworth; Asda,
Whitchurch.
Also thanks to all the volunteers
who helped organise the event.
Special thanks to Keith Farrant
AKA Johnny C.
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Dundry View
NPgrants
Apply now for small grants
Individuals and local groups
can apply to the Dundry View
NP for a small grant to make
something happen in their
community.

Dundry View NP will prioritise activities
which fit under these three broad
headings: Safer Communities,
Healthier Communities, Satisfaction
with the local environment:
If you are interested either look at the
website, www.hwcp.org.uk to download
the Guidance and Application Form or
ask for a copy from reception,
@symes community resource centre,
Symes District Centre, Peterson
Avenue, Hartcliffe, BS13 0BE. Tel
Reception 9038044.
Above: Small Grant recipient, The Raven’s Marching Band,
perform at the recent Millennium Green Fun Day
If you would like to speak to anyone Applications review date: Monday 20
about the Dundry View Small Grants, September 2010.
contact Heather Williams on (0117)
903 8010. December round - Deadline date:
Return the completed and signed Thursday 2 December 2010;
application to HWCP, @symes Applications review date: Monday
Community Building, Peterson Avenue, 13 December 2010
Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 0BE by 5pm on
the day of the deadline.
September round - Deadline date:
Thursday 9 September 2010;

Development plans Meet Melanie

for the area
Bristol City Council are
consulting on the development
of land and green spaces
across the Dundry View NP
area.
The consultations are called the
Site Allocation and Area Green Space
Plans.
Monaghan
Comments can be submitted until 5pm
on 29 October 2010.
Paper copies of the Options Document
will be available to view in local
libraries and customer service points.
or come along to the drop-in
event:

All documents are available to
download from the council website;
www.bristol.gov.uk
If you live in this NP any possible
development could affect you from
Kings Head Lane Park Bishopsworth
through to St Augustines Whitchurch
Park, so make sure you let the council
know what you think by taking part.
12 noon – 8pm on 6 September
The Gatehouse Centre,
Hareclive Road,
Bristol, BS13 9JN.
Parks Officers will be there to answer
questions about the Area Green Space
Plans which are being consulted on
during the same period.
“Hi I’m Melanie Monaghan, the
new Neighbourhood Manager at
HWCP. I’m really looking forward to
meeting many of you over the coming
months.
“I’m based in @symes, in the front
office. If you see me please say hello,
I’l love to know what you’d like to see
done to keep improving the
community.”

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Living the
high life
In May the local scouts went
to Austria to train as hot air
balloon pilots.
Here two of them tell their
stories.
Alex Burnett
“Our hot air balloon training in
Austria can simply be described with
one word, awesome. Never had I been
so excited to wake up at 5.30 in the
morning in my life. Dawn broke on the
first morning, and it was perfect flying
conditions. With the balloon out and set
up all we needed now was to set off up
into the sky, and so we did. We stayed
up for two hours, what a way to start the
week, AND with a soft landing.
“The week continued like this for several
days with some hilarious flying mo-
ments including flying a balloon across
the middle of a road, you’ve seen ducks
cross the road but have you ever seen a
balloon cross a road, I certainly hadn’t
until this week.
“The training itself was brilliant, with
some pretty cool instructors, making us
do everything you can possibly do in a
balloon, high level flying as well as low
level flying, both totally different skills
which are hard to master, but by the end
of the week, we had almost mastered
them completely.
“Just a few more hours and several of us
will be fully qualified to fly a hot air
balloon by ourselves as well as take
people up with us.”
Hartcliffe and Withywood
Pages
Why not write something for
the next young people’s
pages?
We’d love your pics and views
about being a local young person.
Get in touch:
E:anne-marie.rogers@hwcp.org.uk
T: (0117) 903 8013.
He’s alright,
Jack!
Local youngster wins praise
for his skill and attitude.
Jack Gillam ( pictured below) won
Above - Alex and Claire take off over
the regional finals in the National
the Austrian mountains
Pool competition, and represented
Hartcliffe Club for Young People at
Claire Weeks the national finals in Preston on May
9 and came third. The event organ-
“After a long, tiring journey, we isers say Jack’s whole approach
finally arrived at our destination, and attitude to the sport is excellent.
Stubenburg, Austria. When we
arrived there was no rest as we were
told we would be flying that evening.
“We were put into two teams. They
consisted of one experienced pilot and
three trainee pilots. As this was only
my second flight I felt excited, nervous
and curious about what our pilot would
ask us to do.
“We each had a turn to use the burners
and therefore fly the balloon. It felt
completely overwhelming to be in
control as there were so many things
to think about. The next nine days fell
into the same exhausting routine as we
were up at 5.30am and going to bed at
10.00pm.
“As the days went by I became more
confident in flying. It was a tiring but
amazing ten days and we even came
back to England with one newly
qualified pilot who can fly our balloon.”
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Spotted! Barn Owl
Spotted! Blackbird
Spotted! Blue tits
Spotted! Kingfisher
If you are a wildlife snapper send
in your local wildlife pictures and
we will publish as many as we can
in the September Wham!
Email:
anne-marie.rogers@hwcp.org.uk
by 20 August
Hartcliffe and Withywood
ild
A special treat to pull
W
Prise open the central staples and carefu
put them on your wall for fu
about Summertime...
in South Bristol
Spotted! Chaffinch Spotted! House Sparrow
Spotted! Heron Spotted! Jackdaw
Spotted! Woodpecker Spotted! Robin
Useful Websites You can send in your wildlife
sightings to Bristol Regional
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife Environmental Record Centre
www.butterfly-conservation.org (BRERC) who collect information
www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk which helps to build up a picture
of the wildlife in Bristol.
Contact them at: www.brerc.org.uk
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These pictures show

some of the wildlife you
might see in South Bristol
this summer. Spotted! Fox Spotted! Grey Squirrel

Spotted! Little Owl Spotted! Speckled Wood Butterfly Spotted! Bee

Spotted! Spotted Burnet Moth Spotted! Peacock Butterfly Spotted! Painted Lady Butterfly

Spotted! Frog Spotted! Slow Worm Spotted! Grass Snake

Wham! would like to thank Keith Pic credits:

Way who put loads of work into Emma D’Andrea,
getting this pull-out poster
Ed Drewitt, Keith Way,
together. If you’re a member of
the community who’d like to do Alan Gunson, Cheryl Martin,
something for the Wham! please Elizabeth Shaw.
get in touch.

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o p l e ’ s P a g
UK’s First Y ou ng P e
Academy Cadet
Gay Elms Primary School
Centre By Cavan Lavin and Paige Gray, (below)
Merchants’ Academy has started
construction work on a purpose-built
Army Cadet Centre that will be home
to the UK’s first Academy Cadet Force.

The centre will be the first of its kind to

be attached to a state school, offering
the Academy the chance to run its own
cadet force as part of an existing
programme of co-curricular activities.
Students will be able to try their hand at
field craft and drill, whilst developing
their leadership and teamwork skills.

The three quarters of a million pound

project has been funded by the Wessex
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
and the DCSF. The Cadet Centre
building, which is being erected on the
school site, will be fully equipped with
state-of-the-art facilities and is likely to
be completed in December this year.

The unit is recruiting adult volunteers to

support the activities and training that
the Army Cadet Force offers. Adults with
adventure training qualifications are
sought, but volunteers with less
experience but a keen interest in
supporting young people will be most
welcome.
Contact Chris Starbuck on
ceobristolacf@wessex-rfca.co.uk
Gay Elms has a calm, safe environment to work in. We enjoy all the
lessons that we do and each class is unique in its own way. We have amazing
facilities such as an ICT suite and interactive whiteboards in the classrooms.
We also have the ARB, which stands for Autism Resource Base. The ARB is a
fun place to learn and is calm and relaxed for the children with autism.
Sometimes children from the ARB come down to learn and play with us.
Our teachers are really friendly and helpful, which helps us to get better at our
lessons and learn more. Each year 6 child has a mentor to comfort and support
them through SATs and other things.

We have been on lots of exciting trips like the Lifeskills Centre. We were put in
realistic scenarios and had to figure safe ways to get out of them. This has
taught us to deal with real life situations such as fires and traffic. In year 5 we
Remember the went on a trip to Wessex Water, where we were taught about what happened in

P!
the drains and how it becomes clean water. It was cool but it smelt a bit!!

Big
Soon we will be going to Barton Camp and as year 6s we stay there for the
longest! We have lots of fun there doing the activities provided such as treasure
hunts, shelter building and swimming.

See back page for details
We also have prom coming up, which we are very excited about, as we get to
wear dresses and suits. We meet at the Withywood Centre and ride in fire
truck limos to school where we eat dinner and then dance for the rest of the
night. Soon we have to go to secondary school. We are sad at leaving Gay
Elms but we are looking forward to using all the cool gadgets at Merchants
Academy. Written June 2010

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HEALTHY-EATING COURSES for anyone who has young children and

people with a diet-related illness will resume in September. These courses
are very popular so please BOOK EARLY. Phone Chris as below.
WANT ADVICE ABOUT YOUR DIET OR NUTRITION? This summer we
are beginning regular one-to-one advice sessions with a qualified dietician in
our Food Resource Centre. For further details ring Chris on the number
below.
THE FOOD RESOURCE CENTRE will be a new venture for us. We plan to have
a range of recipes, cookery books and nutritional information for you to access. It
is in a restful area behind the Food for All shop and in the future there may also b
some equipment, which can be borrowed. The area will also be available for use
by breast-feeding mothers.
THE HARTCLIFFE & WITHYWOOD AMBLERS will be out and about this
summer. Walks include Portland Bill, The Cotswold Way and a guided walk in
Clifton, as well as a couple of local walks. Please ring for a programme.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED: If you’ve ever fancied working in a garden or a shop

then how about volunteering with HHEAG or Food For All? No experience is
necessary, as we will help you get new skills. We promise the work is fun and the
company is good.
Hartcliffe Health & Environment Action Group
The Gatehouse Centre, Hareclive Rd, Hartcliffe, Bristol. BS13 9JN
10 Hartcliffe and Withywood
Tel: (0117) 946 5285
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Bristol City Council
Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe and Whitchurch Park wards

Councillors’ surgeries
Cllr Helen Holland (Whitchurch Park, Labour)
can be contacted at home, Tel: (0117) 987 2238; E-mail: helen.holland@bristol.gov.uk
Helen holds regular surgeries at the new Hartcliffe Library, @symes community building, on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of
every month, 10.30am – 12noon. No appointment necessary. Helen holds surgeries at Teyfant School for the school
and community, contact the school for details.

Cllr Tim Kent (Whitchurch Park, Lib Dem) is always available.

He can be contacted, Tel: (0117) 3005645 ; Email: trkent@btinternet.com; 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

Cllr Mark Brain (Hartcliffe, Labour) and Cllr Derek Pickup (Hartcliffe, Labour) hold surgeries on the
third Saturday of each month between 10.30am-12 noon in the new Hartcliffe Library, @symes community building.

Cllr Richard Eddy (Bishopsworth, Conservative) contact details are: Tel: (0117) 922 2227
Email: richard.eddy@bristol.gov.uk Post: Conservative Group Room UG01, The Council House, College Green, Bristol
BS1 5TR. He is currently unwell and Kevin Quartlery (below) is picking up his case-work.

Cllr Kevin Quartley (Bishopsworth, Conservative) is available;

Tel: (0117) 353 3161; Email: kevin.quartley@bristol.gov.uk; Post: 42 Kings Walk, Bishopsworth, Bristol BS13 8AX

Happy Birthday
Positive Minds!
They’re celebrating one year of
Free help with IT @symes supporting local people with
their mental and emotional
health.
Are you a local resident or small local business and wonder: The project has been well received
Why does my computer give me this message? locally and has already secured some
What Anti-virus protection do I need? What is a firewall? funding to keep the service going.
The project is moving homes and is
IT Surgery @symes joining HHEAG in early September (so
Wednesday 4 August 2010, 2.00pm – 5.30pm. long as everything goes to plan).
The project received over 140
This is a drop-in surgery, first come, first served. referrals or self referrals in the last
year and looks forward to another
Avagio IT Consultants have recently Building, please come along with year of supporting local people.
been appointed to support HWCP’s IT your questions. The current contact telephone
needs and are kindly offering advice For information contact HWCP number is (0117) 353 3855 but will
and guidance* to the local community reception on (0117) 903 8044. change when they move. The mobile
free of charge by holding an IT surgery. *Please do not bring in computers. contact number will stay the same –
If successful, this will be repeated so if Avagio will not be able to fix computers, 07880 661239. See the September
this is something you would like to see but will be able to offer advice and issue of Wham! for their new contact
offered by the @symes Community guidance. details.

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We now take ads!
Wham! is distributed to 8,500 households around Hartcliffe and
Wtihywood and a further 1,000 around bishopsworth and Whitchurch
Park. To advertise in the next issue - out mid-September - contact
Anne-Marie at HWCP T: (0117) 903 8013
E: anne-marie.rogers@hwcp.org.uk

HWCP Staff
Who’s who and what they do HWCP Board of Directors
Neighbourhood Manager Elected Local Resident Directors
Melanie Monaghan
Media & Communications
Four Acres - Tracy Edwards-Brown (HWCP Chair)
Anne Marie Rogers
- Christine Rendle (HWCP Vice Chair)
Community Partnership Worker
Hareclive - Gabbi
Heather Williams
Teyfant - Julie Watts
Trainee Engagement Worker
Karina Denning Withywood - June Searle
Finance Manager - Terry Ford
Kath Appleford Whitehouse - Brian White
Building Manager
Sarah Page Nominated Directors
Admin & Finance Assistant Bristol City Council - Councillor Mark Brain
Carrie Ellis (Maternity leave) Education - Jenny Bye ESP
Kirsty Tait (Maternity cover) Health - Mandy Shute – NHS/PCT
Caretakers Business - Pat Mundy HWV
Rod Dyer Police - Vacant
Jeff Toogood Youth - Web Matthews
Receptionists Vision BME - Kathryn Jefferson
Nigel Stoneman Disability Equality Forum - Chairperson DEF
Kay Rose Coopted - Tania Case
CATT Co-ordinator - Marie Weaver
Dave Parry - Nikki Williams
Assistant CATT Co-ordinator
Vicki Ford
CATT Admin Assistant
Antonia Smith HWCP Board meeting dates
CATT Driver
John Daly Tuesday 7 September Withywood Centre 4.00-6.00pm
Positive Minds Support Worker
Helen Gunson Observers are welcome at these meetings
Teresa Anstey Please call to confirm meetings Tel: (0117) 903 8044

The Community Partnership

Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Part-
nership (HWCP) was started by local resi-
dents in 1998 to lead improving the area. It
managed the £12.15 million Single Regen-
eration Budget (SRB5) scheme in the area, as
part of a £32 million regeneration package
which finished in March 2006.
HWCP runs Neighbourhood Management and
Neighbourhood Partnership. Neighbourhood
Management is about working to make main-
stream services like police, education and
health match local needs in Hartcliffe and
Withywood.
Neighbourhood Partnership is about local
people having more say in how services are
delivered in Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe and
Whitchurch Park wards.
HWCP is a limited company, with charitable
status. Run by a 13- strong Board, with an
elected resident majority, representatives of
local organisations, and from Bristol City
Council, the Bristol South and West Primary
Care Trust, the Police, youth projects and
local businesses, together with advisors on
disability, race, and sustainability.
The HWCP office is in the@symes commu-
nity building - part of the Symes District de-
velopment - and opens 9–5 weekdays. Drop
in to find out more.
The Partnership is community-led, local resi-
dents play the most important part in making
decisions.
If you would like to take an active role in your
community get involved by joining a Neigh-
bourhood Partnership or Task Group that in-
terests you.
Meetings take place at venues across the area.
Care expenses for children and dependent
adults paid to a carer of your choice.
HWCP Board meetings are open for
observers to sit in (see HWCP Board
meetings above).
For more info, Tel: (0117) 903 8044
or visit:www.hwcp.org.uk

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