Voluntary Group secures over £60,000 to build a youth structure and improve park space.
Friends of Jubilee Green are delighted to announce they have achieved their fundraising target to build a much needed Youth Structure for Bradley Stoke.
They have been awarded a grant for £49,999 through the Community Spaces programme which is being managed by Groundwork UK as an Award Partner to the Big Lottery Fund. Community Spaces is part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces initiative.
The project will deliver an innovative, community inclusive structure, that the young people of Bradley Stoke have been involved with every step of the way from design to helping build the structure. The project will also improve some of the paths in the park to ensure accessibility to all.
Michelle Dent, Chair and Trustee of Friends of Jubilee Green comments; “We are absolutely delighted with the news. Our volunteers have been working very hard over the last 3 years to secure a major grant to build this much needed structure. We have involved the young people of Bradley Stoke in each step of this project and we are looking forward to building elements of
the structure with them.”
Friends of Jubilee Green are also delighted that Bradley Stoke Town Council are giving their full support to this project through practical support and match funding. The project will be delivered with the assistance of officers of South Gloucestershire Council and specialist contractors. Work will be completed by September 2013.
With thanks to the Bradley Stoke Town Council, the Friends of Jubilee Green and Stokes Cycling Club were able to host a completely FREE Community Sports Day, at the Jubilee Centre last weekend.
The children especially enjoyed the option to ‘bling’ their bike, which they were able to show off at the end of the day with a bike parade.
Imogen Roberts sent us this report on the Jubilee Celebrations at Wheatfield Primary School, along with this fabulous montage of photos taken on the day. What a brilliant day!
The Jubilee weekend and festival celebrations kicked off this morning with the annual Preschool Picnic in the Jubilee Park.
The Friends of Jubilee Green also organised a fantastic free treasure hunt around the play area in which over 100 children participated. Excited youngsters had to find 12 animal stickers to complete a farm picture before collecting their prize.
Everyone is invited to Little Stoke Garden Society’s ‘Diamond Jubilee Themed Open Morning’ on Sunday 3rd June from 10am-12noon. This is the Society’s fourth Open Morning at the Allotments in Bush Avenue and is open for non-members as well as members of the Little Stoke Garden Society to join in the plant sale and look around the allotments.
We all gave up a day of our summer holidays to be there. It followed months of planning, preparation and training on how to behave and what to do. She visited other places in Bristol on that day including the official opening (or naming, or something) of Royal Portbury Dock at Avonmouth. 
Bradley Stoke Town’s 1st XI put paid to the misery of defeat last weekend by claiming a 3-0 victory over Iron Acton Reserves. The win, thanks to goals from Matt Hull, Adam Hay and Matt Burgess, keeps the 1st XI’s promotion hopes alive and sends them into next Saturday’s home match against Bendix full of confidence.
The Friends of Jubilee Green are delighted to have received a £350 grant from The Wakeham Trust.
