Photo of Chief Scouts's Gold Award winners (l-r) Matthew, Dan, Dylan, Josh and Jack.

Gold awards for OSR troop quintet

On 18th July, the Old School Rooms (OSR) troop of 1st Stoke Gifford Scout Group attended the Pirate Bay Golf Centre in Hambrook to celebrate the end of the summer term and invited the Avon county commissioner Graham Brant along to make the presentations of five Chief Scout’s Gold Awards. Dan White, Matthew Coggan, Josh Nicholson-Warn, Dylan Harrison and Jack

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Diwali Rangoli - photo by abhinaba [licence: cc-attr]

Diwali at Little Stoke Youth Centre

South Gloucestershire is fast becoming a hub of multiculturalism, and the youth of today are showing a positive openness towards a variety of faiths and cultures. The libraries in the area did a special Diwali-themed Story Time for pre-school children, and whilst Christmas is an important focus for youth activities, the youth club in Little Stoke made time to learn

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Little Stoke Youth Centre, Little Stoke Lane, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Future of Little Stoke Youth Centre remains uncertain

The future of a local Council-run youth centre threatened by budget cuts remains uncertain, despite several “expressions of interest” being received from organisations interested in taking over its operations. Little Stoke Youth Club, in Little Stoke Lane, is under threat of closure from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) as part of its plans to slash spending on “universal access” youth services

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Little Stoke Youth Centre, Little Stoke Lane, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

“Hands off our youth centre” say Parish Councillors

Councillors in Stoke Gifford have expressed concern over suggestions that Little Stoke Youth Centre might be taken over by Bradley Stoke Town Council as part of a radical restructuring of the way local youth clubs are funded. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is currently undertaking a public consultation on cost-cutting proposals for the services it provides to children, young people and

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