Thirteen-year-old Grace Cousins, who is a member of the Stoke Gifford School of Dance, has successfully auditioned for a place on an associate programme at the prestigious Urdang performing arts academy in London. Grace has been dancing since she was three years old and over the years has developed a love and passion for dancing, having performed in numerous
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Residents of Stoke Gifford may have noticed some new signs being placed around the car park of the local Co-operative store over the last few days. The store, located on North Road, has implemented new parking restrictions which were put into place as of Monday 14th January. A spokesperson for Southern Co-op said: “From 14th January, the car park
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Council in race against time to secure extra funding in order to achieve planned 2020 implementation date. Plans to replace the narrow-arched railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane with a much wider concrete structure have been thrown into turmoil following the revelation that the work could cost tens of millions of pounds more than was originally estimated. The bridge replacement
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Local resident Tony Giles spends his Sunday afternoons at the Beaufort Arms, located on North Road, Stoke Gifford, raising money for local charities. Since January 2018 he has raised an impressive £2,000, which he has chosen to donate to the Above & Beyond charity which raises funds for hospitals in Bristol. Tony has been raising money at the Beaufort Arms
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Guest article by Stoke Gifford resident Lauren Brenton, a 17-year-old student at Abbeywood Community School who aspires to one day becoming a journalist, following in the footsteps of her grandfather. Lauren is hoping to study media, journalism and culture at Cardiff University from September. For most young people, ‘Post-16’ or ‘sixth form’ conjures up ideas of meticulous essay writing and
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Wednesday 5th December saw a group of women come together at Stoke Gifford Baptist Church to enjoy an evening of mulled wine, mince pies and wreath making in order to raise money for Marie Curie. The evening proved to be very popular as all 20 tickets were sold within a week. It was very well organised by Jane Marshall, Pippa
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By Alix Evans, Frome Valley Division Commissioner and leader at 2nd Stoke Gifford Rainbows. By the time you’re reading this you’ve probably eaten all the turkey and mince pies you can stomach, and you may be thinking of some changes you can make for the New Year. One of the best decisions I ever made was to return to Guiding
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