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PEOPLE living
in Easter Compton, Pilning and Firefighters
also offer safety tips on preventing fire.
A belated Happy
New Year to you all! May be in February's
issue I was a little optimistic in assuming I would have some volunteers in
place in funding raising for play equipment. Unfortunately not one person has
contacted me to offer their help, which of course I am disappointed in. It does help when
applying for funding if you can provide proof that local fund raising events
have been held showing the support of the community, but this will not stop
me from applying for funding from other sources i.e. Lottery, Landfill etc. However, two
residents did call me to offer information on fund raising events and contact
details, from Easter Compton and One resident
contacted me regarding the plans and suggestions of the field from Februarys'
In View, stating a path around the field would be helpful for residents. He also raised concerns over the
location of play equipment and how large a BMX / I would like to
state the parish council fully support additional play equipment being
installed and although the Parish Plan showed from the youth/children's
questionnaire a BMX / The location of
any equipment going in would be kept near to where the existing play
equipment and youth shelter is.
Again location needs to be confirmed of any play equipment by the
parish council. If you are
interested in helping in any way or have an opinion regarding the plans,
please contact me. Please contact me, Nicole Bendall on 01454 631003
after 6:30pm Monday to Friday and weekends between 9:00am and 5:00pm or email
nicole.bendall@homecall.co.uk Coach
Trips. (2008)
For more information:
Contact Sylvia Burt on 63313-6 or email: captain_sylv@tiscali.co.uk Thornbury Volunteer Centre holds monthly drop-in sessions at This month: Wednesday 13th February We welcome visits from anyone
with an interest in volunteering and organisations or groups who are looking
for volunteers.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Town Hall, 35, High Street, Thornbury, Telephone: 01454 413392
email: tdvl@freenet.co.uk Registered Charity Number
1004285 Sharing
the Care Shared Care Network is the national charity representing family-based short break services for disabled children and young people. Short breaks are services where a disabled child or young person is linked with a family or individual (short break carer) who provides them with regular, short-term care (usually in the carer’s home). Local authorities throughout the country each have their own short-term care schemes and the one that South Gloucestershire Council runs is called Family Link. Family Link allows its carers to forge long term relationships with not only the child but his or her family and it suits people who can offer short breaks and who feel positive about children and young people whose disabilities can range from learning difficulties, autism and physical impairments. The level of commitment that would be
expected of a carer is at least one weekend a month on a regular basis,
however people can give as much or as little time as they wish. Some Family
Link Carers are linked with one child, others provide short breaks to more
than one child. The amount of time spent with a child will be agreed with a
Social Worker. Most of the children would stay overnight in the carer’s
home but if accommodation is not suitable to meet the child’s need
there is still a need for day care. As the 9th to 16th
March is ‘Share the Care’ Week - a national campaign aimed at
raising public awareness of the services – this article is being
published to not only inform people of these very important services but to encourage
those who think they would like to get involved with this type of care to
come forward and find out more. If, after reading this article, you feel you want to take that first step you can either contact me on 01454 866423 and I will answer any questions you might have, or you might prefer to read our very comprehensive information pack which can be viewed online by following the Family Link hyperlink at www.southglos.gov.uk/fostering. Here you will also find further information on general fostering, the Turnabout Programme and adoption. If you wish to find out more about the Shared Care Network you can visit its website on www.sharedcarenetwork.org.uk . Tony Bray, Recruitment & Marketing Officer, Family Placement Team, South Gloucestershire Council My husband and I moved to After seeing some of the comments
regarding the Severn Beach line in the In-View magazine I thought it would be
interesting to keep a “diary in the life of a commuter”, noting
train times and other details. So
the observations I make here are purely anecdotal, based on a typical
commuter. I travel to work most
weekday mornings, from Overall, the As I travel within one zone, the line
offers excellent value for money.
My season ticket means that a daily return journey from Below I have included some tabular
analysis of train times and delays, relating to the trains I have caught over
the months of July to November.
To highlight the main points, 71% of morning trains arrive on time (by
“on time” I include trains that are no more than 2 minutes late
departing). However only 42% of
evening trains arrive on time.
Morning trains overall are more reliable, but are also more likely to
be cancelled (7% of journeys), as a late train will quite often turn round at
Avonmouth stranding passengers at To summarise, I would definitely recommend the train to other commuters, unless they had punctuality deadlines. I am fortunate in that my employers do not mind when I appear in the morning, and are happy for me to be a little flexible, but for anyone without that flexibility, it is unlikely that this train service would be a viable option. |
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