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Editor’s note: Below are a series of documents describing environmental plans for Frenchay. Although they have been taken from the old website they may still be a useful reference source. Frenchay Biodiversity Plan - 2020 Draft: A draft plan covering local green areas in Frenchay. It provides a series of ideas …
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This Saturday from 10am we are going to get on with planting the whip trees through our joint project with the NHS and Woodlands Trust, the rain is due to die out from 9am but come dressed for staying dry and warm with gardening gloves and a garden spade if you have one please (we do have many spare). If you are able …
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Happy New Year from Downend Library
It’s the perfect weather for snuggling up with a book and the Gadgeteers are back for the Winter Mini Challenge! The Winter Mini Challenge is an online challenge for primary school children beginning on 1st December and finishing on 20th February 2023. To take part in the Winter Mini Challenge, children join online at …
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Residents Association Report No. 98
Dec 27, 2022 · 5 min read · Residents Association Travel South Glos Council PLanning & Development Music PLaces of Worship Community Museum Health Charity Environment Parish Council ·Dear Friends and Neighbours, Happy New Year to you all. We wish you a healthy and happy 2023 and thank everyone who has supported FRA in so many ways during 2022. It was certainly an interesting year as we started to emerge from our Covid measures in time to enjoy a year that seemed to have so much sunshine, including …
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Village Open Evening Report
Nov 25, 2022 · 1 min read · Residents Association Volunteering Community School Preservation Society Sport & Fitness Tennis Yoga Environment Probus Club Music Women Places of Worship Museum History Village Hall Flower Show Gardening ·More than one hundred people attended the Village Open Evening on Tuesday evening in Frenchay Primary School. The event was organised by the Residents Association with the aim of providing an informal forum to meet members of other groups and discuss future plans for Frenchay. Many of the groups were also looking to …
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Residents Association Report No. 97
Dear Friends and Neighbours, Thank you to those who attended our FRA Open Evening on the 22nd of November, so nice to meet everyone who attended to find out what is going on in Frenchay. After almost three years of Covid restrictions it was lovely to be able to gather and mingle at the wonderful new school, we are very …
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Christmas & New Year Opening Hours Christmas Eve: Staffed 9.30am – 1pm Christmas Day: Closed Friday 30th December: Staffed 10am – 5.30pm, Open Access 8am – 7.30pm Saturday 31st December: Staffed 9.30am – 1pm, Open Access 8am – 7.30pm Sunday 1st January - Tuesday 3rd January: Open …
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Residents Association Report No 96
Oct 19, 2022 · 6 min read · Residents Association Parish Council Planning & Development Environment Music Community School South Glos Council Gardening Police & Crime Travel ·Dear Friends and Neighbours, We understand from Winterbourne Parish Council (WPC) that all the final agreements are now in place for the Voluntary Village Green and Nature Reserve to be handed over to the Parish. The end of a very long and winding road, going right back to the previous RUG campaign nearly 10 years ago, …
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Help needed with the New School Park & Stride scheme
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min read · Residents Association South Glos Council School Children & Young People Environment Volunteering ·The Residents Association have also had a request from Catherine McCoy of SGC for help with the ‘park and stride’ scheme for the new school as follows; We are looking for a few more people to volunteer to help share opening and closing the gates of the Rugby Club to enable the Park & Stride site for the …
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The Residents Association have also just been offered by BAM (new school builders) some surplus sand and building materials which has to be moved before saturday, this donation will help us with the nature reserve pond restoration work and needs moving ASAP. So if anyone has a spade, wheelbarrow and some time from …
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