With local elections sheduled for May, this might be a good time to check that you are registered to vote. If you have recently moved to the area you may need to register at your new address. You can register to vote here: beta.southglos.gov.uk/register-to-vote In addition, the Government has changed the rules about …

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Elections for all the seats on South Gloucestershire Council are scheduled for Thursday the 4th of May. This seems like a good time to provide some basic information about the context of these elections that may be especially useful for readers who have recently moved into the area. The great majority of what is …

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Have you used the book exchange housed in the telephone box at the top of Frenchay Hill? It was a lifeline during Lockdown when the libraries were closed. It is open to all and you do not have to donate books to take the book/s of your choice. As we get a surplus of books some are donated to charity. In 2022 £391 was …

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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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In my half-year report back in June, I mentioned that there were three topics on the radar which are of great interest to local residents. The current update is as follows: Hand-over of the Village Green areas - to be known as ‘Frenchay Parklands’; now agreed in principle between North Bristol Trust and Winterbourne …

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Frenchay C of E Primary School A huge congratulations to the staff and pupils of Frenchay C of E Primary School who have moved into their new buildings last week. Cabinet Members for Schools and Property Services, Erica Williams and myself, were given a tour of the £10.5m Passivhaus-standard facilities. We witnessed …

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Tuckett Pond We have been doing some investigations into the low level of the water (appreciate we have had little rain!) which has possibly been due to tree roots in the wall and the fall of a tree damaging the wall as well. It needs to be professionally surveyed and when we last had work done to desilt the pond the …

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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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Former Chairman David Fletcher has sadly passed away recently. David joined Winterbourne Parish Council (WPC) in 1991 and retired from WPC 28 years later in 2019 having served a number of years as Chairman. He was also a member of The Frenchay Preservation Society and also Chairman for a long period. He moved to …

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We have continued to have online meetings with North Bristol Hospital Trust on the proposed handover of the Frenchay Parklands area’s and we are hoping that this will be completed in 2022. The added 20 mph signs that we have been requesting from South Glos. Council should be fitted in February from the Village …

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