Is your energy use really high?

Would you like to cut your bills and make your home more eco-friendly?

We’re looking for 40 residents to take part in our exciting new 3-E Houses project. If you’re a Bristol City Council tenant and live in Knowle West, you can receive a free energy monitor to view your electricity, gas and water readings.

You will also receive:
• Free Internet access for a year
• Free loan of the latest touch-screen Toshiba tablet

For the chance to take part and meet other like-minded people contact Sue or Gail on 0117 903 0444 or email Sue or Gail.

The project will run for a year until February 2013. Participation is dependant on existing metering systems. We will need to visit your home to check we are able to measure your energy consumption.

An EU funded project supported by: Bristol CIty Council, KWMC, WSL, Indra, Ennovatis, Gas Natural, IP Performance, Toshiba, Bulgarian Housing Association, Ajuntament de SantCugat

Do you enjoy chatting and getting out and about?

Volunteer as a community researcher and help us map the relationships in Knowle West.

KWMC and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) are running a research project to study the connections and relationships that exist in the Knowle West area of Bristol.

Volunteers will go out in pairs and interview residents – the responses you gather will help us to plan projects for lonely and isolated people in the area. Expenses for travel and food are provided.

Full day of training provided – Thursday 17th November, 11am-4pm

Training will cover:
• Research and interview techniques
• Data protection
• Research ethics

For more information contact Makala, Rachel or Gail at KWMC: 0117 903 0444.

KWMC is launching a new programme of digital skills workshops as part of national Get Online week (week commencing 31st October).  Join the Work Club, learn computer skills at our drop-in and weekly classes, and come along to the Community Hub, where you can find out more about using websites, social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to promote your organisation or group.

The programme will launch on Monday 31st October.  There will an introductory session to the Work Club at KWMC (Leinster Avenue) on the 31st from 9.30am-12.30pm

For more information contact Makala, Sue or Martin at KWMC: 0117 903 0444.

On Sunday 2nd October over 30 people descended upon Buried Treasure at The Park Local Opportunity Centre. Local food producers made delicious jam from locally picked elderberries and blackberries. Some made a beehive out of an old gym horse and local beekeepers came and gave us lots of info and advice about bees and honey. People were able to sign up to get their free fruit tree, have tours of Buried Treasure and buy locally grown fruit and veg.

What more could you ask for from a sunny Sunday afternoon?! A visitor said that her highlight was tasting honey on freshly made bread for the first time. It was one of the first time some of the Knowle West food producers have come together and work on joint projects. Artist in residence at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC), Julie Myers, was present and was looking at how to visualise the data/ information that came from bee hives and local fruit trees.

In the  long term, KWMC hope to create something (maybe a bit like an ‘app’) to sit on the community website for people to view information about trees and bees (amongst many other things!) To find out more contact Misty on 0117 9030444.

Find out more about beekeeping and gathering local fruit.  For more details contact Misty at Knowle West Media Centre on 0117 903 0444.

From Knowle West Media Centre

Join us for the Knowle West T Party!

Never sung in a choir before?  Want to play in an instrumental group?

We welcome singers and players of all standards, including beginners, and those who have never sung in a choir before.  We take our music-making seriously, but our concerts are for an audience of ourselves only!

Wednesday evenings, October to May

7.30pm: Instrumental Groups.  8.45pm: Choir.

Knowle DGE Learning Centre, Leinster Avenue, BS4 1NN

Join the choir at any time.  Instrumentalists, please see the website for when to apply.  Contact John Featherstone on 0117 974 1937 or e-mail johnfeatherstone@freenetname.co.uk.

Bristol South Music Workshop Poster

Salary: £15,606 pro rata

Job type: Maternity Cover

Knowle West Media Centre is looking to employ a part-time Finance and Front of House Assistant (18 hours per week) to pay suppliers, invoice customers and input data to Quickbooks, and be an integral member of the Front of House administration team.

Times of work to be agreed. You must be computer literate, numerate and have good communication skills. You should have previous experience of finance work, preferably using Quickbooks, but training will be provided as necessary.

The job description, application form and equal opportunities form are available to download from the KWMC website, either individually or as a combined document.

Application deadline: Wednesday 31st August 2011, 9am.
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 6th September 2011.

Knowle West Media Centre is committed to equal opportunities.

Following the screening of University of Local Knowledge (ULK) films last month – when the studio at Knowle West Media Centre was full! – the ULK team are hosting a drop-in day for all ULK contributors on Friday 29th July, 10am-5pm.

Pop into the training rooms at Knowle West Media Centre, on Leinster Avenue, to watch your film and others produced as part of the project. Whether you’re a ULK contributor and you’ve not yet seen your film, you’d like to watch it again, or you simply want to find out more about the project, come along to KWMC.  They’d love to see you!

This event is open to all. Contact Martha on 0117 903 0444 or martha@kwmc.org.uk for more information.

Meet at 10am, Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue

Filwood Park

Join us for a fun, free walk around the green spaces of Knowle West, to celebrate Civic Society Day.

On Friday 24th June we invite you to come for a ramble and take a fresh look at our community, remembering that it isn’t just brick after brick of houses and streets – it has some beautiful green spots too!

We will photograph the locations on our mobile phones and later upload them to an online map.  The walk will be led by resident Karron Chaplin.  Karron is involved in the Happy Hearts Walking Group, who are always pleased to welcome new members.

The walk will last approximately 1.5 hours, taking in the Northern Slopes, Filwood Fields, Black Path, Knowle West Health Park and many more of our delightful green spaces.  Please wear appropriate footwear and bring water and a hat.

For more information contact Karron on 0117 907 7038 / 07760 895371.