We are Knowle West

From Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC)

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.

From Knowle West Media Centre

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.

Visit the Buried Treasure Polytunnel at The Park on Sunday 2nd October for an afternoon of jam-making and beehive-making.

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!

From Music Workshop & Choir

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