TEENAGERS in Knowle are planning a free youth festival that will be held at The Park next month.

The organisers, whose ages range from 14 to 19, have managed to get a grant of £3,800 to stage the event, which will be the first of its kind.

One of the organisers, Jamie-Lee Coyne, 17, said: “It will be a showcase of the talents that young people have.”

There will be music with MCs and DJs, hair and beauty demonstrations, graffiti art, a fitness suite, a huge bouncy castle, a climbing wall and a gladiators-style competition.

The festival will be held at The Park in Daventry Road on September 3, from 3pm to 10pm.

Elizabeth Coyne, 19, said: “We hope everyone will come along and have a good time.”

From Rock 4 Charity

Bristol musician Darren Sims aka “Daz” has organised charity concerts at the Colston Hall every year since 2007. Daz’s Rock 4 Charity 2010 is a memorial concert for Bristol lad Joe Dymond-Williams who tragically lost his life at the age of 17 in 2008.

Bands that will be giving their time free of charge are: Chuff, Flash Harry, Copperhead, The Wild Gulloots and Beyond Control. There will also be guest appearances from Danny Pugh, Joe Peake and Josh Clayfield.

Profits from the concert will be donated to Rainbow Centre for Children as chosen by Joe’s parents. Rainbow Centre for Children is a registered charity and they help children affected by cancer, with life threatening illness or bereavement. For more information visit their website.

Tickets are £10.  For more information visit www.rock4charity.co.uk

From Knowle West Media Centre

Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) is hosting a day of environmental activities as part of a city-wide event.

The Bristol Green Doors event takes place over the weekend of 11-12th September.  Across the city homes and community centres will be opening their doors to show local people how they are committed to ‘going green’ and making environmental changes. KWMC will be one of these ‘hubs’.

• Take a tour of KWMC and discover what makes it an environmentally-friendly building.

• Watch a series of short films made by local people, some of which have received international recognition, in the mini-cinema.

• Try a digital skills workshop: use digital cameras and learn how to upload photographs to an expanding digital timeline.

• Advice and information about energy efficiency will be available throughout the day, from strawbale technology specialists Modcell and the Centre for Sustainable Energy.

• Enjoy some cake in the KWMC wildlife garden!

• Find out about the wide variety of environmental activity taking place in Knowle West!

For more information call 0117 903 0444 and ask for Misty or Rachel, or visit www.kwmc.org.uk

Bristol Green Doors website: www.bristolgreendoors.org

Bristol Green Doors is an open homes event showcasing local homes that have incorporated a range of no-cost to high-cost retrofitting measures, renewables and significant lifestyle changes to reduce energy demand. The website is a directory of open homes for the event, a source of information to help with energy reduction and a directory of local suppliers and installers.

Web: http://www.bristolgreendoors.org/partners-and-sponsors/

From Bristol Cycle Festival

You may have already heard about Bristol Cycle Festival, two-weeks of bike dedicated fringe events across the city this September.

We are recruiting groups to join the Freewheelin’ Carnival on Sunday 19th September: a big procession of bikes, trikes, unicycles, buggies, BMX’s, single-speeds, bromptons, tandems, penny farthings and everything in-between, through and round Bristol City Centre.

We have some funding from the City Council to pay a team of trained Bike-Costuming Workshoppers to provide your group with a workshop where you can dress up your bikes for the carnival! You can make flags, wrap your frames, turn your bikes into animals, monsters, machines, make cycling musical instruments – anything you like! Workshops are tailored to all ages and abilities, and can be brought to your usual meeting place, or arranged at another convenient venue.

There are other ways to get involved with the two-week festival – you could put on an event, for which small ‘Get in Gear’ grants are available to help you. There is more info about this on the Bristol Cycle Festival website: www.bristolcyclefestival.com

If you would like more info, or to book a workshop, do get in touch at this address and we can tell you more about the festival, the funding, the carnival and the workshops.