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

Job Vacancy: Finance & Front of House Assistant
Location: Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC)

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.

Bristol’s Big Day Out, Friday 24th June

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.

Great news for budding singers: Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) will be starting a series of free singing lessons on Thursday 30th June.  Space is limited, so contact Jagos to reserve your place: 0117 903 0444 or drop into KWMC on Leinster Avenue.

5.45pm-6.30pm (Beginners)
6.45pm-7.30pm (Intermediate)

Visit the heart of food-growing Knowle West this June.  You can watch a cooking demonstration from Knowle West Health Association and buy veg and veg seedlings. Buried Treasure, one of the partners in the Edible Landscapes Movement (ELM) project, will be open from 11am-4pm on Saturday 11th June as part of the Get Growing Garden Trail.

Head down to the polytunnel at The Park Local Opportunity Centre, Daventry Road.

Contact Misty at Knowle West Media Centre for more information: 0117 903 0444.

On Tuesday 17th May, Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) hosted the launch of The Manual: A Public Art Strategy for Knowle West.  During the evening talk, the 12 “instructions” of the Manual were unveiled and people who live and work in Knowle West shared their thoughts on how the instructions could be realised.  The audience heard from the people who developed the Manual and had the chance to voice their own opinions.

Read the Manual: KW Public Art Strategy.  ”What, where?” was the first of three talks about public art hosted by KWMC.  See KWMC’s website for more details or contact Carolyn or Rachel on 0117 903 0444.

Filwood Community Centre, Knowle West Media Centre and the Haiti Kids Kino Project present

A FREE film screening of “Grease”

Friday 27th May, 7.30pm, Filwood Community Centre

Relive the summer nights of this classic musical starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John. Join us for a film event for all the family.  There will also be a BBQ, bar and screening of short films made in Knowle West, as part of the University of Local Knowledge (ULK).

For more information contact Rachel at Knowle West Media Centre on 0117 903 0444 or June at Filwood Community Centre on 0117 903 8052.

“Grease” is the word – so spread the word!

Come along to the Knowle West Media Centre on Thursday 21st April from 12.30 – 2pm for an Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Bonnet Parade.

Best Bonnet Competition Categories

0 – 5 years

6 – 10 years

11 – 15 years

16 -19 years

20 + years

For further information contact Sandra or Chloe 01179 030 444

email sandra@kwmc.org.uk

Need a bike?

Life Cycle will be holding its second big bike sale in Bristol on Wed, 20th April.

Life Cycle staff and volunteers will be in the  City Centre (by fountains, opposite the Hippodrome) from 8.30am.

We will have bikes for people of all ages and heights. Children’s bikes start at £10 and adult bikes are priced between £40 -£100.
Bikes are intended to help those on lower incomes to get cycling.

All the bikes are second-hand and have been refurbished in Bristol Prison.  The scheme aims to provide prisoners with interesting work whilst also teaching them useful skills.  Bikes are fixed by prisoners under supervision and then checked over by a Cytech qualified mechanic before being sold.

~Better still – anyone who buys a bike will be entitled to a £5 discount on one of our bike maintenance courses.

Got a bike you no longer want?

We will also be collecting unwanted bikes. If you have a bike in your shed you don’t want, please bring it to the City Centre and we’ll happily take it off your hands.  Alternatively, you can drop it off at The CREATE Centre, 9-5 weekdays or 10 –4 on Saturdays.

From Knowle West Media Centre

Nlarge Photography ‘Body Image’ Exhibition

8th March – 4th April: The Parlour, 31 College Green
7th – 15th April: KWMC, Leinster Avenue
18th – 22nd April: Coexist, Hamilton House, Stokes Croft
2nd-6th May: UWE, Bower Ashton Campus

A powerful new exhibition by Nlarge, a group of local young photographers, opened in Central Bristol at the end of March.  Over the next few weeks it will tour to venues across the city including Knowle West’s own Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC).

Body Image is a series of personal portraits and photographs that express common attitudes to body image, including joy, positivity and introspection.  Please come along and support these young photographers in their fantastic work!

The exhibition was developed during Profound Media, a project at KWMC that aimed to give young people the opportunity to use digital technologies to represent their views on issues relevant to them. Nlarge were then commissioned to develop their work further by the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS), a UK charity that is dedicated to improving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, and Body Gossip, a national campaign “collecting real people’s stories about their real bodies.”

Nlarge are always keen to welcome new members.  They meet on Tuesdays, 6-8pm at Knowle West Media Centre.  For more information about the group please contact Chloe and for more information about the exhibition please contact Rachel.  Call KWMC on 0117 903 0444 or visit www.kwmc.org.uk.

Filwood Community Centre, Knowle West Media Centre and the Haiti Kids Kino Project are looking to put on a big, outdoor film screening event in Knowle West later this year.

If you could see a family-friendly film on the big screen in your area, what would it be?  Please comment below with your suggestions.

We’ll keep you posted!

From Knowle West Media Centre

We are looking to build up a bank of tutors to work with Knowle West Media Centre, delivering training in WordPress and basic computer skills, including using myguide.

If you or someone you know is interested in being added to our records, please send a CV and your availability to Makala Campbell ASAP or contact her on 0117 353 2895.

Tutors would be required to work on a freelance basis, and rates start from £20 per hour, depending on relevant experience.  We will initially be looking for people to work on Wednesdays and Thursdays, including some evenings, but potentially other days in the future.

Artspace Lifespace invite you to their first open day at The College, the former City of Bristol College building on Marksbury Road, on Saturday 5th March, 10am-3pm.  The College site is reopening as a “community creative learning space.”

• Free workshops for all ages from 10am-1pm, including circus, wacky bicycles, yoga, blacksmithing, pedal powered music, martial arts and visual art.
• 5 a side football in the gym from 12.30pm.
• An open meeting 1-3pm to talk about future ideas for developing the project, share what you’d like to see happen and discover opportunities for getting involved.

Things are already happening at the site including a creative cycling area, the development of a martial arts training space, creation of artists studios and the beginnings of a regular programme of activities and classes.

More information about the project can be found on Facebook and details of Bristol Council’s Capacity programme can be seen here.  For more information e-mail Alex.

The Hearts & Stars awards took place at Filwood Community Centre on Saturday 23rd October. 48 people were nominated, with 10 winners in the categories. Thanks to everyone who came and all those who helped to make it a success.

Please see the table below for details of the results…

From Bristol City Council

Do you have a bright idea about how Bristol’s central area could be improved?  How could your idea be delivered at a time of reductions in public spending  – which company / organisation could help fund it?

Visit our ideas site and let us know or vote or comment on other people’s ideas: www.ideasforbristol.com

The council is looking for your ideas as part of a major new planning document for central Bristol we are developing as part of the Bristol Development Framework. Learn more about the Bristol Central Area Action Plan - www.bristol.gov.uk/bcaap