loads of community news and events in and around Bristol & St Pauls

1. PATH Work Shadowing Project offers young people and adults the
opportunity to spend time in a primary classroom and to observe and take
part in learning and teaching activities. We hope this inspires people
to consider teaching as a real career option for themselves. The
placement will last for one week or one week equivalent and participants
will join the relevant organisation and engage in a range of
activities.

To prepare participants for the work shadowing experience they will
attend 14 hours training sessions over two and a half days at the
Frenchay site at UWE. These sessions are designed to help participants
maximise the benefits from their shadowing experience and to introduce
them to some of the key issues relevant to teaching.
The 14 hours training will be divided into three parts. Each is planned
to focus on different aspects of the work shadowing experience and to
prepare some activities that they could undertake in their placement.
These sessions are fun, participatory and engage students fully in the
project so they bring that enthusiasm to their placement.
They will be required to present a portfolio of their work shadowing
experience and there will be a conference to share the outcome of the
whole experience. Parents and all participating schools will be invited
to the conference and there will be BME role models, workshops for
parents, educators and young people.
Please let me know of anyone in your organisation who would be willing
to take part in this course. Transport and childcare for children under
5 years is available. For additional information please contact:
Lilleith Morrison
Project Coordinator/Liaison Support Officer
Tel: 01173282248

2. Call for Entries PORTENTS - A city-wide project in partnership with
the Pierian Centre and John Easterby

This project will see the transformation of one of Bristol’s most
famous public spaces into an extraordinary ‘tent city’. For a period
of 10 days from Saturday September 18th - Sunday September 26th , over
fifty tents, printed with artwork by the people of Bristol will stand in
College Green as united testament to the diversity of the population of
the city. Seen around the world, the ‘tent city‘ symbolises
sanctuary and security - often from conflict or crisis. This tent city
will acknowledge the many people around the world who have been forced
into refugee status and act as a metaphor and statement of Bristol’s
rich cultural diversity.

Citizens of Bristol from all walks of life are invited to join a unique
and high profile participatory art project that will celebrate the
cultural diversity of this city and give a voice to people from all
parts of society. When the project is complete, artwork from fifty
different communities, districts, schools and marginalised,
disadvantaged or excluded groups will be presented as one, in a huge
public installation that will be seen by people in their hundreds of
thousands.

The theme of this project is ‘Home, Histories and Hope’ and with
one or all of these words in mind we invite individuals or groups to
consider their own realities and experiences and translate their ideas
into a work of art.

Format: Each selected artist or group will have two rectangular panels
of 2000mm x 1500mm to show their work. All work should be produced to
this scale so that the original artwork can be scanned before it is
digitally printed for display.

Who can enter?
The project invites artists and communities from across Bristol to join
this project. Our aim is to embrace as many sectors of Bristolian
society as possible to create a truly democratic representation of the
many different people that make such a vital contribution to the city.
The selection process for the exhibition will aim to reflect this
objective but submissions that do not make it through to the final
exhibition will form part of a broader on-line version of the project.

How to enter:
In the first instance contact us with your expression of interest to be
sent to: June Burrough Tel 0117 9244512 june@pieriancentre.com

Deadline for expressions of interest Friday June 18th 2010:

3. Introduction to Board Membership course - running Thursday 24th -
Friday 25th June 2010.

Many Housing Associations are being invited to be members of their
RSL Board, but don't feel confident enough to do so. You may have
been involved with tenant issues for some years, but still be unclear
exactly what will be expected of you if you do become a Board Member.
The course includes: -
* The extent of the Board Member's role
* Legal responsibilities of being a company director and the
structure of the companies
* Getting to grips with governance issues
* Ensuring your voice is heard
* Understanding the detail
* Improving your own skills to manage your new role

This course is funded by the Tenant Services Authority and is therefore
free to tenants and residents of Registered Social
Landlords.

Please can you get in touch as soon as possible on 01244 300246 or
mc.lawton@traffordhall.com if you would like to book.

4. Annual Lecture in Public Theology - at BRISTOL CATHEDRAL
‘God and Social Cohesion’ The Revd Canon Dr Alan Billings Annual
Lecture in Public Theology 6.00pm for 6.30pm Tuesday June 15th 2010,
The Cathedral Chapter House

Bristol Cathedral continues to express and explore faith and public
life with this year’s Lecture in Public Theology. Government,
national and local, currently sets policy towards ‘community
cohesion’ in a pivotal place.

You are invited to be present when Dr Billings asks, “Does religion,
and Christianity in particular, have a role to play in making
contemporary Britain a cohesive society? Does religious pluralism only
lead to fragmentation and conflict? The British National Party claims to
speak for Christian Britain. There is an ongoing threat of Islamic
terrorism. There are some urgent questions that lie behind the debate on
what it means now to be British and these will be explored in this
lecture.”

We look forward to welcoming you to the Cathedral on 15th June. Choral
Evensong is at 5.15pm and you might like to join with that prior to the
drinks reception at 6.pm. This event will also be an opportunity to
meet the new Dean of Bristol, the Very Revd David Hoyle, who will have
joined us just a few days earlier.

Please RSVP to:
city.canon@bristol-cathedral.co.uk

5. Free courses to support parents in Bristol - Parents and other
carers play a crucial role in helping children reach their full
potential. But bringing up children is not an easy job and three
quarters of parents say there are times when they would like more advice
and support on being a parent.

The parenting support team at Bristol City Council is offering free
courses at venues across the city to help parents take a positive
approach. The parenting courses are aimed at parents of school age
children, or teenagers. They are designed to strengthen parenting skills
by encouraging co-operation between parents and children and giving
parents ideas and skills for dealing with difficult behaviour.

Topics covered include:
- The benefits of giving children positive attention
- Setting boundaries
- Problem solving
- How to praise and reward to get better behaviour
- Communication skills
- Discipline
- Family survival tips

To find out more about parenting courses, or to book a place on a
course, call the parent support team on 0117 903 9758.

Community Activities

1. BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE PIERIAN CENTRE! - On Monday June 21st 2010,
the Pierian Centre will be 8 years old! Apart from a sense that it is
something of a miracle to have arrived at our 8th Birthday, it is very
unusual for this date to fall outside of Refugee Week! In fact the next
time this is likely to happen is 2021 when we will be 19 years old!!

So we have decided to have a little party to mark the day, and invite
everyone who has ever been part of making the Pierian Centre the
success, which it is - that’s actually rather a lot of you! Please
come and join us on Monday 21st June from 7pm - 10pm in a gentle evening
of reminiscence, celebration and to ponder with us where we go next.

I do hope that you can join us, and we would be grateful if people
could bring a SMALL!! Contribution of either something to drink or a
little morsel to eat or a musical contribution or a poem, or anything
else you fancy!!, to help the evening along.

Please RSVP!! As we will need to know numbers - and let us know what
you might be able to bring along so that we can have a bit of a plan!
We look forward to welcoming you here for a special moment in our
story!

2. ReStaged Urban Youth Dance Platform - Featuring Jukebox Juniors,
Thursday 24 June, 7pm, Colston Hall, Tickets £4 / £2.50 under 18s, Box
Office: 0117 0117 922 3686 http://www.colstonhall.org/boxoffice

Bristol is burtsing at the seams with talented young dancers….and here
is your chance to see the best! Following on from the popularity of
Bristol’s Hip City dance competitions, ReStaged showcase sees the
city’s best young urban dancers performing for places on the Dance
Stage at Harbourside Festival.

Featuring Hype Dance Company, Angels, ID Company, D Streets, Funk it
Up, Rock Tha Beats, ReStaged schools and more, the showcase draws on the
city’s dance talent from ages 7 - 24 years. It is also your last
chance to see Champloo Youth Crews winning performance and wave them
good luck, before they head off to represent the South West region at
Youth Dance England’s U Dance National Platform.

Our very special guest performers are the inordinantly talented and
inspiring Jukebox Juniors, runners up on Sky Tv’s ‘Got To Dance’ ,
UK hip hop champions from 2005 - ’08 and World Hip Hop Bronze
medallists. Strictly unmissable!

The event is mc’d by the dance world’s very own Yoshi, leading
light of the Jam! dance collective and unifying force of Bristol’s
urban dance scene.

This showcase forms part of the city’s ReStaged Urban Dance
Programme, which provides after school classes, accreditation and
progression pathways for young dancers.

The ReStaged programme is funded by NHS Change 4 Life, Bristol City
Council, City Academy SSP, Dance South West and Youth Dance England.

For information and photos please contact katy.noakes@bristol.gov.uk

3. Neighbourhood Postcard Project - The Bristol Museum Service warmly
invites you to a celebration of the Neighbourhood Postcard Project. The
project will feature in Brtistol’s new museum ‘M Shed’. We are
inviting everyone who took part in the project, as well as anyone who
has an interest in their neghbourhood, to come along to this special
event. We would particularly like you to bring your friends and family
(up to 3 people)
Date: Wednesday, 7th July 2010
Time: 12.00 midday - 3.30pm (free lunch and refreshments (if you have
any dietary requirements or access needs, please let us know)
Location: The Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1
5TX
If you would like to attend, or would like more information please
contact ben.meller@bristol.gov.uk

Bristol Activities and General Information
1. Bike Based Carnival - Neighbourhood Arts are delighted to be teaming
up with Cycling City to be offering the UK's First Bike Based Carnival
on the 19th September, and we would love for you to get involved

We would like to invite you to enter sections into the carnival
procession, Decorate bikes, decorate yourselves, individual or groups,
build a bike float, pedal power sound, create a bicycle bell orchestra,
or let your imagination run wild but we invite you to get biking and get
creative with it!!

This will be the centrepiece to a two week Festival of Cycling.
www.bristolcyclefestival.com is the one stop shop for info on the
festival, and you too could be a part of it. Check out the website for
full details of how to get involved, so not to miss out on this exciting
event.

If you run, or work with a group who would like some support to get
creative, we have a selection of workshops available - either for group
leaders to train up in, or for artists to work directly with groups -
see attached sheet for inspiration and ideas.

To give you a taste of ideas already in the pot for the festival: Bike
Theatre, Bike Balancing, Bike Activist Talks, Free Bike-fixing, Bike
Recycling, Family Treasure Hunt, Bike Choirs, Bike Shadow Puppet Show,
Bike powered sound and smoothies...

The Bicycle School of Arts website has all sorts of info about ways to
decorate your bicycles and a free down-loadable bicycle costuming manual
at http://bicycleartschool.blogspot.com/

Please check out the attached sheet for ideas and inspiration, for
workshops on offer, useful links and forwards onto your colleagues. Any
questions please do not hesitate to get in touch with myself or my
colleague Ruth Essex.

Keep an eye on the website too, as we will be posting up info on
possible funding opportunities, and it will be the one stop shop for all
info on the carnival and festival. If you have any queries;
http://www.bristolcyclefestival.com

2. Bristol Fringe Festival - Bristol is gearing up for one of the
biggest fringe festival the city has ever seen - theatre, tours, choirs,
city-wide games, fashion, talks, activism, off-the-grid stages,
carnival, food and more - and what is the inspiration for this creative
swell? The humble bicycle.

With over 50 events across the city, organized by the great Bristol
public September 11-26, Bristol Cycle Festival will showcase the
diversity of all things bike. Already more than 30 groups, including
cycling clubs, community and arts organisations, schools, companies and
enthusiasts are getting involved to create a chain of events that will
explore, celebrate and promote cycling Bristol-wide.

Get in Gear grants now online
The ‘Get in Gear’ grants are now available for individuals and
community groups who want to put on their own event within the carnival
and festival. Thirty grants of up to £500 will be awarded, and all
events will be publicised in the festival program. The deadline is
Monday 14th June for Trailblazer grants so event organisers will need to
get their applications in quickly if they want to start planning now.
There will be a second round of grants (‘Sweaty saddle session’)
available between 14th June and 21 July.

Visit http://www.bristolcyclefestival.com for any further information
regarding the festival and grants process.