Calling all SPRA Road Captains

We would like to invite all SPRA Road Captains to come along to our Road Captains’ evening on Friday 8th March at 7pm for some drinks and nibbles to toast your success in helping SPRA to continue its good work.

It will also be a great opportunity to speak to others from SPRA and swap ideas or just mull over stuff in convivial company. We will also have time for questions regarding the role so please come along and join us for a couple of hours.

Please get in touch with your usual SPRA Membership contact for more information and details of the local location.

Request to Update Member contact details

SPRA MEMBERS’ CONTACT DETAILS:

It’s been a while since we have asked SPRA Members to update their contact details.  Also, now that SPRA has a new email facility, now seems like a very good time to do so.

As such, we would be most grateful if you could take a moment to complete the form below. Please access the form by clicking on the SPRA logo image below.

Please do make sure you press the ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button at the bottom so that your details do reach us.

As SPRA Members, we would like to be able to contact you from time to time on SPRA Membership/admin/account matters by email or by telephone. 

However, you may also separately sign up to the SPRA mailing list to receive periodic updates from us on important SPRA matters.   

Rest assured, we will only add you to our email subscribers for our periodic email bulletins if you have opted in to receive them.   You may unsubscribe from our email mailing list at any time by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ button on any email you receive from us.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

Please click on the SPRA logo below to access a short form

best wishes

Steven Small
SPRA Chair

Oak Tree Planting for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee

Friday, 9th February 2024 at 11am – Oak Tree Planting for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee

SPRA is very pleased to announce that an oak tree is to be planted at the top of Stoke Hill at 11 am on Friday 9th February to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the late Queen Elizabeth II.  

Sneyd Park Residents Association would like to invite Members and other residents to commemorate this significant milestone. 

It is regrettable that it has not been possible to do this sooner, but we hope as many people as possible will be able to join us for the short ceremony.

SPRA will be adding a plaque at a later date to denote the occasion.

best wishes

Alan Jenkinson, Vice Chair SPRA 

ps: Important note: for those planning to come along to the tree planting this Friday, the meeting point is the Stoke Bishop War Memorial at the top of Stoke Hill.

News from ‘We Love Stoke Lodge’

Dear SPRA Member

As you will know, We Love Stoke Lodge (WLSL) has worked hard over a number of years to protect Stoke Lodge and have spoken at our AGMs.

We attach an update from them, for your information purposes, which many of you may have already received as a supporter of their campaign. Please click on the image below.

WLSL are seeking further assistance. I trust the attached clearly explains their current position.

Should you require further information, please do contact the WLSL team directly.

Best regards

Steve Small, Chair of SPRA

Green Bin Collections

Good morning!

We thought you might find it useful to be aware (if you are not already) that green bins in our area are not being collected until early February.

Do check against your postcode here for specific details

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/bins-and-recycling-collection-dates?fbclid=IwAR2-XIQGhcG6afV6vepBeungYx_wOBTmVUoKz-AXuB-db0JBbdILNI4lSDI

… as dates do seem to vary, depending on which street.

‘Little kids on the Downs’ – pre-school age nature club starts on Monday, 15th January 2024

Starting next Monday, 15th January 2024 is the Avon Gorge and Downs Wildlife Project‘s ‘Little kids on the Downs’ – pre-school age nature club

Sessions take place weekly on Mondays starting 15th Jan – 5th Feb 10am-11.45am

4 sessions at £5 per session: £20.00

These weekly Monday pre-school age child + adult sessions are a joyful mix of discovering the natural world through age appropriate seasonal activities and getting closer to nature and your child, in the mature woodland and wildflower meadow of the Downs. Share the experience with like-minded families who value experiencing our uplifting nature with their child.

Each week there is an immersive seasonal theme to the activities, whether that is enjoying a craft or creativity spot and finishing with a warm/cold drink and biscuit while listening to a story. The themes this early spring include: ‘Winter wonderland’; ‘Early birds’; ‘Waking up from winter’; ‘Why do birds sing?’.

These sessions are suitable for pre-school age children 2-4 years with an adult. Younger children are welcome for free but your pre-schooler will need you to enjoy the session with them, engaging in the activities alongside them at all times. Toilets are available at the former Bristol Zoo Gardens site and an indoor/covered space is used in case of very inclement or cold weather.

For more information and to register see the Avon Gorge and Downs Wildlife Project website by clicking on the image below:

2024 Family Events from the Avon Gorge and Wildlife Project team

Bristol’s Avon Gorge and Wildlife project are putting on a series of activities this year, including:

‘Little kids on the Downs’ – pre-school age nature club – Weekly on Mondays 15th Jan – 5th Feb 10am-11.45am (4 sessions at £5 per session), £20.00

Star-gazing party – family fun holiday / adult session – Tuesday 13th February – 7pm-8.10pm (extended to 9pm if weather fine) £5.00 child, £10.00 adult includes a star cookie

‘Little kids on the Downs’ – pre-school age nature club – Weekly on Mondays 19th Feb – 25th March 10am-11.45am (6 sessions at £5 per session), £30.00

‘Guardians of the stream’ – native wildlife talk on white-clawed crayfish – Wednesday 28th Feb – 7pm-8.15pm £8.00

‘Tweet talk’ – native wildlife in depth birdsong workshop – Sunday 24th March 10am-3pm £30.00

Full details and registration can be accessed via their website here:

What’s on

‘Save Water To Save The Trym’

A few months back, we posted some news about the recently-formed community group which has been established to help residents within the Trym catchment area install water butts.

The reason for doing this is to reduce the use of the 29 sewage overflows on the river. Other areas of the country have managed to reduce sewage discharges by installing water butts and slow releasing water over the winter (so that butts fill many times).

For more information, contact Nicky Jones via the Save Water To Save The Trym website: