SPRA – Sneyd Park Residents Association

If you are already a Member of SPRA and if we have your current email address details, you will shortly be receiving the first of our SPRA email bulletins.

We will still be publishing our print-form SPRA Newsletter twice per year. However, many of you have told us that you would prefer to receive email news from us, especially for urgent and important matters, so we have obliged.

If you are not yet a SPRA Member do get in touch with us. It’s just £5 per year and you can easily pay by Standing Order.

If you are already a SPRA Member and think your contact details might not be quite up to date, do also get in touch and let us know so we can amend our records.

Click HERE to contact SPRA

A new community group has been organised to help residents within the Trym catchment area install water butts. Both practical and financial help is on offer.

Save Water to Save The Trym

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). 

Please do contact Nicky Jones via the Save Water To Save The Trym website if you would like more information. They have also set up Friends of Sea Mills Meadows and already has some good news – the 11 hectares at the bottom of the Trym have got Countryside Stewardship funding, so this area will become much more nature-friendly and a good walking spot. 

Here is some news about the new Downs Advisory Panel (DAP):

Downs Advisory Panel {DAP}

For over 160 years the Downs has been managed by the Downs Committee, but now a new group has been created to assist the Downs Committee in the management of this special place.

The new group will be known as the Downs Advisory Panel and includes specialists and volunteers from a wide range of disciplines who will assist the Committee in the good governance of the Downs in the future.

If you or your organisation have or receive any concerns about the Downs or a Downs related question you can contact DAP by email or phone. We can deal directly with your query or forward information onto the Downs Committee.

Downs Advisory Panel {DAP}

Email: downspanel@gmail.com

Tel: 0117 96347

If you are resident of Sneyd Park, you may wish to come along to this meeting to eg ask the police questions regarding the Downs or any other police related matters. 

Please see the poster attached below for full details:

This year’s Clifton & Hotwells Open Gardens event is happening on 10th and 11th June 2023 from 10.30am to 5.00pm.

Tickets cover both days and are available for purchase in advance from Eventbrite or on the day.

For full details, please see details below:

www.gssg.bristol.com

and find them on Instagram here: @cliftonsecretgardens

It’s the Sneyd Park Residents Association AGM this coming Wednesday, 17th May 2023 at 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Bishop, and our 2023 Accounts are now available for perusal here:

SPRA Accounts

Do come and join us. It’s a great opportunity to meet your Sneyd Park neighbours, make some new friends and to find out about the work of the SPRA Committee.

Our local councillors and other speakers will be also in attendance.

And if you need further incentive, a glass of wine will be served afterwards.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the night!

best wishes

Steve Small, Chairman, SPRA

This is a note to remind everyone that the SPRA AGM takes place on Wednesday 17 May at 7.30pm at St Mary’s.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all there.

Our local councillors and other speakers will be in attendance.

A glass of wine will be served afterwards.

Accounts and last year’s minutes will be available on our website.

Nominations for the committee are welcome.

kind regards

Steve Small, Chairman

Help the 43rd Stoke Bishop Scouts reach their £380k target by coming along to support their plant sale.

It’s on Saturday, 13th May from 10.30am to 12.30pm at the 43rd Stoke Bishop Scout Hut which is located in Stoke Bishop, down the lane between 15 and 17 Kewstoke Avenue, BS9 1HA.

See the following for more information:

The next SPRA AGM will be taking place at St Mary’s Church on Wednesday, 17th May 2023.

Do come along as it’s a great opportunity to find out more about the work of SPRA and to meet the neighbours, as well as our local Councillors and other speakers who will also be attending.

You may even get to enjoy a glass of wine after the meeting.

We will, of course, be declaring our accounts and last year’s minutes, both of which will subsequently be made available on the SPRA website.

The meeting will also be a good opportunity to make nominations for the Committee.

We look forward to seeing you all!

This year’s Clifton & Hotwells Garden Open Gardens event is happening on 10th and 11th June 2023 from 10.30am to 5.00pm.

Tickets cover both days and are available for purchase in advance from Eventbrite or on the day.

For full details, please see details below:

www.gssg.bristol.com

and find them on Instagram here: @cliftonsecretgardens