A 60 metre screen made of live plants is being deployed in Sheffield to help ameliorate air pollution outside school s. The full story can be found here
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24 April 2019
This is another initiative aimed at finding out just how serious are the levels of air pollution that childen can be exposed to both on the way to school and once in school. You can find out more on this ...
03 April 2019
With this latest statement here from PHE, pressure is mounting on councils to stop parents from waiting in idling cars outside school s to pick up their children. Parents in Bristol are already mobilising ...
12 March 2019
59 school s were monitored for nitrogen dioxide levels by Bristol City Council in 2018. The results for these are due to be published in the next few weeks.
This link: claircity gives help and advice ...
20 February 2019
These examples of primary school s acting to reduce the levels of car induced air pollution in the vicinity of their school should encourage others to deal with this UK wide problem.
Let's hope Bristo ...
14 February 2019
Birmingham City Council are supporting their primary school s with teaching materials that educate children about air pollution. The scheme is published by SKIPS and is called Clean Air Cops. Bristol City ...
20 January 2019
This Guardian article by George Montbiot brings home very graphically the blinkered view governments are showing to the damage we are inflicting on the health of a whole generation of children. Change ...
10 January 2019
Sustrans, creaters of the National Cycle Network are trying to change parents' ingrained driving habits and encourage them and their children to be active by walking or cycling to school
If you ...
17 December 2018
Over 8000 Bristol primary school children are taking part in WOW, the year-round walk to school challenge, a behaviour change programme.
Can you and your kids rise to this challenge?
This year-round ...
04 May 2018
This is an an invitation to join Living Streets’ Walk to School Week from 21-25 May. We hope you will be excited to take part in our annual walking celebration. Increase your exercise and decrease local ...
01 May 2018
The Parents Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA) at Bishop Road School would like your help to raise funds to create better outdoor green spaces and gardens at the school. We would like to ask you ...
27 April 2016
I attended Colston’s Girls’ School from 1932, when I was six, until I left in 1943. Pupils came to the school from a wide area of both Bristol and beyond.
Transport was by bus, tram, train (to Montpelier ...
14 April 2014
... alternative design that reflected the building's late Victorian architecture.
It also thought the surviving architecture of the school had sufficient merit to be considered worthy of listed statu ...
01 February 2014
The following account is taken from English Heritage's report that it wrote as part of its full review of the school as a possible building deserving listed status.The request to EH for this review wa ...
20 January 2014
The Bishopston Society has received a letter and report from English Heritage giving their reasons as to why they felt Bishop Road School was not worthy of listed status. The letter and full report ...
15 January 2014
Following from the Bishopston Society's application to English Heritage to have Bishop Road School listed, we have received the following letter and attached inspection report from English Heritage ...
05 December 2013
BISHOP ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL 13/04795/F Due to lack of time and resources we have focussed our comments on the proposed new entrance block proposed on the Bishop Road frontage.
The Bishopston Society ...
15 November 2013
BISHOP ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL - PRE APPLICATION CONSULTATION The Bishopston Society has heard from some of our members about the proposal to extend the school further. Though we understand the pressure for ...
23 June 2013
... Road, Nevil Road and Longmead Avenue, offering information on sustainable transport. School Streets Bristol will be on hand to chat about what can be done to improve air quality around our primary schools. ...
16 April 2019
... nge of activities including:-
School Streets Corner - hear about improving air quality around our primary schools, and local "playing out" initiatives
Kids Creative Corner - bring your kids for a cre ...
14 April 2019
Five school s across Bristol; Bannerman Road, May Park, Cotham Gardens, Compass Point and our local primary, Brunel Field, are taking part in temporary road closures after school next week as part of Sustrans' ...
24 March 2019
... In Bristol, with funding from Bristol City Council, Lifecycle can offer: Adult Lessons, Children's Lessons, Training in School s, Training at the Workplace.
Group Rides are available for: over 55s, Wellbeing ...
26 February 2019
... on cycling and walking to school with children, cycle routes and signs, bike maintenance,. Resources galore including travel behaviour change packs for schools.
Cycling UK https://www.cyclinguk.org/ ...
26 February 2019
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The motion called for: “By spring 2020 investigate, and implement if financially feasible, the introduction of an enforceable “anti-vehicle idling” zone outside every school and in every park in the ...
08 January 2019
... four pilot zones.
Anti-idling zones which could force motorists to turn off their engines outside of school s or risk a fine could be implemented in Bristol next year. It comes after an altered motion ...
17 December 2018
... aproved with our support
"Pemitted development" loophole exploited at 164 Gloucester Road
We proposed that a portakabin in school grounds should only be temporary
Another unattractive dormer allow ...
07 November 2018
... are set out in full on the BCRCP website: bcrp.org,uk
Following the AGM, the committee has been meeting monthly and has already organised a Public Forum (at Colston’s Primary School on 11 June), and ...
28 August 2018
... es since the Mayor came to office’
prioritise air monitoring outside school s
develop an 'anti-idling' campaign for Bishopston (possibly with the help of a local celebrity along the lines of Nigel Hav ...
25 June 2018
... and 21st May, and Walk to School Week takes place between 21st and 25th May.
A related recent development is the extension of Bishopston's local walking maps.
Details of all three of the above hav ...
05 May 2018
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Walking for Health - https://www.walkingforhealth.org.uk
Living Streets - Walk to School - https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-we-do/walk-to-school
Sustrans (not all about cycling!) - https://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-you-can-do/use-your-car-less/walking ...
04 May 2018
... the first of the above is only 0.68 miles from Bishopston and the last is only 1.06 miles away, the furthest!
Walking to school helps children to engage with their local community, develop wider socia ...
04 May 2018
... short journeys
walking the kids to school
doing a regular walk with a friend
going for a stroll with family or friends after dinner
Walking is one of the easiest ways to be physically activ ...
04 May 2018
... ge sustainable travel (e.g. so-called travel plans centred around organisations such as a school or workplaces).
Personalised travel information
Transport telematics (e.g. real-time information, e-ticketi ...
04 May 2018
... o be encouraged.
Monitoring air quality outside school s: Bristol has introduced air quality sensors outside all schools.
Low-emission buses: Bristol is getting a grant for more low-emission buses. See ...
04 May 2018
... leafleted every house in the road to try and capture people who are 'off line'. I also wrote to the 2 school s and church in Egerton Road, hoping for a 'Corporate' sponsor. I left a flyer in the Co-Op. ...
25 April 2018
... by not using our cars to go shopping along the Road. Walking rather than driving children to and from school would similarly have a significant effect on local pollution levels.
It was suggested from ...
20 April 2018
... on Area, overlooked by the listed buildings of Colston Girls School .
2.0 LOSS OF THE BOUNDARY WALL
The existing boundary wall, which is a prominent feature of the site and a vital link to the former F ...
04 January 2018
Daniella Radice with Roxanne Moore, a local resident and parent of children at Brunel Field Primary School , have together organised an open meeting to discuss road safety in the Ashley Down Road area ...
26 October 2017
... stream ideas to complement the football-related business, such as a gym, a school , a medical centre, conference/wedding reception rooms, etc – facilities available to all and not only on match days. Friend ...
11 October 2017
... issues, including from the local police and councillors, it will focus on the Bristol City Council consultation on proposed cuts to local services: the library service, public toilets, school crossing ...
28 June 2017
... June 2017 at Colston Primary School , 18 Cotham Grove, Bristol BS6 6AL
Launch of the new BCR Partnership organisation Following the two forum meetings, where options for the future were discussed, it ...
27 May 2017
... pavement Police 101 number or via Cricket Club 0117 910 8000 fir large matches with Police in attendance Please also inform HowZat? General parking Parking on double yellow lines, school zig zags or bu ...
04 May 2017
... ng, tagging or litter so we could join the BCR Street Champions group].
2. We could nag our children to walk our grandchildren to school or get them to encourage their primary school to put a "walking ...
24 April 2017
... 20 mph zones. Slower moving cars in traffic makes for a safer and more pleasant walking environment
Persuade parents (your children?) not to drive their children to school . In the Netherlands, this i ...
13 April 2017
Redland Green School at 7pm. “A future Community Partnership”. The Bishopston Cotham and Redland Neighbourhood Partnership will cease at the end of June 2017.
All community organisations working, and ...
11 April 2017
... Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), we will be running a series of small events to collect personal memories and anecdotes from past and present allotment plot-holders, members of the local community and school ...
28 March 2017
... ld be concerned about school s close to busy roads. A link between traffic pollution and dementia has also been suggested by recent research.
When is air pollution worst?
Generally speaking it’s when ...
21 February 2017
... to talk to the speakers at break-out tables after the presentations. We look forward to seeing you there.
21st November 2016, 7 pm to 9 pm Colston's Primary School , 18 Cotham Grove, Bristol BS6 6A ...
09 November 2016
... o support Charitable, Educational and Community initiatives. More details of these can be found at: http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/community-programme/ and at http://www.gloucestershirecricketboard.com/schoo ...
15 June 2016
The Sweet History? website explores the impact of the sugar and slave trades on the built environment of Bristol. It includes activities and education resources to support the school curriculum. The website ...
23 April 2016
This 700 year old + hedge runs between Henleaze Park and Phoenix Grove. The 295ft (90m) long boundary straddles the Henleaze Junior School playing fields and Golden Hill Sports Ground. ...
19 April 2016
