Duck! Here comes another year. Welcome to the Friends of Brislington Brook December newsletter – cutting it a little fine on the 31st of December true – but… fresh off the press for the New Year! In this month’s edition… If there’s something you’d like to include in our newsletter, let us know by emailing…
Nothing lasts forever… even cold November rain! Welcome to the Friends of Brislington Brook November newsletter – albeit going out here on 1st December when autumn has very much given way to winter! In this month’s edition… If there’s something you’d like to include in our newsletter, let us know by emailing info.fobb@gmail.com. The more…
Welcome to the Friends of Brislington Brook October newsletter! In this month’s edition… If there’s something you’d like to include in our newsletter, let us know by emailing info.fobb@gmail.com. Thanks to https://www.instagram.com/ethan_nature_guy/ for allowing us to use his absolutely wonderful fungi pics in this Newsletter. Please follow him in Instagram to see these and more…
In this month’s edition, we recap our summer social, show off a new picnic table, and look ahead to our AGM the future of FOBB.
In this month’s edition, we talk about The Great Big Green Week, corporate work parties in the valley and more!
A report by Geoff Thomas On Saturday 11th January, Jackie, Jo, Andy and I met with the new owners of the Coach House and Stables and land in Nightingale Valley, Andy Kemp and his business partner. We met them at Hill Lawn and then walked around the area of the tar barrels while discussing their…
On 21st November, Friends of Brislington Brook’s Chair, Jo Bushell, and Vice Chair, Jackie Friel, met with local MP, Kerry McCarthy. As you may know, Kerry is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). She was accompanied by her Chief Communications Officer, James Austin. The purpose of the meeting was…
As you may be aware, the land in question sold at auction last night to a certain Mr K. It sold for £452,000. We’re now moving on to the next phase. We’ll endeavour to identify, make contact with, and negotiate with the new landowner. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your…
Our campaign is gaining traction! Here’s what we’ve achieved so far. Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) On the 11th Oct, one of our campaign volunteers made an application to Bristol City Council for the London Plane and other trees to be protected by TPOs. BCC came back to us yesterday saying that it was at the…
On November 6th at 7pm we are holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in The Langton to report back to our community about what we have been doing last year and to elect new officers. We have done a lot this year, and it is always fun to look back and see what we did….
