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Community News

30 Jun 2020
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Take part in our Front Garden Trail

Take part in our Front Garden Trail

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Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle Together are organising a front garden trail in July - with social distancing limitations in place. All sorts of garden displays are welcome and you won’t need to be in your front garden – just be prepared for people to come and admire it!  If you live in Sea Mills or Coombe Dingle and would like to take part, email Esther Giles at pollyjmg@yahoo.co.uk with the heading ‘Front Garden Trail’ and include your name and address and a short sentence summing up your garden. We will provide garden trail information, which can be downloaded from…
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22 Jun 2020
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Postcards from lockdown – voices of young people

Postcards from lockdown – voices of young people

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Are the voices of children and young people being heard in the current crisis? We would love to hear what children and young people think and also how you are feeling. Be part of history and maybe even change it by helping older people understand your feelings. Send Sea Mills 100 a postcard with your thoughts and feelings during the current situation. Tell older people what YOU think. These will be displayed around Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle for people to read, including the Sea Mills phone box museum, community noticeboards, and anywhere else we can get access too. They…
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10 Jun 2020
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Learnt anything during lockdown?

Learnt anything during lockdown?

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The Community Plan asked what things you would like to learn more about. 72% of residents said they would be encouraged by free or low-cost courses. 60% thought it would be helpful if these courses were provided locally. On the issue of subjects or topics that interest you: 59% identified that they would like to have more computer/IT skills45% said they were interested in learning recreational crafts50% would like to know more about healthy eating or learning new cooking skills48% would like more knowledge surrounding fitness and health 43% expressed a preference for educational or vocational skills Particularly during the…
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05 May 2020
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Marking VE Day 75th Anniversary

Marking VE Day 75th Anniversary

Events, Sea Mills 100
Whilst many plans for marking the 75th Anniversary of VE Day have had to be cancelled due to the lockdown, @SeaMills100 is tweeting a series of short wartime stories and photos from Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle every day in the lead up to the VE Day 75th anniversary. The tweets complement the war stories webpage recently published by Sea Mills 100 to mark the 75 years since the end of World War Two and 75 years of peacetime. Well worth a visit to get an insight into our neighbourhood from back then. Thank you Sea Mills 100 for putting…
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02 Apr 2020
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Community Plan Launched

Community Plan Launched

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Despite our original plans to launch the community plan at a public meeting at the Methodist Church today, we are nonetheless delighted to launch the Community Plan for Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle on this website today. The Community Plan sets out a long-term vision for our area, based upon input from local residents. The Plan gives us a collective voice so we can have a greater influence in decision-making to ensure we get the best for our community.   For now, it is only available as a digital download, but printed copies will be shared at our next Community…
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05 Mar 2020
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Window Wanderland

Window Wanderland

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Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle were lit up on 29 February and 1 March 2020 as part of a wonderful Window Wanderland trail. Local residents designed their own imaginative window installations for people to stroll around the area and enjoy a free after-dark Art Gallery.  This is an annual event and we hope that even more people will take part next year. Read more about the Window Wanderland events here
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01 Mar 2020
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New community noticeboards

New community noticeboards

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Funding was recently secured from Bristol City Council to install three new community noticeboards in our area. One is by the Library, one on the Square in Sea Mills and the third one is about to be relocated by the shops on Westbury Lane. Further funding has been applied for for another two noticeboards – one by Sea Mills Primary School and another in Coombe Dingle – to give wider coverage across the area. The responses to our Community Plan Survey last year identified that local residents would like more information on what is going on in our area –…
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28 Feb 2020
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Tree of the Year

Tree of the Year

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Addison’s Oak in Sea Mills was nominated for the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year 2019. Many thanks to everyone who voted for our Oak… unfortunately, the tree didn’t win but did come in at a very respectable fourth place. For this, Sea Mills 100 won £500, which will be spent on an event to celebrate the tree and all the amazing things it does for our environment. Watch this space for more news about this event…
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