Bath Area Play Project

Holiday playschemes this year will be held at The Hut, Newton Road, Twerton and at Southdown Infant School, Mount Road from 2nd to 20th August. There will also be some part-time playschemes called Come out and Play at Hillcrest Drive, Southdown on Mondays, and at Bath City Farm on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 5pm. For full details telephone 01225 832479 or 075908 51543.

Holiday dance

A series of streetdance workshops and activities will run from 17th to 20th August at the Rec House, next to The Full Moon, Twerton from 12.30pm to 4pm. For more information see here.

Fight the mast

Vodafone has re-applied to install a 15 metre phone mast at Poolemead Road, Twerton. The site is surrounded by homes and is close to Twerton Infant School and Nursery which are attended by children from Twerton and Whiteway. We fought Vodafone off the first time.

It only takes 2 MINUTES to help fight the mast. You can object online by clicking here. Then just fill in the online form, add your reasons for objecting and click on Submit Comments.

Joe, 31/07/10

On Saturday 25th July St Michael's Church organised a fun day for everyone, as a way of saying thank you for the support that they received from the community when some church windows were vandalised. The nice thing about this event was that everything was free.

There was a free barbecue that served hundreds of burgers and hot dogs, a coconut shy that eventually ran out of coconuts, a face painting team and some nice children's activities. You could add a bit of art to a community painting which was made up of different people's contributions. See the final painting that was produced here.

I think what helped to make this event so successful was having lots of places where people could sit down and talk, thereby fostering a sense of community. A fun day isn't only about activities; it is also a chance for people to meet with friends and neighbours.

Joe, 30/07/10

Last Saturday, The White Horse Pub at Shophouse Road, Twerton, was packed with people watching or waiting to take part in the bungee jumping. Every year the pub organises an exciting activity to raise money for charity. Last year it was firewalking.

People were sponsored to do the jumps, with money raised going to the Southside Family Project, the RUH and a project in India. More than £1000 pounds will have been raised. There were some double jumps (with two people strapped together) and the guy jumping in the above video swings a bit too close to the crane for comfort!

Joe, 29/07/10

PACT meetings are held 4 times a year in Twerton and are a chance for residents to have their say. The latest meeting was held on 21st July. For a detailed report on the meeting click here.

New priorities raised at the meeting were:

1) The future of Pennyquick Park - with regard to the Council's idea to build allotments there; 2) Continued police foot patrols; 3) Removal of graffiti.

Future Twerton PACT meetings will be held in different venues around the Twerton ward, to encourage more people to participate.

Joe, 27/07/10

A Twerton man named Joe who lives at Highland Road, has been building model helicopters as a hobby for about 2 and a half years. Joe made the helicopter below by buying the parts separately and then putting them together.

Joe says that model helicopters are harder to fly than model planes. It even takes a while to learn how to hover the helicopter. But planes need a runway so they are not suited to the bumpy ground at Innox Park. Joe is planning to build a bigger helicopter next year.

Joe, 24/07/10

Activities for children and young people at Bath City Farm, Kelston View.

TUESDAYS from 9.30am to 11.30am

27th July: Make a scarecrow.

3rd August: Nature detectives. Come and discover what lives on the farm and help to make a wildlife diary for farm visitors.

10th August: Painting and decorating. Put your artistic skills to good use.

17th August: To be announced.

24th August: Blackberry picking and outdoor jam making.

TUESDAYS, from 27th July to 24th August, from 1pm to 3pm

Conservation and construction volunteers for 13-18 year olds.

THURSDAYS, from 29th July to 19th August, from 9.30am to 11.30am

Young Farmers - Learn how to look after farm animals, clean out the chickens, collect the eggs, feed the pigs and help check the sheep and goats.

THURSDAYS, from 29th July to 19th August, from 1pm to 3pm

Conservation and construction volunteers for 13-18 year olds.

For more information telephone 01225 481269

Joe, 24/07/10