BROCKWORTH PARISH Welcome to the Brockworth Council pages of the magazine. We hope you have enjoyed reading these pages and receiving information about Brockworth village and events that are taking place in Brockworth. Please send your stories, articles or information about Brockworth to the Clerk at Brockworth Parish Council so that we can include in the next edition of the magazine. The deadline for the next edition is 10th July 2013, and the magazines will be delivered at the start of August. For advertising requests, please contact the publishers of the magazine (details inside front cover page).

News from Brockworth Parish Council At its meeting in May, Brockworth Parish Council elected Jim Hunt as Chairman for

another year, with Carole Neal as vice-chair. The new county councillor Robert

Vines came along and introduced himself.

The parish council agreed to support the summer activities programme that

Brockworth Community Project will run – there are two programmes: one for

under 11s and one for 11-18 yrs. (The timetable of activities is printed later on in

this newsletter). The council agreed to hold a “Picnic in the Parks” event to

celebrate the launch of the new play areas, this will take place on Saturday 6th July

from 12pm to 3pm (bring your own sandwiches!).

After much consideration, the parish council decided not to amend the burial

ground rules but will adopt a new approach to the enforcement of the rules to

show more compassion and understanding. The parish council also agreed to the

purchase and installation of 5 dog waste bins (3 of which will be installed at

Coopers Edge). In other news, the parish council has renewed the insurance with

Zurich; and Brockworth is going to host the AGM of the Gloucestershire Market

Towns Forum in September.

If you would like a copy of the council minutes but are unable to access them on

our website (at www.brockworth-pc.gov.uk) please call Julie on 01452 863123 and

she will send you a copy of the latest published minutes.

Brockworth Parish Council Offices are open Monday to Friday 9am to 2pm

and are located in the Brockworth Community Centre on Court Road.

Telephone 01452 863123 or email clerk@brockworth-pc.gov.uk

REGULAR ACTIVITES AT BROCKWORTH COMMUNITY CENTRE

Rooms also available to hire – our main hall is ideal for children’s parties, and costs just £11.04 per hour at weekends for Brockworth parish residents (includes use of

kitchen). For further details, contact admin@brockworth-pc.gov.uk or telephone 01452 863123.

Monday

9.15am to 10.45am 11am to midday 6.30pm to 8.30pm 7pm to 10pm

The Brockworth Dawn Chorus Choir Beginners’ Line Dancing Yoga for Pregnancy / Relax, Stretch & Breathe drop-in Youth Club (via Youth Centre)

Tuesday

9am to 12pm 9.45-10.45am 1.30pm to 3.00pm 1.30pm to 4.30pm 7.15pm to 8.15pm 5pm to 7pm

Tewkesbury Borough Council Advice Yoga & Relaxation Line Dancing Citizens Advice Bureau Dance Figures Youth Club (via Youth Centre)

Wednesday

9am to 2pm (every 4 weeks) 11am to 12pm 2pm to 4pm (every 2 weeks) 7pm to 8pm 7pm to 9pm

Chiropody Parent & Toddler Coffee Morning Linda's Tea Dance Booiaka – cardio-dance workout Youth Club (via Youth Centre)

Thursday

9.30am to 12.30pm 2pm 2pm to 4pm 2.30pm to 3.30pm 4.30pm and 6.30pm 8.15pm to 10.15pm

Brockworth CC Art Class Walking Club – walks are 30 to 60 mins Tewkesbury Borough Council Advice Parent & Toddler Afternoon tea Slimming World Line Dancing

Friday

12pm to 2pm 4.45pm to 5.45pm 6.30pm to 7.30pm 6.30pm to 9pm

Over-60s luncheon Street Dance Functional Core Training Youth Club (via Youth Centre)

Saturday

9.30am to 11am Fine Steps Dance Class

Sunday

10am Cornerstone Church

BUS INFORMATION

Readers are reminded that senior bus passes can be used before 9am on the Cirencester bus – it returns from outside the Cornhall at Cirencester at 1pm.

BROCKWORTH PARISH COUNCIL COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE Operated by Minibus Direct

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A ‘FLAG-DOWN’ SERVICE ON

WEDNESDAYS ONLY 1. Tesco Supermarket 10.00 11.30 2. Kennel Lane 10.06 11.36 3. Doctors Surgery 10.08 11.38 4. Riversmeet House 10.13 11.43 5. Community Centre 10.16 11.46 6. Ermin Park Shops 10.21 11.51 7. Sports Centre 10.25 11.55 8. Wyevale Garden Centre 10.30 12.00 1. Tesco Supermarket 10.35 12.05 by request

No. & Operator Route Peak Frequency

Off-Peak Frequency

10 Stagecoach Lower Tuffley – Gloucester – Hucclecote – Brockworth - Cheltenham

Every 10 mins Every 30 mins

46 Stagecoach Stroud – Brockworth – Cheltenham

1 per hour None

4 Stagecoach Gloucester – Abbeydale – Coopers Edge – Brockworth

2 per hour (Terminates at Cross Hands)

1 per hour (Terminates at Whittle Inn)

852 Pulhams Gloucester – Cirencester 8.45am and 12pm

THURSDAY WALKS FOR HEALTH We meet at 2pm on Thursdays at the Brockworth Community Centre, Court Road, Brockworth. The duration of the walk is normally 30 minutes to 60 minutes and followed by tea / coffee from the café. Do come along and join us – all are welcome. There is normally a longer walk on the 1st Saturday in the month. We meet at Brockworth Library. For further details please contact Fiona Miles 01452 864345 or Ken Duke 01452 610281.

BROCKWORTH DOCTORS’

SURGERY CAN BE

TELEHPONED ON:

0844 477 3589

or 01452 862247

GLOUCESTER FILM MAKERS CLUB MEETINGS are held at St George’s Church Centre on Court Road in Brockworth on Monday evenings at 7.30pm. UPCOMING DATES

10th June Principles of Editing for Beginners, Part 2 1st July Filming on location 15th July Social Evening (to be arranged) 2nd September Open Competition No2 Underwood Trophy Specialised Subject Competition Boats Berry Trophy

NEW FITNESS WORKOUT – BOOIAKA Booiaka (pronounced Boo-ya-ka) is the latest thing since Zumba

Combines the latest dance moves to a variation of music from around

the world. No dance experience necessary, you can do it even if you

have 2 left feet!

Every Wednesday at the Brockworth Community Centre 7-8pm

£5 p/person

Contact: ekmbooiaka@hotmail.com for more information

Facebook: BOOIAKA with EM

BROCKWORTH COMMUNITY CENTRE LUNCH CLUB

Jane and Anthony would like to invite new members

to the Friday Lunch Club at the Brockworth Community Centre. If you are a

Brockworth or Witcombe resident and are over 60, you are welcome to

join the Lunch Club and enjoy a two-course lunch, with tea or coffee, for

only £3.50. It is a nice opportunity to have a relaxed lunch and meet new

people for a very reasonable price. Numbers are limited, so please ring to

book your place on 01452 863123, or call in to reception at the

Brockworth Community Centre.

Yoga & Relaxation Brockworth Community Centre

• Suitable for all abilities

• Ongoing classes

• Join at anytime

• Tuesdays - 9.45am

Contact Rosamund 01242 250853

BWY Teacher, Dip. Stress Management

Email: rosamundwebster@hotmail.co.uk

Website: rosamundwebster.com

The Citizens Advice Bureau provides an advice session on Tuesday afternoons 1.30 to 4.30pm at Brockworth Community Centre (appointments can be made with Community Centre reception). We apologise but due to funding restrictions, we are only able help those from Brockworth.

Come and talk to advisors about Housing, Debt, Benefits, Employment, Discrimination, Family matters and much more.

Please see www.adviceguide.org.uk for further advice and guidance.

DEAR DOG WALKERS

Those of you that regularly walk dogs in the

Abbotswood and Mill Lane areas will have

probably noticed the newly completed play

areas which are now ‘open plan’. The lack of

fencing is deliberate and we ask dog owners to

please remember to keep your dog on a lead

when you are walking near the play equipment

and also to pick up after your dog. Dog bags

are available at the very reasonable rate of

50p per pack from Brockworth Community

Centre. Thank you :)

PUBLIC NOTICE LICENSING ACT 2003 – SECTION 17

APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A PREMISES LICENCE

Notice is hereby given that Brockworth Community Centre Building

Management Committee has applied for the grant of a premises licence for Brockworth Community Centre

Court Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ET

The application has been made to permit the Sale by Retail of Alcohol and Regulated Entertainment at the premises

everyday between 09:00hrs and 23:00hrs

The licensing register and application record can be viewed at Tewkesbury Borough Council, Council Offices, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT by

appointment during normal office hours.

Any representations in relation to this application must be made in writing to The Licensing Department, Tewkesbury Borough Council, Council Offices, Gloucester

Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT by 28th June 2013

It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection

with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the office is £5000.

“Save Brockworth Green Belt” would like to thank everybody that took the

time to write letters to Tewkesbury Borough Council regarding a housing

application alongside the A417. We think about 400 letters were sent in

objecting to the application (3 were for approval). We are waiting for the

outcome and not expecting to hear anything until later in the summer.

SBGB are holding a walking morning on Saturday 1st

June. We will be walking

the greenbelt around Brockworth 2.5 miles of lovely

views and fantastic countryside. Start at the lay-by

near Brockworth Rugby Club on 1st

June at 10.00am.

Drinks and cake at the finish.

If you can help in anyway by making a cake, or

marshalling the route please get in touch.

We hope to see lots of people on the day. We would like to thank residents

for the continuing support to keep Brockworth’s Greenbelt.

For updates visit our web site

www.savebrockworthgreenbelt.blogspot.com

or email us helpsavethegreenbelt@gmail.com

Little Gems

Places are available for children from 3 onwards – Claim Nursery

Vouchers get 15 hours of free childcare per week

Playgroup is open Monday-Friday from 9.30-12.30 – term time only

Children from 2 welcomed – however limited places available.

Playgroup charges £5.50 for 3 hours a morning for each 2 year old that

attends

Ring Emma or Debbie on 07769 626715 / 01452 547567 for more details

or to come for a visit

YOU EAT THE CAKE. WE GAIN THE

POUNDS

With Spring still around the corner why not start thinking ahead to Summer and celebrate the warmer weather by organising a Blooming Great Tea Party with friends and family all for a great cause.

This year we need your help to make the Blooming Great Tea Party bigger and better in Gloucestershire! Get together with family and friends at home, or get your colleagues involved and tuck into your favourite slice of cake and raise the much needed funds for Marie Curie Nurses in Gloucestershire. From a tea party fit for a queen to a competition bake sale at work it doesn't matter how you get involved, just eat cake!

You can hold your tea party at any point in June or July.

It really couldn't be simpler...

Register today and receive your free fundraising pack complete with balloons and invitations and get scoffing!!

Go online at www.mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty or call 0845 052 4184

PICNIC IN THE PARKS

To celebrate the official opening of the new play areas at

Abbotswood and Mill Lane, please join us for a

COMMUNITY PICNIC at POUND FARM (just off Green

Way) and MILL LANE PLAY AREAS on SATURDAY 6th

July

at 12 noon until 3pm

Bring your own picnic and blanket to celebrate the

completion of these great new facilities.

We have had another busy term at Brockworth Primary Academy!

Our new intake for September 2013 came with their parents/carers for an open

morning in April and spent the time meeting their new classmates, teachers and

played in the sandpit, on the pirate ship or cycled bikes on the race track. We look

forward to welcoming them all properly in September.

We’ve had numerous class assemblies showing parents, family and friends lots of

the great work we’ve produced over the last term. Superhero plays, whole class

dances including raps and wonderful art work have graced our stage.

House football and cricket matches have taken place, with the league

championships very much still in the balance, and our great variety of after-school

clubs have continued to encourage children to join in with extra-curricular

activities. This term we have singing, construction, rugby, cricket, art, football,

chess, athletics, Tae Kwon Do mini-masters and pond club. Quite a variety, I’m sure

you’ll agree.

Our annual Year 6 residential trip, this year four nights at Whitemoor Lakes in

Staffordshire, takes place just before half term, and some of the children are

already packed!

After half term, we look forward to our sports’ days, annual marathon, PTFA

barbeque and, of course, our Year 6 production.

If you would like any further information about any of our events or the academy in

general, or are interested in volunteering to help with either the children in the

academy or the PTFA, please contact:

contactus@brockworthprimaryacademy.org or call 01452 862809

BROCKWORTH COMMUNITY PROJECT

“FREE” SUMMER ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME 2013

11 to 17 Year olds

Brockworth Community Project will be running a “FREE” Summer Activities Programme

for young people aged between 11 and 17 years old who live in Brockworth and Coopers

Edge. These activities will take place within the Youth Club and MUGA areas at the rear of

the Community Centre in Brockworth.

In order to reserve your child’s place on any of the activities listed below then pick up

your booking form from the Brockworth Community Library or the Brockworth

Community Centre.

Should you require any additional information then contact Brockworth Community

Project on 01452 863 681

Please note: There are limited places available for each of these activities and priority will

be given to those children living within Brockworth and Coopers Edge.

Date Time Main Activity

Tuesday 23rd

July 2013 1pm to 4pm Football and Pool Competitions

Wednesday 24th

July 2013 1pm to 4pm Archery (1-30pm to 3-30pm)

Thursday 25th

July 2013 1pm to 4pm Multi Sports Option

Tuesday 30th

July 2013 1pm to 4pm Music Workshop (1-30pm to 3-

30pm)

Wednesday 31st

July 2013 1pm to 4pm Football and Pool Competitions

Thursday 1st

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Street Dance (1-30pm to 3-30pm)

Tuesday 6th

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Basketball and Table Tennis

Competitions

Wednesday 7th

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Archery (1-30pm to 3-30pm)

Thursday 8th

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Multi Sports Option

Tuesday 13th

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Problem Solving and Teamwork

(1-30pm to 3-30pm)

Wednesday 14th

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Basketball and Table Tennis

Competitions

Thursday 15th

August 2013 1pm to 4pm Archery (1-30pm to 3-30pm)

The Summer Activities Programme 2013 has been kindly funded by Brockworth

Parish Council.

BROCKWORTH COMMUNITY PROJECT

“FREE” SUMMER ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME 2013

For the under 11’s

Brockworth Community Project will be running a “FREE” Summer Activities Programme

for young people under 11 years old who live in Brockworth and Coopers Edge. These

activities will take place within the Brockworth Community Library.

In order to reserve your child’s place on any of the activities listed below then pick up

your booking form from the Brockworth Community Library or the Brockworth

Community Centre.

Should you require any additional information then contact Brockworth Community

Project on 01452 863 681

Please note: There are limited places available for each of these activities and priority will

be given to those children living within Brockworth and Coopers Edge.

Date Time Main Activity

Tuesday 23rd

July 2013 10am to 12 noon Family Learning Team – Arts and

Crafts

Wednesday 24th

July 2013 ALL DAY Summer Reading Challenge

Thursday 25th

July 2013 11am to 12 noon Magic Show / Children’s Entertainer

Saturday 27th

July 2013 10am to 12 noon Arts and Crafts

Tuesday 30th

July 2013 10am to 12 noon Arts and Crafts

Wednesday 31st

July 2013 ALL DAY Summer Reading Challenge

Thursday 1st

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Meet the Author / Face Painting

Saturday 3rd

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Arts and Crafts

Tuesday 6th

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Arts and Crafts

Wednesday 7th

August 2013 ALL DAY Summer Reading Challenge

Thursday 8th

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Circus Skills

Saturday 10th

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Arts and Crafts

Tuesday 13th

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Arts and Crafts

Wednesday 14th

August

2013 ALL DAY Summer Reading Challenge

Thursday 15th

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Meet the Author / Face Painting

Saturday 17th

August 2013 10am to 12 noon Family Learning Team – Arts & Crafts

The Summer Activities Programme 2013 has been kindly funded by Brockworth

Parish Council.

In return, you will benefit from:

• Looking after a well-trained family pet that will readily be accepted

into your home

• Full financial support to cover all feeding and veterinary costs

• Access to 24 hour support & advice from experienced Guide Dog

staff

• The knowledge that you will be playing a crucial part in helping

blind and partially sighted people gain independence

If you think you might be interested or would like more information,

check out our website www.guidedogs.org.uk/guidedogmums

Those who volunteer to look after our breeding bitches take

responsibility for their day to day care, with the assurance of having 24

hour support and advice from the breeding centre staff.

The brood bitch in your care would be mated approximately once a

year at the breeding centre, and give birth in your home. The puppies

will then spend the first six weeks with their mum, with support from

you.

If you feel that you can provide a home for a guide dog mum and:

• Have a car and live within reasonable travelling distance from the

National Breeding Centre near Leamington Spa

• Possess a calm, caring disposition, are not in fulltime employment

and can devote time to the bitch, particularly when she has a litter.

Please contact the National Breeding Centre on 0845 3727 432 to

discuss further or to request an application form.

Guide Dogs is currently

looking for loving, caring

homes for our guide dog

mums.

The Circus is coming to Brockworth!

The Circus will be at Mill Lane playing field from 12th June until Sunday 16th June 2013.

Hand balancing, Aerial acrobats, Unicycling, Clowns and funny dogs are things you

could see in a talent show on TV, but what is even better? To see it LIVE! To see the

talents from so close that normally only the judges can see them. This is now possible

because Circus Ginnett is coming to Brockworth from the 12th to the 16th June with

a brand new show!

“Lovely show folks, the little one loved it too. Can I say the small things count too like

the way we were welcomed, you are all a friendly bunch and that is a bigger bonus. Of

course the show was brilliant too!” Is only one of the many positive reactions Circus

Ginnett had about the 2012 show. So Circus director Patrick Austin continues his 200

year old family tradition with an all new show for 2013 with new international artists

from Hungary, Holland Ireland and the UK.

Lights off…. Spot on, let the show begin! In a one and a half hour show circus Ginnett

presents to you for the first time in England clown Anton! Dutch clown Anton has

smuggled all his craziness into The UK.

Patrick is back with his police dog Vader. With his hilarious antics Vader is preventing

Patrick to steal the jewelry in the roof of the big top. Together they will make you fall

off your chair with laughter.

Jenny from the UK will make her entrance on the aerial net. Sparkling in the roof of

the big top she will amaze you with elegance and grace. Eva will amaze you with her

sword and knife balancing skills. Danni Endresz with his dare devil unicycle skills!!!!

And let’s not forget about Lui all the way from Hungary!! And his blinking

lamppost!!! Will he ever get that light to stay on!!

The mix of sizzling excitement, perfectionism and up-tempo humor await you in the

latest production of circus Ginnett. The result is a smooth running fun

filled performance that captivates the audience from the beginning to the end. A show

that once again proves that circus art is valued entertainment for all ages! The long

family history and the friendly image make Circus Ginnett truly unique entertainment.

As soon as you step into our big top you will feel the magic called circus.

Enough said .......... come and enjoy what the traditional circus still has to offer!

For more information or to book tickets call TEL: 07582 35 36 34 visit

www.circusginnett.com or find us on facebook!!! Just type Circus Ginnett.