TeamPlay is free courses for parents, organised as part of a research project run by the University of Bristol. The sessions will run over 8 weeks and are designed to reduce stress and enable you…

Chair Clive Stevens kindly shares with us his notes taken from the recent Bishopston Forum on Thursday 29th Sept 2011. The key priorities for the area: Lower vehicle speeds. The results of 20 mph trials…

Bristol City Council has become the first in the country to introduce a new, easier way of arranging temporary road closures, in a bid to encourage more children to play outside their homes. By introducing…

The mysterious early life of artist Vincent van Gogh is the subject of the latest play from multi award-winning Bristol theatre group, the Kelvin Players. Premiered at the National Theatre in 2002, ‘Vincent in Brixton’…

Our Gloucester Road Surveys show that many people feel we should have more than one public toilet along the "longest shopping street in Europe" but many like me will not have realised that Local Authorities…

The programme for Bristol's first ever literature festival which begins next month has now been launched. The festival, 'Unputdownable', which will run from the October 14-23, will feature homegrown writing talent, as well as visiting…

The popular community event Party in the Park took place last Saturday 17th September at the Golden Hill Sports Ground. The event, now in its fifth year was a great day out for all the…

Filton Avenue Infant School is an outstanding school where children of all abilities reach or exceed national expectations in reading, writing and mathematics. That is the finding of Ofsted inspectors, in their most recent report…

Try something local, from somewhere local on Bristol Independents Day! On the 17th September 2011, the Bristol Independents campaign will launch a pilot project highlighting 8 of Bristol's local shopping areas on recipe postcards featuring…

For those of you who don't already know we have been delighted to welcome Becky Hodson to the Matters Magazines family. Becky is now working on her fifth edition of the popular community magazine Filton…