Are you a young person living in Coalpit Heath, Westerleigh or Frampton Cotterell? If so, follow this link before 21st January 2015 to tell Frampton Cotterell Parish Council what you want and need for your new youth service. And if you’re not aged 11-19, please pass this link on to anyone you know locally who […]

A packed house attended a special meeting in Yate to discuss getting young people more involved in politics. The visiting speaker was Cardiff Central MP and Government minister, Jenny Willott, who was first elected to Parliament at the age of 31, and at the time was one of the youngest MPs in the country.  In […]

If you have a child due to start in reception, move to secondary school or move to a school that has its first admission in year 10 (for example, the Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy), you can apply online now. The closing date is 31st October for secondary school applications and 15th January for primary […]

South Glos Council has launched an appeal to encourage people to consider fostering one or more of the 170 children in their care and urge people not to rule themselves out. They stress that foster carers come from a very wide range of ages and backgrounds and get training and support to help them. Carers […]

I reported earlier this month on the controversial closure of the Brockeridge Youth Club by Frampton Cotterell Parish Council. Although it’s in Frampton Cotterell Parish, it’s close to the border with Westerleigh Parish and we know that Coalpit Heath young people used it too. Not long before the decision, Westerleigh Parish Council had asked me […]

The controversial closure of the Brockeridge Youth Club by Frampton Cotterell Parish Council has hit the front page of the Gazette. The youth club is used by young people from Westerleigh Parish as well as Frampton Cotterell. It has a successful track record of providing for young people who have rejected the alternative organisations in […]

The Diversity Trust and CVS South Gloucestershire are organising an event for LGBT young people in the Yate area on Sat 3 May. You can find out more on the Trust’s website.

From September 2014 the service for all children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families will be changing as a result of changes in the law. South Gloucestershire Council wants to go further and is asking for input from everyone involved – the children and young people themselves, families and […]

At last night’s Frome Vale Area Forum meeting, local councillors allocated funding of £1602 towards an Art and Cafe project at Fromeside Youth Centre. Members were particularly impressed that the ideas had come from the young people themselves. The cafe project will enable young people to get more involved with running the cafe at the […]

It’s National Care Leavers’ Week and South Glos Council has launched a recruitment drive to find people to support a young person when they leave care. As part of the supported lodgings scheme, they are looking for families, single parents, couples or individuals from all backgrounds, cultures and identities to provide supported, temporary accommodation for […]