St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - September 2018

community
OPPORTUNITIES AND NEWS!
DAVID COUSINS
COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKER
Sunday School activities
from last year’s album
2017–18 school year
with permission
MARY’S MEALS
backpack appeal
It’s back to school, and the time of year we
come together to help our African friends
access an education. You can support this
very worthy cause in any of three ways by —
donating toiletries, clothing and stationery
donating a backpack: either empty or with donations
making a monetary donation towards a backpack
purchased at £2.99 by the end of September
nb: donations received after this date will
be paid directly to Mary’s Meals charity
Our special Sunday School session dedicated
to filling the backpacks will be taking place
on Sunday 28th October.
For further details please contact Becky Macron
mob: 07443000420 // email: sunday.school@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
I
T’S BEEN A FASCINATING FEW MONTHS in the
role as I’ve begun to get to know everyone across
the community. It’s a real privilege to work in a place
that is so diverse. Almost every day I feel I am meeting
someone new and building local connections. I have
come from an organisation, LPW, whose sole focus
is young people, and having been managing services
across the whole of South Bristol it has been refreshing
to work more closely with the community — it really feels as though
we’re building something exciting alongside people living here rather than
just providing a service.
There have been a few
highlights for me over the
Summer months which
have really shown the potential
of people to come
together for the good of
children and young people
in the community.
We have begun a Basketball session every
Thursday evening for teenagers on the
courts in between Francombe, Waring and
Underdown Houses. It was one of the first
things that young people have said they
wanted when we conducted our initial
outreach — and it’s been great that we were
able to find Phil George, a basketball coach
who knew the area and was willing to
volunteer a couple of hours of his time. It’s