Category: Event

Dr Bike and Imagining/Mapping!

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Imagine a Seamless Link between canal and traffic free route into Bradford.

Shipley Re-imagined (Sun 9th Sept) Victoria Quays, 12-3pm. 

(Outside Incommunities on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Shipley)

  • Dr Bike and Info Stall.
  • Free minor bike repairs and assessments.

Info about the New Shipley Greenway and a visualisation exercise – imagine if there was a tunnel directly under Leeds road which you could seamlessly walk and cycle onto the Shipley Greenway without having to cross the horrifically busy road!

Could it really be made safe for a child to cycle all the way from Shipley/Saltaire to Bradford, without having to navigate busy roads?  Sound impossible?  It’s not!

Supported Community Grant from CityConnect as part of the Shipley Re-imagined Project

Newsletter – April 2018

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Shipley Re-imagined: Sat 28th April (2-5pm)

Come join us at St Peter’s Church as we re-imagine Shipley!

Free Bike Servicing and Repairs from Margaret Carey’s Doctor Bike.

Free “have a go” cycling sessions for kids

  • Draw the future – visualise and imagine what Shipley could become! Share your ideas about how we can make Shipley a better place for walking and cycling.
  • Learn about the Shipley Greenway route which will allow a traffic free route all the way from Shipley to Bradford
  • Free route planning/tutorials and workshops – let us help you map and active travel commute
  • Bike activities for kids in the grounds of the church. Bring your bike for assessment/minor repairs

Would you like to walk or ride a bike around Shipley but don’t know where to start?  Are you put off by traffic or is there some other obstacle? It’s known as active travel – that is, getting out of your car and still getting about!  It has many health and environmental benefits, but did you know it can make your community a better place as well?

 

Litter-pick – Sunday 29th April

Hop aboard and help clean up our streets and playing field!

2:00pm Shipley C of E School (back gate, near Birklands Road) to clean School surrounds
2:30pm Playing field clean-up
3:00pm The Norwoods (meet by playing field, Norwood Place)
4.00pm Clifton Place and Bargrange Av.

What to bring: Decent shoes/boots, we’ll provide gloves, bags and litter picking tools.
Any brushes or things you think might be useful to bring are welcome.

If you need more info contact Dave on 07743471764 or danger.robison@gmail.com.

Join the Shipley – Bradford Bike Bus

Live in Shipley and commute to Bradford? Why not join the Shipley Bike Bus on Mondays?

If you’d feel safer cycling into work in a supportive group with more experienced riders, this could be just the thing you need.  Needing somewhere to store your bike on arrival?  Not sure of the most pleasant route?

  • 8:00 from Saltaire roundabout
  • 8:08 top of the Norwoods (Quix)
  • 8:30 arrives into Bradford

The return journey sets off from Bradford at 5:30.

See Full Timetable and details at www.capitalofcycling.org/bike-bus.

If you’d like any more information about the bike bus, you can contact Dave@capitalofcycling,org / mob: 07743471764.

Friends of Northcliffe Events

Charity Fun Day! Friday 1st June 2-5pm

A fantastic afternoon of fun for all the family with a range of stalls and activities in Northcliffe Park.

Northcliffe Miniature Railway will be running with train rides with small kids (and considerably bigger ones), Pony rides will be available, Children’s Activities, Face Painting and much more!

Rae Gala – Northcliffe Park 1st July 2-4.30pm

Another great event with Northcliffe miniature railway and much more.  Check out the website http://www.friendsofnorthcliffe.org.uk for more information about FoN events.

Air Quality & The Branch

You may have noticed that The Branch pub has been purchased.  The plan is to demolish the pub, to widen the road.  Community members and Friends of the Earth Baildon have been involved in measuring air quality at this junction and it is well over the legal limit for NoX particles which are extremely harmful to human health (especially young lungs such as the kids walking to Shipley C of E).

The standing traffic on the main roads by our streets is a problem but academic research shows that widening the roads and junctions usually makes problems worse and could make it harder for residents and the kids who do walk to school.  You can leave comments on the Council website. If you have thoughts about this or want to discuss what’s going on – get in touch, comment on our Facebook group or attend our event on the 28th of April at St Peter’s Church where more detailed information will be available.

Shipley Re-imagined – Active Travel & Cycling Event

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Come join us at St Peter’s Church on 28th April 2-5pm as we re-imagine Shipley!

Join our facilitators as we draw a possible future – visualise and imagine what Shipley could become, and share your ideas about how we can make Shipley a better place for walking and cycling.

It’s known as active travel – getting out of your car and still getting about. It has many health and environmental benefits, but did you know it can make your community a better place as well?

Free Bike Servicing and Repairs from Doctor Bike/MCF Bikery.

Bike activities for kids in the grounds of the church with BeCycling – bikes and kit provided.

Would you like to walk or ride a bike around Shipley but don’t know where to start? Are you put off by traffic or is there some other obstacle?  We can offer free route planning/tutorials and workshops – let us help you map an active travel commute.

Learn about the under-construction Shipley Greenway which will allow a traffic free route all the way from Shipley to Bradford.

Bike activities for kids in the grounds of the church. Bring your bike for assessment/minor repairs.

Inside the church will be a focus on active travel and re-imaging how Shipley could become with more walking and cycling and a bit less vehicle traffic. Norwood Neighbourhood Association and Bradford Cycling Campaign will be there to have a chat along with academics from Leeds University, Cecil Green Arts engagement activities, Capital of Cycling, Sustrans and more.

The event is being organised by the Norwood Neighbourhood Association and the Shipley Links group – find out more at www.norwoodneighbourhood.org or call Dave on 0774 347 1764.

We would welcome involvement from other local groups if you would like to display material or have a table at the event.

If you can’t make it but support the aims of the event, we’d still be interested to hear from you and don’t forget to tell your friends and colleagues about the event.

Project supported by CityConnect Community Grants

 

Please share the event on Facebook (and click ‘going’ if a Facebook user:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1480702645388729 

 

Please register here (although you can still turn up if you don’t get the chance to register):

 
Project supported by CityConnect Community Grants

Join our Litterpick (Sunday 23rd October 2016)

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Join The Litter-Pick Bus!

SAM_2878 (Large)On Sunday, we’ve organised another community litter-pick.  It follows the same route as we did last time.  Basically, we’re starting at Shipley C of E School (back gate), cleaning up around the school, then moving onto the playing field opposite and then the Norwoods, Clifton, Place, Bargrange Av and surrounds.  Do join us.  You can see pics from our previous event in earlier posts.

You can join for just a bit if you don’t fancy spending the whole afternoon.  Or just do a bit on your street – whatever suits. We call it the litter pick bus because you can hop on and off as you see fit.  The bits in red below are the areas we envisage cleaning – if you want to do another street, we won’t stop you!  You can use out litter pickers how you like.

 

Start At back gate Shipley C or E – meet at 1:30

C of E pick area

Next the Playing field (from about 2pm)

playing field

Then all the Norwoods (for an hour – starting at 2:30pm)

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Then Clifton Place and Bargrange Av (from 3:30pm)

clifton

 

We’ll be meeting back at the playing field (Norwoods side) to discuss the future of the Redbeck Allotments site that the Norwood Neighbourhood Association has been planning good things for.  You can join us if you like.

See you Sunday!

 

Clifton Place Clean-Up!

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Clean up Clifton Place!

Please join us in cleaning up the street and back-streets.

(Tea and cake provided!)

When: Sunday 9th November, 1.30pm
Where: Meet outside 57 Clifton Place.
What to bring: Decent shoes/boots and anything you think might be useful, we’ll provide gloves,
bags and litter picking tools.

Organiser: Dave Robison – e-mail d.robison ‘at’ bradford.ac.uk | mob: 0774 347 1764

We are going to spend an hour tidying up the litter and dumped items from down the street. We want to clean up and re-cycle what we can. This event was a great success last March when 15 residents helped out. These back-streets can be nice, safe and clean places
to walk up and down and for children to play in, or just nicer to look out on!

If you don’t want to pick up the litter yourself, you can still help us by offering moral support or cups of tea! Or feel free just to come and have a chat. If there are other things you’d like to see done in or around our street come and talk. This event has been organised in conjunction with Norwood Neighbourhood Association.

We are meeting at 1.30pm on Sunday at the bottom of Clifton Place (just outside number 57 – Dave and Cathy’s house). Everyone is
welcome.

Community Event Planned for 27th September 1-3pm

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Apologies, it’s been a while since we have posted anything to the website but several exciting developments have been going on in the Norwoods.

Currently, plans are under way for another community event at Redbeck Gardens. We plan to have giant games, tombola, lots of cakes, fun and frolics and also have the aim of doing a clear-up of the site – so bring decent shoes and be prepared to roll your sleeves up. Or alternatively you can just come down for a chat.

Hope to see you there. More details will be posted soon.