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GymNation • The Friendship Cafe • St James City Farm
Café News – November 2013
Hi Everyone
I don’t know if I should be worried or not but we are about to start the
refurbishment of the bathroom. This will entail taking out of the current old
dilapidated bathroom furniture to be replaced with a brand new suite and
accompanying wall decor.
But it is not the cost I am worried about, although it is going to cost a small
fortune, it is something we have budgeted for and can readily afford. It is not even
the inconvenience of not having washing facilities or not having a place to poo.
This can be rectified with showers and baths down my mum’s house and a
portable camping toilet for when we get caught short. Alternatively I send my
family to her mum’s and I will have to make do with a trowel and loo paper, ready
for regular trips into the corner of the garden (I may also need an umbrella the
way the weather is now). It’s not even the hours spent choosing the new stuff,
trying to coordinate the colour of the floor tiles with the wall tiles and the wall
cabinets with the towels. Nor is it the hassle o returning the many samples of tiles
we have accumulated in the boot of my car and remembering which shop to return
them to.
It is not even the task of organising the various tradesmen and trying to make
sure the electrician is finished before plumber comes in. Then making sure the
plasterer comes immediately after the plumber’s first fix. And somewhere along
the line I am going to have to tile the whole thing whilst trying to find time to
write December’s newsletter.
Nope! It’s none of the above. All I am going to say is that last time I had a major
refurb in my house my beautiful baby boy Bilaal was born. GULP! Enough said!!
TTFN
Shoaib Kathrada
Editor - The Official Newsletter of the Friendship Café
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Every Friday night – 7.00pm until 10.00pm
All Ages welcome – Under 10’s MUST be accompanied by an adult
Dads & Lads
We decided to try having a healthy
theme one Friday evening to make a
change from selling sweets and so
squeezed fruit and vegetables and
served the juice. It was very popular
with (most!) of the children, but not so
with the adults. We had pizzas and
chips the following week to balance out
the system as most are not used to
consuming
nutritious
such
produce
wholesome
and
prefer
and
it
processed. We’ll try this one evening a month hopefully and see if that works better.
Also I had these photos sent to us room the trip last month.
‘Police Academy’ day with Barton St Police Station
Thanks to Stacey Lee and the Barton St Police
Station for arranging the ‘Police Academy’ day for a
group of young people, who had a chance to spend
the day with the police team. The boys went about
in the police van and learnt/played with the CCTV
in the control room and had a tour of the Crown
Court and the peek inside the holding cells. They
then had a fascinating training session on how
forensics work and had a go themselves taking
fingerprints and footprints and after lunch at City Farm, a tour of ‘skillszone’ centre and
Police HQ.
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Alongside was a team from BBC Points
West who were filming for a piece
about the Children in Need Appeal
which
will
hopefully
be
broadcast
sometime on November 13th. (Children
in Need supports projects like ours up
and down the country). So as well as
the possibility of becoming policemen,
the boys may also have got an insight
into Bolly/Lolly/Hollywood as the day
did
involve
quite
a
bit
of
‘lights/camera/action’ work in creating
the scene, (although the latter career choice is not one that we are particularly keen in
promoting). Watch out for the next one to be arranged in the New Year, (once PCSO
Stacey has recovered). The days are all part of a strategy devised between different
community groups and the Police to help young people in this area to widen their
experiences and improve their aspirations.
COMING SOON.....
Ice-skating (Saturday 4th January) and
Indoor rock-climbing (date to be arranged)
Co-ordinators
Imran 07977 022393 [email protected]
Shoaib 07807 869749 [email protected]
Older Girls Group (OGG)
Selected Saturdays - 2.00pm until 4.00pm
Ages 12 years plus
On 14th September we started back after a lengthy break with the Older
girls group with a ’Catch up & Enjoy Pizzas’ session. The girls that
attended this session were able to relax and chat with their friends
after their exams and holidays. The table tennis and pool tables
were out for them to enjoy and the girls also had an opportunity
to give their ideas and discuss what they would like to organize
for their future sessions.
We ended this session where we all
enjoyed and tucked into burgers and pizzas together.
On 21st September the Older girls group all met at Tenpin bowling
to enjoy the afternoon bowling with their friends. The girls had an
hour of fun bowling and then the other hour to catch up and chat.
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Young Girls Activity Group
Selected Saturdays - 2.00pm until 4.00pm
Ages 8 – 13 years - Under 8’s MUST be accompanied by an adult
On 28th September we started back with the Younger girls group after a long break with
‘Fun & Games’.
Many games where organised for the session and we started with a
balloon game. The girls made up two teams then each team had a balloon which they
had to pass around the group (balloon under chin) without making it pop or drop - it
was loads of fun to see the girls screaming as the balloon flew everywhere besides them
trying so hard to pass to their neighbour. The next game was again in two teams where
they had to describe a picture and see if their team could draw it carefully, following
instructions on the whiteboard - again lots of fun seeing the end result to what the
original picture was.
To round off the afternoon we played our favourite pass the parcel and then ending with
a short snack time and time to cool down.
This was a very enjoyable and fun session
with the girls. Many thanks to our three older girls that helped out with this session
Zainab D, Zainab S and Farheen N, and all the volunteers who took time out to help in
this session.
On 5th October was one of the Younger
15 girls at a time. This also got booked
girl’s much-loved sessions - ‘Karting’ at
up very fast as the word got around
the local JDR.
This session like always
about ‘Karting’ and unfortunately left a
gets booked up very quickly, so on this
few girls on the waiting list – Sorry Girls!!!
occasion we decided to run two slots with
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Monday to Saturday 9.30am - 4.00pm
St James City Farm
The
farm
is
now
open
until
3.30pm (instead of 4.30pm) as
the daylight hours go less and
may close for some days whilst
we get to work on some projects.
To
save
the
paddocks
from
getting churned up some of the
sheep have moved to Barnwood
arboretum for a while before
arrangements are made for them
to meet their new spouse, so that
we can have lambs in spring. The
lucky prize ram (pictured) “wool” hopefully be pleased with his new home. Not baaad
looking is he…
www.stjamescityfarm.co.uk
Other news
Swimming
No swimming on 30th November & Sunday 1st December.
Tredworth Beat
Report by PC Rob Bolland
3 New dispersal orders
We have renewed these dispersal orders in
Barton, Tredworth and White City to assist
police in dealing with anti-social behaviour in
the area. These dispersal orders are only a
small part of our overall plan to work with
Pc2270
Rob Bolland
PCSO 9018
Stacey Lee
PCSO 9250
Jess Hopton
young people in the area. We hope to continue our education, diversion and family
support work that we have been spending so much time on. For example, there is now a
youth club every Monday evening from 6pm till 8pm at Barton community centre as well
as a dance club on a Saturday from 2pm till 4pm at city works on Alfred St. We are also
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patrolling regularly within the dispersal areas and engaging positively with young people
there. There has been a marked reduction in the number of anti-social behaviour
incidents in St James Park over the last 6 months which is something we are determined
to build on.
Date(s) for the diary
December 9th 7-8.30pm at the Friendship Café
‘Bring and Share’ supper with a presentation about the work of ‘Restorative Justice’.
Congratulations to…

Big Boss, Chairman of the organisation, Reyaz Limalia on being awarded the title of
Gloucester Citizen of the Year 2013.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Citizen-Gloucester-2013-award-winners
If you know of anyone local who deserves a mention in this section, please mail
[email protected]
Thanks to…
 New Testament Church Of God in Stroud Road for donation of straw to
the farm.
If you know of anyone local who deserves a mention in this section, please mail
[email protected]
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Photo of the month
Sent anonymously – No I don’t know what he is doing!
Community News
Hall space or meeting room for hire
The Friendship Cafe main Hall is available for hire for public or private events, lectures,
clubs and meetings. Facilities include a kitchen with fridge, oven and cooker, a large
projector screen and a small portable stage. With modern tables and chairs the hall can
accommodate up to 120 people. There is also a smaller meeting room available and that
is suitable for up to 10 people.
Main Hall - £25 per Hour
Chairs - £1 each
Tables - £2 each
For more information contact [email protected] or Imran on 07977 022 393.
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Youth Work Practice Course
Young Gloucestershire is offering another opportunity to enrol on this 7 month course in Youth Work. The
course accredited by ABC Awards will qualify you as an Assistant Youth Support Worker with a Level 2
Certificate in Youth Work Practice.
During the course learners will need to:
Attend a 3 hour taught session every Tuesday evening (term time only)
Be working with young people in a youth work setting for 3 hours per week
Produce a portfolio of evidence
The course covers 7 modules including: Principles and Practice, Safeguarding, Health & Safety,
Partnership Working, Managing Challenging Behaviour and Providing Information Advice and Guidance.
Learners must apply for this course and places are limited. Deadline for applications is 17th January 2014
and the next course is due to start on 25th February 2014
For more information about this and other training courses offered by YG visit the
website or contact Claire [email protected]
YG supports our organisation by providing subsidised training for our staff and volunteers in Food
Hygiene, First Aid, and Child Safeguarding amongst other things.
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Jobs/Recruitment
VACANCY BULLETINS
Full information, including job descriptions, for most of our vacancies are now included on
the NHS jobs website www.jobs.nhs.uk Applications should, if possible, be made through
this site. Applicants are invited from all interested parties. However to maximise internal
recruitment preference will be given to current employees of NHS Gloucestershire who are
formally at risk and who meet the minimum requirements of the post.
All internal and external applicants should complete the standard NHS application form on line
via www.jobs.nhs.uk.
For more jobs try
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council
Gloucester Works Website
This is Gloucestershire Website
And Finally…………………………………
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HOW YOU CAN HELP!
Bookmark it and visit it regularly – just keep your debit card handy. Anyone with a heart and
some spare lolly can go on to the site and give a donation to help us run our activities. Whether
you give £1 or £1000, it will be appreciated. The MyDonate site is run by BT and does not take
any commission from donations. All donations go directly to the Friendship Café for running its
projects (that includes the farm and gym) and if you want you can specify your preference.
https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/friendshipcafe
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