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Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Bishopswood Village Hall with easyfundraising?

There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.

All you need to do is:

1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/bishopswoodvillagehall/?utm_campaign=raise-more and join for free.

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.

3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Bishopswood Village Hall at no extra cost to you whatsoever!

Not only that but if you are an Amazon user then you can also donate to Bishospwood Village Hall via Amazon Smile.

All you need to do is: Go to https://smile.amazon.co.uk and join for free.

You can sign up for both easyfundraising and Amazon Smile.

There are no catches or hidden charges and Bishopswood Village Hall will be really grateful for your donations.

Since starting the scheme the donations of over £450 have been generated!

Thank you for your support.

Yes folks, the Bishopswood Quiz Night is back at the village hall on Saturday 12th March 2022. Our very own Dr Roger Morgan will be returning as quizmaster for the evening bringing back his usual mix of general knowledge, local history and no doubt, a Courtyard Theatre question or two!

Teams of four people at £5 per person.

If you haven’t got a team we can make up teams on the night.

Doors and bar open 7:00pm, quiz starts 7:30pm.

Prizes for the winning team, free prize draw for all participants and nibbles to keep you going through those awkward questions …

The bar will be only be open before the start and during the interval.

This is a booking only event.

Phone 01600 891277 or email treasurer@bvhonline.co.uk to book your place.

Thank you to those that attended the public meeting. It was good to hear your questions and feedback.

Many of the concerns raised on the evening were around two issues: First; The amount of traffic, road safety, and the noise. Second: The over usage of the canoe launch and river, and its impact on the local community and environment. These are issues that should be raised with Walford Parish Council and I will do that on the behalf of those present.

If you were unable to attend or would like to view again, the presentation is available here:

If you attended but didn’t complete a feedback form or are seeing this for the first time. We need your input please. We have three questions:

1. How do you feel about the issues we have raised?
2. What are your concerns?
3. What would you like to see happen?

Send your responses plus any other comments to: news@bishopswoodvillage.co.uk

REMINDER: The rescheduled public meeting will be held Friday 11th February 2022 7:30pm at Bishopswood Village Hall. Please come along and give us your thoughts and together we can build a better Bishopswood.

Bishopswood Village Hall every Thursday at 6:30pm – Trigger Point Pilates (TPP) Mat Work

A Pilates based Myofascia Trigger Point body work system.

You will start the class by gently mobilising the body, learning how to stay in good alignment and how to connect breath to each exercise. Using compression, movement and dynamic stretch you will journey through a system to release the body’s fascia, trigger point by trigger point. During the class you will use foam rollers, small spiky myofascial release balls, midi sized pilates balls and stretch bands. Most of the class is spent on an exercise mat.

The training method helps alleviate chronic pain conditions and constant muscular tightness, undoing muscular restrictions and enhances functional movement. At the end of a class one feels light, lengthened and able to move with total ease.

In fact, not only is it an excellent treatment for people from all walks of life, it’s also a great warm up and cool down class for high-intensity training.

TPP enhances movement, aligns, strengthens and lengthens limbs. Helping all, including clients with chronic myofascial pain post rehab to releasing the body from inside to out.

Follow this link to book your place: Introduction to Trigger point pilates mat class

Nikki