Sue Mackinnon
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Media Projects and Engagement Co-ordinator at KWMC. Journalist with an interest in environmental and health issues and working within the heart of communities.
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Staff at KWMC celebrated Shrove Tuesday in style - by cooking up a pile of pancakes with a range of different fillings - from the traditional lemon and sugar to fruit, chocolate with peanut butter and maple syrup. Using two camping stoves and wary of setting off the fire alarms, staff had flipping competitions and ate their way through over 20 crepes.
Sue and Jen who organised the event agreed it was "brilliant for staff wellbeing and team building."
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Residents brought bikes and scooters to Filwood Broadway to decorate them with lights and reflectors for the Filwood Glow Parade this evening. The whole Broadway was closed to traffic to allow cyclists the freedom of the road. From toddlers to octogenarians - visitors enjoyed racing round the circuit, refreshments and activities. Despite plummeting temperatures there was a good turnout - with people suitably wrapped up for the occasion. The event was organised by Community Public Health to bring local people together and help to promote cycling and walking.
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Hawaiian shirts, shades and sangria were the order of the day at an alternative pre-Christmas party with summer holiday theme at Knowle West Media Centre. The popular networking event for artists and creatives included a show by Tom Marshman entitled "A Place in the Sun". The audience was entertained by some alternative flamenco dancing and introduced to some typical characters you meet on holiday.
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A truly relaxing lunchtime session of yoga today at KWMC run by Carolyn Hassan, accompanied by harp playing from Martin Hanstead.
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Pupils from KnowleDGE have been making soup and taking it into local businesses to raise funds for a recipe book. Cookery teacher Maxine Golbourne brought a warming butternut squash soup to Knowle West Media Centre today with home made rolls for staff to buy for lunch.
She said: "We're raising money to produce a book of family recipes from the pupils at KnowleDGE."
Picture by Alex Cousins
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The annual Happy and Active in Knowle West event took place at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) today - as part of the two week Celebrating Age festival. Organised by KWMC and Knowle West Health Park, the event was to showcase a variety of taster activities across the area for the over 55s. More than 100 people came in blazing sunshine to enjoy a singing session, tea dance and art activities as well as a digital skills class, armchair exercise and acupuncture. They were also treated to afternoon tea and home made pancakes. Thanks to all who came to enjoy a wonderful afternoon.
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Thanks to Lloyds employees who took up the tools and helped clear the garden at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC), under the watchful eye of our head gardener Jez. Under exceptionally hot weather for the time of year, they turned the overgrown borders into a tranquil space to enjoy.
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Knowle West Media Centre staff learnt more about the workings of the Furniture Factory at Filwood Green Business Park as part of a team day. This was followed by a stint of creativity when they tried their hands at making objects for themselves.
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Young people from South Bristol joined Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) this month to make their green pledges for Do 15 in 15 campaign. They pressed the button supplied by Bristol 15 which is travelling around the city helping organisations launch their pledges. The young people aged 9-18 were taking part in KWMC'S Summer Programme. View KWMC's green actions to see what they're doing to reduce their environmental impact: http://kwmc.org.uk/projects/greenactionsfor2015/
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Youngsters learnt how to build and programme robots today at Knowle West Media Centre. It was one of the many activities taking place during the organisation's STEAM week (Science, Technology, Art and Maths) which runs until Friday 14 August for young people aged nine and above.
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