Bristol Area

[TheHoneyBadger]

Can anyone tell me about HE in Bristol area and ideally, more specifically, around Downend and easy surrounds if anything exists? Every link i find via google is dead as in 'sorry this page doesn't exist anymore'.

We're heading down for slightly longer stay with a 'friend' and looking into potential of longer, more regular, stays but would need things to do there and i was hoping more would be going on with HE there than where i live.

Any help gratefully received - thank you If it matters we're very much on the unschooling spectrum as ds has only been out of school a year but think he's feeling ready to do a few 'things' now though nothing too formal or pushy.

There is absolutely loads going on in Bristol. Get yourself onto the Bristol home education facebook group - that's where all the action is. There are multiple things going on every day of the week. There are a lot of unschoolers too - if you want to find specifically those people, there's a facebook page called Bristol unschooling/autonomous education.

There is lots going on in the fishponds area, which is right next to downend. Lots of he families. The bus routes into town aren't great from that area, but those families do get themselves to the activities in other places as well as doing their own thing. There's a new little informal group happening on a Tuesday morning in the student centre (or some name like that) at the UWE campus in frenchay, which I think several families from that end of town are going to. And on Friday there is a capoeira class in stokes croft followed by a big meet up at Felix road adventure playground. None of this is stuff we do, (we live outside Bristol) but I'm aware it's going on :)

thank you so much ommm! i'm sure ds would love the capoeira class for a start! and you can't go wrong with an adventure playground

i will look into the facebook group thank you.

just trying to attempt to pack when i'm not even unpacked from our trip overseas we got back from yesterday. we're turning into nomadic creatures which is great but doesn't do much for domestic order.

The meet at UWE happens at the Glenside Student Centre (number 19 on this map) www1.uwe.ac.uk/comingtouwe/campusmapsandinformation/glensidecampus/glensidecampusmap.aspx

:) (I asked the woman who runs it). It's every Tuesday at 11am, and there are usually 4 or so local HE families, mostly with children under 12.

thanks omm - i feel a bit lost in suburbia here!

today's our first day alone and i'm a bit scared to wander in case i don't find my way back given it ALL LOOKS THE SAME to me!

i have quite a bit of work to do today anyway and am also trying to detangle the dog who stayed with a neighbour who was kind enough to have her whilst we were overseas but obviously never brushed her and ds is glued to cartoon network as friend has sky but tomorrow might be time to venture into the world

Hope you make it to Glenside tomorrow :D Have you found the facebook groups yet? (and yes, Downend/Fishponds is pretty suburban - you'll love Oldbury Court Park though :) and there really is a lot going on once you get to know a few people.)

we didn't go as i had work to do and ds is in wallow in domesticity mode after a month overseas being out and about and hyper social. everything balances out i guess.

feeling a bit strange staying in someone else's house tbh. i have been single and in my own space or traveling and in space i've rented and therefore is mine for a long time now. i work for myself and ds does not go to school ergo used to a very autonomous unexplained existence. not sure if that makes sense but being in someone else's home and life is strange and not knowing the area adds to that i guess.

we've been out for walks but i don't really feel connected to where we are - i'm more accustomed to being 'in' a city or way further out rather than surburbs iyswim and i seem to be surrounded by bloody ringroads and cars and concrete without the pay off of liveliness and things going on.

I'm PMing you :)