From 4th to 6th September, The Great Big Climate Circus ran its first Climate Camp, and we were lucky enough to be invited to camp at Westonbirt Arboretum. The weekend brought together young people from across Gloucestershire who share a…
We met a few young people at Sandy Hill, North Cotswold for our monthly get together. Sandy Hill – on the National Trust’s Sherborne and Lodge Park Estate in Gloucestershire is in the process of Organic conversion process and carrying…
After making contact earlier in the summer, the team at Access Bike have recently started weekly sessions at the new climbing wall, The Climbing Commons at the Long Table in Brimscombe. On a weekly basis the team have been taking…
Once the bus timetable had been checked and double checked and everyone was ready, we walked from 3rd Space as a group to the bus stop which would take us to Nailsworth. When we arrived, we decided to have our…
Our friends at Caincross Parish Council have worked hard over the last few years to secure funding and build a bike track for all ages at Victory Park, in Cainscross. Access Bike were on hand for the grand opening last…
On Saturday 20th June, Stratford Park in Stroud came alive with colour, creativity, and community spirit as we co-hosted our first Great Big Climate Circus event with partners World Jungle, Cotswold National Landscape, Ernest Cook Trust, and Bromford Flagship. It was a pleasure to see so…
The Digital Inclusion team at CS has been partnering with the Centre for Sociodigital Futures, part of the University of Bristol, for almost three years, working with local community groups to explore ideas of connection and examining feelings of ownership…
There is something very other worldly when it comes to Greystones North Cotswold Outdoor Sessions. This nature reserve is also the site of the Salmonsbury Camp, an important meeting place during Neolithic and Iron Age periods. We gathered around the…
In April, Naomi and Scotty from the Access Bike team took 8 participants to the Bespoked Bicycle Show in Peckham, London. The show is Europe’s largest handmade bicycle show and has some of the most interesting small bike brands, component manufacturers and accessories makers…
Not too far from home, Burnham-on-Sea ticked all the boxes for a group of young people from Stroud and Cotswolds. Fish n’ chips for 23, playing rounders on the beach, building giant sandcastles, walking to the lighthouse, winning in the arcades. A few hours out of the routine to meet new…
