August 2011
Severn Project – Joshua Trust is working with The Severn Project which offers employment, training and education to young people who have become socially excluded. We are setting up supported housing to run alongside the horticultural enterprise. Horticulture was the first objective of the Trust.
July 2011
The ski dome in Weston super mare has been given planning permission. The trustees await developments but are still confident that a major tourist attraction on Hengrove Park is both viable and feasible and will bring about hope to many young unemployed people in South Bristol as well as being a fantastic facility for local people to enjoy.
June 2011
After the Joshua trust meeting, it was decided to acknowledge the lesiure dome proposal but to leave our project as it is and wait.
Please see attached article from May 12th Evening Post
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/163-50-million-plan-huge-LeisureDome/story-11305266-detail/story.html
The Trust response is ” This proposal in Weston super Mare confirms the need for a major tourist attraction in the Bristol area. Hengrove Park still has potential to provide a tourist attraction and we watch this development with interest.”
October 2010
This site is ideal for movie studios
IT might make you smile at first but behind the Hollywood Hengrove sign there is serious intent. And that is the prospect for developing film making, creating new jobs and putting Bristol on the map. Obviously, it is early days. At present the former Harveys complex, as most of us know it, will be just the temporary home to BBC‘s Casualty before we lose it to Wales.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/site-ideal-movie-studios/article-2758356-detail/article.html
Bristol’s Knowle West is on the brink of massive change
Knowle West, one of the worst unemployment blackspots in the South West with some of the worst social deprivation in the country, is on the brink of massive change. Political Editor IAN ONIONS looks at the issues.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/MAKING-FRESH-START/article-2720156-detail/article.html
Bristol was the only UK city shortlisted to become Europe‘s designated Green Capital for both 2010 and 2011.
Work is now under way to ensure a strong bid can be submitted for future European Green Capital awards. Bristol City Council has adopted its own Green Capital Action Plan, and the Green Capital Partnership is currently advertising for a manager to help in the aim of making Bristol ‘the most carbon efficient city in the UK, to exploit the opportunities for business innovation and improve the quality of life for everyone in the city’.
Group of Bristol residents: Come clean on demolition cost
A GROUP of residents in Knowle West are convinced that council plans to demolish more than 1,000 homes in the area fail to take into account the social and environmental cost of the £1 billion project.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/COME-CLEAN-DEMOLITION-COST/article-2758368-detail/article.html
September 2010
Mission Destiny has been established as an NGO under the umbrella of The Joshua Trust. The aim of the Joshua Trust is to support the marginalised in Bristol and in developing countries. The trustees are pleased to be partnering with Mission Destiny to provide education and care for children in Uganda.
Bristol airport £150m expansion plans given the go-ahead
BRISTOL Airport’s £150 million expansion plans have been given the green light after the Government opted not to intervene in the planning process. Although North Somerset Council approved the expansion scheme, subject to 70 conditions, at a meeting in May Communities Secretary Eric Pickles had the right to a final say on the development, as some of the site is in green belt land.
February 2010
hospital wait is over at last.
The £45m hospital construction will start in a few weeks following final Dept of Health approval in November 2009 and exchange of contracts on friday 12th Feb. The hosptial will be open in 2012. This is the final part of Hengrove Park phase 1 which includes Skills Academy and leisure centre.
January 2010
“New bendy bus revealed”.
New style buses could run every 18 minutes between the city centre and Hengrove to beat congestion .
The bendy bus route will start at Hengrove Park and travel alongside the new link road which will connect the South of Bristol with the A38 and A370 and pass by the Long Ashton park and ride an onwards into the city centre.
This is great news for a major tourist attraction on Hengrove park which will have fast links to the city centre and connections to park and ride sites including Long Ashton and past Bristol temple Meads.
The bid to Department of transport will be made by the end of March and final approval expected by 2015.
This is in additon to another bendy bus route from Hengrove Park to the North of the city and South Gloucestershire passes through the City Centre and a M32 park and ride site.
This is exciting times for any new developments planned for Hengrove Park which will be well connected by road and rail.
December 2009
Consultation has now started for the new rapid transit system proposed in south Bristol
October 2009
Two possible routes have been shortlisted for a £40 million link road to help ease traffic congestion and unlock millions of pounds of new investment in South Bristol.
The planned single carriageway road would link the A370 with the dual carriageway at Hengrove Way.
Evening post link:
September 2009
More than £1 million is set to be spent on improving public transport to the proposed South Bristol Community Hospital.
The announcement came at a public meeting to discuss progress on the long awaited £54 million Hengrove hospital last night.
Evening post link:
August 2009
A map has been released showing the possible routes for a rapid transit system in south Bristol.
It reveals a range of options to take the bendybuses from the city centre out to Hengrove, where a multi-million regeneration scheme is planned, including a new hospital, leisure centre and skills academy.
The map has been posted on the website of the West of England Partnership, a body which represents the four councils in the former Avon area.
Evening post link:
A rapid bus transit for South Bristol linking the tourist attraction to the city centre will be a major boost for the tourist attraction making it easier for bristol residents to access the facilities without using their cars. The publication of the options for the routes will soon be followed by public consultation, bringing the South Bristol rapid transit closer to fruition.
Evening post link:
West of England Partnership Link:
http://www.westofengland.org/transport/north-fringe-to-hengrove-package
July 2009
West of England partnership meeting
Confirmed arrangements for transport package from Hengrove park to Northern Fringe, Emersons Green and the City centre. The scheme includes new rapid transit links to connect Hengrove park to rest of the city.
South Bristol ring road is planned for construction to start 2014/15 and completion by 2016/17. Government has allocated £47.3 million to this project via its Regional Funding Allocation.
June 2009
Confirmation of new South Bristol Hospital to be built on Hengrove Park opening Autumn 2011
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/
WS Atkins provide Joshua Trust with initial sketch of 2 Degrees proposal
April 2009
Joshua Trust commissioned Cre8ion for rebrand
March 2009
Decision made on development proposals presented by Cre8ion for theme park
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