30 July 2010

Summer play sessions begin on Wednesday 4th August this year with the usual array of activities and fun things to do. We will have quad bikes, animal visits, bar fly as well. Also, thanks to funding from the Quartet Foundation we will also be running sports workshops with skilled coaches. Local children aged 5-13 are welcome to come and join us between 2.00-4.00pm. If you live near the centre then our playworkers will also be visiting the local green spaces to play with children. On...
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30 July 2010

Don't forget our street party is taking place on Saturday 7th August 11.00am-5.00pm. There will be lots to do for the whole family including live music, food stalls, bouncy castle, face painting, glitter tattoos, junk modelling, dancing and much more. Most activities are free but expect to pay for food. See you all there!...
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30 July 2010

We are pleased to welcome some new classes to the centre. Adult Ballet will be starting at the beginning of August. We will also be hosting yoga for toddlers and an 'adult hoops and silks' excercise class which are both starting in September. Also returning after the summer break will be the popular yoga fitness and pilates classes. For more information give us a call at the centre....
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26 July 2010

On the 7th August New King Street will be closed off, cleared of cars and transformed for the 2010 Street Party. Like last year's, only bigger and better. Join us for live music and family fun. Bands include Percy's own Rainbow Steel Orchestra, the Bath-based With Love From Humans and the acoustic folk project, Poppy and Friends. There will be a bouncy castle and other entertainment for children and a number of stalls offering a variety of food....
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28 June 2010

The Percy Centre have received funding from St Johns Hospital to continue its music activities for 12 to 18 year old's on Monday and Tuesday evenings 7pm to 9pm. These projects will launch again on 5th and 6th of July. Monday nights will be 'Radio Production' teaching how to create radio shows for broadcast over the internet, including DJ sets, 'on air' practice and creating play-lists and jingles.Tuesday nights will be 'Urban Music Development' a project designed for those already producing...
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28 June 2010

The Percy Community Centre is proud to announce that it has received 3 years of funding for their youth project from Children in Need. This amazing donation will cover the Thursday night session 7pm to 9pm including the 5-a-side football league and outreach for children and young people on Mondays and Fridays around Kingsmead. This is a fantastic success and means that in these uncertain times our youth provision will be stable and secure until 2013! ...
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14 May 2010

We will be running two play sessions during the school break. 5-13 year olds can join us on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd June between 2.00-4.00pm. There will be lots of activities including cooking, arts and crafts, chill out spaces, games and sports. Play workers will also be at Lampard Buildings Park (off of Julian Road) from 10.00-12.00 on Tuesday and at Green Park (near Sainsburys) 10.00-12.00 on Wednesday for some outside play! To find out more about open access play sessions feel...
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9 March 2010

The Percy youth project (PYP) football league now has an online league tracker. You can follow the progess of the teams at http://pyp.leaguerepublic.com/...
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9 March 2010

We are deep in the thick of extensive building work at the moment, but will emerge soon as a much improved location for you all to enjoy. New windows, new roof, new central heating, new lift, new conference room floor, new ground floor kitchen and amazing new media facilities in the basement, WOW!!! . Thanks so much to everyone who has stuck with us whilst this work is being done, it is all due for completion by the end of March. If you are interested the pop by and take a look....
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15 January 2010

The snow has thawed and the centre is now open again with all activities running as normal. ...
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13 January 2010

Please be aware that some classes at the centre are being cancelled due to the current weather situation. If you need clarification please call the class or group leader in the first instance. If you are running a class and want to check whether the centre will be open please call the centre office on 01225 423014. If you have booked a creche or childcare service and need to cancel please call the creche coordinator or office as soon as possible so that staff can be informed. Many thanks....
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16 December 2009

After an eventful year filled with vibrant events and activities, the centre will be closing it's doors for a well deserved break from Friday 18th December. Activities will resume as normal from Monday 4th January. The Percy Centre team would like to wish everyone a happy holiday and look forward to seeing you again in 2010. ...
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1 December 2009

We are thrilled to have had a successful Ofsted inspection at our After School Club recently (based at St Andrews School). The childcare setting was awarded an overall 'good' rating by the inspector and rated 'outstanding' in areas such as the effectiveness in which the setting promotes equality and diversity, the effectiveness of partnerships, effectiveness engaging with parents and the extent to which children make a positive contribution. Play staff Nereida Olives and Tom Cook deserve full...
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18 November 2009

Our 2009 community workshops are now at their end and to celebrate the programme we are holding one final event on Friday (20th November) from 4.30-6.30pm at the Percy Centre. You can take part in mini workshops such as drumming, clay modelling, face painting and making festive swags. You can also enjoy a range of warming autumn refreshments including hot sausages with apple sauce and baked apples. We look forward to seeing you there! ...
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5 November 2009

The half term that has just passed saw a jam packed schedule for the music studio and the, still under construction, Media Suite. Black Families Education Support Group, Percy's own 'Perceptions Project' and Suited and Booted were all in together helping young people to create music photography and film. The final products are not in yet but we soon hope to be able to show you examples of some of the media that has been produced. Meanwhile, work in the studio and media suite continues. Now...
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24 October 2009

Our 2009 community workshop programme (funded by Awards For All Lottery Fund) is now coming to an end. To celebrate the programme and bring everyone together again, we are planning a big event next month. This will include a range of small workshops, food, games and music. There will be an opportunity to tell us what you thought worked well (or not so well) and what ideas you have for future workshops. Watch this space for more information!...
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24 October 2009

Percy Community Centre has received a special award from the The Children’s Society. The Children's Rights Charter has been awarded to the centre for the way it involves children in making decisions in all of its projects. The two main principles of the Charter are that children have the right to give their views and ideas to shape and develop services that are important to them, and they have the right to complain and get things sorted if they feel something has gone wrong. Children's...
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11 September 2009

We have installed a new notice board at Lampard Buildings off of Julian road to provide up to date information about what is going on in the local community. The 'Play Point' has been funded by th Quartet Safer and Stronger Communities fund and was put up by Somer Housing. It will help children and young people to keep up to date about events and activities in Kingsmead. Children can also meet our play workers at the play point on Monday afternoons between 4.00-6.00pm for fun and games!...
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11 September 2009

The Young People of the Percy Youth Project (PYP) made their mark on the Centre last friday in a joint 'Urban Art' project organised by Percy and the city centre Police Community Support Officers with funding from Crime Beat. The weather held out and we spent a day under the guidance of professional mural artist Lee Kirby (www.fliptmurals.co.uk) painting a fantastic Percy mural covering the length of the driveway....
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20 August 2009

The street party we had on New King Street (just outside the Centre) on 08/08/09 in partnership with Somer Community Housing Trust and other Local groups was a huge success, partly due to us, but mostly down to the fantastic weather and the great cooperation from local residents in clearing all the cars and letting us transform the street in to a real community space for a day. It gave a chance for all the diverse things that are normally contained within our walls to spill out and let the...
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27 July 2009

Here is the latest on the street party. Thanks to Somer Community Housing Trust stepping as a major funder we now have enough resources to really get going. We will have a stage with live music and DJ sets from local bands, many of whom are based at Percy, including the Rainbow Steel Orchestra. There will be giant junk modelling, break dancing, a bouncy castle, face painting and lots of other activities all free. We will be giving out free juice and water and you will be able to buy wonderful...
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20 July 2009

The Percy Community Centre are expanding their facilities once again thanks to a successful funding application to Youth Bank. As part of the MediaPlayers group along with Suited and Booted, Black Families Education Support Group, Sound Knowledge and Media art Bath we have secured £14,000 to construct a Video Suite to house film editing and screening facilities. This will represent a significant increase in the capacity of these organisations to deliver exiting and up to date media projects...
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21 June 2009

In January of 2009 the Percy Centre received funding from Quartet to 'Re-Brand' the community centre and help increase our public profile. This glorious new website is part of our roll out from this funding. The new logo design has been kindly donated by local publishing company Faragher Jones www.faragherjones.com and the website designed and produced by www.tallhat.com, also in Bath. You will now be able to view our online event calender and keep up to date with the constant bustle...
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10 June 2009

The Percy Community Centre, in partnership with other local organisations, would like to organise a Community Street Party in New King Street this summer. It would be held on Saturday 8th of August between 11.00 am and 5.00 pm and would require the closure of the street and suspension of parking. While it will be open to everyone, its focus will be on the residents of Kingsmead and Lansdown, specifically New King Street and the surrounding streets. We held an open public consultation on...
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18 May 2009

You can now get information about exciting events, news and workshops sent direct to your mobile phone by registering with our new text alert service.  Just text 'PERCY' to 60300 to register (this is the cost of one text message) and you will then hear from us (at no extra cost) everytime there is something worth knowing! ...
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