{"id":992,"date":"2019-01-04T13:14:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bordeaux-bristol.fr\/en\/?p=992"},"modified":"2019-01-04T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:28:18","slug":"bristols-lord-mayor-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-bristol.fr\/en\/2019\/01\/04\/bristols-lord-mayor-wishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol’s Mayor Wishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I hope 2018 has been a fulfilling year for you personally and professionally and you go into 2019 full of hope.<\/p>\n

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In the name of hope I have featured on my card this year a picture of some of the children who participated in the 2018 Bristol Together Championships<\/a>. BTC is a football tournament for primary schools with a difference, run by Community of Purpose<\/a>. The only way a school can enter is by twinning with a school serving children from a radically different race, class or religious background in a different part of the city and forming a joint team. Last year Headley Park Primary (89.7% White British) and Millpond Primary (88.4% BME) were twinned and the children named their team Headley Pond.\u00a0 QEH (0% of children on Free School Meals) were twinned with Summerhill Academy (37.1% on Free School Meals).\u00a0 The children named the team QE Hill Academy.\u00a0 In the first year the BTC ran they had nine primary schools. In 2018 they had 22.<\/p>\n

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Each school chooses five pupils, one of whom must be a girl.\u00a0 These pupils are not necessarily the best football players, but those children who need help with confidence, social diversity and communication skills.\u00a0 The teams have four training sessions together (two hosted at each school) and the programme culminates in a huge festival at the University of the West of England.\u00a0 Four schools are then selected to represent Bristol in Bordeaux as part of the cities\u2019 twinning relationship.\u00a0 The Bristol to Bordeaux programme provides young people who haven\u2019t left the city with new experiences, new educational aspirations, travel opportunities and a chance to gain greater independence away from their families. Click here<\/a> to watch a short film about the 2018 trip.<\/p>\n

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It is initiatives like this that will help us take on the fractures that exist across Bristol. It\u2019s an investment in our hope that we will be a city that stays together in the face of all the forces that would pull us apart.<\/p>\n

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May I take this opportunity to let you know that the Mayor\u2019s Fund for Bristol has been relaunched by Quartet Community Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 Any donation you are able to make will help fund the Bristol Together Championships.<\/p>\n

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For more details about the Mayor\u2019s Fund and how to donate, please click be<\/p>\n

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With best wishes for the festive season,<\/p>\n

Marvin Rees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor of Bristol<\/strong><\/p>\n

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