Message from Sally Melvin, Ablaze CEO: Hello from everyone at Ablaze. We hope you’ve had a good Easter break and managed to enjoy some of the lovely sunshine, even if only from your window. As we enter another three weeks of lockdown, life in the UK has already changed beyond recognition. We hope everyone is…
Message from Sally Melvin, Ablaze CEO: Ablaze would like to clarify our current position with regards to the Coronavirus and to set out our recommendations. We are following official guidelines from Public Health England and monitoring these regularly. We are also seeking guidance from Bristol City Council and are receiving regular updates on policy changes…
Ablaze are thrilled that Perry Court E-ACT Academy has gone from being the worst school in Bristol to the best within the last two years. We are proud to have been part of that amazing journey the school has been on. Ablaze has been supporting the school with a fantastic Reading Buddy team from Computershare…
We have now published our 2019 Christmas newsletter – click here to read it and find out what we’ve been up to this year!
The Ablaze Reading Buddy programme pairs business volunteers with local primary school pupils and aims to encourage primary pupils to read more, read better and be more confident in their ability. Reading Buddy volunteers provide under-performing pupils with extra reading practice in one-to-one reading sessions. Rob Sims from Airbus Filton has been a Reading Buddy…
Ablaze is delighted to announce our fifth poetry competition, in partnership with Bristol Water and Intellect Ltd. Ablaze is running another exciting poetry competition, giving Primary School pupils in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset the chance to write a poem about ‘Water’. Winning entries will be published in a special Ablaze book. We are also…
Bristol Water’s new mascot Hydro Harry joined poet Miles Chambers and the winner of last year’s Ablaze poetry competition to launch the latest Ablaze poetry competition! Ablaze are delighted to be running the 2019/20 competition in partnership with Bristol Water and Intellect Ltd, and the theme for this year’s competition is ‘Water’. To celebrate the…
Many primary pupils across Bristol are not getting the additional support they need to reach the levels of literacy expected for secondary school. Ablaze, a Bristol-based independent charity, was founded to tackle this inequality of opportunity in the more disadvantaged areas of the city. Ablaze’s mission includes helping primary schools raise pupils’ literacy achievement levels…
Ruby Jenkinson from St Werburgh’s Primary School was the overall winner of our 2019 Poetry Competition with her fantastic poem ‘Travel Through My Day With Me’. Thanks to the generosity of Bristol Water, Beese’s, and Bristol Packet Tours, Ruby won a voucher for a family trip on the Bristol Packet Tours and a meal at…
Students from Bristol Metropolitan Academy have been celebrated for successfully completing an aviation-focused skills and mentorship programme. The students, aged between 13 and 14, have been working alongside Airbus mentors learning about aviation and gaining first-hand experience of the aerospace industry through the Airbus Foundation’s Flying Challenge Programme. Last week they each took to the…