We are currently recruiting 4 additional part-time Youth Support Workers.

Two of the posts are funded by Heritage Lottery until September 2009 at 7 hours per week to help develop a project exploring the history of Stapleton Road.

Two further posts are funded by BBC Children in Need for 3 years at 8 hours per week to help further develop our programme at The Pickle Factory.

Full details and an application form can be downloaded from the Recruitment folder on our 'Downloads' page or contact us on / 0117 955 7733.

Baggator has been awarded a grant by BBC Children in Need to further develop our work with young people at The Pickle Factory in All Hallows Road, Easton.

The award will enable us to employ two additional part-time Youth Support Workers and will contribute to our running expenses.

As a result of this award we will be working to open five evenings per week.

Marlene McAllister will soon being joining us as our new Youth Support Worker - Leader in Charge. She comes to us bringing a wealth of experience of working with young people from the local area.

We look forward to working with Marlene and welcome the opportunity to build on her skills as we enter the next phase of development of Baggator in The Pickle Factory.

Baggator has been awarded a 'Young Roots' grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to provide opportunities for local young people to find out more about the area in which they live. The project will focus on Stapleton Road and young people will discover stories about the road, search for old photographs and compare them with today's situation and collect stories of people living and working in the area.

Living Easton, Easton Community Partnership and the Bristol Museum will be supporting Baggator to develop this project which will culminate with an exhibition, 'Stapleton Road During Past Centuries', guided walks for local residents and a diary of young participants experiences.

We'll be pleased to hear from any local young people who would like to become involved in this exciting project - contact us at The Pickle Factory.

We will soon be advertising for 2 sessional youth support workers to help with this project.

We are recruiting for a Youth Support Worker - Leader in Charge to run our youth work provision at The Pickle Factory.

The post is funded by the Big Lottery for 20 hours per week until 31st August 2009.

Full details of the post and an application form are available on page 2 of the 'Recruitment' section on our 'Downloads' page.

Please telephone Pete Daintree for an informal discussion about the post on 0117 955 7733 / 0790 191 6013 after 23rd June 2008.

Deadline for applications is 12noon Monday 14th July 2008.

Easton Arts Trail is taking place over the weekend 21st and 22nd June 2008.

Baggator will open The Pickle Factory on both days from 12noon to 6pm with an exhibition of art work and snacks and refreshments in our cafe.

Arts workshops for children will be facilitated by our Art Worker, Alison Donohue from 1 - 4pm on both days.

All welcome.

After 12 months in post Cecile Jagoo has decided that it is time to move on and will leave us on 2nd July 2008.

We would all like to thank her for the positive input she has made to Baggator and wish her all the best in her future career.

We are seeking a part-time Youth Support Worker - Sports. The successful candidate will make a general contribution to youth work at The Pickle Factory, Easton and will have a specific brief to develop sports activities.

Sessional - 10.5 hrs per week £14,538 – 15618 pro rata

Funded by The Big Lottery – Young People’s Fund to 31st August 2009

Details and an application form available in 'Downloads' or contact Cecile Jagoo: 0117 955 7733/07858284069

Close: 12noon, 25 January 2008

Work to fit out our cafe premises at The Pickle Factory is nearing completion and we are able to start to look forward to it becoming the social hub of our activities with young people and an opportunity to regularly open our doors to the wider community.

We are looking for tenders from people who have a passion to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community by providing delicious, healthy, sustainable food - at affordable prices. We want someone with the innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial nous to identify a viable balance between profits and an attractive menu that will appeal to young people and the local community.

If you think that you have what we are looking for please see the full brief for this opportunity (available as pdf. on our 'Downloads' page) and get in touch with us.

The premises will be open for viewing and discussion on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th December 2007 - contact us for an appointment.

The deadline for submission of tenders is first post Thursday 10th January 2008.

Due to some hitches with our email we have extended the deadline to apply for the voluntary positions described below until 24th October 2007.

Please note, if you previously submitted an application by email and you haven't heard back from us we probably haven't received your application so please resend it to us. Apologies for any inconvenience.