Editing Bradley Stoke (section)

==Community==
The Bradley Stoke Community Festival has been running since 2004 and is held over a weekend in June. The festival hosts a variety of activities and events primarily aimed at young children and families involving live music, performances, sports and games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradleystoke.gov.uk/events/festival/|title=Bradley Stoke Community Festival|website=www.bradleystoke.gov.uk|access-date=25 August 2020|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823051619/https://www.bradleystoke.gov.uk/events/festival/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A Bradley Stoke Community Carnival event took place in 2014, 2015 and 2017. The carnival hosted stilt walkers, a brass band, performers dressed in costumes, competitions and prizes and live music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradleystoke.gov.uk/events/carnival/|title=Bradley Stoke Carnival|website=www.bradleystoke.gov.uk|access-date=25 August 2020|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723143804/https://www.bradleystoke.gov.uk/events/carnival/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Similarly to the Bradley Stoke Community Festival, Wheatfest is an annual event hosted by a local group Friends of Wheatfield Primary School. The event on the grounds of Wheatfield Primary School is primarily aimed at young children and families. The 2019 event raised over £6000.

The Willow Brook Centre provides a summer beach in the town centre. Primarily aimed at young children and families, the Centre features a 38-tonne sandpit, dozens of deck chairs, and suspended decorations.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://willowbrookshopping.co.uk/|title=Home|website=Willowbrook Shopping Centre|access-date=25 August 2020|archive-date=25 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825154712/https://willowbrookshopping.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Town Council operates an annual fireworks display in early November to celebrate [[Guy Fawkes Night]], in 2018 raising over £2000 in support of West of England MS Therapy Centre and the Stroke Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradleystoke.gov.uk/fireworks/|title=Fireworks Display 2018 Report|website=www.bradleystoke.gov.uk|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013005738/http://www.bradleystoke.gov.uk/fireworks/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 2016, the Willow Brook Centre has hosted the annual Stars of the Stokes Awards to recognise the local heroes in our community featuring special guest celebrities. Awards are issued to a champion carer, a parent in a million, coach of the year, high achievement, a young person of the year and teacher of the year.<ref name="auto"/>

Each year the town is adorned with lights to celebrate Christmas. Along with an annual Christmas tree and decorations in the town centre, courtesy of the Willow Brook Centre, one property in Elm Close raises funds each year for St Peters Hospice by decorating their home in 30,000 lights. In 2018, over £3000 was raised.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/2018/12/03/bradley-stoke-charity-christmas-lights-biggest-best/|title=Bradley Stoke charity lights are "biggest and best ever seen"|date=3 December 2018|access-date=28 July 2019|archive-date=28 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728095952/http://www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/2018/12/03/bradley-stoke-charity-christmas-lights-biggest-best/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Remembrance Service and War Memorial===
A War Memorial was created in 2014 by the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout group and the Willow Brook Centre. It is located in the main town square and is a generic memorial dedicated to “all members of our Armed Forces (and civilians who support them) who have died or suffered due to conflict.” It is a simple grey granite pillar with a poppy design at the top and an inscription in the middle (as voted for by nearly 250 local residents) – 'At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them'. There is a Scout Memorial badge (the scout arrowhead surrounded by olive branches and the inscription 'Lest we forget') at the base of the pillar. The memorial was designed and crafted by local Master Mason Alwyn Leek from Bristol and West Memorials. It was created because the town of Bradley Stoke is relatively new (major construction began only in the 1980s) and therefore had no traditional memorial. The aim was to create a focal point to hold Remembrance ceremonies for future generations with special involvement from the young people of the town. On 2 August 2014, this memorial was officially dedicated by Dame [[Janet Trotter]], DBE, Lord Lieutenant for Gloucestershire. The dedication ceremony was also a commemoration of the [[Centenary of the First World War]] and it was attended by members of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group, [[Royal British Legion]], St John's Ambulance Cadets, 1st Bradley Stoke Rainbows, 2nd Patchway Scout Group and Police Cadets. A parade marched from the Jubilee Centre to the town square at the Willow Brook Centre, led by the band of the City of Bristol Pipes and Drums. At the end of the ceremony, the young people present were invited to help light the 100 candles around the memorial to mark the Centenary. The central candle was the official Royal British Legion candle for their 'Lights Out' campaign. The inaugural Bradley Stoke Remembrance Sunday Ceremony was held on the 9 November 2014, attended by many local uniformed youth groups and approximately 300 members of the public.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Since the creation of the war memorial, an annual Remembrance parade and ceremony is held at the Willowbrook Centre, attended by the Town Mayor, 1st Bradley Stoke Scouts, Trident Explorer Unit, 1st Little Stoke Scout Group, 1st Stokeway Rainbows, 1st Bradley Stoke Rainbows, Brownies and Guides, 2nd Bradley Stoke Brownies, 2nd Stoke Lodge Brownies, a representative from the town council, and the local church vicar.