Young Tom Carpendale, from Redland, Bristol, who won a £100 prize for himself and his parents in a colouring competition at the city’s Clifton Down Shopping Centre, receives his prize outside the centre from manager Rikki Teml.

Children up to 13 were invited to take part in a colouring competition and Tom, aged 11, was presented with a £50 voucher to spend on toys from a shop in the centre and also won £50 for his mum and dad.

The competition attracted nearly 200 entries and Rikki said he was delighted with that kind of response from the youngsters.

Clifton Down shopping centre turned back the clock at the weekend to help one of the country’s best-known charities celebrate its 60^th anniversary.

The centre hosted a tea party for Sue Ryder, the charity founded by Lady Ryder in 1953, to help raise funds for its 14 care centres which provide expert medical care and emotional support for people living with life-changing illness.

Starbucks povided tea and coffee for shoppers who could relax in the mall with a free cuppa in nostalgic 1950s type surroundings while learning more about the work of Sue Ryder.

Samantha Boardman, Sue Ryder fundraiser for Bristol, North Somerset and Wales said: The day went really well. We raised £22.79 in our bucket collection but it was really more of an awareness day and in that respect it was very successful."

Sue Ryder care centres provide advice, education and services to people living with a life-changing illness across the country. The hospices and care centres provide end of life and long-term care for tens of thousands of people every year as well as their family and carers. Staff and volunteers provide in-patient, day care services and in the patient’s own home.

Clifton Down shopping centre chose Sue Ryder as its adopted charity for 2013 and since December £1,446 has been raised through carol singing and regular collections in the centre.

Centre manager Rikki Teml said: “We were very pleased to host a the tea party. It was very successful and further demonstrates Clifton Down Shopping Centre’s commitment to raise £5,000 for Sue Ryder. Big thanks must also be given to Starbucks for providing the tea, coffee, sugar and cups free of charge.”

If you can help call Samantha Boardman on 0117 929 3618

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O2 has announced the launch of O2 Refresh, the first 24 month tariff to decouple the cost of the phone from the cost of calls, texts and data. O2 Refresh has been designed for customers to get a new phone at any time, without having to pay out their airtime contract. Instead, customers simply pay the remaining balance for their phone and then start afresh.

The scheme launches on Tuesday, April 16.

Complete transparency

When a customer signs up to O2 Refresh, they choose a Phone Plan and an Airtime Plan. By signing up to and paying separately for their phone and airtime, customers are given complete transparency, while paying the same overall as they would on a standard 24 month Pay Monthly tariff.

For those customers who want a new handset before the end of their contract term, O2 Refresh enables them to pay off the remainder of their Phone Plan and end their Airtime Plan with no termination fee. To make it even more affordable to get the latest smartphone, customers can trade in their old mobile for cash using O2 Recycle, getting up to £260 to put towards their new phone.

O2 Refresh also offers great long-term value for those customers who don’t want or need a new phone before the end of their contract term. Once the customer has paid the full balance of their Phone Plan, monthly payments dramatically reduce to just the cost of the Airtime Plan.

“Mobile phone technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, yet the way phones are sold has remained largely static,” said Feilim Mackle, Sales and Service Director at Telefónica UK. “Increasingly our customers are telling us that they don’t want to be tied to the same phone for two years and, with 4G coming to O2 this summer, we want to make it easier for our customers to benefit from the latest technology. For the first time in the UK, O2 Refresh will make it possible to get a new phone part way through a pay monthly contract, at any time – quickly, easily and cost-effectively.”

For full details call into the O2 store in Clifton Down shopping centre

Bristol’s Clifton Down shopping centre will be supporting two charities during 2013 and has set itself a target to raise at least £5,000 from various in-centre fundraising activities.

The two nominated organisations are Sue Ryder Care, which provides health and social care in the local community and the Wallace and Gromit charity which raises money to help sick babies and children.

The Wallace and Gromit appeal has a £3.5 million campaign to provide pioneering new facilities for Bristol Children's Hospital and by 2014, with the integration of burns, neurosurgery and major trauma from Frenchay Hospital, it will be at the forefront of medical care in the UK.

Clifton Down shopping centre manager Rikki Teml said since he joined the centre last summer he wanted to do all he could to help local charities and fundraising was already under way for 2013.

As well as contributing money from various events in the centre he said the two charities would be invited into the centre during the year for their own fundraising.

“These two charities do so much to help the local communities and we wanted to play some small part. I’m sure shoppers will do all they can to help such very worthy causes,” he said.

Donations are already approaching £1,000 and Mr Teml said he was drawing up a calendar of events. He will keep customers informed and regularly update them on the progress of donations.

The Specsavers store in Clifton Down now has a fantastic offer of a range of stylish designer glasses by Emporio Armani - an amazing offer of two pairs for £125.

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Extra CCTV cameras and low level lighting have been installed in the Alma Vale walkway entrance to Clifton Down Shopping Centre to increase security and public safety.

Centre manager Rikki Teml said public safety was always at the forefront of his mind and the latest measures had been taken to further improve facilities for shoppers.

Some plants in the walkway have also been removed or trimmed back, creating extra convenience for those using the walkway.

Protective covers are now in use for the centre’s car park ticket machines, having been made by UK charity Pluss which employs people with learning difficulties, physical, mental health issues and long-term health conditions.

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