Author: Suzanne Audrey

Totterdown residents who head into town past Redcliffe Wharf will notice considerable change over the next few years as a new development containing flats, restaurants, shops and offices is constructed. Historic boat building premises will be demolished but two other buildings on the site will be refurbished. There will also[…]

Mayor Marvin Rees has launched his Corporate Strategy for Bristol which can be read here: Tough Times, High Hopes 2018 2023 (1)

Bristol City Council is proposing to reduce the funding it offers to parents and carers who need extra help to provide care for their children by £50k in 2018/19. The proposals are described in the survey below. Please give them your views. Online Survey The consultation results and the council’s decision[…]

Bristol City Council is proposing to reduce the budget it offers to support neighbourhood action by £257k in 2018/19. They have indicated that your views, along with the views of other local groups and partners and the results of their Equalities Impact Assessment, will be taken into consideration in developing a set[…]

Bristol City Council is proposing to reduce the budget for cultural services by £50k in 2018/19. To do this they are looking at ways of increasing income. This includes introducing charges at some of Bristol’s museums, increasing sponsorship and changes to how the Bristol Film Office and Site Permissions services[…]

Bristol City Council has a target to reduce what it spends on parks by at least £2.868 million per year by April 2019.  They have indicated that this means services will need to be run in a different way; working more with communities, making more money, creating more partnerships, making services[…]

A call for submissions has gone out from Bristol publisher No Bindings. They are collaborating with Bristol Ageing Better on a project which explores what makes and doesn’t make a city age-friendly for its older population. No Bindings is directed by Lily Green and based in the Pervasive Media Studio at Watershed. Lily[…]

VICTORIA PARK BONFIRE NIGHT Sunday 5th November Bring your bonfire contributions to the park from 3.30pm (wood only please) Judge the Guy competition from 6.00pm @ corner of Hill Avenue & Nutgrove Avenue Bonfire to be lit at 6.15pm Please note: No fireworks please. It is now illegal to set off fireworks in the park.

The new owners of the Asia Garden restaurant and takeaway in Totterdown Square (29 Oxford Street) have applied for a premises licence to sell alcohol on the premises and play recorded music with new opening hours Monday – Sunday of 11:00-15:00 and 17:00-23:00. The application has been made to Bristol City Council,[…]