Category: News & Events

New business announcements from the Chancellor On Thursday 24 September 2020, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a series of new schemes for businesses under his Winter Economy Plan. Here’s a summary of the updates and what they mean for you: Job Support Scheme: Replacing furlough, the Job Support Scheme allows employees to[…]

Winter Bird Survey It’s nearly time for our Winter Bird Survey. This runs from October to March inclusive. People are invited to record the birds that they see. Mostly this is in gardens, but by all means include your local park, allotment or nature reserve. Until now, we have concentrated on BS3, but as[…]

Bristol City Council is consulting on the No2 bus route corridor. The link to the consultation is here: click https://bristol.citizenspace.com/city-transport/a37-a4018-improvements TRESA has submitted the following points relating to the section of the route between Broadwalk and Bath Bridges:1] To encourage walking – continuous pavements across side junctions.2] To stop rat-running on[…]

We reproduce in full this tribute to Dale Wakefiled, who set up the Bristol Lesbian & Gay Switchboard in Hill Street, Totterdown (from OutStories Bristol, outstoriesbristol.org.uk). Thank you for ‘saving lives, opening closets and helping to change the world for the better’. ___ “It is with great sadness we learn[…]

The government has been consulting on its England Tree Strategy. Here are the comments TRESA has submitted to DEFRA: 1. The current strategy lacks any hard target for tree planting across England. It merely repeats the ambition to increase England’s tree cover from 10% to a mere 12% by 2060. […]

TRESA is backing the campaign to save Jubilee Pool in Knowle. This is the nearest pool for many people who live in Totterdown, and Hengrove Leisure centre is a difficult journey away for those without a car. The petition to save the pool has over 4,700 signatures and below are[…]

We will have an apple press and scratter in the Community Space on Park St BS4 so bring along your apples to make some lovely apple juice.

1.       Last month’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme proved so popular that some Bristol businesses have decided to extend the initiative themselves. If your establishment has decided to do this, you can be added to the list on Visit Bristol’s website here. 2.       Online ordering app Ritual and PayPal have partnered up to launch an initiative in Bristol that[…]

Please find below a link to our survey for Totterdown residents  https://forms.gle/vM4Nje68QH6hMacz8  Completion should take less than 10 minutes and we’d love to hear from you. Please also pass this to your Totterdown neighbours.

Friends of Ashton Court Estate FACE is developing well. It has now agreed a constitution and sought recognition from both Bristol Parks and the Bristol Parks Forum. Two members have established a facebook group which has already exceeded 100 members with many stunning photographs. We hope to gather ideas about how the estate[…]