Category: News & Events

This week’s Items of Interest: 1.       The Future Economy Network is holding an evening panel discussion on Sustainable Transport in our Cities on Thursday 25 April (6pm – 9pm) at Ashfords LLP, Tower Wharf BS2 0JJ; more here. 2.       During the City Nature Challenge between Friday 26 and Monday 29 April Bristol and Bath will unite to compete with more than 160 cities worldwide in discovering and recording as[…]

Bristol City Council is responsible for the funding and management of Public Health in Bristol. The Council is proposing to make an additional £2m cuts in spending over the next two years. They want your views on how they could make these savings. The services affected will be: •    Adults’ Weight[…]

Information on traffic management change The next significant change to the Temple Gate traffic management will be installed on the night of Monday 22nd April 2019 (between 19:00 and 06:00) and will be open to traffic from 06:00 on Tuesday 23rd April 2019. This traffic management switch will be as per the[…]

A recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request relating to the modelling for Bristol’s clean air plan has only been partially successful. Key aspects of the modelling, which relate to the Mayor’s decision to delay the Outline Business Case , are being withheld. The FOI request and response are reproduced below:[…]

This week’s Items of Interest: 1.       Open air market Harbour Nights returns this Friday 19 April (5.30pm – 10pm), and on subsequent Fridays throughout the summer, outside theArnolfini BS1 4QA; more here. 2.       View a list of Easter events, courtesy of Visit Bristol, here. 3.       The West of England Academic Health Science Network has two national funding calls offering up to £40k to companies with[…]

The European Parliamentary Election will take place on Thursday 23 May 2019. EU citizens in the UK can vote – here we explain what you do need to do NOW to vote in the UK: Step 1: Register to vote by May 7th: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Step 2: Download and fill in[…]

A nice piece by Alex Wood in Bristol Post about living in Vale Street is reproduced here: Welcome to Vale Street, officially the steepest street in England. Situated in the aptly-named Totterdown district of Bristol, the street is well-known for its lung-bursting incline. It is nearly impossible to park on,[…]

Share your views as plans for new University campus evolve The University of Bristol has unveiled the latest plans for its new state-of-the-art campus at Temple Quarter. Since the University secured conditional outline planning permission in July 2018, it has been working with communities, businesses, Bristol City Council and the[…]

The Haka Solo Show is in the Totterdown Centre, 144 Wells Road. The extensive collection of art works includes paintings, sketches and interactive sculpture. This free exhibition is open approximately 4.00-9.00pm weekdays and from mid-day at the weekend. The graffiti artist was born and bred in Bristol, and lives in[…]

The West of England Nature Partnership’s 2019 Forum is on 6th June at the Arnolfini.  You can book a place here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/west-of-england-nature-partnership-2019-forum-tickets-59453032621 This year’s Forum, during the Festival of Nature will focus on how we can work together for nature’s recovery. We will launch a Nature Recovery Network for the West[…]