Category: News & Events

At this most romantic time of year, Living Streets are encouraging you to show your pavements some love. Our #PavementsForPeople packs are purpose-built for you to shower your local footways in adoration – just step this way… CHECK OUT OUR PAVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE PACKS NOW And make no mistake – pavements need more[…]

Bristol Cultural Development Partnership wishes to commission a locally-based artist to illustrate and design a comic-book style publication telling the story of a century of council housing in Bristol that will be given away free as part of the Homes for Heroes 100 programme. The Role • To illustrate the text written[…]

A report from the “Neighbourhood Enforcement Team” in the council.  This is the team handling incidents of littering, fly tipping, and generally enforcing local laws.

A twitter message from @nickingram1 has announced: “Due to vandalism and heavy winds and an increasing maintenance demand, I’m going to dismantle and get rid of the library. If anyone feels like taking it on, please feel free.” Thanks Nick, for all your efforts with this. Here’s a nice photo on[…]

Details are emerging of the plans to transform Silverthorne Lane industrial zone overlooking the Feeder Canal. The development area is part of Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone and is currently the location for a variety of businesses and warehouses as well as some notable historic buildings. Two sites, opposite Motion, are designated as[…]

A new orchestra,  for musicians recovering or struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, has been launched by Bristol Drugs Project (BDP). BDP drugs worker and volunteer manager Sophie Wilsdon, who is a musician herself, said: “Often musicians struggling with drug or alcohol issues give up performing as a result. I also I know[…]

On March 20th 2019 a new law will allow tenants to sue landlords if their property is not fit for living in. The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act gives tenants the power to take their landlord to court if they do not maintain the property to an acceptable standard. The[…]

Bristol South MP Karin Smyth has teamed up with City of Bristol College, Bristol City Council and the Department of Work and Pensions for another Jobs and Apprenticeships fair. The event, which takes place from 11am-3pm on Thursday 28 February at the South Bristol Skills Academy in Hengrove, will feature some of[…]

Winter Garden Birds I hope that you are seeing some interesting birds. The recent snow may have driven some rural birds into the city in search of food and an extra degree or so of heat. I didn’t see anything particularly unusual, although Jo claims a redwing taking a bath[…]