Category: News & Events

Bristol Libraries  – new ideas created together Have you got ideas or suggestions for your library and its building?  Can you help make these ideas happen? We are inviting you to come along to one of our community events running from January, which will bring local people and organisations together[…]

The South West Fair Trade Business Awards are free to enter and showcase the very best of ethical business in the region. All applicants receive a free place at the awards party during National Fairtrade Fortnight in March 2019. From cafés to beauty salons, solicitors to food manufacturers, there’s a category for everyone[…]

The Royal Mail sorting office is due to be demolished in the New Year, together with the rest of the Cattle Market site, to make way for the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus. The area has an interesting history. John Hare & Co – the oldest company in[…]

A Liberal Democrat motion to stop vehicles idling was passed at the full council meeting on 11th December 2018. Just how this will be implemented remains to be seen, but it could help reduce local air pollution – at least near schools. TRESA supports efforts to reduce vehicle idling. The[…]

First Bus has announced it will put extra buses on the busiest and most delay-hit routes, including routes 1 and 2 serving Totterdown. The ‘Queue Busters’ have been borrowed from other parts of the country and extra drivers recruited. The 1 travels from Cribbs Causeway, along the Bath Road stopping at[…]

Till the end of January 2019 match-funded grants from Travelwest are available for Bristol (Totterdown!) businesses to improve their sustainable travel provision.  Physical measures such as cycle parking, electric pool bikes and car sharing bays can be funded, as can promotional events encouraging walking, cycling and car sharing. Travelwest can also provide 50% match funding for[…]

Not exactly on our patch but worth supporting and perhaps we could persuade them to perform in Totterdown? Please consider helping with this crowdfunding appeal at  https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/mxelders  ‘Windrush Generation’ African Caribbean elders share and celebrate their own stories through an original new play ‘We Have Overcome – A Windrush Generation Story’ by Malcom[…]

Bristol residents will not be getting a paper copy of their waste collection timetables for Christmas and the new year, but are asked to access the calendars online. This can be difficult for some people so please help any neighbours who are struggling to understand when their bins will be[…]

FOX & WEST COMPETITION TIME… This Christmas the shop is even more jam packed with wonderful gift ideas and produce from local independent artists and makers. From 1 December the shop will be taking Christmas vegetable and cheese pre-orders, and there will also be a very special visitor to the[…]

Details of another belated response to a Freedom of Information request, relating to the proposal for a conference centre on Arena Island at Temple Meads, have now been published at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/information_in_relation_to_nec_a?nocache=incoming-1264964#incoming-1264964    Please confirm the date on which an approach was made to NEC in relation to the potential development or[…]