Local people with Bristol memories and those with special Bristol objects, artefacts and photographs are invited to ‘My Bristol: show and tell’ sessions at M Shed this summer. On Wednesday August 10 and 17 visitors can help staff from M Shed’s archives to identify people and places in some of the hundreds of photographs currently ...
A new exhibition at Bristol Record Office - ‘Trenches to Trams’ – looks at the life and times of George Pine – a Bristol Tommy and Tram Conductor. Over 130 objects and archive photographs from the 1890s onwards are on display. The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm and first two Saturdays ...
Months of hard work and planning by local people in communities and neighbourhoods to improve Bristol’s environment are now paying dividends – and the evidence can been seen in window boxes, front gardens, community parks, shops, businesses and planted roundabouts. And its not just the floral displays that are making a difference, Bristol’s streets, pavements ...
A series of events are taking place in Bristol this summer to help raise awareness about the illegal practice of female genital mutilation. Supported by the Bristol Safeguarding Children’s Board, agencies have been working together over the last two years to highlight the issue among schools, midwives, police officers social workers and health professionals. Now ...
In one of the most innovative and ambitious museum developments of the last decade, M Shed, Bristol’s new city history museum, opened to the public on Friday 17 June 2011. The museum will be housed in the landmark 1950s transit sheds at Prince’s Wharf on the historic waterfront in the heart of the city. M ...
A new group has been set up to continue work to review educational services for deaf or hearing impaired children in Bristol, Bristol City Council announced today. The Deaf and Hearing Impaired Development Group includes experts from health, education, social care and finance, as well as representatives from Elmfield School for the Deaf, hearing resource ...
New programme launched to improve substance misuse service for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Bristol. Research by Safer Bristol has shown that services for people who have alcohol or drug addiction problems and who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT), need to be strengthened and made more effective. A new programme ...
Local MP, Kerry McCarthy has teamed up with TV presenter Angela Rippon to support this year’s Carers Week (13-19 June) and recognise the contribution made by those people in Bristol and throughout the UK who provide unpaid care for someone who is ill, frail or disabled. The theme for Carers Week 2011 is ‘The True ...
Bristol City Council and Avon Fire and Rescue Services are offering free electric blanket safety checks throughout Bristol in the Summer and Autumn. “Also on offer will be free safety advice and a chance of a free home safety inspection. Spaces are limited so booking is essential,” said Phil Parkyn, principal trading standards officer for ...
At-Bristol, the popular hands-on science centre on Bristol’s Harbourside, will be at the Cheltenham Science Festival all this week, entertaining visitors from 7th-12th June. With over 300 hands-on exhibits, live science shows and a Planetarium, At-Bristol is one of the UK’s largest and most exciting science centres providing an interactive day out for all the ...
The MP for Bristol, Kerry McCarthy MP, has lent their support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign, urging...
Bristol schools, youth groups & businesses share ideas to realise youth talent A major development is underway in Bristol...
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