Over two years, the project saw us bringing older and young people together to produce a series of artworks exploring themes around different generations and cultures, funded by the Quartet Community Foundation.

“We don't get any visitors so it is really nice to see young people – we don't really have any activities here and there is not full-time warden so it was nice to create an activity that we can meet the community”. Elder participating in Project Respect, 2010

Project Respect 2008

During the first phase on the project in 2008, we created a mural in the Trinity Gardens.

A group of young people from a range of ethic and cultural backgrounds studying English at the Bristol Academy worked with groups of Elders from Upper Horfield Community Trust, The Golden Ages from Easton Church and local residents from Knightstone Housing Association and the St Pauls area.
These unique workshops are designed to provide a safe space for two generations to meet, share experiences and create artwork together.

Local artist Victoria Appleton who will be delivering the next programme of workshops said; “We are looking at the role of Elders in other societies and in the UK, exploring beliefs and concerns about older and young people.”

Project Respect 2010

As part of the second intergenerational project in 2010, over 30 participants contributed across the programme – this included volunteers who are unemployed and were looking to gain skills and meet new people.

The biggest achievement was getting two very disparate groups together – older people who were white British with young people from a range of cultures and backgrounds, some of whom didn't speak English. It helped both the young people develop their language skills and the older people to gain a deeper understanding of the complex challenges facing asylum and refugee seeking communities.

What worked particularly well with this project in comparison to past years was we took the young people to work with older people residing in Brunel Care Home in St Georges. While this posed many new challenges, this also meant that we worked with older people who were otherwise not engaged at all with any community activity, unlike past groups of older people we worked with who were already engaged with organised social meeting groups.

The main benefit was the improved communication skills and a better understanding of each others cultures. It gave the older people a chance to share their memories and talk about their experiences and allowed the young people to feel valued and accepted within their new home country.

The community will benefit from the legacy of the project and through other activities shaped alongside this proven model. The prints produced will be on permanent display in Trinity's new lobby area, which will create an improved sense of what Trinity's role is within the area and give a sense that this is an open and inclusive environment.

To mark International Pay It Forward Day on 28 April 2011, a collective of Bristol based arts organisations are joining forces and hosting a week of free activities, to encourage participants to pay the good deed forward.

The expression "pay it forward" - inspiring a novel, a social movement and a film - is used to describe the concept of asking that a good turn be repaid by having it done to others instead, essentially giving forward instead of back.

Trinity Community Arts, The Love of It and Let’s Do Nice Things are organising a programme of free arts and community activities. From 23-30 April, activities will include a free family indoor picnic, workshops and more.

We are also keen to facilitate activities led by local people and groups so please get in touch if you would like to run an activity of your own in this week. Other groups and businesses are invited to join in and provide their own free fun - anyone can submit what they are doing to be included in our Pay It Forward programme and promotional material.

Individuals attending events during the week will be encouraged to pay the good deed forward.

From random acts of kindness and guerrilla gardening, to running a group activity or volunteering - a range of ideas to inspire individuals, schools and groups will be made available online as a resource pack available for download.

For more information contact us via email or phone.

Trinity will be running a new Music Makers Project that will help young people back into education, employment or training. Alongside our current programme for 16-18 year olds, we will be introducing two new sessions running every Thursday. The sessions are FREE to attend, and will target 13-15 year olds who have been excluded or who may be at risk of exclusion from school, and 19-25 year olds who have been out of education or employment for an extended period.

The six month pilot project will explore areas of music including production, engineering, MCing, vocal recording and guitar tuition. The sessions will culminate in delivering a final event as part of our Annual Garden Party in May 2011.Young people will work towards accreditations including a Bronze Arts Award and will work on areas such as CV writing, job searching and application writing.

Emma Harvey, Centre Manager said, "Our current training programme targets provision to 16-18 year olds - This grant from Awards for All will allow us to work with a much broader age-range. It will give young people the opportunity to re-engage with learning and help them find routes into other training or work. We're really excited about this project and we hope that young people will be too."

If you are a young person interested in taking part or would like to refer someone, please contact 0117 935 1200 training@3ca.org.uk or pop into the Trinity Office.

With the scent of hot cider and roasted hog roast hanging in the air, hundreds of people head towards Bristol's renowned venue the Trinity Centre, for this year's annual Free Fireworks Party.

1,200 fill the venue grounds and the gates close leaving many to watch from the sidelines. With other fireworks events rained off or charging entry fees, needless to say people didn't leave without a fight, many watching from adjacent roads to get a glimpse of one of the city's only remaining free displays.

Kicking the festivities off was the exotic, enormous sound of Bristol Samba Band, teasing everyone outside and absorbing the energy of the huge crowd. As they continued this captivating performance the band decided to take their sound outside to a crowd ready and waiting to indulge their senses.

The band ends on a ultimate high with the bonfire well and truly under way by resident fire maker Woodsy. The only sound to be heard is that of the eager crowd wondering how and when this display will start. At that moment, probably the biggest fireworks display in Bristol time kicks off, with shredding fountain fireworks stunning everyone to silent awe. After several ear popping ground works, there is a break for people to show their appreciation and want for more of these firework sensations. Finally, as though to show an encore of a performance, firework guru Onj pulls out all the stops by sending a parade of rockets, fountains and Roman candles into the sky, making Trinity a landmark of fireworks for yet another year.

The crowd is buzzing from the incredible firework show and, as most the families take their kids home as, “it's a school night” everyone else heads inside the main hall for music and cider. The venue steams as we wait for the opening act - Bristol's new upcoming hip-hop artist Buggsy. His reggae influenced hip-hop beat and his faster-by-the-second MCing set the tone for the rest of his set. His performance closed with Born Inna System, which got the crowd chanting.

Trinity keeps the energy going and with cheering and screaming for the headliners, the lights dimmed, the chanting begins and Dizraeli and The Small Gods take to the stage.

As everyone falls silence, three of the most hair tingling harmonies to have ever hit this hall by God hit the crowd hard. This band's intro soley made up of all their vocals strikes the hearts of everyone in the room. Then the funky guitar-riff to their song Reach Out gets everyone dancing and it is certain this crowd is ready for a unique performance.

Throughout this whole set there was a feeling of freedom amongst all, with lyrics such as Get Yourself A Good Job, Get Yourself Free chanted straight back at lead vocalist Dizraeli. From an a capella rap - or what seemed to be a political statement against “Engurland's” government - they went on next to their massively popular song Homeward Bound, to hype the audience even more for their hit of the night Bomb Tesco, which, with all the controversies of the Stokes Croft Tesco debate could not fail to get the crowd jumping, dancing and singing along in unison.

At the end of their set and with the crowd begging for more as the lights went up it was evident that this was truly a memorable night that would not be forgotten by those lucky enough to attend.

As part of What's Your Trinity Story? we have been collecting your stories, memories and images from the last 50 years at Trinity.

We will soon be compiling a booklet of key stories and images, as well as a photography exhibition that will tour the city in 2011.

You may have parents or grandparents who were married here, have pictures of a gig or club night, worked or volunteered here, or attended a community event - whatever your story, we want to hear from you!

If you have a story or image that you would like to feature in either our booklet or exhibition, please email story@3ca.org.uk or pop into the Trinity Office so that we can scan them in for you.

If you miss the deadline, you will still be able to send us your images for inclusion to our Online Archive.

Louis: How do you feel about playing in Bristol at such a historic venue as Trinity, which is best known for being at the forefront of the rave scene in the 90's?

Artwork: Love it. Bristol is like the proper home of Dubstep, you know what I mean. They love music in Bristol - it's a great place for music - it's an honour to play here, especially at a place like this. Its kicking man - I love it!

L: Which musicians would you say influenced you most as youngsters?

A: Jimi Hendrix, and this is weird, Thelonious Monk - my dad use to play a lot of that. A lot of jazz, so John Coltrane, Charlie Parker. And then I was in to early house music, Steve Bignell, that sort of put me on to the electronics side of music.

L: In this time of uncertainty, such as the financial crisis, war and unemployment, is there an underlying message in your music that you're trying to get to the people?

A: Yeah, let's have a good time and stop F***ing about! Hahahahaha

L: How do you feel about signing for Columbia Records and your current success?

A: it's amazing, it's been a bit of a roller-coaster the last year - it's been a pretty stunning sort of time. Have been doing Magnetic Man for four years now and been doing Dubstep for ten years so it's been a long journey, little steps all the way. So it's not like suddenly doing nothing, then all of a sudden we're on Columbia - it's been a long journey.

L: How did the collaboration with the talented American artist John Legend come about?

A: When we signed to Columbia we spoke to our publisher, and we said, “look we're on Columbia now, we got this beat” and we said “who can we have on it? Its really soulful” and he said “I'm going to ring John legend” and we was like “yeah right sure you are”. Next thing, he phoned up and said “I got it- I got the vocal”. I got to say, John legend is super talented.

L: I have to say I Need Air is a total banger - what do you feel about people saying it is a strong candidate for the anthem of 2010?

A: There's loads of good music out there, lots of different styles, so it would be lovely if people did think that. It's great because you work in the studio and you don't know how everything is going to be received you know, so when you play it and you hear the crowd sing it back too - yeah, there's no other feeling like that.

L: Your track featuring Katy B, Perfect Stranger has opened your fan base to a more trendy audience, Funky House Crowd. What do you feel about that?

A: Music is music - there's only two types of music - there's good music and bad music and Katy B makes amazing music and we try to make the best music we can. All genres are melting at the moment, everyone is going from all different things, it's more about UK based music - everyone getting into every thing. You can go into a club and hear five or six different types of music in one night you know, and it's usually UK and usually a lot of bass, so it's great - it's good.

L: What do you feel about Dubstep Genre -excuse the pun - 'stepping' into the commercial side of the music industry?

A: I think it's like it's become more popular and if you got good music and people will say to their friends “yeah, listen to this” it's going to be popular. I think its great. To see and hear that stuff on Radio 1 - it is amazing.

By Louis Smith, October 2010

I've got to say that Katy B and her band were amazing, the live band totally complimented her style and brought the most out of her vocals.

Katy B performed her funky house smash hit Tell Me which received a roaring reception from the crowd and had 650 fans skanking in unison! This was the song which first brought Katy B to our attention, so it was a special moment to see her perform it live.

She also dropped hits like Louder and had the crowd eating out the palm of her hand when she started to perform Perfect Stranger the track produced by the headline act.

The song that brought the house down was On a Mission - another club hit produced by Magnetic Man, which had the Dubstep massive shocking to her catchy vocals and big Dubstep bassline. This, in my opinion, was the highlight of her live set. But make no mistake, it was a close call because all the tracks which she performed where executed with perfection.

Keep and eye out for this exciting young artist, as I feel there's a whole heap more you're gonna hear from this talented individual.

When the lights lit up the stage at Trinity to welcome Magnetic Man, the crowd knew that the headline act were about to hit the stage. The atmosphere inside was a feeling of anticipation and sheer delight, as they were about to witness their Dubstep icons performing all their club hits at this historic venue in the heart of Bristol's inner-city.

As Artwork, Benga and Scream took up position on Trinity's stage, the atmosphere was as electric as their technical light show.

Magnetic Man got the crowd bouncing with tracks including Mad - a synthesized style sample with a dramatic Dubstep baseline, which pushed Trinity's 18k+ rig to its limit!

The track I Need Air had the crowd fully excited - the tune had them all singing along to the words, which, for any performer, is a special time. You could see all three DJ's bouncing at this point, drawing on the energy their fans were giving them.

With some big collaborations already laid down, Magnetic Man drew on them with the track titled Fire featuring Ms Dynamite. This song, with its up-tempo drums, dirty synth-sound and yard style singing from Ms Dynamite really gave this track a unique vibe and, when the Dubstep Bass kicked in, it really got the crowd bouncing off each other to the sound of the music

Drawing on another massive collaboration, the trio put their power moves to good use with Getting Nowhere featuring the super talented John Legend - the title of which I found quite ironic, as these guys definitely seem like they're getting somewhere! This tune had the crowd griped with Legend's soulful vocal and the cool vibe of the backing beat, showing that Magnetic Man are multi-skilled artists and don't always have to rely on big baselines to have fans enjoying their music.

The atmosphere in Trinity was something special, from the live performance from Katy B and her band, to the trio of Artwork, Benga and Scream as Magnetic Man. This was an epic night for Bristol music from start to finish and the level of professionalism and talent from both artists was second to none. A truly enjoyable and memorable night for all.

Read the full interview with Artwork by Louis Smith here.

This year's NYE event promises another musical kaleidoscope celebrating some of our favourite music genres. Earlybird tickets are £20 (+BF) from Bristol Ticket Shop and full details of the event can be found by clicking here. Make sure you wear your masks and your dancing shoes. The more creative the mask the better - you may even win a prize for your efforts...

About the artists

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EZ Rollers

Jay & Alex go way back, having been friends since their school days and DJing long before they formed EZ Rollers.

Formed in 1994 the E-Z Rollers released their first single Believe / Rolled into 1.

Singles include Walk This Land which appeared on the soundtrack of Brit-flick, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Back To Love featuring a Roni Size remix.

Albums include Storm from the East and Weekend World, Titles Of The Unexpected and Conductor.

Currently the Rollers are working on new DnB releases for 2010/11 with Tali, Darrison and Sian from Kosheen.

Following a break from the DJ circuit they are now taking bookings exclusively through Tania at UMC.

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Laid Blak

Laid Blak represent 'good vibes' music. The latest addition to Chris Blackwell and Tricky's new label Brown Punk, Laid Blak has been brought up on Marley, roots, carnival music and soundsystem culture. They mash it all up and what comes out makes hips move and spines tingle.

Created through the partnership of Bristol producer DJ Bunjy and MC Joe Peng, these two veterans of the jungle scene earned their stripes rocking the biggest sessions through the 90's rave scene. As they've grown, their musical direction took a course that led them to seek out some of Bristol's finest musicians. What started as a studio project became the acclaimed live act - Laid Blak.

MC Joe Peng shares front of stage with the vocal rocket launcher that is Flex. Flex has the voice and stage presence to grab any audience and devour them. The live set is centred in urban reggae, but touches on jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop. No one ever forgets a Laid Blak performance; the charisma and musical dexterity of the band leave a lasting impression. This is dance music aimed at getting you moving. The 'good vibes' shine through all the songs and they always steal the show at festivals, one review noting them as 'the essential festival band'.

In Laid Blak's journey so far they have supported heavyweights Julian Marley, John Legend and Desmond Dekker. They have rocked crowds at festivals like Glastonbury and Ashton Court Festival and made waves at In The City Urban.

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Dr Meaker

A seven-piece DnB, soul and dubstep group from Bristol, led, co-written and produced by Clive Meaker.

Band members include (Ben Wood), keys (Clive Meaker), drums, guitar (Nigel Fulcher), bass (Rob Childs) and an vocalist (Lorna King) plus occasionally an mc.

The record All For You with Yolanda Quartey on vocals was used at the end of the television programme Skins Series 2, Episode 5 on the international version of the DVD. This garnered them support from Latin America as well as Australia and other release territories including the UK.

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CarnyVillains

Anyone who has been exposed to the Invisible Circus will know the CarnyVillains - their upbeat gyp-hop promises to lead you dancing your socks you into the new year with a fantastic and unique stage presence that cannot be missed.

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Junkyard Scientists

Junkyard Scientists are a ten-piece funk and soul outfit, born through a mish-mash of friends, broken bands and chance encounters around the thriving music scenes in London and Reading. With a passion for live performance and a do-it-yourself mentality, Junkyard have honed and fine-tuned a stage show that has risen the bar wherever they've played.

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Subplate

Stepping it up now for a seriously heavy dose of ragga-infused drum'n'bass. Expect the Trinity to get torn up by his rough, tough beats and in your face bass.

DJ Read

Bristol Sound Selector Read Jones provides floor­-filling rhythms from the finest musicians on the planet. Resident DJ at Trinity, The Living Room, Bath's Back To Mine & The Bell, Read's first-class shows are packed with soul, funk, reggae, ska, d&b, calypso and much much more.

For those looking to catch international acts whilst they are here in the Southwest we have Beach House here all the way from Maryland, USA and Angus & Julia Stone from their native Australia.

For those looking to catch a more home grown talent we have Johnny Flynn performing 'Been Listening' with his full band; The Sussex Witt as part of his headline tour. Having narrowly missed Mercury Music Prize nomination, catch him for an intimate evening while you still can, in one of Bristol's last truly independent music venues.

The on-line gallery is now available to view, with examples of work by confirmed artists and stall holders. More artist's will be added over the coming weeks so keep an eye on the website for a taster of what will be on offer at this year's market.

So far we have a great range of painters, illustrators and craft makers providing the perfect opportunity to buy original and unique gifts for all the family and friends this Christmas.

We are also in the process of confirming our line up of live acoustic music, if you just want to come along, soak up the atmosphere with a glass of mulled wine and delicious spicy food with an Asian twist provided by Rana Special.

Stalls are filling up fast but still have a few spaces to fill. Please contact Karina@3ca.org.uk for your booking form which must be returned by Friday 12th November.

We look forward to seeing you here!

This year's event promises to provide even more unmissable fun and frolics.

Dizraeli and the Small Gods will headline this night of free entertainment, supported by Bristol's hottest up-and-coming MC talent, Buggsy.

Bristol-grown, Brighton-based Dizraeli (previously front man for Bad Science), will grace the stage with his new band, and are promising to get right into the festivities, “We’re going to learn some traditional bonfire songs for this one, and cook them into a Urban pie.”

From the moment the bonfire is fired-up at 7pm, the evening is set to go off with a bang, with Bristol Samba Band providing a musical backdrop to the firework display. Fireworks kick off at 7:30pm and there will be a selection of hot food and hot cider on sale to keep you warm.

After outdoors fun, the music will move indoors for live hip-hop, West Country style. Dizraeli and the Small Gods' unique acoustic hip-hop style has earned them a nomination for the UK Festivals Award.

The evening is free so arrive early to avoid disappointment. Donations are collected on the night to support the Trinity Centre. For more information, please contact: 0117 935 1200 or email info@3ca.org.uk

If you or someone you know is interested in learning skills in music performance and production; photography, graffiti art, stencilling or creative media we still have spaces on both our courses.

All students will also gain certificates in Personal Social Development, Creative Media Production and ICT.

To find out more visit the course pages;

Music

Photography and Visual Art

or email training@3ca.org.uk

Join us this Saturday for more roller disco fun. A perfect way for kids to start their half term holidays with boots available to hire and a cafe for weary skaters to re-fuel in between. Great for parties or groups (discounts available) with friendly stewards on site to get you up to speed.

Alternatively join us after 7pm when the adults take over for some disco fun with a bar available all night. Discounts if you buy your tickets in advance, fancy dress optional though very welcome. Pop in for an hour or stay all night with unlimited skating!

For more info check out our events page

Just announced: Colours presents Flying Lotus with support from Jamie XX.

Flying Lotus joins us from sunny California to promote his new album Cosmogramma, on Wednesday 27th October. Tickets are now on sale. Click here for event details.

Other gigs this Autumn include Magnetic Man, Beach House, Hurts, Johnny Flynn and Angus & Julia Stone.

The pictures were taken during a major development phase, when the building was under the management of Bristol City Council.

Designs were produced by Architect Daniel Pacaud, which at the time caused great controversy with the Church Commissioners Advisory Board for Redundant Churches, who felt that the proposed works compromise the architectural heritage of the space.

"Although the very fine interior of this church would be ruined by the proposals as the building now belonged to the local authority Board members felt that it would be a waste of time to try and say it by fighting a rearguard action. It was RESOLVED: That the Church Commissioners be informed that the Advisory Board regards the church of Holy Trinity, Bristol, Diocese of Bristol, as a building of considerable architectural and historic interest with a fine interior that would be entirely compromised by the present proposals for conversion to a community centre" - Church Commissioners Advisory Board for Redundant Churches, June 1987.

The Church was at the time considered to be one of the finest examples of the work of Architect Thomas Rickman, who built the church between 1829-1932 with Henry Hutchinson.

Pacaud's plans for conversion, involved the installation of a dividing floor. But, despite the Church Commissioners' discontent, the build project went ahead.

The images found show this development in full flow and include pictures of a visit by politicians - including a rather young looking Kenneth Clarke - to see first hand the "Community Initiative" in progress.

Works included:

• Installing the first floor and sprung wooden floor on the ground level
• Repairing many of the windows which had been smashed over the years
• Cleaning the exterior sandstone, using a sandblasting method, to remove graffiti and pollution dirt

However, the costly process meant that many of the works proposed by Pacaud - particularly the developments of the upstairs hall spaces - were eventually abandoned.

Today, Trinity continues to renovate and develop the space to try to avoid any further compromising of the interior and realise this original vision to make a multi-functional community hub.

To view all the images and records connected with this development, visit our online archive

Image found from the 1987 conversion, featuring Tory MP Kenneth Clarke

Following on from last years success Trinity will now be offering a new course in Photography and Graffiti to run alongside the ever popular Music training.

Students can either chose to develop a range of music skills focussing on music production, recording and performance or develop visual skills through photography and graffiti.

All our courses are led by experienced practitioners and professionals. During the courses students will work towards a certificate in Creative Media Production as well as gaining certificates in Functional Skills and Personal Social Development.

Both courses are FREE to 16-18yr olds who are not already in education, employment or training.

For more information please click here

Hype Juniors have qualified for the regional finals of the Barclays Live Search for the best dance act 2010 - now they need your help to win. To vote for Hype Juniors, simply Click here to vote - go to this link and vote as much as you can!

Voting closes on 13 September so get voting now to make sure our local troupe are crowned the Barclays Live Champion 2010!

We are currently running FREE open studio sessions for young people in the community aged 13-21yrs.

The sessions, run from Wednesday 14th July-28 September 2010, giving two people each week the chance to spend half a day with our Studio Technician Rory.

If you are a young person with an interest in music,this is a great opportunity for you to learn a little more about music production, MCing and vocal recording in a professional studio environment without the usual associated costs.

Anyone interested please contact studio@3ca.org.uk or come into the Trinity Office Monday-Wednesday 9am-5pm to register your interest with Ravel, our Youth Outreach Worker. Additionally, the studio is now available for general hire - with the perfect blend of digital processing and analogue recording capabilities, the studio provides a relaxed environment conducive to creative thought - whether you are a vocalist, producer or musician. Ongoing improvements to the studio include the capability to record & master using the industry standard Logic 9 and a range of soft synths for digital music production or live recordings, with the expert guidance of our in house Sound Engineer, Alex.

Highly competitive daily rates start at £100 – anyone interested please contact studio@3ca.org.uk with your requirements and we will get back to you!

Hype Dance are looking for more dancers ages 5-10 years to join this amazing Urban Dance troupe. The groups perform across the city and beyond and have a string of awards and successes under their belts. Please come down to the LIL HYPE session every Wednesday at Trinity 6pm-7pm, price £3.50 - free for their 1st session. Hope to see you there!

Hype Successes to Date

1st place at Disney Dance Camp 2010

4th out of 27 groups at the I Hip Hop UK Championships 2009

1st place at Southern Street Dance Championships and Welsh Street Dance Championships in 2008, 2nd place in 2009 and 5th place at the Worlds Event

UK winners 2008 at Southern Nation - Idol

Opening acts for Neyo and Ginuwine at club events

Official Entertainment for Avon & Somerset Constabulary's Battle Of The Bands 2010

Notting Hill Carnival winners 2006 and 2007

The official street dance group to open Cabot Circus Shopping Centre 2008