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This was the first year Trinity programmed the Festival’s dynamic dance stage. We wanted to give a platform to and showcase the work of some of Bristol’s diverse dance communities.

Well done to everyone who performed on the day - everyone smashed it! Big shout out goes to Trinity's resident dance troupe Hype Dance who wowed everyone with their energetic performance.

Well done to everyone who took part. The audience was visibly impressed by the stellar performances and everyone was getting into the positive vibes of the day.

The stage returned to Millennium Square for its second year, with curation this year by Trinity - we were proud to offer the city an incredible programme featuring everything from street dance to swing!

We hope everyone enjoyed our programme - please get in touch with your images and comments from the day!

We're what you make us so get involved! #MaketheSpace.

Image @ Alastair Brooks / KoLAB Studios

Image @ Alastair Brooks / KoLAB Studios

Image @ Alastair Brooks / KoLAB Studios

Young performers from the Making Tracks project took part in a showcase slot at this year’s Bristol Harbour Festival.

A total of six artists performed in just over an hour as part of the Trinity curated, ‘Bristol Dances’ stage located in Millennium Square. These included: Delocx (ACE) Miss Tee (Trinity) Kevin McKechnie (Trinity) Sam Neal (Trinity) Xyzelle (ACE) Chel (ACE)

This year’s youth music performances proved to be a resounding success and we are all really proud of all our young people who took part. Each artist brought their own unique style and flair to the occasion.

Delocx performed 3 original streetwise hip-hop tracks engaging the crowd with confident stage banter and swagger all topped off with thought provoking lyrical content.

Miss Tee performed 2 original tracks produced at Trinity. Although she was admittedly / visibly nervous Miss Tee managed to keep her composure and the crowd were right behind her all the way.

Kev McKechnie came out and proved his soulful pop voice could win over any crowd as he belted out 2 classics from Lewis Capaldi (Hold Me While You Wait) and John Legend (All of Me).

Trinity Youth Ambassador, Sam Neal wowed the ever growing crowd with a total of 4 songs. 3 original tracks and 1 cover, ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis. His strummed acoustic singer songwriter stylings certainly managed to get toes tapping and heads nodding.

Xyzelle performed 2 original tracks which proved to be a hit with the audience as the bass drops got heavy and the sass levels rocketed.

Chel finished off a triumphant hour of music by performing 2 uptempo original tracks that had the crowd moving to the perfect blend of summer beats and pop hooks.

Well done to you all - you smashed it!

Special thanks to Roseanna, Liz and Alexa at Trinity and all the crew for providing our young people the opportunity to perform on the ‘Bristol Dances’ and ensuring the smooth running of an absolutely fantastic event!

Making Tracks is a Youth Music funded collaborative partnership project between Trinity, ACE and Basement.

Line up:

DLR / Sofa Sound Bristol
Ulterior Motive
Kid Drama
The Sauce (world exclusive debut set)
Nuvaman
MC Gusto
MC Fokus

Of course we have the incredible Sinai Sound System providing the nose hair tickling, bone rattling sound.

Join FIGHT KLUB® Master Trainer Mitch Harper alongside DnB DJ – DJ Crabby for two hours of FIGHT KLUB®’s World Famous Fitness Concepts.

Bristol Caribbean Community Enterprise Group had debts of more than £100,000.

Midland Bank was the company's biggest creditor, but the Inland Revenue (who was owed £23,000) brought legal action.

Its Chairman at the time (from November 1983), Mr Richard Davis, said in Venue no.70:

"We had several months' work to do on improving the appearance of the place...it's tragic and we feel very bad about it all."

He believed they could turn their losses around but needed to overcome the drawbacks (like the gravestones outside the road widening and the state of the building) which were thought responsible for people's reluctance to use the place: "We inherited a lot of problems. It's been a long, hard slog and it seems everything's been against us."

Centre Manager, Fitzroy De Freitas was accused of stealing money and running away to Jamaica. It transpired that he was actually living at his sister's house in Clevedon, penniless, with massive loans out on his former property due to Trinity. Sadly, the rumours stuck anyway.

I am absolutely mortified that our venue created such bad experiences for individuals from the LGBTQ+ community who were coming here to celebrate, find joy and make memories together.

I want people who come to Trinity to feel safe, supported and empowered so I feel sick to my stomach reading these statements. This just is not the venue that I have worked to create and I am sorry that our venue wasn’t the safe space it should have been and that we let the community down.

It’s not acceptable for anyone to be made to feel dis-empowered but even more so on this occasion, when we are celebrating Pride together. A community that have had to fight for the right to be respected and heard should not now be having to take this fight to Trinity.

Trinity is yours, not mine. I am just a caretaker for a building. I, the board and the core staff team here are devastated that this has happened to individuals from the LGBTQ+ community. We understand the severity and impact these experiences have had and we are working today to take direct action with all staff and security involved.

Please, if you do want to talk to me about your experiences, I can be contacted in person on 07517 427 557. I am available in the office all week if anyone wants to come in to talk with me in person – Tuesday all day, Wednesday all day and Thurs/Fri AM. I will do everything within my power to put this right in the hope that we can earn trust back again and so that the LGBTQ+ community might once again feel safe at Trinity.

Emma Harvey, CEO

Actions so far

Updated 16/07/19

We have met with the person who experienced sexual harassment and representatives from Thorny to involve them in shaping the actions we are taking. As members of Bristol Night Watch, we have also been liaising with them. It seems clear that there is a wider issue in the city in relation to a shortage of suitable staff for late night events.

This leads to inexperienced bank staff being used in venues during key events. The security guards usually sent to our venue were working for Pride this weekend.

As a result we were sent different guards who were unfamiliar with the venue (though this is no excuse their poor behaviour).

We have taken several immediate steps:

• disciplinary action with the member of Trinity staff involved, removing them with immediate effect from any future events
• meeting with our security company; the three guards involved were immediately dismissed
• we have been in communication with Bristol Night Watch and the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) who are in communication with SIA regarding the incident with a view to take follow up action in relation to the individuals involved (revoke badges/retraining).

Next steps

• further review and re-training needs to be carried out at Trinity. This will be something that we will involve Thorny in, to ensure that we are creating structures and processes that ensure people are kept safe and respected at our venue
• we will be conducting a full security tender process and will be interviewing teams with the view of appointing a company that is able to respect and uphold our values and policies
• all Trinity staff attending events will be much more clearly identifiable to members of the public i.e. to wear lanyards identifying them as staff with increased representation and presence at key events such as Thorny
• Emma Harvey, CEO will be attending How Do We Halt Harassment? event at The Loco Klub to help contribute to the wider discussions and solutions being developed in response to the shared challenges we face as the venues, promoters and communities of Bristol’s night-life.

This is an ongoing process therefore we welcome any other suggestions and input from members of the community and those who have been affected by the incidents that took place.

The concert finished prematurely after Curtis suffered a seizure.

The remaining members reformed and performed at Trinity under the name by which they were enjoy continual success New Order, Friday 27 March 1981.

As testament to its reputation for the rebel punk music, Trinity hosted Bristol's first festival of punk in 1981.

Nick Fyfe epitomised the indomitable spirit that led to Trinity's reopening.

Nick Fyfe joined the campaign whilst managing a full time business building skate parks across the South West.

He had for many years combined his successful business career with active involvement in local voluntary sector.

Nick brought a vast reservoir of experience and skill to the 'Save Trinity' campaign.

Former business partner, friend and Trinity colleague Matthew Hewitt describes Nick's key contribution to the campaign:

“Nick was so good at writing documents. In half an hour he could write a two page A4 document of several thousand words and it would all make sense. Nick prepared the meticulous cash flows, business plans, and letters underpinning the campaign that were edited and reworked by the core campaign group. Armed with these documents the eclectic group presented 'a professional image' to the Council. Having secured the lease the team subsequently learnt from an informal Council source that Trinity's bid was by far the most professional and the most well thought out.”

Nick's commitment to Trinity persisted after the lease was secured. Despite 'hard graft' on the skate park he committed his time and energy to supporting the organisation. Combining long demanding hours on site with managing Trinity may have damaged his health. Matt reflects:

“I didn't see that he was passing away because he was getting weaker and weaker. He'd had pneumonia not got over it and..he was just such a stunning character none even thought that he was near checking out..He worked on site, a building site right up to the day he died. I had a phone call from him an hour before he died saying “Matthew I'm gonna drive to Trinity can you take me somewhere when I get there. A day later his son phoned me and said he died about the same time he phoned me. He was just not going to give up...”

Our upstairs 'Fyfe Hall', was named such in memory of Nick Fyfe, one of the founding directors of Trinity Community Arts. A plaque on the downstairs north wall, has also been installed in memory.

All workshop slots have been filled by people that came in 2018/people that applied in 2018 so there will be no teacher applications this year.  Back next year.

HOOP Workshop Teachers:

• AlbinoPlant
• Emma Kenna
• Sky Flow Artist
• Catherine Jameson
• Lisa Ellipse & Callum Baker
• Michelle Verhoeks
• Kathrin Wagner
• Lila Chupa-Hoops (also teaching Fans)
• Cla Ra
• Andeli Zumbühl-Baur
• Reni Hardmeier
• Kristin Lahoop
• Amber Pamba
• Peter Welters
• Kerry Suzie Sudbury
• Danielle LeeLady Jennifer
• Hooping Mad Advanced Teacher Training (ATT 1)
• Hooping Mad Advanced Teacher Training  (ATT 2)

NON HOOP workshops:

• Ukulele with Emma Kenna
• Face paint for performance with Project Pixie Face & Body Art
• Horny Workshop with Nicola Hall
• Pimp your Visor with Stacey Nickel
• Crash course in Marketing with Lyndsay Hooper
• Shoulder Pads with Christo Phillm
• Tutus with Sara Vecchiori
• Knitting and Crochet with Suzi Purdie
• Yoga with Regine Mowill
• Fans with Lila Chupa-Hoops
• Poi with Kay Dent
• Handstands & Stretch sessions with Jennifer Street

Plus 2 massive shows with performances from many of the teachers and some special guests :)

All the info will be on the website soon but the tickets page is online: http://swhoop.hoopingmad.co.uk/tickets

If you're interested in having fun on roller-skates, then you have come to the right place!

Don't worry if you can't skate or don't have your own skates, we have got loads of skates available and our lovely Roller Boys & Girls will help you round if your a bit wobbly on your wheels... And if it all gets too much, then you can just chill out and get a large drink to get over the experience!

Expect a mixture of DJ's bringing you lots of energy and good sounds, with also live acts and entertainment to just complete your roller-disco night.

Please note roller-skating is at your own risk!

Adults including Skate Hire - £10 adv / £12 on the door
Got your own Skates - £8

Or, you can pay on the door, but to avoid disappointment if this event sells out...get a ticket!

Strictly over 18's (bar open all night), last entry 1am.

Following the liquidation of the New Trinity Community Association in 2001, Bristol City Council held a tendering process for the future management of The Trinity Centre. Shifting funds away from community centres and towards 'Millennium Projects' coupled with a series of financial problems, forced Trinity to close once again in 2000, shutting its doors for what seemed to be the last time.

Enquiries were made from a variety of community and commercial developers and seven applications for new use were made. This included an application from the Avon & Somerset Constabulary to turn the building into a police training centre.

Others who submitted Expressions of Interest included: Travelling Light, the Bristol Festival of Dance, Undercover Rock (now happily housed in another converted church in St Werburghs), SARI and a Church group, as well as the 'Save Trinity' campaign.

The Save Trinity Campaign

A group of budding social-entrepreneurs launched the Save Trinity Campaign to get the Centre back into the hands of the local community. Following this, Trinity Community Arts Ltd (TCA) was officially constituted in 2002 and set out to develop plans for the Trinity Centre as a creative hub for East Bristol.

The group submitted an Expression of Interest, which outlined how they would encourage partnership with other local community and arts organisations and provide subsidised space to maximise the breadth of activities on offer. This was perhaps the most compelling case made, as, whilst other bidders represented specific communities of interest, TCA was able to provide a diverse community and cultural offer, as well as working alongside others to make full use of the space.

TCA's subsequent application for community asset transfer was successful and the group secured a short-term lease of Trinity Centre in 2003. The building was re-opened on 1 October 2004 as a community arts centre.

With a strong focus on training and outreach, TCA works with a range of community groups, arts organisations and individuals to provide a lively and varied activities and events programme for the City of Bristol.

• April 1927 - The original bells and fittings, which had been removed for scrap metaling were replaced with new ones
• March 15-16 1941 - The church was hit by an incendiary device causing damage to trusses, which were repaired in September of the same year
• 24 July 1946 - The Church received payment from the War Damages Commission.

The last marriage service was held in the Holy Trinity Church - the marriage of William J.J. Ballard to Jane H. Dix.

This was the last recorded in Trinity's marriage certificate stubs (no. 427). This was also confirmed in a small evening post article on the same day.

A 'service of praise' is recorded on 14 March, which may in fact have been Holy Trinity's last official service. On 28 March the final service recorded in Holy Trinity's service register was taken by Terence Kelshaw.  There was a morning and an evening service on this day - Mothering Sunday, though the service may have been held at Easton Family Centre due to the Church's closure.

With the final hymn ringing around the almost vacant pews of Holy Trinity, a praise song and a funeral rite calling time on a church once described as 'the Cathedral of the East'.

The music that followed could not have been more different...