Discuss the latest events in the Labour leadership campaign, meet fellow Momentum members to establish how best to support Jeremy Corbyn and to build a movement that can deliver an inspired and inclusive society and economy that leaves no one left behind.
Stalls showcasing Momentum Bristol subgroups on Art/design, Digital, Write, Live!, Economy, Environment, Housing, Work, Education, Health, Transport and others will be on display from 7pm, do come and meet people active in these areas and consider joining.
Also The World Transformed www.theworldtransformed.org is a national celebration of politics, art, music, culture and community alongside the Labour Conference in Liverpool on 24-28 Sep, and Momentum are planning a Bristol contingent – come and see how you can get involved.
Attendance is free - donations gratefully received - tickets available from
Event hosted by Momentum. Trinity Community Arts is a registered charity with no religious or political affiliation. The Trinity Centre is an inclusive space for all and the events we host do not necessarily represent or endorse the views of Trinity Community Arts, the Trinity Team, or other contributors to this site.
]]>Presented by Diverse City and Bristol City Council, Doing Things Differently is a new festival coming to Bristol that takes a playful look at experiencing, learning and doing something different. In September audiences will be able to see shows from a range of performing companies. A playful look at doing something different this autumn…
Doing Things Differently is about celebrating, learning and talking about equality in the arts. Experience great shows from a range of performing companies, including Weighting from the UK’s integrated professional circus company, Extraordinary Bodies in Castle Park.
Our strap-line 'A Centre for the people' came directly from our experience of facilitating and supporting 'communities' regardless of age, gender, sexuality ethnicity, income & ability such as theatre group the Misfits and their monthly Rhythm of The Night accessible disco. As well as providing a carefully managed and lovingly maintained spaces, we support groups which, with a little additional support, can expand their activities to something extraordinary. As part of the festival Misfits have partnered with Funky Llama, all the way from Plymouth to bring an alternative version of this ever popular event.
On Friday 16 we invite you to an intimate performance of On the Edge of Me in which the voice of one actress echoes the struggles of an entire generation of people facing unemployment, anxiety and depression...a solo dark comedy about the life of recent graduate, Remi, who confronts life as she knows it.“Brilliant, poignant and touching.’”
That same night we will also be hosting “one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film”. From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo, comes Benda Billi, five years in the making which follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album. Hailed as the new Buena Vista Social Club, “Benda Billi is an inspirational, infectious, hilarious and life-affirming story of a dream that becomes reality”.
As this is a festival of doing as much as watching and learning we are pleased to be hosting Cardboard Citizens as they bring their celebrated 2 day workshop How to use Forum Theatre as a tool for social change with communities. This training is ideal for Arts and Social Sector practitioners who want to develop their practice to support working with disengaged groups from an organisation which has been making life-changing theatre with and for homeless people and disengaged groups for 25 years.
]]>The Regency Group are based in Weston-Super-Mare and support and promote many local charities
The Notes for Notes Appeal aims to raise £20,000 towards the £1/2 million cost of essential conservation repairs to the 187 year old Grade II* listed Trinity Centre
The donation will help secure the Centre for the future of Trinity Community Arts and help conserve the heritage of the building
The Trinity Centre is an important Grade II* listed building, which retains significant townscape value in the context of Old Market Conservation Area, defined as "an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance."
Since forming in 2003, TCA have been carrying out a phased programme of capital repair and redevelopment works, in order to renovate the historic asset and conserve it for future generations. We are approximately 1/3 of the way through the capital works programme and have invested over £1m with support from public funding.
The development and improvement of the premises, to maximise community benefit and potential revenue to ensure sustainability for any group running the space, has been a vision for many since as early as 1976.
The space has had several periods of significant investment, including the construction of an intermediate concrete floor and replacement of several windows by Bristol City Council between 1987-1991.
Ambitions to conserve the building and develop the space as a hub for community, arts, youth and education activities can be seen in Bristol City Council's business plan for the Centre from 1989, which related to the installation of the existing second floor and proposals to install a mezzanine to create additional training spaces.
Due to the complicated nature of the 1987 church conversion, the severity of dereliction and subsequent degradation, the building still remained in need of renovation and development.
TCA's board and management have worked in line with some of these past visions for the Centre and have also embarked on several consultation exercises to explore how Trinity could best meet local needs and desires.
Previous works included introducing a lift, training rooms and accessible WCs to help improve access to community training resources on the first floor. Our facilities team have also worked to carry out maintenance and repair works supported by small grants funding from groups such as landfill trusts and our own income generation.
Recently completed phases, 2013-2014, include a repair works scheme to the South Aisle lead roof funded by Historic England (formerly English Heritage) and match funders and a development works programme to bring the upstairs hall space into use, funded by Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities Buildings and match funders.
With building of Trinity's size and importance, there is still much investment needed to realise the full extent of this facility.
In 2016 we commenced a year-long development phase funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, to carry out a scheme of repair and conservation works at the Trinity Centre in 2017.
The Trinity Centre is a deconsecrated Georgian church, now a community centre, brought back into to use by the current management Trinity Community Arts (TCA) in 2004.
The space was deconsecrated in 1976 and has been run by community groups for the past four decades. Protected by a covenant that says it is only to be used for community purposes, it was a base for the African-Caribbean Community and is still strongly connected with the constantly evolving ethnic landscape of the local area.
Since 1992, the building has been a prominent music venue. It has played host to a spectacular role-call of acts, becoming an important landmark in the globally exported 'Bristol Sound'.
The Trinity Centre is a significant iconic space. Built in the Gothic-revival between 1829-1832 it is a Waterloo Church and considered to be one of the finest examples of the work of architects Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson.
The building is situated within one of the most culturally diverse, economically deprived areas of the South West. Race, migration and the changing ethnic landscape have played an important role in the history of Trinity and the surrounding area. East Bristol remains a focal point for migration to the city both domestically and internationally.
Cultural diversity has shaped our community and made it the vibrant and exciting area that it is today. Central and East Bristol is at the heart of the city’s diversity, helping to create a unique cultural and creative environment for everyone to enjoy and benefit from. By renovating and conserving the Trinity Centre, we want to provide an affordable community arts hub for inner-city Bristol in order to make sure everyone has the opportunity to shape arts and culture in Bristol.
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to 70070 to donate to the
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]]>The Scott Arms in Dorset hosted The Strummerjam ‘Jerk Shak’ Garden Party in celebration of the birthday of Joe Strummer - British musician co-founder and lead vocalist of the Clash - and to raise a glass to the late DJ Derek, who sadly passed just over one year ago.
Donations for the raffle came from the Scott Arms, Wilkswood Farm Butchers Shop and Worth Matravers Tearooms. The Hattie Brown Brewery donated a barrel of 'Sweet Memory Ale' and Charlie Newman at the Square and Compass donation of a barrel of 'Johnny Appleseed Cider'. The event raised funds for Sweet Memory Sounds - the legacy set up in memory of DJ Derek by his family and friends, to support good causes that would have been close to his heart.
Funds raised will support Trinity's Youth Music Programme, working with young people who have become disengaged or excluded from mainstream education. Using music, we help young people increase their confidence, skills and abilities and help them to re-engage and get back into learning.
A big thank you to DJ Jack and his family for selling an amazing amount of raffle tickets and for supporting Trinity's youth music programme.
Read more about our work with young people here.
]]>The 21st UK Sacred Harp Convention will take place at the Trinity Centre, Bristol on the 17th and 18th September. Singers from around the world will travel to Bristol to spend two days singing together in uninhibited, full-voiced harmony. It's an experience unlike any other: powerful, moving and unearthly. And anyone can turn up to watch or take part, for free.
Sacred Harp singing is a unique folk tradition dating back to 18th century America, with its roots in many of the different cultures that mixed there. Music publishers drew on folk melodies, sea shanties and popular tunes, and invented new notation systems, to make harmony singing more accessible to ordinary people. Their unique, primitive style was reformed out of the big cities, but survived in the rural American South, where singing families carry on an unbroken tradition to this day. After nearly dying out halfway through the last century, Sacred Harp experienced a revival, spreading back across America, and is now being taken up by people around the world.
Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley are both rumoured to have sung Sacred Harp when they were young. These days, its influence can be found in the music of Sam Amidon, Tim Eriksen, False Lights, Sufjan Stevens and Cath & Phil Tyler. It has been notably featured in the films Cold Mountain and Lawless.
Unlike the choral music most of us are familiar with, there's no focus on polished performance: you sing for your own enjoyment, and for each other. There's no choirmaster, and nobody's going to tell you how to sound. It's as much a social movement as a musical tradition. This year's convention is the first in Bristol, and is a great opportunity to meet and sing with lifelong Sacred Harp singers from the USA. Last year's event in London drew over 160 singers from six countries, and a similar sized crowd is expected this year.
Bristol Sacred Harp meets every Tuesday at the Benjamin Perry Boathouse, Phoenix Wharf, below Redcliffe Parade, from 7 - 9pm. Again, anyone is welcome, it is free to attend, and those with no musical background or confidence are encouraged to come along.
]]>Brining the very first Neosignal Label Night in Bristol featuring:
Phace - DE
Misanthrop - DE
Guests:
Alix Perez
Emperor
Rockwell
Subtle Element
Hosted By
Carasel / Remidy / Twitchee
Sound: L'Acoustics SB18i / Karai Line Array
Projections: Andy Bellenger
Lighting: Twisted Lighting
Supported By: Inkh
laura phillips
georgia gendall
jaf yusuf
anya stewart maggs
mayra martin ganzinotti
opening event friday 2 september 7-10pm
exhibition continues 3-4 september 10-5pm
exhibition events tbc
east bristol contemporary is an artist-led gallery based at The Trinity Centre, Bristol.
ebc seeks to counteract the lack of established showing spaces for grass roots contemporary artists in Bristol, and seeks to establish a unique and diverse programme of exhibitions and events.
we run events for the public including artist talks/tours, workshops, opening events, events for young people, and discussions.
shows run on the first weekend of each month.
@ebcontemporary
Photo: Film Still - Interference
Event hosted by Momentum. Trinity Community Arts is a registered charity with no religious or political affiliation. The Trinity Centre is an inclusive space for all and the events we host do not necessarily represent or endorse the views of Trinity Community Arts, the Trinity Team, or other contributors to this site.
]]>Due to successfully being awarded Arts Council support through the Grants for the Arts funding we are now recruiting for two great Freelance Posts to join our Trinity Team.
We are seeking a freelance Marketing Officer who can work with us to implement our Marketing Strategy, to help raise the profile of the Ignite project, encourage participation and engage audiences in our developing in-house programme.
We are also seeking a freelance Producer who can work with us to implement our Programme Strategy, to help programme and deliver a diverse range of activities and events that reflect our values and respond to our communities and centre users.
We are looking to engage with consultants who are confident, resourceful and creative, who can operate in a busy, changing environment.
Ignite is a year-long project 2016/2017 during which we will implement our Programme Strategy through a series of residencies, workshops and live-performance, featuring up-and-coming artists reflective of Bristol’s diverse communities.
Through an enhanced in-house programme, targeted residencies, commissioning opportunities and bridging activities that foster connectivity between resident creatives and centre users, we will help affect real change in the diversification of arts in Bristol.
Click here to visit the Job Vacancies section of our website for more info.