Your customers are the centre of your business, and our community is the centre of our work at Trinity.

We welcome involvement from corporate partners to support our charitable work.

Our corporate partners get involved in a variety of ways, including donating time, expertise and funding so that we can do more for our communities. Check out this case study of corporate partners GL Hearn who took part in a volunteer garden day to create a new polytunnel for our community gardening programme.

We can offer corporate partners access to the diverse audiences who interact with our building, exciting volunteering opportunities for your staff, free tickets to shows and visible brand recognition opportunities. A partnership with Trinity offers businesses the perfect opportunity to grow your brand recognition and loyalty with the people of Bristol, and fun and unique volunteering day for your team.

We would love to work with you and have a flexible approach to building partnerships. For more information please contact us or download our Corporate Volunteering pack here.

"I was expelled from my college course at Circomedia when I was 16 because of my poor participation, which was mainly due to my crippling anxiety and non-existent confidence.

I found out about Trinity's courses for young people online and signed up for some free classes and workshops as part of the 2007 Bristol Sound Project led by Nick Young. I took part in a mixing class with Souljah Clique, a scratching class with Dutty Girl, amazing singing workshops with the fantastically talented Kizzy Morrell from Studio 7, theatre sessions with director Dave Lovatt and a graffiti workshop with Bristol street-artist Silent Hobo.

I then went on to re-do the college course at Circomedia I was expelled from and received a triple distinction.

After one year of their professional course I went on to study at a well known circus school in Montpellier, France, where I had wanted to go for years. I've been working with a circus in France and now plan on coming back to Bristol to continue training and hopefully spend some time volunteering at the place which helped me gain my confidence.

The Trinity Centre is a truly unique organisation filled with talented people driven to encourage young aspiring creatives and support those who need it. My time there was special and even as a lost moody teenager I didn't feel judged or belittled - totally the opposite. I can't recommend their courses enough."

Each year Trinity works with 60 young people from challenging circumstances across our learning programme and activities. We work with young people who have fallen out of education, helping them to can gain confidence, develop skills and find routes back into education or employment.

If you would like to support our work with young people, visit our Just Giving page or text TYTP99 £[the amount you want to donate] to 70070 to donate to the Trinity Youth Training Project today.

Aims

• To get new ideas off the ground
• To help community groups develop and grow
• To provide a wider range of services for our local community
• To support activities that promote social cohesion and inclusion
• To promote and foster partnerships between groups

Who is it for?

• Local, community, charity and voluntary organisations running a free public event or activity
• Individuals who are looking to establish a new community project or activity
• In order to qualify for the scheme your organisation must be a Member and pay the standard annual membership fee (£10 concessions / £20 individuals / £50 groups & organisations) - click here for details about Membership

What space is available?

• Main Hall, Fyfe Hall, Graffiti Room, Meeting Room and/or Garden

TCI subsidises the use of the space only. If you have any other requirements, like equipment (PA, projector, screen) or refreshments, this may incur a fee. See space hire for more information on rates.

How long can an activity run for?

• It will depend on what you're doing, our availability and the demand from other groups wishing to benefit from the scheme*.
• If we need to change your booking, we’ll give as much notice as possible, and try to find other suitable spaces or dates

*Access to TCI is cap at 24 hrs per year. Concessionary rates apply after cap.

How to apply?

Please send us a brief proposal (no more than two pages) outlining:

• An introduction to you/your organisation's mission/purpose
• What activity you’d like to run, and who it’s for
• What space/s you would like to use
• The best dates and times for your activity – if known (including set up and take down times)
• Any other information in support of your proposal

Email your proposal to info@trinitybristol.org.uk with the subject header 'TCI proposal'.

If your proposal is successful, we ask that you become a Trinity Member and to publicly acknowledge Trinity's support by including our logo in all your publicity (i.e. flyers, posters, website).

Please note that in order to overcome any issues surrounding liability to TCA, we request groups a 'peppercorn fee' of £1 for the duration of the activity.

If you love Cash you cannot afford to miss this great show.

As an alternative licensed wedding venue for Civil Marriages and Civil Partnerships, we hope to attract those who want to stand out from the crowd.

We have affordable indoor and outdoor pitches for venues, photographers, caterers, bakers, florists, décor specialists, illustrators, card makers - or something completely different!

Stall-holder fees range between £25-£60 dependant on business size/type. If you are interested in booking a stall or would like to find out more, please contact the office on 01179351200 or email info@3ca.org.uk

We're also inviting musicians and bands interested in being booked for weddings to come along and perform live on the day. You don't have to pay, just book a slot and come along to perform live on the day to our audience. To find our more, get in touch via the details above.

Click here for more information about the event.

Deadline for booking, Sunday 1 March 2015.

Explore stallholders from the south west providing local, alternative and affordable wedding venues,vehicles, decor, flowers, photographers, invitations, food, cakes and more.

We'll also have a range of Bristol musicians performing to provide an entertaining backdrop and you can even book them for your special day!

So if you're looking to make your wedding a day to remember, come and join us for a wedding fayre with a difference.

Book via EventBrite to receive your free glass of bubbly on arrival (1 ticket = 1 couple)

More info about stallholders coming soon!

The day is split into three sections (11am–1pm, 1pm–3pm and 3pm–6pm) and you can attend as much as you like, from a single session to a whole day. Just be sure to book onto the workshops.

Workshops with:

• Helen Wilson in contemporary dance – a Bristol based dancer who runs RISE youth dance company

• Dance Voice – using therapeutic dance practice to support people in the health sector

• Kieran Warner – hip hop class with international battle regular and Battle Royale producer

• Merville Jones – YDA contemporary class to give an idea of further education dance training through the Swindon Dance programme

Discussions on various topics with industry including:

• Working in contemporary dance

• Working in Hip Hop

• Working within health and community dance practice

• Further and Higher Education progression routes

Performances from:

• Bristol City College Foundation Dance Degree

• RISE Bristol youth dance company

• Swindon Youth Dance company

• Bath Spa University degree students

• Youth Choreographer’s South West programme

The workshop will encompass creative movement and dance, sound and rhythm and group discussions around the project central themes Touch Connection and Community.

The workshop is open to movers and non-movers so if you would like to bring friends or family that are interested in the project please encourage them to come along!

There will be a break for tea and cake and we invite you to bring an object that you like to touch and are happy to share with the group.

Please note, participants may be recorded for documentation purposes and towards audio material for the film and live work.

We recommend that you wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing and participate in the workshop in bare-feet or supportive, comfortable footwear.

The workshop is a free event. However, we do welcome your donations to further support the project research and development.

To book your place, please contact Project Producer Katherine Hall: klhall90@gmail.com

Image © Paul Blakemore 2014

But, if you've been to a gig, roller disco or a dance session, you might have found yourself getting a little hot under the collar!

With over 40,000 centre users, of which 25,000 are gig-goers alone, enjoying live-music and dance events hosted at Trinity each year, that's a lot of sweaty bodies to cool down.

Like you, we want to Make Trinity COOLER!

We need your support in raising funds to improve the hall by installing a new air-extract system in our main hall space. We're asking you to give what you can, so that we can make the centre a nicer place for everyone, as well as helping to make Trinity more sustainable.

“We currently run a weekly elderly support group at the Trinity Centre...without this resource we would have nowhere to go” Awaz Utaoh, Asian Women's Group

About Trinity

Trinity is a cultural hub for the city where people can come together and get involved in the arts. Our mission is to make sure everyone is able to access and shape arts and culture in Bristol.

The Trinity Centre is used by over 40,000 people each year, across our range of activities and events. This includes:

• 7,674 participants in our community activities - such as community hires, dance groups, across 12,214 unique visits
• 730 people participating across the life of the our Garden, Arts West Side and Vice & Virtue Projects
• 41 young people across our youth training activities and youth music
• 53 volunteers each year across our programme and projects

Our Trinity Community Initiative (TCI) provides over 1000 hours of free or subsidised space hire each year, so that community and grass-roots groups, who may otherwise not be able to afford space, are able to run their projects, meetings and events. Click here to find out more about the charity.

How you can help

Text HOTT65 £[the amount you want to donate] to 70070 to donate to MAKE TRINITY COOLER or visit our Just Giving Appeal Page to make a donation.

Thank YOU!

Trinity Community Arts

Registered Charity Number 1144770 Registered Company Number 4372577

Coming at you live and direct from east-central Bristol, just 13 days before the 2015 British General Election & local elections, we are pleased to invite you to the 7th Bristol Anarchist Bookfair – and there wont be a single lying, corrupt, austerity-enforcing, media-spinning politician in sight.

We’ll bring you probably Bristol’s largest, free, open to the public, political event in the month before the election. The Bookfair will include – 2 halls filled with stalls from local campaigns & groups to national anarchist distros & publishers; workshops & meetings to discuss & debate the key issues; the Radical History Zone down the road at Hydra Bookshop; activities in Trinity Garden’s outdoor permaculture green space; an outdoor Soap-Box for Ranters; a quality vegan cafe; an indoor kids space; and a few surprises too! There will be an After-Party nearby later in the evening too.

Hear local stories and find out more about Bristol 2015’s Neighbourhood Arts Programme.

For more information email nap@bristol2015.co.uk or call us on 0117 379 0115

2014 saw more than 60 sessions ran by 26 volunteers as part of the project, from weekly writing groups, women lunch clubs, art collectives meetings and workshops to creative play sessions for children as well as healthy eating sessions and exhibitions. Over 230 participants have been involved in our activities this year.

The project has created new partnerships with local organisations like Parents4Play, Children's Scrapstore, Trinity Community Garden and University of West England (UWE). Trough the project we have also been able to support the Bristol Somali Youth Network, who now call Arts West Side home.

Sarah finished her post in October and left successful pilot partnership activities in place, like the Art Café for over 55's in partnership with LinkAge and UWE as well as Creativity Makes me Happy for people with learning difficulties, in partnership with Stepping Out. Both activities ran weekly from October until December 2014 and we look forward to continuing both projects in 2015.

This year we also welcomed our new tenants, Phase 8 Photography and The Good Roots Café.

Get in touch if you have an idea or project you would like to test out at Arts West Side. Email westside@3ca.org.uk - or next time you are down Old Market, come in say hello!

My Life; My story: The inspirational no holds barred life story of the nation's most heroic figure

It was the conflict of a generation and one that many people will never forget. On the 2nd of April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands with the aim of recapturing them through a claim that they had inherited the islands from Spain in the 1800's.

The Islands, which had been in control of Great Britain for nearly 150 years, became a battle ground and the UK Government were quick to defend both the Islands and it's inhabitants. What was to follow saw 655 Argentine Soldiers and 255 British Serviceman slain.

Amongst those who were sent to the conflict was Simon Weston OBE.

In one of the most horrific moments of the conflict the HMS Sir Galahad was bombed by two Argentine planes, aboard at the time was Simon. This was a event which would change his life forever. Eventually, and against the odds, Simon escaped the burning and buckled ship, but only after suffering 46% burns to his body. Today he has become one of the most recognised faces of the conflict and for the first time ever Simon is taking to the stage to tell his no holds barred story.

Guiding him from that fateful day to current times is David Fitzgerald. Former Sky News Anchor and close Friend. There will be highs and lows, and questions that only David can ask, with answers only Simon can give, but the shocking truth of the conflict, that day, and the years that followed will be shared.

The show, created and produced by Devon Based BIB Productions LTD is continuing its preview tour by visiting Bristol’s very own Trinity Centre on Sunday 18th January.

Tickets start from £14.50 with special rates available for services personnel, students and over 60’s and are available on line or in person from Bristol Ticket Shop.

Simon Weston; My Life, My Story is a truly inspirational show about one man's journey from the front line of war, being on the edge of death, to today being a happy and contented Father, Grandfather and national treasure.

We will do this by:

• Implementing energy saving initiatives, as detailed in our Green Audit
• Identifying a strategy for delivering a Solar PV installation
• Support the local community to participate in the Bristol Green Capital year
• Provide a venue for Green Capital events

Following the recommendations of the green audit undertaken by UWE graduates in 2014 year, we have set short and long term goals to make our Grade II* listed building and charity more ecologically sound.

Short term goals have already been set in motion, such as the switch from traditional lighting LED lights in all our halls, workspaces and outdoor spaces and switching to a green energy provider. The Trinity Centre has an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C - considerably higher than similar historic buildings, which have an average rating of D. Recent installation of a new boiler and Building Management System (BMS) system, insulation works to the loft alongside the LED lighting has led to a very good rating being achieved for the style of building.

Other actions such as staff training and public awareness are an on going commitment. We are encouraging our visitors to show a positive attitude towards keeping green, such as having recycling points. Through leading by example, we hope to increase local people’s awareness of what can be done. These actions will be combined with workshops and activities around recycling, permaculture and keeping green Trinity will continue to work within the community to build awareness around green issues.

Long term we aim to install solar panels on the premises and implement ongoing improvements within the building to reduce energy loss. We are seeking funding to become more self-sustainable and use less energy within the building. One example of this would be our goal to replace the acrylic coverings to the original stain glass windows with double glazing, to help better insulate the building.

As well as directly developing the building Trinity aims to develop new and improve existing projects based around sustainability and keeping green. We plan to do this by continually supporting and working with local art projects such as Litterati who held a week's residence in 2014 at Trinity. The project was a culmination of local artists running free daily workshops for young people based around the idea of re-using items that would be traditionally seen as rubbish. This project educated young people about the amount of waste that is produced as well as ways to re-use and prevent so much waste.

We will continue to support 'green' or 'eco' themed conferences and workshops held within the venue offering advice about local resources such as catering and transport links in addition to offering a discounted rate for charities and non-profit green organisations.

We will also evolve our own projects, investing more time into supporting flagship projects such as our Garden Project and Arts West Side. As part of the Bristol 2015 programme we will be delivering the 'Grow It...Cook it...Eat It!' project, to educate, support and involve people within the community in the Green Capital agenda, targeting hard to reach groups as well as the wider community.

Keep an eye out on our website to find out more about this and other projects!