''I am a member of Trinity Walking group and have been with them for a few months. I have enjoyed the walks not been on all of them but I do when I can. I was introduced to the walking group while I was in hospital.

I suffer from mental health conditions and wanted to do something to make friends and keep active after I left the hospital. The hospital arranged a meeting here at Trinity and I came after a phone call and have been going ever since.

Due to losing friends after leaving work and neighbours passing away or moving, I have felt lonely for a long while.

Ever since I have joined this group I am developing friendships and have felt a lot better.

Not only do I get the enjoyment of of walking and the exercise that comes with it, I explore new places and visit places that has a strong family history.

It would be nice to have some more female walkers, as we are mainly men, but at the same time it's nice to walk with new people and develop friendships. During the walk we stop of somewhere and have a cup of tea and a chat. Its good for my well being.

Living on my own I sometimes get a bit lonely and this walking group has given me something to look forward to and the confidence to meet new people else where.''

Trinity runs several walking group activities, involving people from a range of ages and abilities. Click here, if you are interested in joining the Trinity Walking Group, or taking part in our other Trinity Community Garden activities.

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Venue Accessibility

The venue is accessible on both floors.

People with disabilities can arrange for priority entry by contacting us in advance.

The stage is 1m high.

The hall floor has level access to all areas creating good sight lines throughout the venue and good visibility depending on crowd density.

We have a viewing area (floor level), house-right for wheelchair users and those who require seating.

The smoking area is wheelchair accessible.

Accessible toilets are located on both floors and a radar key system is in place. A radar key can be borrowed from the duty manager for the duration of the event you are attending.

We do not have an accessible bar yet; We can provide bartender service assistance upon request.

Seating

Most live music events are standing room only, unless otherwise stated.

Limited seating may be provided upon request.

We do not have a viewing platform but we can arrange a seat in our viewing area, at floor-level house-right.

Seating arrangements for theatre and dance performances vary.

Guide dogs

As a public space, guide dogs and personal assistance dogs are always permitted at Trinity.

Please be advised, the volume of music at live music events and club nights can reach continuous sound levels max 107db / peak level max 140db. As this could pose harm to your dog's hearing, we recommend seeking advice from your guide-dog school.

We also offer personal assistant tickets for all events.

Personal assistant tickets

We have a 2 for 1 Ticket Policy for personal assistants.

Please contact us to arrange a personal assistant ticket, providing one of the following documents, along with proof of your ticket purchase:

. Access Card or equivalent with a +1 symbol.

. Front page of DLA/PIP (no specific rate required).

. Front page of Attendance Allowance letter (no specific rate required).

. Evidence that registered severely sight impaired (blind).

Performers' accessibility

Trinity has a mobile accessible lift to enable wheelchair users and other users with mobility issues to access our Main Stage.

Users who would like to access the stage via our lift should speak to their Events Organiser as part of the bookings process.

Deaf & visually impaired users

Currently we do not have an Induction Loop.

Visually impaired customers, deaf or hard of hearing customers are welcome to stand at the front of the event and we can make security are aware of individual requirements.

People with photosensitive epilepsy

Some events use strobe and flashing lighting. Get in touch if you have any questions

Parking at Trinity

There are four accessible parking bays located next to the daytime entrance, which are situated on the left-hand side of the building.

Please note our Car Park in managed by Car Flow and an ANPR system and charges apply for all people parking at Trinity, including Blue Badge holders.

There is a 10 minute grace-period for drop-off /pick-up access.

There is free on street parking available for Blue Badge Holders within a 50yd radius of Trinity including areas of Stapleton Road and Old Market.

You can find out more about Bristol City Council’s rules on Blue Badge parking on their website here.

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Trinity is proud to have achieved Bronze status in line with Attitude is Everything's Venue and Festival Charter of Best Practice.

Click here for more information about access.

Trinity operates a CTV system across the site, used for maintaining public safety, the security of property and premises and for preventing and investigating crime.

Our system is owned and managed by the Trinity Community Arts Ltd and operated by Trinity Facilities Team.  The responsible manager is the Facilities Coordinator.

CCTV at Trinity

Cameras are located at strategic points throughout the site, principally at entrance and exit points and public spaces.

Signage is placed at site entry points to inform staff, visitors and members of the public that a CCTV installation is in use.

Our CCTV system is registered with the Information Commissioner.

Storage

CCTV is stored securely with restricted access and only retained for a limited period.

Disclosure

Trinity will only disclose CCTV images to the following sources in the following instances -

Crime

• Law enforcement agencies to assist in a specific criminal enquiry
• Prosecution agencies and relevant legal representatives
• The media, where approved by the above agents, in relation to a specific criminal incident

If you are investigating a crime, please contact us via info@3ca.org.uk / 0117 935 1200 or visit the Office.

Personal data

• People whose images have been recorded and retained can make a request to see this data - please see our Privacy Policy for information about how to make a Data Subject Access Request.
• If your enquiry relates to a crime that you feel may have been committed, please contact the police in the first instance. They will issue you with a crime reference number so that we are able to provide them with any relevant images. We cannot provide individuals with access to this data.
• If your enquiry relates to an insurance claim, please contact your insurer in the first instance.
• Please note, that CCTV images are only stored for a maximum 30 days before being automatically deleted.

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TARIFFS**

Monday to Saturday:

Up to 30min - £1.50

30min to 1hr - £3

1hr to 2hrs - £4

2hrs to 3hrs - £5

3hrs to 4hrs - £6

4hrs to 5hrs - £7

5hrs to 6hrs - £8

6hrs to 12hrs - £9

Sunday & Bank Holidays:

1hr - £1.5

12hrs - £5

48hr bus tariff - £60

Please note Trinity operates an ANPR system - please ensure you pay and display for the duration of your stay or you will receive an automatic Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from our car park management company, Carflow.

Who needs to pay?

Our car park is 24hr Pay & Display and all visitors are required to pay and display, including staff, volunteers, hirers, Centre visitors and Blue Badge Holders*

How do I pay for parking?

Payments for parking tariffs can be made on two parking payment terminals within the car park using credit and debit cards. Please enter your full registration when paying for parking. Payments may also be made using the RingGo parking app using the car park code 46600.

Who operates the car park?

The car park is operated by Carflow Car Park Management

Is accessible parking available?

There are four accessible parking bays located next to the new daytime entrance, which is situated on the left-hand side of the building.

Can we reserve a space?

Parking is managed on a first-come first-served basis. If you are running a large event or private function, please contact your Bookings Coordinator for further information.

How many parking spaces are available?

The car park can fit approximately 45 vehicles.

Can I park overnight?

You will be able to park any-time and the car park will be open and monitored 24hrs. If you come for an evening event, you are able to park for up to 12hrs. Please do not leave valuables within your car or in plain sight. If you overstay, you are also able to top up your stay before leaving the site.

Why does Trinity charge for parking?

Trinity is a charity and we run the Trinity Centre almost entirely on the income we generate from hire of the premises and events, via our trading subsidiary, Trinity Community Enterprises.

Revenue from our car park helps to fund Trinity Centre running costs and our programme of community activities.

This is a vital source of income and helps to sustain our community centre and maintain and repair the listed building. It allows us to offer free and subsidised use of our hall-space for community activities and helps to match fund projects such as our heritage, arts and youth activities.

Parking Charge Notices (PCNs)

Trinity operates an ANPR system - please ensure you pay and display for the duration of your stay or you will receive an automatic Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from our car park management company, Carflow.

Trinity is unable to take forward individual appeals against PCNs issued, nor do we receive any revenue from PCN charges. To query or appeal a PCN, please contact appeals@carflow.co.uk or visit their website.

*If you are taking part in a project activity run by Trinity Community Arts, you may be able to claim back your expenses - please speak your Trinity Event Organiser for more info. Click here to find out more about accessibility at Trinity. **Prices subject to variation - please check on site.

A number of main bus routes pass the Trinity Centre, either along Stapleton Rd or along Clarence Rd.

Main buses along Stapleton Rd are 48, 49 as well as the night bus N2.

Click here to view for a link to local bus services

By train

The nearest train station is Bristol Temple Meads. From here, you can take a short cab ride, or a 20min walk.

If walking, exit the train station through the Temple Quay exit (side exit past the telephone booths), out past the car park and across the Square (signposted) and along Temple Back.

On Temple Way, turn right and continue over the bridge and on until you reach the Old Market roundabout.

Turn right at the roundabout on to Old Market Street and continue along as it changes into West Street.

The Trinity Centre will be ahead of you, on the corner of Trinity Rd and Clarence Rd.

It's a big old converted church - you can't miss us!

Click here for contact info

15min City Centre / 10min Cabot Circus

Head East from central Bristol towards Cabot Circus/Castle Park.

From Castle Park/Cabot Circus continue along Castle Street towards Temple Way.

Cross Temple Way at the Old Market roundabout and continue along Old Market as it changes into West Street.

The Trinity Centre will be ahead of you, on the corner of Trinity Rd and Clarence Rd.

It's a big old converted church - you can't miss us!

Cycling

The Trinity Centre is situated just off of the end of the Bath to Bristol Cycle Path (Route 4).

Near to the end of the path you will reach Newton Park. Exit Route 4 at the corner of St Phillips Road and Trinity Street. Turn right onto Trinity Street.

The Trinity Centre will be ahead of you, on the corner of Trinity Rd and Clarence Rd.

We have cycle racks at the front and rear of the building so please do remember to bring your bike lock!

Driving

Come off end of M32 at Junction 19 onto Newfoundland Way.

Continue onto A4032, taking a slight left onto Houlton St, turning left at Staples (1st set of lights after end of motorway) and continuing on Holton St, which leads into Wade St.

Turn left onto Lawfords Gate (A420), following the road around bearing right onto Trinity Road.

The Trinity Centre is on the left hand side just past the Trinity Road Library.

Click here for contact info

The Ithaca Axis, 2013

"It pulls you in, and claws away at your very core. When the show is over, there is a terrible feeling of loss." - Thou ART

Scripted by Edson Burton
Directed by Nick Young
Production by Kate Hartoch and Netty Miles
Additional material devised by the company
Core cast: Glyn Dilley, Heidi Dorschler, Carlotta Cutrupi, Dominic Wolf, Paul Beech

Braving the wrath of the Gods, Odysseus has returned to the ancient kingdom of Ithaca - now modern day Bristol - to reclaim his seat of power within the Poseidon Foundation. But is he still welcome?  An incredible journey taking place through several, secret locations across Bristol. Part theatre, part adventure, The Ithaca Axis is a modern reinvention of the myth The Odyssey.

Performed over two weeks in April/May 2013, The Ithaca Axis was a fully interactive immersive show that used the city of Bristol as the set. A modern retelling of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey it tells the story of Odysseus' return to Ithaca, expecting to be welcomed as a hero, only to find that all is not how he left it.

A distant wife, a playboy son and a revolutionary daughter all have their own reasons for not wanting him back as he struggles with his own demons from his travels. Utilising ten locations, including Redcliffe Caves, Broadquay Fountains and St Stephen's Church, the show took four seperate audiences on a simultaneous journey that told one story from each of the main characters' perspectives before all coming together for the finale at the Trinity Centre. Power, family, loss and the traumas of going away to war are all themes that play out in The Ithaca Axis.

Jasmine: “I think I would like to see more theatre...it has been really great to have a project to focus on an be part of something.”

Scott: “It's great to be part of a theatre company in my community...Tank Theatre is one of a kind in Bristol.”

James: “More shows and performances – I feel the audience that came were diverse and benefited from the experience.”

D: “It makes me believe anything is possible if you dedicate enough adequate time talent and feeling for an aspiration.”

Vice & Virtue took a look beneath the area's reputation to explore the many cultures that have lived here, its national significance as an area of architectural conservation and key moments of historical interest.

Themes included: the riots of 1932, the British and GI experience, business, trade and leisure in Old Market, the sex industry, the Gay quarter and new communities in Old Market.

The project - funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Quartet Community Foundation and the Old Market Community Association - consisted of oral history and reminiscence activities designed to encourage members of the community, of all ages, to share their experiences, photos, documents and memorabilia.

This rigorously researched project built upon existing online and hard copy archive information. It culminated in an exhibition, book and heritage trail featuring all the work gathered through the project.

Old Market history

Much coverage given to the area often refers to it as having a 'seedy reputation'. Comments from other residents and traders have worked to counter this image, including Mr Ferris, a local publican commenting in a local newspaper article, “It's amazing we've done so well in the recession...more and more people are choosing to live here.”

Paul Bradburn, Chair of the Old Market Community Association said; “a project that celebrates the rich heritage of the area and allows the general community to appreciate that heritage will be a great benefit to the people of Bristol”.

The Vice & Virtue Project ran from Autumn 2013-Spring 2015.

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