Learn new skills and make new friends
As part of Trinity's Heritage Conservation Project we are hosting Free Taster Sessions in
Stained Glass, Wood Carving and Sewing Crafts (textiles)
on Tuesday 28 June 2016
2 sessions available: 1.30pm-4pm or 6.30pm-9pm
For all abilities; ages 14+; Limited spaces available!
For more information or to register your interest, contact Dr Edson Burton:
edson@3ca.org.uk / 0117 935 1200
After the outstanding success of its launch in April, the UK's leading 1950s vintage fair, the Mid Century Market is returning Saturday 2nd July for a day of mid century vintage shopping. This summer, the Mid Century Market is open to rockabilly lovers and vintage fashionistas bringing with it the best vintage and reproduction clothing, atomic homeware, glittering jewellery and much more, all inspired by that glamorous period of the 1950s.
Bettina Scarlett takes pride in having only but the finest vintage sellers and 1950s inspired brands from around the UK and when customers come down, they will already know what they want to buy, why? Because at the Mid Century Market, you don’t have to spend hours hunting high and low for something that may catch your eye but for an extortionate price, you will be blown away by the array of beauties that await you when you walk in the door.
With shoppers in the past coming from all over Europe to hunt for bargains, Bristol is in for a treat this summer because what makes the market distinctive from any other vintage fairs within the UK is the friendly and sociable atmosphere it brings. Not in a rush? Why not sit back and relax with friends and enjoy the atmosphere and listen to DJ’s hark back to that era of rockabilly and good ole rock n roll, the Mid Century Market isn’t just a vintage fair, it’s a gathering of friends who share the same passion for vintage and everything from the Hollywood era of Elvis and Audrey Hepburn.
Explore the versatility of clay in a free taster workshop led by Joanna Espiner, supported by
Trinity's Heritage Conservation Project
Tuesday 6 September 2016
2 sessions available: 2pm-4.30pm or 6pm-8.30pm (evening session now full)
Inspired by the heritage and architecture of the Trinity Centre, join us to create tiles!
Clay was traditionally used in religious buildings to create elaborate patterns for floor tiles. Learn the traditional 'encaustic slip' technique with a modern thematic twist. We will develop our designs through drawing and photos of Trinity's features.
Plaster moulds were used to make ceiling and cornice decorations and plaster craftsmen used clay to create the initial models from which to make the moulds. We will create sculptural tiles by making plaster moulds to create repeated tile pieces and decorate with different colours.
For all abilities; ages 14+; Limited spaces available!
For more information or to book your place, contact Dr Edson Burton:
edson@3ca.org.uk / 0117 935 1200
It aims to bring those with coding and technical skills, social media and web skills together with those who have experience of the asylum system and the needs of refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol; to use digital technology to help refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol and beyond.
“We want to plant the seeds to develop digital tools to help with some of the issues that asylum seekers and refugees in Bristol, and those who work to support them, face in their day to day lives.”
They are looking for people with relevant skills to attend and pooling their time, knowledge and skills, to work together in teams on new ways to address issues faced by asylum seekers, refugees and organisations that support them in the digital era.
These skills include
Hackdays or Hackathons are events that bring people with different skills together to develop digital projects around an issue or theme and usually take place over a weekend.
Around the world Hackathons to support refugees have generally been very successful, we believe Bristol has the skills, assets and organisational infrastructure to create something that can be useful in Bristol and beyond.
The Hackday is currently being supported by Trinity Community Initiatives and Connecting Bristol, but is looking for further sponsorship for this event and for follow on activities to build on the hackday.
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Join the growing movement that says 'stay in Europe to change Europe' for the Bristol event on our nation-wide speaker tour on Tuesday 31st May.
Speakers include:
Owen Jones, author, activist and Guardian columnist
Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavillion
Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East and Shadow DEFRA Secretary
Joanne Kaye, Unison South West Seretary
Nigel Costley, TUC South West
Another Europe Is Possible is the campaign for a radical ‘in’ vote in the EU referendum on 23rd June 2016. We're growing and we're touring the country.
We have come together as activists and campaigners to build a Europe of democracy, human rights, and social justice. We don’t believe a British exit from the EU offers a path towards the social, citizen-led Europe we so urgently need. That’s why we are saying ‘stay in Europe to change Europe’.
Join us for a night of debate and discussion - and a party - with plenty of great speakers and lots of time for audience participation.
]]>The upcoming Quarterly Gathering from Bristol Green Capital Partnership offers the opportunity to identify the priorities, share ideas about how we put the commitments in to action, and to share expertise on how we can work collectively to improve the quality of life of current and future citizens.
We will be looking at the Council’s aims to significantly increase household recycling and reuse, reduce food waste and reduce waste sent to landfill as well as the role that businesses can play in reducing commercial waste and moving towards circular economy business practices.
With speakers, presentations and roundtable discussions, Bristol Green Capital Quarterly Partnership gatherings also offer a chance to hear updates from BGCP and provide a unique space to meet and share ideas with other members of the Partnership and local organisations.
09.00am Registration, refreshments & exhibition stands (in adjoining Graffiti Room)
09.30am Welcome from Jane Stephenson, Business Development Director of Resource Futures & a Director of Bristol Green Capital Partnership CIC
09.40am The Waste Strategy 2016: Aims & Aspirations – Bristol City Council
09.55am Bristol Waste Company: Delivery & future direction – Tracey Morgan, Managing Director of Bristol Waste Company
10.10am Innovation in action
10.30am Themed Workshops – 30 second ‘pitches’ from each table host
10.35am Themed Workshops: Part 1
There will be 12+ themed workshops which will be repeated twice so everyone will have the opportunity to attend 2 workshops. The first session will be aimed at organisations/individuals with particular expertise/interest in the workshop topic. The second session will review outputs from the first and make amends where appropriate.
The workshops will be facilitated by individuals with experience in the topics. The aims of the workshop are:
11.05am Refreshments available (in adjoining Graffiti Room)
11.10am Themed Workshops: Part 2
Everyone change tables to join a different themed workshops (table facilitators remain)
11.40am Prioritisation Exercise
Everyone invited to circulate all tables and notes, and use their 5 x stickers & post-it notes in a prioritisation exercise:
11.50am Chair’s observations and closing remarks
12.00pm Lunch & networking
Resilience – a 50 Year Trajectory – Sarah Toy (Bristol City Council Strategic Resilience Officer)
Sustainable resource management will be an important part of the city’s resilience strategy? What should our material world look like then? What should our aspirations be?
Waste prevention – Livvy Drake (City to Sea CIC)
In an ideal world we would be producing less waste in the first place. What measures can be taken at an individual and organisational level to prevent waste? What new ones could we look at? For example: Change in design, shift from products to services, food waste reduction, reusable nappies etc.
Increasing Re-Use – Ben Moss (Chair Bristol ReUse Network)
Re-use and the sharing economy could provide opportunities for saving carbon and material resources, and create employment, as well as saving money. How can we increase re-use? What initiatives can we put in place at home, in the community, at work, or in industry to prioritise re-use? How can Bristol demonstrate leadership on a global level?
Litter & Flytipping – Bristol City Council representative
Bristol as a whole cleared 10,472 incidents of fly tipping in 2013/14 at a cost of £541,226, whilst Incidents of fly-tipped white goods increased by 152% between 2012 and 2014. Street litter remains a perennial concern for residents of the city. How can we improve these situations, and inspire the city to address these issues?
Food Waste – Jane Stevenson (Bristol Food Network)
Bristol has recently been awarded Silver status as a Sustainable Food City. As a key contributor to both greenhouse gas emissions and residual disposal costs, Bristol aims to reduce food waste domestically, and commercially. What initiatives can we put in to place, as a city, to achieve these changes and help us go for Gold?
Supporting Community Action – Amy Hale (Resource Futures, founder member of FoodCycle Bristol)
Bristol has a strong tradition of community action on sustainability and resource management in particular – recycling collections were first established by FoE in the 1980s and the reuse agenda has been led by the community/social enterprise sector eg: repair cafes, tool libraries, food redistribution, action against litter and flytipping etc. What support does grassroots led activity need to help it flourish? How can this be provided and by whom?
Behaviour Change – communication & education Bethan Thomas (Head of Engagement and Communications, Resource Futures)
If Bristol is to become a ‘zero waste city’ we need to find new ways of inspiring, encouraging and enabling its citizens in homes, workplaces and institutions to change the way they manage resources. What fresh ideas can be brought to this challenge?
Residual Treatment – Mike Brown (Eunomia)
As we strive for a zero waste city, where waste is re-used or recycled, we are left with an amount of residual waste. By 2025 the Council aims for this to reduce this to around 30% of total waste produced. What processes are we using for these? How we can we ensure the most efficient systems are used? How will we ensure that the demands of residual waste do not out-weigh that of the circular economy?
Circular Economy – the Business Model – Kaye Royston (Severnnet)
What processes are being put in place within businesses to ensure the achievement of a circular economy, where all waste is seen as ‘food’ for another part of the system, and minimal amounts of waste is ‘leaked’ to residual treatment? How can businesses link with other businesses to achieve more sound business models with robust ecological and economic resilience? What best practices can we adopt?
Waste services & commercial waste in Business (tbc)
The commercial and business sector accounts for a significant amount of resources that end as residual waste. How can we address this in the city, so as minimise waste, maximise commercial recycling and re-use and reduce vehicle movements from trade waste collections? Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have tried setting up recycling collections but have found it difficult to get traders to buy in. How can services be provided to the commercial sector that meets both the needs of businesses and the city’s environment?
High Quality Recycling – Rose Rooney (University of Bristol)
The new Mayor has stated the ambition of achieving 55% recycling of household waste by 2020 and to provide recycling facilities for all households. Recycling collections are just one part of the jigsaw – finding markets for collected materials is also important. Reprocessors’ consistently demand clean, high quality materials in order that the recycling process is efficient. What actions can be taken to encourage householders to use their collections correctly?
Household Waste & Recycling Centres (HWRCs) – Eric Bridgwater (Resource Futures)
Bristol has two HWRCs in Avonmouth and St Phillips. The new Mayor’s manifesto includes a new site on Hartcliffe Way. What measures can be taken to encourage these sites to be more efficient, to accommodate re-use options and deter abuse from traders?
Boomtown Fair and Bassline Circus are bringing Carnival Arts Workshops to the Trinity Centre on Sunday June 12th 2016.
The carnival workshops will run from 12-3pm to give a flavour of the Carnival Parade at Boomtown Fair, Matterly Bowl, Wichester, Sunday 14th August.
Workshops are for 5-12 yrs and families, there are limited places available so please book in advance asap
Free Entry - Suggested donation £3 on the door and all proceeds go to www.energy-revolution.org.uk Booking essential...limited places
To Book: kids@boomtownfair.co.uk or call Mia 07779 418115
Come and Create:
Carnival Costumes- Design and make costumes for the carnival parade at Boomtown
Carnival Dance - Learn new dance moves to bring the carnival to life Physical Theatre - Create a performance and become a character of Boomtown.
Set Design - Make your mark on the brand new Kidztown set, have your chance to paint the streets of Kidztown
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"The Children's March"
Tells the story of how the young people of Birmingham, Alabama, braved fire hoses and police dogs in 1963 and brought segregation to it's knees. Their heroism complements discussions about the ability of today's young people to be catalysts for positive social change.
Join us for the screening and Q&A
Free entry
]]>An Open Mic Night ~ One Heart World
Celebrate the publishing of Vincent’s book & the wealth of talent in Bristol! Featuring a variety of shared music & spoken word performances.
Books on sale, signed by the author, at £10 each.
Bar & refreshments available.
Metered parking on site & surrounding streets.
Bring a cushion & a friend, & enjoy the beautiful vibes of Trinity.
]]>Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
We return in September for our Ugly Bug Circus rave!
Headline DJ Dr Fly (Basskitchen), plus resident Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles, balloons and giant parachute dance.
Hop upstairs to visit Dr Fly’s bumblebee and fruit fly science lab, or learn circus skills and hula hooping with circus performer Iris West!
Craft tables with giant colouring mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats and small ballpool.
Licensed bar, free transfer tattoos, glowsticks and freebie treats to take away at the end.
Theme: Ugly Bug Circus - Optional (but encouraged) insect/nature or circus related fancy dress!
For families with younger children (8s and under) though older siblings are welcome. Adults are not admitted unless accompanied by a child. A max of 3 children per adult. A max of 4 adults per child (and such groups must be pre-approved by emailing infosw@bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk before buying tickets). Tickets are non-refundable but if anybody with tickets finds they cannot attend a sold-out event please email infosw@bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk and BFLF will attempt to put you in touch with people seeking to buy tickets Each member of your group must have a ticket, adults £7.00, child £7.00 and pre-walking infants free (but must be ticketed). More on the door (if available).
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A day of workshops, discussions and performances which explore the proposition: Wages for Digital Labour?
How do we, as everyday users of digital technologies, help to create wealth for large multinational companies?
Should we be paid for our time and labour generating data?
Should we be demanding Wages for Digital Labour?
How are ideas of of privacy, public space and openness changing within the 21st century's data/ information economy?
What is the relationship between the consumption of gadgets and the labour conditions in which they are produced?
Do digital technologies 'compress' or expand our realities?
11.00 - 12.00 Hannah Schling – Electronic Labour in the Czech Republic and China
12.00 - 13.00 Freyja van den Boom – Drone Catchers
13.30 - 15.00 Lídia Pereira / Immaterial Labour Union – Care packages for workers in social media networks
15.30 - 17.00 Dušan Mihajlović (A.K.A. “Dr. Spira”)
‘On the path from NOISE to MUSIC - Lossy Compression – the Evil Core of the Holy Church of Everything Digital’
“How can you write about lives you have never lived. Spaces you have never visited” Immersion is key for critically acclaimed artist and performer Selina Thompson. She has worked as a hairdresser, spent time with job centre employees and service users in order to create shows that shows that are intimate, playful – she's worn a giant dress made out of cake - and deceptively poignant.
For her latest show 'Salt', Selina has undertaken an intensive tour of the UK, talking to old friends, hairdressers, academics, teenagers, artists, her nan, granddad, & god daughter before boarding a working cargo vessel, retracing the ancestral voyage from England to Ghana to Jamaica in a quest to connect past and present Black experience. She has returned rich with ideas for her new show but she is missing one crucial ingredient. You. She needs to know what's it like to be Black in Bristol. She needs our help.
Meet Selina, listen to her tales of travel, and share your experiences at an informal afternoon gathering at the Trinity Centre. Music and buffet provided.
Selina's show 'salt.' will be performed at the Arnolfini as part of Mayfest on the 12th, 13th, 18th & 19th May. Tickets available here:
http://mayfestbristol.co.uk/mayfest2016/salt-2/
Salt is co-commissioned by Theatre Bristol and Mayfest as part of the Mayfest 2016 programme.
Everyone is welcome, no partner is needed and the dance floor is open to absolute beginners!
Tickets £4 - inc refreshments - available on the door
For more information call Raj Lalla on 0117 9557463
An event in partnership with Gentle Dance and LinkAge
All residents from around the Trinity Centre welcome.
Please join us to share your ideas for the community.
Refreshments provided.
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