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Bristol Charity Advent Calendar 2020, day 1: Eastside Community Trust
Eastside Community Trust was founded earlier this year following the merger of three organisations whose history spans five decades.
Easton Community Centre, Felix Road Adventure Playground and Up Our Street have always worked closely together and are now officially part of the same charity.
“We provide people of all ages with places and ways to connect,” say the Eastside Community Trust team.
is needed now More than ever
“We are passionate about our community and putting local people in control so together we can build healthy and happy neighbourhoods.
“We inform and inspire action in Easton and Lawrence Hill making East Central Bristol a place of possibility for everyone.”
During Bristol’s tier 3 status, Eastside Community Trust have extended their #LiftUpLockdown programme of events – photo (taken pre-pandemic): Eastside Community Trust
- Up Our Street was the successor of Community at Heart which was founded in 2000 as a resident-led and government-funded regeneration programme. It delivers asset-based community development, communications and research projects supporting local people to participate in civic life.
- Felix Road Adventure Playground was founded in 1972 by local people offering a unique and playful space for approximately 900 children and families a year. Felix Road continues to operate with a strong values-based child-led play work ethic providing a mix of targeted and universal children’s services.
- Easton Community Centre was built in 1989 by a partnership of residents and Bristol City Council and runs as a busy hub open seven days a week offering affordable meeting and office spaces with a cafe, nursery and community radio station BCfm all based inside.
As well as being a charity, Eastside Community Trust is also a membership organisation and encourages residents to play an active role in their organisation to help make Easton and Lawrence Hill a place of possibility for all.
Main photo: Eastside Community Trust
Read more: 12 Communities 1 Bristol podcast: Easton
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