Eastside Community Trust News
Here you will find our latest news as well as blog posts from our team and community members.
Pioneering community leadership panel on climate launched
A dynamic new panel to develop strategic community influence on important climate and nature planning and decision-making has launched in Bristol. read more
Guest blog: BEN Getting Ready for Winter
Our friends and Community Climate Action partners at Bristol Energy Network (BEN) have put together this handy guide to reduce energy bills and energy usage. read more
Looking for Warm Home Champions
Could you be a champion for warm, damp-free homes in our community? read more
Bringing Communities Together award at national conference
Bringing Communities Together Award celebrates bringing diverse communities and groups together, creating a place where everyone belongs. read more
Thank You Awards 2023
The awards are a great opportunity for community members to say thank you to each other to celebrate the inspirational community spirit of Easton and Lawrence Hill. read more
Free hire voucher trial
We have a number of gift vouchers to give eligible groups and individuals free access to our community space. read more
Saturdays at Easton Community Centre
In 2022 we conducted a consultation about what members of the local community would like from Easton Community Centre. One answer ... read more
Three new artworks for Stapleton Road this summer
Three artists have been commissioned to create new artworks for Stapleton Road to create pride of place and improve the physical place. read more
Guest Blog: Positive results for the Left is Best Railway Path Trial
In 2022 Sustrans trialled an introduction of signs between Trinity Street and Clay Bottom on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path ... read more
Stapleton Road Public Art Commissions Call Out: Expressions of Interest Sought
Eastside Community Trust and Studio Meraki would love to hear from established artists based in Bristol and the South West who ... read more
Guest blog: Bristol Somali Youth Voice report launched
Bristol Somali Youth Voice along with Bristol Somali Forum has released a report on The impact of the increasing cost of living on the minority ethnic community in Bristol. read more
Felix Girls
Felix Girls is a fun space for girls to be themselves, explore the playground and have free rein of the space to explore and build confidence. read more
Easton’s Community Living Room
This winter we opened the doors of Easton Community Centre as one of Bristol's Welcoming Spaces. It's been wonderful to see so many ... read more
New cafe partnership at Easton Community Centre
Eastside Community Trust and Houria are excited to share that, together, they are creating a welcoming new cafe at Easton Community Centre. read more
Eastside People Power
Eastside is thrilled to be moving forward into the next stage of our Community Climate Action Project, funded by the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund. read more
Owen Square Park – next steps
Following consultation this summer, we have been granted £20,000 to kick start developments in Owen Square Park with Owen Square Parky Pals. read more
Welcome Spaces – the community living room of Easton
Easton Community Centre is one of Bristol's designated Welcoming Spaces, offering, free activities, advice, and a warm place to socialise. read more
Thank You Awards 2022
Thank You Award 2022 - photos from the night, nominations and nominees. read more
Blog: Felix Road turns 50 in style
On Sunday 25 September 2022 Felix Road Adventure Playground celebrated its 50th birthday, here are Tom's reflections on the day. read more
Everyday integration
The Bristol Integration Framework presents insights from and practical suggestions for Bristol to become a more integrated city. read more
Community Resilience Fund
Somali Resource Centre and Eastside are helping Bristol City Council reach organisations that could benefit from investment in their community spaces. read more
Blog: Reflections on a decade of community volunteering
Our outgoing Vice-Chair Amy Harrison has been a community campaigner for Easton and Lawrence Hill for a decade - here she shares some reflections on her time as an active citizen and charity trustee. read more
Climate Action Plan: Happy People, Healthy Planet
Bristol's first Community Climate Action plans have been launched, putting communities at the heart of climate action locally. read more
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding update, events and information for Easton and Lawrence Hill wards. read more
BCfm Radio dedicates studio to the memory of Christina Robino
BCfm dedicate studio to the memory of BCfm Ambassador and Board member Christina Robino who passed away last year. read more
Farewell Eddie
After a long and successful career at Felix Road Adventure Playground, our wonderful Playground Coordinator, is moving on to pastures new. read more
New mural at Easton Community Centre
Celebrating a new nural at Easton Community Centre. The mural brings together the messages of people who are deaf, disabled and/or seeking asylum. read more
Christmas at Eastside
Over the Christmas holidays, Easton Community Centre will be closed but Felix Road will be open for festive fun and food. read more
Community Events Fund highlights 2021
Highlights from the 2021 Eastside Community Events Fund. read more
Neighbourhood Forum notes
Notes and useful links from our latest Neighbourhood Forum held at Easton Commmunity Centre on Thursday 4 November 2021. read more
GUEST BLOG: A Muslim’s Guide to Climate Change
Easton Jamia Mosque has released “A Muslim’s Guide to Climate Change” to highlight links between Islam and the responsibility to protect our environment. read more
No Longer Blind
Celebrating National Poetry Day 2021 with a reminder of a poem written by Shelena Artman for our BLM Young Writer Competition in Autumn 2020. read more
GUEST BLOG: Call out for young people to join the climate conversation
Guest blog: Call out for young people to join the climate conversation. Shaheim Minzie (17) from Lawrence Hill tells us why the future of our planet is important to him. read more
Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Tell us your views, hopes, and preferences for climate action in our neighbourhood. Results from this questionnaire will feed into the final Community Climate Action plan and help build a fairer, greener environment for all. read more
Moving forward with care
Our response and policy as England moves into the final stage of easing lockdown restrictions. read more
Eastside Community Events Fund – awarded
Successful applicants for the Eastside Community Events Fund 2021 announced. The fund was launched in May this year to help build community connections. read more
Summer Of Play
As a member of Playful Bristol, we are joining a national campaign calling for a Summer of Play, to help children recover from the impact of the pandemic. read more
Carbon Footprint for Easton and Lawrence Hill
Our communities carbon footprint shows the average household emissions. We can use this as a guide to see where changes can have the most impact. read more
Blog: Encouraging climate action through people power
How can the everyday actions of people in Easton and Lawrence Hill encourage fellow residents to make positive changes to improve our environment? read more
GUEST BLOG: “Ramadan Mubarak”: Ramadan Greetings
Ramadan is the name of the ninth month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar. The month encourages spiritual and personal reflection, offering the opportunity to shed some stubborn, unhelpful habits, maybe to replace them with a few more positive ones. read more
BLOG: Positive action for a healthier, happier, more prosperous future
We are stronger than we know when we work together and we have the ability to take on enormous challenges as a community. read more
Thank You Mandy
As we wrap up the final bits of the merger and formally say goodbye to the charity that was known as FRAPA (Felix Road Adventure ... read more
BLOG: Resilience, kindness and hope in our community
Soon we’ll be together once again to play, to talk, to celebrate, to learn and to continue to support one another, in person. read more
Community Climate Action
The project will support community-led climate action, putting local people in the driving seat and empowering them to respond to climate change in their communities. read more
Placemakers
Our Placemakers are funded by the Lottery Community Fund to tackle isolation and loneliness in three of our neighbourhoods; The Dings, St Judes and Newtown. read more
2021 at Felix Road Adventure Playground
We will be building some new structures and giving parts of the playground a much-needed makeover in 2021 and can't wait to welcome you back. read more
Designs revealed for Bristol to Bath Railway Path
Improvements to the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, which will make it safer for all users, have been revealed. read more
Community group hope to manage Netham Pavilion and pitches
A new community partnership plans a bright future for Netham Park Pavilion and sports pitches. read more
Netham Park Conversations
Finding out what local people like about the park and gathering their thoughts and ideas about what could make the park better. read more
Food at Felix
At Felix Road food is part of the history of the playground - we love food and we want to share that love with children and their families. read more
Lockdown#3 update
Update from Eastside Community Trust about our spaces, work and support during the third national COVID-19 lockdown. read more
Christmas 2020
Before we say farewell 2020 we still have some activities and events coming up to bring people together and light up the dark December nights. read more
Felix Road Adventure Playground gets an exciting uplift!
We are delighted to open a wonderful new community building at the playground and announce £70,000 of investment into the playground. read more
#LiftUpLockdown
#LiftUpLockdown aims to support our collective wellbeing through a series of events and activities, that draw on the 5 ways to wellbeing as inspiration. read more
Tier 3 update
The Government announced yesterday that Bristol will be placed in Tier 3 until at least 16 December. Here is what this means for us. read more
Felix Nights
Felix Nights offers playful evenings for 11 to 14 year olds at Felix Road Adventure Playground, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. read more
BLOG Children, adventure playgrounds and the urban environment
Can we imagine a city in which children’s needs, safety, and rights are taken seriously, and as a priority? read more
Owen Square Energy Centre
Easton Community Centre is fossil fuel free thanks to the Owen Square Energy Centre set up by local residents. read more
Easton Community Centre upgrade
We were really pleased to have been awarded a £30,000 grant from Enovert to make improvements to Easton Community Centre. read more
Lockdown update November 2020
We are sad to say that following the Government’s announcement at the weekend, we will be closing Easton Community Centre and Felix Road Adventure Playground until further notice. read more
Stronger Together
A film about the process of community organisations merging for resilience and better impact. read more
Autumn at Felix Road
Autumn timetable Felix Road Adventure Playground. We're pleased to be able to continue to offer play sessions seven days a week. read more
Playful Bristol’s strategy for play
Bristol: a leading city for children’s play Playful Bristol is a consortium of leading play organisations in Bristol. Formed in 2018, ... read more
Bristol Impact Fund
The Bristol Impact Fund aims to increase influence to neighbourhood decision making, participate in community life and reduce social isolation. read more
Community food hub
Easton Community Centre is the designated community hub for Easton. Our team, has been working hard to support our community. read more
Somali Kitchen food parcels
Somali Kitchen have been coodinatoring and diseminating food parcels from Easton Community Centre for isolated and vulnerable people. read more
WHAM
WHAM is partnership project that helps to reduce fuel poverty. We are support the recruitment of Energy Champions in our community. read more
Introducing Eastside Community Trust
In May, Up Our Street, Easton Community Centre and Felix Road Adventure Playground merged to form a new organisation. We are excited to now be able to share our new name, and visual identity. read more
Summer holiday activities and support
After week of trying the educate and entertain the little ones, we've all run out of ideas! Not to worry! read more
Wellbeing research project
In 2017, we commissioned a team of researchers to undertake a study of wellbeing in Easton and Lawrence Hill. read more
BLOG How do you build a team during a lockdown?
Up Our Street, Easton Community Centre and Felix Road Adventure Playground became one organisation – together but apart, all working from home. read more
COVID-19 support and action newsletter
Update from Easton Community Centre, Felix Road Adventure Playground and Up Our Street 15 May 2020 The play work team from Felix Road ... read more
Creating a place of possibility across east Bristol
After months of hard work, we are delighted to announce a merger between three long established local charities has now been completed. read more
Climate Action Fund
Eastside Community Trust is working with the people of Easton + Lawrence Hill to understand what a path to carbon-neutral could look like. read more
COVID-19 Directory
Eastside Community Trust has created a directory of support to help those that need it during the COVID-19 pandemic. read more