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Bristol Charity Advent Calendar 2021, day 15: Eastside Community Trust
It may have one name, but Eastside Community Trust is formed from three distinct but complimentary organisations.
It was created in 2020 from a merger of Easton Community Centre, Felix Road Adventure Playground and Up Our Street.
“We are passionate about our community and putting local people in control so together we can build healthy and happy neighbourhoods,” says Eastside Community Trust’s mission statement.
is needed now More than ever
“We inform and inspire action in Easton and Lawrence Hill making east central Bristol a place of possibility for everyone.”
The three well-respected charities have always worked closely and share many of the same values and aspirations for the community. “It was our collective ambition for the area that brought us together.”
Up Our Street
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Up Our Street was the successor of Community at Heart which was founded in 2000 as the resident-led, government funded New Deal for Communities regeneration programme. Up Our Street brings 20 years’ experience delivering asset based community development, communications and research projects supporting local people to participate in civic life.
Felix Road Adventure Playground
Felix Road Adventure Playground is now entertaining the sons and daughters of the children who first played there in the 1970s – photo: Barbara Evripidou
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 operates with a strong values based child-led play work ethic providing a mix of targeted and universal children’s services.
Easton Community Centre
A new mural was recently unveiled at Easton Community Centre – photo: Belly Woolerton
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 operating from the building.
Main photo: Eastside Community Centre
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