What it is, reports, meetings minutes and agendas.
The Bristol Legacy Foundation will now follow on from the work of the We Are Bristol History Commission to support the understanding of Bristol's history, fostering dialogue, and creating a legacy for future generations.
The BLF will spend time developing a series of commemorative, storytelling and reparatory activities through an ongoing programme. This will culminate in the opening of the New Memorial, Storyhouse and Afrikan Heritage Centre of Excellence in Bristol 2033.
Background and scope of the commission
The commission was set up in September 2020 by Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, after the pulling down of the statue of Edward Colston in the summer of that year.
The We Are Bristol History Commission was an independent group of professional academics and historians, whose focus was to consider the future of the statue alongside extensive community consultation and engagement.
The results of this work and subsequent decision to display the statue of Edward Colston in the M Shed as part of a new Protest display can be found in the History Commission reports below.
History Commission reports
- pdfThe Colston Statue: What Next? full report (pdf, 5.52 MB)
- pdfThe Colston Statue: What Next? Shorter report with Bridging Histories (pdf, 2.31 MB)
Thank you to University of Bristol and UWE Bristol for contributing funding towards this report.
Meeting minutes and agendas
- pdfMeeting Minutes: November 2023 (pdf, 129 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: March 2023 (pdf, 126 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: January 2023 (pdf, 177 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: November 2022 (pdf, 161 KB)
- pdfMeting minutes: September 2022 (pdf, 154 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: June 2022 (pdf, 140 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: May 2022 (pdf, 142 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: March 2022 (pdf, 160 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: December 2021 (pdf, 140 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: November 2021 (pdf, 133 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: October 2021 (pdf, 150 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: September 2021 (pdf, 139 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: August 2021 (pdf, 152 KB)
- pdfMeeting minutes: July 2021 (pdf, 141 KB)