Get involved in your community
Get involved in your community
What’s happening in your community and how you can get involved.
Across Bristol people are getting together to take action on issues that interest them. We’re helping people share ideas, talents, skills and passions to make a difference to where they live.
Events
Saturday 13 July 2019
People Power Picnic
Sea Mills Community Centre, Sunny Hill, Bristol, BS9 2NQ
Book your place on Eventbrite
Find out more
Find out where we are working and who your local community development officers are on our digital map.
Hear about our residents’ great ideas, fun new projects and community groups on our Community Development Facebook page.
Read about local people doing amazing things in:
Find out what we've learned through Asset Based Community Development and what people are doing in their neighbourhoods in:
- Filwood, April 2019
- Henbury, October 2018
- Sea Mills, May 2018
- Lawrence Weston, May 2018
- Lockleaze, November 2017
- St Annes, September 2017
- St Judes, September 2017
Community workers
Find out who's working in your neighbourhood and how to get in touch with them on the community workers' digital map.
In May 2018 the Mayor held an event about the One City Plan and One City Approach, see our Mayor conversation on One City plan document (pdf, 493KB) (opens new window) .
In February 2018, the Mayor held an event on how community work can help shape a more equal city.
At a previous event, we looked at how we can support community action and the values we need to grow powerful neighbourhoods.
Community tools
We've developed some creative ways to start a conversation in your community.
Community events
Meet others in your community and get involved with decision making in your area
February 2019: A group of citizens organised an event called People Power: From Hibernation to Social Action. This provided a space to share experiences, learn from each other and get new ideas.
January 2019: The community development team and the Community Organising Social Action Hub ran a three-day workshop as part of the Barton Hill Settlement Network project. 35 people attended the workshop.
November 2018: Citizens from Filwood and Knowle West and members of the community development team visited the Netherlands to find out about community development work in The Hague. Find out about the projects they visited and what they learned in their report (pdf, 327KB) (opens new window) .
Community films
Here are some amazing things that people are doing across the city. What could you do in your neighbourhood?