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Pigpen Social

Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Culture
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Spreading happiness through music!
Where?: 
BS1
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
Spreading a positive message through music and partying.

Parties at No.51 Stokes Croft Bristol every quarter.  Live reggae and funk.  Free shop with loads of quality classic vinyl, books, CDs and DVDs.  All proceeds to charity, Oxfam, BrisFest, Book-Cycle.

When?: 
Ongoing now

Afrinique

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Culture
Diversity
Where?: 
City wide
National
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
To celebrate African and Caribbean Culture, History and Future. This is to help in us all having a greater understanding of ourselves, who we are, How beautiful we are, and our role in relation to the community as a whole. Even more important the understand what makes them unique, but also what makes them the same with the rest of the communtiy. From this understanding and realisation the communities can better relate, better engage and ultimately Unite.

Afrinique has three strands.


The Website- This will be launched Late October and will be a portal for everything African. It will contain information to the Cultural traditions of over 20 African Caribbean Tribes. Country information, Tourist information should you wish to visit a number of countries. Events listings, News and a Directory.

Top Tip: 
Attitude needed
Top Tip details: 
You know Passion is the one thing that many of us have, especially when growing up, but alot of us loose it. Its not something to be ashamed of, and is indeed the thing that brings you through the hard times (especially in work and business), puts a positive slant on things, when setting projects us, its the thing that makes you, you...Keep a hold of it and apply it in what you do and you'll find that life will be more enjoyable.
When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
Stapleton Road Bristol

***GLORYFEST 2011***

Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Diversity
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Awareness of Child Abuse
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
It's about raising the awareness of Child Abuse in and around Bristol!

BYEP, in collaboration with Barnardo's and CSL, have come together to bring you

Top Tip: 
Participation

Light Box: The Happiness Project

Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Learning
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
creativity
Where?: 
BS1
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
Our work reduces mental health stigma, increases resilience and helps people to make tangible improvements to their lives. Light Box presents mental health in a whole new light: as an exciting, empowering, social phenomenon, an act of creation, and a continuum on which we’re all placed.

 

Top Tip: 
Attitude needed
Top Tip details: 
We would have benefitted from knowing that community rojects like ours require years of building, getting better, more refined, that it's an ongoing process to be constantly engaged in. It's never complete, always moving, and we've learnt to love this.
When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
UG21 Union Galleries The Galleries Bristol BS13XD

Cultural Palace@ Bristol

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Culture
Diversity
Other (please specify): 
Awe inspiring architecture,interfaith/transfaith understanding,coloboration,spirituality,performing arts,celebrations of Idd,Diwali,Chinese new year,etc weddings,conferences and legacy of ghandi,St.Francis of Assissi,veganism,animla,human,womens,childrens rights
Where?: 
City wide
Other (please specify): 
Gapsite at Harbourside or Oldbury court estate at Fishponds where there used to be a manor house and bristol council suggested the two sites to us
For who?: 
Everyone
Other (please specify): 
everyone in the city but also marginalsied,women,children,minorities
What's it's purpose: 
It is to bring communities togather and enjoy,repsetc diversity,[erforming arts,cultures of a multi racial and multi faith and multi cultural city of bristol and forget thier differences and be positive and creative and draw on community strength.Indeed,Bristol has suffered riots in St.Paul and recently in Stokes Croft- a symptom of divided city of haves ,havenots,disenfranchised and marginalised as well as a city tainted with slavery,cancer causing tobbaco .hence,the project helps to heal divisions and envy,hate and prejudice and over come racism,sexism,facism and make the city a swell place for one and all with business,commerce and jobs created by ethical tourism,multi cultural vibrancy and events.

It promotes beautifull architecture -fusion of east and west and outshines Sydney Opera House being an iconic building with fusion of east and west architecture.


It brings people togather to celebrate diverse events and festivals eg Diwlai,Idd,chinese new years ,st.patricks day,Ahimsa day-non violence and non agression day celebrating Ghandjis birthday,world farm day and St.Francis of assissi day.

Top Tip: 
Participation

Sound of Many Waters

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Talent Sharing
Where?: 
BS8
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
Environment.spiritual and human development

Clifton Cathedral action on need to care for the environment

Top Tip details: 
Get leaders to drive it
When?: 
Completed

Edible Landscape Movement (ELM)

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Environment
Learning
Where?: 
BS4
For who?: 
Everyone
Young people
What's it's purpose: 
Youth skills training, employment, encourage access to a local fresh food economy, social integration and productive land use

Growing fruit & veg in gardens and community spaces based on Community Supported Agriculture model

Knowle West residents offer garden space for growing fruit & veg to volunteers, local groups and charities. Produce sold in local box scheme.

Top Tip: 
Coordination
Top Tip details: 
Make imaginative links between aspects that need support
When?: 
Ongoing now

Coexist

Liz Zeidler's picture
Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Culture
Public Spaces
Where?: 
BS1
For who?: 
Everyone
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Community Groups
What's it's purpose: 
Engagement, celebration, work, play, culture, food

Coexist @ Hamilton House – a community building for art, music, enterprise, innovation events & projects

A multi-purpose venue includes the Canteen for food and music and office space reclaimed inside a former derelict building.

When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
Hamilton House 80 Stokes Croft BS1 3QY

Community Resolve

Liz Zeidler's picture
Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Learning
Support work
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
Make safer communities, enable people to improve their circumstances

Conflict resolution and communications training.

Relationship building skills for individuals, small groups and communities. 

Top Tip: 
Coordination
Top Tip details: 
Simple integrating vision and pragmatic approach. Positive outlook, low cost, use what's there, harness energy of local people
When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
The Old Co-Op, 38 Chelsea Rd, Easton BS5 6AF

Knowle West Media Centre

Liz Zeidler's picture
Aspect of Happiness: 
Community Building
Diversity
Learning
Where?: 
BS4
For who?: 
Young people
What's it's purpose: 
To support, cultural, social & economic regeneration/inclusion

Digital Media Arts Social enterprise: Film, design & photography services plus digital media education.

Top Tip: 
Participation
When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
KWMC Leinster Ave, Knowle West, Bristol BS4 1NL
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