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Free Cakes for Kids - Bristol

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Support work
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
Free Cakes for Kids is a community service to families who find it difficult to provide a birthday cake for their child. The cakes are baked by volunteers from your community with your kid’s favourite theme or style. Free, friendly and confidential.

At the heart of every Free Cakes for Kids group are individual birthday cakes.  Put simply, a Free Cakes for Kids group matches two parties: amateur bakers and families in need.  Families contact the group either directly by phone or are referred by  a partner  organisation, such as the Young  Carers, the local Foodbank, or a children’s centre.  The cakes are then prepared by volunteers in their private kitchens and are decorated with the child’s favourite  theme. 

When?: 
Ongoing now

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

Life Cycle UK

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Environment
Learning
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Transport
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
To promote cycling as a form of transport and for pleasure.

 

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

Redcliffe Ladies Swimming Group

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Diversity
Engagement
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
health and well being
Other (please specify): 
Redcliffe and surrounding areas
For who?: 
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Women who need a female only space to learn how to swim
What's it's purpose: 
The group has been set up by local women in response to the need for a secure female only space to learn how to swim. Community activists have researched services, learnt how to present with confidence and how to lobbying for female only swimming with key stakeholders. We have now set up as a self sustaining group and plan to offer weekly female only swimming sessions, intensive swimming lessons during school holidays and support to encourage BAME women to train towards being lifeguards.

The group have built on a pilot that was supported by the WEA to tacke race inequlaity and break down barriers to services. That funding has now ended but we wanted to carry on so set up our own group run by volunteers with support from St Mary Redcliffe Secondary School (SMRT).

Top Tip details: 
The committe needs to be set up and we have two people for each key role - chair, treasurer and secretary - so this way we can support each other. Knowing the key stakeholders is key to making something happen - we were supported by the WEA to talk to the council's swimming officer and manager of Easton Lesuire Centre - as well as the head of SMRT - so our voices were heard by people who can make a difference.
When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
31 Oldbury Court Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 2JF

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

Earth Abbey Grow Zones

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Engagement
Environment
Public Spaces
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Everyone

Promote food growing and reclaim public spaces and gardens

When?: 
Ongoing now

Community Choirs

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Culture
Engagement
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Creativity
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Everyone
What's it's purpose: 
To build confidence, skills engagement and involvemnet

organised singing groups with or without musical instruments

Top Tip: 
Attitude needed
Top Tip details: 
Conflict is a sign that something needs to change, learn skills to make that change into a positive outcome.
When?: 
Ongoing now

Bristol Green Capital Partnership

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Aspect of Happiness: 
Diversity
Environment
Learning
Where?: 
City wide
For who?: 
Other (please specify)
Other (please specify): 
Bristol businesses, civic organisations and residents
What's it's purpose: 
Promote & create a sustainable future for Bristol. Provide advice, support and tools.

A council backed initiative to support shift in making Bristol a low carbon city.

Administer community funds to promote & support business and communities shift to living a more sustainable future, involves: energy, water, transport building, waste, food, biodiversity and lifestyle.

Top Tip: 
Coordination
Top Tip details: 
Partnerships across public, private, voluntary sectors enable bigger change across more boundaries than lone voices. Get people together!
When?: 
Ongoing now
For more information
Where whould others go to find out more about this solution?
Address: 
Create Centre Smeaton Road Bristol

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
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