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Below are links to other websites:
1. Local projects which have received funding from Easton & Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Renewal over the last two years (or with whom we have worked closely on specific projects):
Easton Residents Network (ERN) www.eastresnet.org
Provides a forum for the people of Easton and promotes the area as a positive and active community in which to live and work. Look out for their 16 community notice-boards around the area, which are regularly updated.
Birth Centre Bristol (BCB) www.birthcentrebristol.org.uk
BCB is working to get a birth centre set up in Easton. They aim to set up a homely, local unit where women who don’t need to be in hospital can be looked after by midwives. The birth centre will be part of the NHS.
Brave Enterprise Agency www.brave.org.uk
Located in the Inner City, Brave is a specialist help and advice centre for enterprising small business. We fund the ‘ Enterprise Support Through Communities’ programme, which works to stimulate and improve the viability of new businesses in Easton and Lawrence Hill.
Bristol East Side Traders ( BEST) www.bristoleastsidetraders.co.uk
BEST is an agency set up to promote the economy of the Inner City by providing advice, marketing, and a range of specialist information ffor local businesses. We fund the Stapleton Road Action Plan (a long-term strategy to regenerate Stapleton Road).
Trinity Community Arts Centre www.3ca.org.uk
Community centre and music venue. Sharing in culture, art, technology, and sustainable ethics with the local community, and reflecting the thriving diversity and creativity of Bristol and the region.
SPAN www.spanstudy.org.uk
The Single Parent Action Network was set up in 1990 as a grassroots, multi-cultural voluntary organisation run by single parents working to promote positive images of one parent families.
CEED www.ceed.co.uk
CEED stands for ‘Centre for Employment and Enterprise Development’ and aims to improve the economic well being of those currently disadvantaged in the labour market and in business, in particular those from minority ethnic groups.
Grounds4Change www.grounds4change.co.uk
Grounds4Change aims to enhance the environment and quality of life for communities across Bristol, by improving and restoring gardens, open spaces and parks.
2. Other Neighbourhood Management areas. There are 3 Neighbourhood Management pilot areas in Bristol. These are Inner City (comprised of Easton, Lawrence Hill and Ashley) Knowle West, and Hartcliffe & Withywood. There is also an existing Neighbourhood Management area in Barton Hill called 'Community at Heart'. All these have their own websites:
www.stpaulsunlimited.org.uk
Neighbourhood Renewal in Ashley Ward comes under the banner of St Paul's Unlimited Community Partnership.
www.knowlewest.co.uk/index.htm
Website of the Neighbourhood Management programme based in Knowle West, called 'Community In Partnership'.
www.hwcp.org.uk
HWCP is the regeneration Community Partnership based in Hartcliffe and Withywood.
www.ndcbristol.co.uk
Resident-led partnership overseeing the government’s New Deal for Communities inner city regeneration scheme in East Bristol.
3. Links to regeneration and other information:
easton_bristol
Check out this local discussion forum to find out what people are saying.
www.bristolforward.net
A mine of information and contacts for anyone interested in regeneration. It offers a gateway to sources of information on regeneration, funding and training. You can also ask questions or share experiences and good practice on the Discussion Forum. There's links to lots of other websites too.
www.bristolpartnership.org
Newly revamped website of the Bristol Partnership, the city's Local Strategic Partnership (LSP). the Bristol Partnership brings together leaders from the public, private, business, community and voluntary sectors to establish priorities for joint action and develop a long-term strategic framework for the city (the Community Strategy).
www.voscur.org
Voscur is the Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) for Bristol. They are an infrastructure organisation and a development agency for the voluntary, community and social economy sector in Bristol. This website contains some really useful directories including the Community & Voluntary Groups and Social Enterprises.
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk
The website of the the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU), responsible for overseeing the Government's comprehensive neighbourhood renewal strategy. NR strategy that responds to local circumstances rather than directs everything from Whitehall. The NRU is part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).
www.bristol.gov.uk
Bristol City Council's website has more information about Neighbourhood Renewal in Bristol.
www.bristoleastsidetraders.co.uk/stapletonroad/home/index.php
Stapleton Road is home to the largest selection of ethnic and speciality shops in the South West of England.
This major thoroughfare is a big part of the regeneration of Easton, and is steadily being improved through the partnership working of BEST and Neighbourhood Renewal.
www.avonandsomerset.police.uk
The Avon and Somerset Constabulary website provides an on-line police service to its local communities. Here you can contact us electronically, access on-line services and be kept up to date with what is going on in your local area.
www.junction3.org.uk
Junction 3 is a company limited by guarantee with charitable purposes set up to develop a community asset on a derelict site in the Easton & Lawrence Hill area, just off the M32 motorway. They propose to develop an iconic, new creative learning centre and community base to serve the residents of Easton & Lawrence Hill.
www.streetsalive.net
Charitable group promoting culturally thriving communities through traffic-free events. Easton is the 'Street Party Capital' of the UK!
www.integrationandcohesion.org.uk
'Our Shared Future' Commission on Integration and Cohesion.
This gives Commission proposals for building integration and cohesion at a local level, based on consultation (residents/paid workers) and analysis of new evidence about what works in practice.
www.communities.gov.uk
'What works in community cohesion'. Dept for Communities and Local Government, June 2007.
Research carried out by consultants on integration and cohesion. Report gives information about work in 6 case study areas, different approaches used, understanding of community cohesion, examples of successful partnerships/ projects and good practice.