by Lisa | Wednesday, July 19, 2023 | Blog, Press
In a very disappointing move, Bristol City Council recently voted to end Discretionary Business Rate Relief, meaning CICs and non-profits LIKE US are set to be slammed with another huge bill from April 2024.
by Lisa | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | Art, Blog, Economics, Event, Politics, Stokes Croft China, Weekly Newsletter
A bevy of loved up valentine delights plus news, jobs and opportunities from the PRSC
by Lisa | Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | Art, Turbo Island
In October the local landmark affectionately known as Turbo Island was cleared and replaced with blank tarmac. This seems to be an attempt to reduce anti-social behaviour by reducing social behaviour, and is a logical progression in the great Britsol sanitisation...
by Lisa | Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | Blog, Voice
Stop telling us to be scared. The streets were already ‘our streets’ and they have been getting safer for years. The only thing that has been on the increase is fear, and this is being used to divide and control us. As a woman, if I die a violent death it will almost...
by Lisa | Wednesday, March 17, 2021 | Blog, Voice
The first of a number of blogs addressing the toxic effect of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021.
by Lisa | Wednesday, February 17, 2021 | Blog
Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week! Here at the PRSC we are constantly amazed at the kindness of our customers and volunteers. So we thought we would take a moment this week to acknowledge some of the projects we run, or work that we do which is completely powered by...
by Lisa | Wednesday, February 3, 2021 | Blog
For the PRSC AGM last week, the crew prepared some short reports about where our efforts went in 2020 and what results we got. It seemed a shame to keep this data to ourselves so we have summarised the updates here. (This is quite a text heavy post. If you prefer a...
by Lisa | Wednesday, January 20, 2021 | Art, Blog
Today is National DJ day in the U.S and it feels like the UK could do with a day to celebrate our DJs too, so PRSC are stealing this one (actually we’re not stealing it, we’re just sampling it and making it fresh for a new audience).
by Lisa | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | Art, Blog
Ten years ago Tesco sneakily gained planning permission to open on Cheltenham Road, inspiring the No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaign. Tesco still opened, but without late opening or a liquor license, thanks to the local campaigners. Fast forward to today, Tesco are at...
by Lisa | Wednesday, December 30, 2020 | Art, Blog, Our Walls, Stokes Croft China, Visual city
Looking back on an unprecedented year…
by Lisa | Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | Art, Blog, Economics, Our Walls, Visual city, Voice
A project making visible otherwise hidden lockdown stories from precarious workers.
by Lisa | Wednesday, September 2, 2020 | Art, Blog, Voice
With venues closed and performances socially distanced at best, some Bristol cultural hubs have been turning to alternative ways to reach their audiences. Are we witnessing the birth of a new culture of Bristol community led media?
by Lisa | Wednesday, July 22, 2020 | Blog
Pay What You Can Community Cafe coming to Bristol Thanks to the generosity of the people who have supported our ongoing crowdfunding campaign, as well as the help we are receiving from the Bristol Food Union, Stokes Croft Food Project is delighted to announce the...
by Lisa | Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | Blog
We can see a crisis of rough sleeping looming down the tracks and PRSC is calling for an urgent public debate about how the public funds and political will can be best used to actually start reducing the numbers of people who find themselves homeless or in insecure housing…
by Lisa | Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | Art, Blog, Staff Picks, Stokes Croft China
Maryem talks about the threat to our vibrant local culture.
by Lisa | Wednesday, June 10, 2020 | Art, Blog, Staff Picks, Stokes Croft China, Visual city
PRSC campaigns on the principle that public spaces belong to the people and that they should reflect the passions, actions and histories of the people. We fully support the toppling of Colston’s statue and look forward to seeing what happens next. When Colston took...
by Lisa | Saturday, June 6, 2020 | Art, Blog, Staff Picks, Stokes Croft China
Stokes Croft China shop legend Sue Kilroe talks about her love for our NHS mugs… I love the NHS mugs, we sell lots so it seems I’m not alone. I love the NHS too. In this time of Covid-19, celebrating the NHS is, quite rightly, high on the public agenda. Like so...
by Lisa | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | Adblock Bristol, Art, Our Walls, Visual city
Last month we shared some of our observations of the changed visual culture of the city in these new lockdown times.
One month on, we venture back outside to see what’s changed on Bristol’s streets.
by Lisa | Wednesday, May 6, 2020 | Blog, Visual city
As lockdown continues to keep most of us stuck at home, building developers, planners and construction workers have continued to busily reshape our city.
by Lisa | Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | Blog, Economics
An essay by Colin Moody, on hedges, hedge funds and the post-pandemic economy.
