What we got up to in 2020
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...
Happy National DJ Day!
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).
Tesco’s Alcohol Habit
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...
2020 in Pictures
Looking back on an unprecedented year…
The Invisible Worker
A project making visible otherwise hidden lockdown stories from precarious workers.
Local Media – Bristol Be Doing It For Themselves
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?
SCFP steps up the fight against hunger in Stokes Croft
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...
Everyone In?
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…
Staff Picks: Save Local Venues
Maryem talks about the threat to our vibrant local culture.
Staff Picks: On the Journey to Justice
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...
Staff Picks: We Love the NHS
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...
Word on the Street – part 2
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.
Stokes Croft Developments
As lockdown continues to keep most of us stuck at home, building developers, planners and construction workers have continued to busily reshape our city.
Hedge Your Bets on the New Normal
An essay by Colin Moody, on hedges, hedge funds and the post-pandemic economy.
Word on the Street
A look at the empty city streets, and the current state of advertising, subvertising and street art.
Stokes Croft China Still Available Online
In the name of public health we have closed our physical spaces, but you can still support us by ordering online – we will deliver as long as the post offices will allow.
Gentrification Watch
Our neighbourhood is resounding with the cacophony of diggers, hammers, shouting and building site radios these days. But what is being built? And who is this new neighbourhood for?
School of Activism – coming this Easter!
PRSC presents the School of Activism Easter Holidays April 3rd – 22nd Climate change getting you down? Brexit making you sick? Inequality and austerity driving you mad? Is there something you wish you could change? A problem you want to help solve? You are not...