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ACTIVISM

Amnesty International Bristol Group - News, campaigns, events, contact details from local human rights campaigning organisation. Bristol Defend The Asylum Seekers Campaign - News on local campaigns for asylum seekers and refugees, campaigns and contact details. Bristol Jubilee Debt Campaign - News, links, events from local campaign to reduce financial burdens on the developing world. Bristol Motorcycle Action Group - News, email listing, links, membership information from local branch of national campaigning organisation. Bristol North South Forum - Local action for world development, human rights and the environment: news, events, consumer information, volunteering opportunities, contact details. Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Information on campaigns, news, resources, history and archive. Bristol St Werburghs Stop the War Coalition - Details of local events, information and resources. Bristol Stop The War Coalition - E-group for discussion of campaigns, with diary and contact details. i-Contact Video Network - Support and information network based in St Werburgh's, Bristol, for those interested in or involved with video journalism, media activism or community, radical or alternative video. Kebele Online - An open forum for issues on a global, national and local scale, based at Kebele cafe in Easton.

BLACK AND ETHNIC

Asian Arts Agency - Includes information, networking and advocacy resources for the development of Asian arts. Bristol Mauritian Association - A multicultural group of young Mauritian families established in Bristol: information on local and national events, links to other cultural groups and news from Mauritius. Bristol Race Forum - Assists local black and minority ethnic communities to communicate with the city council: events, work in progress.

CHARITIES

African Initiatives - A local organisation that supports African communities by providing resources, training, information, advice and advocacy: campaigns, aims, links, contact details. Bristol Foyer - Project to support young people by providing accommodation whilst they undertake training and look for employment: news, information, contact details. Bristol Research into Alzheimer's and Care of the Elderly. - Local charity based at Blackberry Hill, Fishponds: research information, events, contact details. Fast Track Trust Ltd - Independent grant making trust assisting Bristol residents living in areas of social and economic disadvantage to achieve their potential through education and training: profile, achievements, contact details. George Muller Foundation - Christian charitable foundation working with disadvantaged young and old people: news, projects, contact details. The Greater Bristol Foundation - Community foundation providing a long-term source of support for charitable activity in the Bristol area. Hartcliffe Tackles Drugs - Registered charity supporting families and friends of drug users and raising drug awareness in South Bristol: aims, projects and contact details. One in Eight Online - An educational charity and community project based in Horfield providing training, education and support: profile, services and contact details. Progress - Tailor-made, in-house consultancy and training for charities and non profit organisations: services, review, contact details, links. Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) - RSVP is a part of the national charity Community Service Volunteers (CSV). These pages are particularly concerned with the work of the West Region of RSVP. VOSCUR - Voluntary Organisations Standing Conference on Urban Regeneration. Improving the quality and equality of life for people in Bristol.

DISABILITY RESOURCES

  • · Bristol Disability Equality Forum - Body which elects 22 advisors to communicate with the city council on local services: contact and meeting details.
  • · Deaf Support Team - City of Bristol College - Sign language and notetaking support for deaf and hearing impaired students in college. Courses and deaf awareness information for students and tutors.
  • · Disabled Living Centre - Providing a range of services to disabled people, older people, and their caregivers: information, contacts, links, supporters.
  • · Home Farm Trust - A national charity based in Bristol for people with learning disabilities.
  • · West of England Centre for Integrated Living - Based in Knowle West, WECIL provides services to disabled people in South Gloucestershire, North Somerset or Bath and North East Somerset, who wish to live in the community.

GAY AND LEISBIAN

Bristol University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Society - News, events, links, notes on the local scene from a student perspective. Bristol-devas.co.uk - Guide for transvestites and transexuals in the Bristol area. Includes club listing and shopping advice. Freedom Youth - Local gay project for young people: profile, information, photo gallery, contact details. Gay in Bristol - Gay information and reference site for Bristol residents and visitors: links, chat room, events, message board. Severn Link Motor Sports Club - A group of likeminded gay men who have an interest in motorcycles, leather, rubber, workgear and uniform. Details about the club, diary and news. Women Out West - A network aimed at increasing the profile of the lesbian community in Bristol and the South West: aims, links, newsletter, personal ads, events, books, contact information.

GREEN

  • · Avon Wildlife Trust - Voluntary group which manages eight wildlife reserves in Bristol and others in the former county of Avon: membership details, news, activities, diary, school visits and contact information.
  • · Bristol Friends of the Earth - Local branch of environmental campaign organisation. News, events, membership details.
  • · Bristol Naturalists' Society - Promotes education and research into natural history, including geology, with special reference to the local district: history, membership information, meetings, publications, library, archives and links.
  • · Bristol Recycling Consortium - Providing waste related information and links to associated sites.
  • · Bristol Wildlife - Yahoo! group featuring discussion on local wildlife issues.
  • · Centre for Sustainable Energy - CSE has three core aims, to promote energy efficiency and sustainable energy policy, to alleviate fuel poverty and promote affordable warmth and to promote a better understanding of sustainable energy development, from the community through to government.
  • · CREATE - Environment centre located in Hotwells, providing a home for the City Council's Sustainable Development Unit and many environmental charities: services, opening hours, location, contact details, partner organisations.
  • · Dundry Hill Group - Conservation group established to care for green belt area on the southern fringes of the city: aims, events, contact details.
  • · Malago Valley Conservation Group - A voluntary group which covers south-west Bristol - the BS13 area: programme, links, publications, projects, contact details.
  • · Narroways Millennium Green Trust - An environmental charity in Bristol which manages an open space in the St.Werburghs area of the city called Narroways Hill, which is rich in wildlife.
  • · One World Wildlife - Local conservation charity that undertakes and supports ecological research, sustainable development initiatives and environmental education projects: profile, news, and contact information.
  • · The Sofa Project - Charity recycling home appliances and furniture to low income households in the Bristol area. Free delivery and collection.
  • · South West England Environmental Trust - Bristol based organisation which distributes funds from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme for investment in various environmental, educational and research schemes throughout the region: information, reports and links.
  • · Streets Alive! - Local voluntary group that promotes car free street events: news, events, photo gallery, contact details.
  • · Sustrans - A civil engineering charity which designs and builds routes for cyclists, walkers and people with disabilities. Sustrans is promoting a 6,500-mile National Cycle Network for the UK.
  • · Victoria Park Wildlife Group - A group of local residents who help to improve Victoria Park, Bristol, for people and wildlife.
  • · Windmill Hill City Farm - Information about the work of the farm, cafe, community education, play centre, and adventure playground.

HISTORY

Bristol & Avon Family History Society - Resources for students of local history and geneology: news, membership information, resources, projects, contact details, events. Bristol Aeroplane Company - The story of the founder of the Bristol Aeroplane Company and that of his family. A resource for researchers. Bristol and Avon Archaeological Society - For everyone interested in the archaeology and history of the area. Program of lectures, events, walks and trips. Publishes Bristol and Avon Archaeology: sample contents listed online. Bristol History - History of Bristol's political, industrial and seafaring past. Bristol History - Yahoo! group featuring debate about local history. Bristol History Then And Now - Short factual stories of the city of Bristol and the area of Kingswood Forest: links, maps, bibliography. Bristol Information - Local genealogy and history, including streets, names, businesses, churches, schools, pubs, landlords, facts, pictures. Bristol Threatened History Society - A registered charity which supports local archaeological activity. Aims, history of Bristol, programme of talks. Bristol's Lost Pubs - A list of pubs that have disappeared from Bristol over the last 150 years or so, plus a record of publicans 1792-1935 Cabot's Voyage of 1497 - History of John Cabot's voyage from Bristol and discovery of North America, from the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web. Includes a photograph of the Bristol-built replica of his ship, the Matthew. Fishponds Local History Society - Online illustrated articles on the history of Fishponds and Bristol, old maps, memorials of those who lost their lives in the Blitz and related links. Details of the society and its forthcoming meetings. The Frenchay Tuckett Society - Unofficial site for local history group: newsletter, history and links. James Acland - Memoirs of the Radical newspaper proprietor James Acland (1799 to 1876) from his birth until he left Bristol in 1831. The Malago Society - Local history society for south-west Bristol: programme, research, links, contact details. Mapping the Town: Bristol - BBC Education gives an illustrated outline of its programme on the development of Bristol in the series presented by Julian Richards. My Life in the Third Reich, by Gisela Cooper - Autobiography by local historian describing her experiences in Germany during the war. Includes previews and excerpts plus poems and stories. PortCities: Bristol - Find out about Bristol's role in the transatlantic slave trade. Who was involved, what was bought and sold, who stopped it, and what is the effect of the trade today A Respectable Trade - Comments by local DJ Avalanche on the TV drama highlighting Bristol's role in the 18th-century slave trade, with historical background and links to related sites. The Travel Letters and Sketch Books of Anton Bantock - Local historian and author of international travel and local history books. Previews, excerpts and ordering information.

ORGANISATIONS

Bristol & Clifton Dickens Society - News, affiliations, links, contact details. [Requires Java]. Bristol and District CAMRA - Local brewery list, schedule of upcoming events, and information about the Bristol Beer Festival. Bristol Citizens' Advice Bureau - Information, links, volunteering opportunities, opening hors, contact details from local branch of national organisation. Bristol Civic Society - Details of programme of meetings and events. Bristol Local Organisations Database - Details of over 800 local community, voluntary and self-help groups, clubs and societies, and other resources and facilities in the Bristol area. Bristol Neighbourhood Watch - Directory of neighbourhoood watch schemes in the Avon and Somerset police force area. Great Western Link - The Bath and Bristol section of a national organisation providing social events, outdoor activities and public service opportunities for anyone between 18 and 30: profile, contact details and links. The Manor Hall - Community activity centre in Coalpit Heath. Includes events calendar and hire details. Self Help Community Housing Association - Provide supported housing for homeless people or those threatened with homelessness. Vacancy list, plus details of housing and advice services offered. SI Bristol - Includes club history, becoming a member, projects and service work.

PERSONAL

Ade's Website - Albert Hole concerts and links, freeware recommendations and fun stuff from Bedminster resident. Adventures on the Road - Travel diaries of Liz Curtis and Johnny Young on their journey from Bristol to Katmandhu. And I Feel Fine - On-going column with personal insights and travel photographs including Russia, USA and Canada. Also includes resources and links. Armegalo Jelly - Partnership between animator and cartoonist: screensavers, arts, music and sound downloads, interactive toys, games. Avalanche - The local disc-jockey provides a playlist, and pages on local bands and local history. Bonkers UK and Bristol Budgie - A local site including topics like homelessness, ISPs and fun and games. Briggs, James Charles - CV, biography, local history, personal interests of local doctor. Bruce Morison - An American living in the Bristol area. Interest: pubs, computers, photography, rugby. Chung, Alex - [Flash required]. Games, guitar tutorials and art gallery. ~Cyber Mac Design - Portfolio of the web sites the author has designed working as a webmaster and freelance designer. The Downs Website - Personal site of group who enjoy outings to the Downs and Sea Mills: pictures, news, events. Druett, Clive Anthony - Photographs, stories, stories and remembrances dedicated to a much-loved man (1947 - 2002.) ~ELF and the Hum - Information about the low frequency sound, commonly known as the "Bristol Hum." Flaherty, Nick - Information about local techology writer, Horfield Baptist Church, Electronic Times, Traidcraft. 1330 Home Page - Preserved bus homepage, with rail, weather and flat eric links. Jerry Jigger - Short stories, satire, graphic art and information about sharks from an Irish writer, poet, actor, performer and graphic designer. Jezza's Guide to Bristol - Guide to some of Bristol's attractions, the local cultural scene and some links. The personal homepages of an actor, boatman and writer living in Hotwells, Bristol, England. Junk 'n' Drunken Ramblings - The cyber-home of 'fruitcake' a.k.a. Diana Lane, entertaining writer and mother of four. Prose, poetry and personal photographs. Liquid Nation - Guides to Bristol, music and movies as well as personal information. Matt's Web Site - Mountain biking, university assignemnets, work, jokes, assorted links. Parker, Tony - Holiday photos, CV, family tree. Paul and Sue Hazelden - The beliefs and work of local active Christian couple. The Philosophy of Vegetables - Links, insanity, cartoons, contact details from Bedminster resident. Photos in and around Bristol - Graham's large photographs include Clevedon Pier and Bath Abbey. Ryan - 2nd year computer science student at Bristol University offers CV, links, picture gallery, downloads, guestbook and message forum. The Smith Family - Information on Bristol City, MG cars, playstation, photo gallery. Spot Dinky - A cat's eye view of the city. Tomkins, Gari - Thoughts of a local psychotherapist, services offered, comments on the professionalisation of psychotherapy. Tony Parker - A range of low-resolution digital photographs (mainly of Bristol) and an option to commission further photos of Bristol for delivery. WordWrights: Showcase - The writing partnership of Ken and Joules Taylor: fan pages, musings, CVs, fiction.

One World Day - 30th January 2002 - Account of a celebration of world culture and music at the University of Bristol Students' Union: list of performances and stalls. (January 30, 2002)

POLITICS

Berry, Roger - Kingswood MP whose constituency includes part of Bristol: diary, contact details. Blake, Kelvin - Personal site of Knowle West councillor: policies and links to Labour Party information. Bristol and Bath Area Young Labour - Details of group's activities and a high-tech quiz. Bristol Green Parties - Information, policies, contact details for branches in the East, South and West of the city. Bristol Labour Party - Covers the work of the Labour group on the City Council. Bristol North West Conservative Association - Provides a profile of the constituency and lists local campaigns. Bristol Socialist Alliance - Manifesto, campaigns, links, events, contact details from alternative to New Labour. Bristol Socialist Party - Information about local meetings and activities, links, contact e-mail address. ~Bristol South Labour Party - News, MP Dawn Primarolo, links, membership information. Bristol University Conservative Association - Includes information on how to join and on the aims of BUCA. Bristol West Labour Party - Information about membership, MP Valerie Davey, constituency activities, contact details. Bristol West Liberal Democrats - News from local Liberal Democrats: photos, articles, archives, downlaods, contact information. Cabot Ward - Roy Tallis - Independent councillor. News, information, issues, views and feedback. Kebele Online - Noticeboard for local anarchist group: news, contact details and links. Socialist Health Association - West of England Branch - Meetings diary and links from local organisation dealing with the politics of health care. Socialist Workers Party - Bristol District - News and events. ~Williams, Stephen - Contact details and campaign news from Bristol West Liberal Democrat Propective Parliamentary Candidate.

RELIGION

The Bristol & West Progressive Jewish Congregation - A guide for new joiners, newsletter, and link to library catalogue. á’íBristol Bah Community - Information on the faith, calendar of events, contact details, links. The Bristol Buddhist Centre - Profile, diary, information, bookshop, contact details. Bristol Cemetery Database - Information on the project and search facility for data on Jewish burials in three city graveyards. Bristol Ch`an Group - Introduction and information, plus details of group evenings, retreats and meetings. Bristol Hebrew Congregation - Information and history of the congregation. Bristol Hindu Temple - Information about the Sanatan Deevya Mandal in Redfield: people, classes, clubs, events, contact information. Bristol School of Astrology - Local establishment offering a four year course in modern astrology. Details of course and with contact information. Dogen Sangha Buddhist Centre - Retreats, links, events from this local group, based in Kingsdown. Hare Krishna - Information on events, meetings, contact details and the beliefs of this local group of devotees. Islamic Society (University of West England) - Students' society Includes information and articles about Islam, their events diary, and a discussion forum. Lam Rim Buddhist Centre - In Bedminster incorporates the Buddhist Centre, which follows the Tibetan Gelug tradition, and the Centre for Whole Health, providing complementary medicine. Programme, texts to download. Porter, Gill - Feng-shui consultant: services, testimonials, contact information. Star Fruit - Local astrologer Diane Marcus-Page: information, services, courses, articles and e-mail contact. University of Bristol Islamic Society - Contact details and information about Islam.

TRADE UNIONS

Amicus MSF - Bristol University Branch 0348 - Services, representatives, links, news and contact details. AUT - Bristol University - Membership information, policy papers, news, meetings, links and contact details. Communication Workers Union - Bristol & District Amal Branch - Contact details, membership figures and officers. NUJ Bristol - Local branch of the National Union of Journalists: contact details and news. T.G.W.U. 2/236 - Bristol University - Directory, news, contact details and links. UNISON - University of Bristol - Officers, campaigns, contact information and links. UNISON - UWE - University of the West of England branch: news, money information, health and safety, contact details and links. UNISON BCWVO : Bristol Voluntary Sector Branch - Represents people working in the not for profit area: services, contact and membership information, news and links. UNISON Central Bristol Health Branch - The union for health workers in Central Bristol. Membership benefits and range, stewards' network, youth section, newsletter and who's who. Unison Police Support Staff - Avon and Somerset Branch - Officers, contact information, stewards, rules and information.

TWINNING AND CULTURAL LINKS

Bristol Bordeaux Association - Building educational and cultural links between local people and Bordeaux: news, aims, contact details, diary. Bristol China Partnership - Supporting greater cooperation between the people of China and Bristol membership information, news, contact information and diary of events. Bristol Hannover Council - Arranges exchanges between local schools and educational bodies and develops cultural and social ties of all kinds with the German city: news, committee members, events diary. Bristol Japan Club - News, events and links from a society for people living, working or studying in the area who are either Japanese or have an interest in the country. Bristol Oporto Association - Twinning organisation building local links with Portugal's second city: news, events, membership details, contact information.

WOMEN

BCC Women's Forum - Council-affiliated interactive resource for Bristol women, including information, quizzes, message boards, and display gallery. BPW Bristol - Local network group of business and professional women with an active programme of speakers, seminars, training workshops and social events in central Bristol. Bristol Crisis Service for Women - Confidential helpline service providing a safe supportive environment for women in emotional distress: information sheets, links, and contact details. The Feminist Archive - Locally based resource which collects and preserves feminist material from the 1960's to the present day: newsletter, links, and contact information. Wellwomen Information - News, services, health service links and contact details from local women's health resource, incorporating Sehatmand Aurat - The Asian Women's Health Project. Womankind - Bristol Women's Therapy Centre - Therapeutic support for women suffering mental health problems, domestic abuse and relationship difficulties: profile, services, funding, appeals, helpline and contact details.

YOUTH

The Basement Studio - Youth music resource for marginalised young people combining professional youth work practice with training opportunities in music, music technology, sound recording and radio production: news, history, services, links, contact details. Bristol Association for Neighbourhood Daycare Ltd - Organisation supporting parents and childcare providers in Bristol, including offering advice on setting up out of school projects, funding advice, playwork training, resources, jobs, newsletter, events, police checks and childcare vouchers. Bristol Children's Scrapstore - Charity that makes practical use of scrap material for children's play activities. Details of services, membership, recycling and contact information. Netmums Bristol - For local parents, listing what's on, toddler groups, pre-schools, libraries, leisure centres, cinemas, community groups. Registration required. Priority Youth Housing - Provide accommodation, support and advice for 16-25 year old single people living in the City. Tots Care Childminding Services - Child care from a minder registered by OfSTED and the Bristol Supported Day Care Scheme. Qualifications, policies, fees, vacancies, schedule and contact information.