Bristol

Cleve archers are a community amateur sports club based in Hambrook. We would like to form a volunteer group for those who would like to use existing abilities or learn new skills related to grounds and facility maintenance and equipment repair. A priority for the group would be maintaining the hedgerows and trees on the north and south borders and ground preparation for planting wildlife meadows. For those interested in repairing dry stone walls this could be a great opportunity to learn a new skill.

Heart of BS13 was established in 1990 to address the barriers faced by the BS13 community in South Bristol to improving their physical and mental health. We focus on the intersection between employment, health and the environment and we have recently launched two new food related social enterprises, closing the loop between growing, food production and waste. Post pandemic and facing the global climate crisis, Heart of BS13 is entirely focused on the integration of green economic innovation and vocational training/job creation. We are constantly, seeking effective ways to reduce our carbon outputs and have become obsessed with how to harness waste potential for improved biodiversity, income generation, employment opportunities and (by extension) low-carbon science engagement. The English Indices of Deprivation places BS13 in one of the 10% most deprived areas of the country. Only two percent of young people will go into higher education, and most will work in low-skill, low-pay sectors on zero-hour contracts, making it virtually impossible to escape the trans-generational poverty that traps many families here. BS13 does not attract industry, innovation, or investment. It is seen as a difficult place to gain traction after years of under-investment, but at Heart of BS13 we’re focusing on proving the city wrong, promoting social values and high food production standards that are widely recognised across the city. We’ve emerged as a plucky organisation that punches above its weight, feeding our community during the pandemic, and taking action to make long-term changes to the local food system. In 2020 we became one of six climate action partners in Bristol, tasked with bringing communication and action around the climate and environmental crisis to underserved communities in the city. Heart of BS13 engages and involves residents to identify the challenges that affect their daily lives and then to find imaginative solutions that affect change. Currently, conversations about the climate crisis take place in central, often academic settings that are inaccessible to geographically and socially isolated communities. Finding a way to make BS13 part of the city-wide conversation and call to action means bringing the science behind decarbonisation and environmental justice to the community and enabling residents to become active participants and drivers of change. Our proposal We want to transform food waste recycling in BS13, turning a waste management problem into an organic composting, income generating and vocational training solution and opportunity for unemployed residents.

- The prevention or relief of poverty - Children/young people - Other charitable activities