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- Latest post made by jayacg Chakrabarti at May 13 23:03 UTC
Hello Angela, thanks for the introduction. My name is Stephen. I have lived in Bristol for nearly ten years and for all of that time I have lived in Brislington. I am aware of the Partnership but have not had any direct involvement with it. Can you say more about what the Partnership hopes to achieve. I am afraid I do find the Partnership's vision for Brislington depressingly bland. It seems to me that it could equally apply to any area of Bristol. What scope is there for coming up with something more interesting and characteristic of the local area? Best Wishes Stephen Stephen Hilton Connecting Bristol - Bristol City Council www.connectingbristol.org For advice on working with me and my sight http://tinyurl.com/22dv4r About me; http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhilton M. 0779 544 6286 T. 08708983349 e. <email obscured> skype. stephen.hilton1 1st Floor Prudential Buildings, 11 - 19 Wine Street, Bristol BS1 2PJ Bristol is a founder member of the DC10plus Digital Inclusion Network http://www.dc10plus.net
Dear Stephen
The vision for Brislington was developed at the inception of the Partnership
back in 1999. I suppose it is 'bland', but was meant to be in keeping with
conventions of corporate visions, I suppose. Where we do get much more specific
and local is in our Community Action Plan. A copy of this will be posted on to
this forum once the final draft is completed.
You are very welcome to come along to our Partnership meetings and contribute
your voice there, too. The next one is on 2 June @ 7pm. We're particularly
looking for residents to join working groups to actually carry out specific,
local actions.
All best
Angela
hi there,
I think I tried posting here before but as I can't see my message I'll try
again!
I was invited onto the forum by Carol Hayward, and Stephen Hilton also
mentioned it which is why I'm here. My husband and I have lived in Brislington
for over ten years now and my involvement has been limited to that of running a
flailing neighbourhood watch for my part of Bath Road whilst all the houses are
slowly being turned into flats and temporary accommodation (which makes forming
a community a little bit more of a challenge!). We also run our own business in
the centre of Bristol and walk/bus in regularly to work in the mornings, which
means that transport and access is very high up on my list of things that we
need to support.
I'm with Stephen on the point that we need to be somewhat more ambitious for
our part of the city. I don't know if you know already but both Stephen and
Carol have been instrumental in broadening the vision for the city as a whole
through Connecting Bristol, an organisation that I'm an avid supporter of,
because it seeks to improve the quality of life of our citizens through use of
technology. I'd really be interested in how the lessons learned from projects
currently raging away within CB could be applied to Brislington, with all its
characteristics and uniqueness. I'd also be very up for a discussion on how our
most vulnerable neighbours can be taken care of better. Whilst I can't make the
2nd June meeting, I'd love it if you could post the CAP when it's ready.
I know we've got some real visionaries in the group already - I hope the
partnership is able to make use of all that talent!
Best wishes,