UWE student projects in St Pauls and area 2020

Community led There are ongoing discussions for a proposal to form a community led Community parks: St Pauls, Interest Company (CIC) to take over and develop the parks/public green spaces in BSWN is a BME led infrastructure organisation that has Montpelier and St Pauls, Montpelier and from City Council. The outline brief worked extensively with BME communities and BME led St Werburghs is to investigate the green spaces and the local communities around these and put delivery organisations across the South West. BSWN forward proposals for community led inclusive parks that would support their engages with BAME people across Bristol’s communities viability going forwards with the aim of working with and for those marginalised in society due to their race or ethnicity; a discrimination that is often exacerbated by their socio-economic background and other factors of inequality such as gender, sexuality, faith, and disability.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/property/five-most-family-friendly-places-1256021

Lead client Black South west Network (BSWB https://www.blacksouthwestnetwork.org/ Main contact Sibusiso Tshabalala Research Fellow BSWN Cognitive Paths [email protected]

St Pauls Working with the local community, students are tasked with developing a brief and Museum: proposals for an aspirational, creative museum. A provisional site has been Black South West Network (BSWN)/Cognitive Paths Decolonising the selected but students need to think about key principles of the museum that might About Black South West Network (BSWN) museum work in another setting within St Pauls. BSWN is a BME led infrastructure organisation that has The site comprises the bomb-damaged façade of the Georgian building that stood worked extensively with BME communities and BME led in the North west corner of Portland Square with the back of the site facing Brunswick square and runs around into what is currently a warehouse building delivery organisations across the South West. BSWN which is accessed from Surrey Street (see map) engages with BAME people across Bristol’s communities with the aim of working with and for those marginalised in society due to their race or ethnicity; a discrimination that is often exacerbated by their socio-economic background and other factors of inequality such as gender, sexuality, faith, and disability.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:31-32_Portland_Square,_Bristol_(geograph_3779349).jpg Lead client Black South west Network (BSWB https://www.blacksouthwestnetwork.org/ Main contact Sibusiso Tshabalala Research Fellow BSWN Cognitive Paths [email protected]

UWE student projects in St Pauls and Ashley area 2020

People’s Students undertaking thus project will be working primarily with The People’s Republic of Republic of (PRSC) who are amongst other objectives are currently PRSC have been community activists for many years in Stokes Croft aiming to create a Political Museum of the Present and a School of Activism. the Stokes croft area of Bristol with a focus on street art PRSC PRSC’s activities include manufacture, propaganda, media. within a civil liberty context. They function as community They have secured the buildings adjoining including an open yard activists and their objectives are to remain ‘a hub of This brief will develop around confident and creative dissent’ Programmatic investigation, phasing and envisaging of different permutations of forms and structures • Meanwhile use - temporary and flexible structures for testing out programmes Main contact Client Chris Chalkley PRSC: (scaffold based) ChrisChalkley • Researching relevant precedents E-mail:[email protected] the team would be able to use the library space at PRSC for work, meetings copy also etc (subject to adhering to Risk Assessment protocols) Jo Kelly Email:[email protected]

First client meeting date, time and venue: 2nd Nov tbc

https://prsc.org.uk/prsc-outdoor-gallery/

See TEDxbristol 2011 - Chris Chalkley - Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RyYUfVp83U