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Category: Bedminster
Share Bristol Bedminster MAY be coming soon….
…but it looks like our Bedminster dreams are finally coming true After a year in the planning, at the beginning of March we finally signed the lease for a unit in Bedminster, allowing us to finally bring the sharing experience to south Bristol. Probably the most common question we’ve been asked over the last few […]
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Bedminster Update
Earlier this year we all got very excited, as we were offered an empty shop in Bedminster for our second Library of Things. We then had the opportunity to double any donations for the project through the Aviva Crowdfunder, so we grabbed this with both hands and are hugely grateful to the dozens of people […]
In 2023 we are planning to bring Share Bristol to South Bristol, opening a second library in Bedminster. But this costs money that we can’t afford from our existing membership subscriptions. Luckily, in March 2023 we secured a ‘match fund’ from Aviva Community Fund, meaning that for every pound donated, Aviva also donated a pound. […]
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Opportunity to double your impact
Aviva Community Fund offer Share Bristol and its Members a great opportunity in spring 2023.
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Sharing could be heading south
It will soon be two years since we excitedly grabbed the keys for Bristol’s first Library of Things, located on Kingswood High Street. We’ve got an established team of volunteers running the show, a Library Manager working 15 hours a week to keep everything and everyone under control, a couple of hundred members and over 500 things to borrow.
However, our current location is only really convenient for those in east Bristol and Kingswood, and those with their own transport of course. It’s always been our ambition to make borrowing accessible for everyone across Bristol.
And in 2023, that might become a reality….
