Unitarian Meeting Hall, Brunswick Square (Surrey Street) Thursday 20th June, 7pm. Book tickets From the Ground Up - a showcase of grassroots community action in Bristol and a call for supportorganised by Bristol Redistro In Bristol there are countless community organisers and activists working hard on the ground to support, uplift and fight for the people … Continue reading From the Ground Up – a showcase of grassroots community action

And how can we meet those needs? On 4 November we had a meeting and lunch with some of our funded groups to have a chance to catch up with each other and also to think a little about what they need and how Redistro can better support them. It was a really lovely meet … Continue reading What do grassroots groups need? 

We asked all the groups who were funded in this round to complete a survey to give us feedback on the process of applying to Redistro and the funding day. This is important learning for us so we can keep improving the way we work. We are also keen to get feedback from groups that were … Continue reading Feedback and learnings from Round 5

A blog from Ruth Pitter, who we've had the pleasure of working with as a facilitator for the last couple of rounds. In the current political and social climate where communities are often set up to compete against each other, and pitted towards holding inflexible viewpoints on each other, it has been extremely encouraging working … Continue reading Doing things differently

Trace is from one of the groups funded in our racial justice round and took part in the shortlisted for round 5. She has written a message about her experience shortlisting and a call out for support: Hi my name is Trace and I took part in shortlisting. This is my first time that I got … Continue reading A message from one of our panel

Bristol volunteers are challenging traditional charity models and putting power in to the hands of the community to decide which groups receive funds to support their work. 21 shortlisted groups are now joining forces to raise funds to be shared between them.  Bristol Redistro is a small collective of volunteers who fundraise to support community … Continue reading Community groups join forces to raise funds to challenge inequality

We’re excited to share with you that we received 42 applications for our 5th round! This is our biggest round yet, with the total amount requested over £40,000. Reading through the applications it’s impossible to imagine how our panel will be able to turn any down, but the reality is we only have enough funds … Continue reading Round 5 – our biggest one yet!

It’s not just about the money On the face of it, Redistro looks like an organisation that gives £1,000 grants to community groups in Bristol. Which it does, but that’s just a small part of the story. We live in a world where we have little control over our own lives. At home we have … Continue reading What is Redistro really about?

Bristol Redistro is a small group of volunteers. We raise money and distribute it to groups in Bristol working to challenge inequality and injustice and creating positive alternatives. We've distributed around £40,000 to small grassroots groups, most had never received funding before.  This year we were proud to have been given the funds from the Colston … Continue reading Join our collective!