by Ruth Pitter The generous donations from those who contributed to support the legal case of the Colston 4 stretched wider and beyond the trial itself. The surplus monies remaining from the Glad Colston’s Gone Colston 4 legal fund enabled Bristol Redistro to redistribute these to black and brown-led Bristol groups actively delivering on racial justice and … Continue reading Beyond the Colston 4: Community and resilience

The Glad Colston's Gone campaign ran a crowdfund to raise funds to support the 4 people who were facing criminal damage charges for toppling the Colston statue in June 2020. Since they were found not guilty the funds were no longer needed and the decision was taken to hand it over to Redistro to distribute to local Black and … Continue reading £15,000 distributed to Black and Brown-led groups

After the triumphant NOT GUILTY verdict in January for the 'Colston Four' accused, our next funding round is to redistribute the £13,518 remaining in the #GladColstonsGone! Bristol Topplers’ Defence Fund!  This will be a special one-off round run by and for Bristol-based Black and Brown-led Racialised Groups. We encourage applications from groups from across Bristol who may … Continue reading £13,518 funding round for Racial Justice from ‘Glad Colston’s Gone’ campaign

As of Saturday 20 November, eleven grassroots Bristol-based groups were shortlisted to receive a grant of up to £1,000 from Bristol Redistro. The final decisions about how much each shortlisted group is funded will be made on 4 December. We had £10,000 in available funds and the shortlisted groups had requested a total of £10,750. … Continue reading Round 3 Shortlisting