We're fundraising to support more grassroots community groups in Bristol! With the cost of living crisis and cuts in services more people are having to step up to support those around them and push for change. We support these grassroots groups and activists because this is the work that really matters and makes a difference … Continue reading Getting money to people who can make a difference

What an amazing evening we had on Thursday! So much thanks to everyone who came and made it such a special event ❤️ The groups we support are made up of the most generous, passionate and determined people - where would we be without them? It was amazing to hear the loud applause and appreciation … Continue reading From the Ground Up

Earlier this year, David Clarke, a 34 year old researcher in Liverpool, asked 12 strangers to decide how his £100,000 inheritance could be used to support the local community. Now Bristol activists are looking for their own David Clarke to repeat the experiment, and inviting people to come to an event on 20 June to … Continue reading Press release: Inequality activists looking for £100,000 donor for unique experiment

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