The latest update from the Carriageworks Action Group questions whether the PG Group will fulfil the community vision for the Westmoreland House development – and encourages you to write to your local councillor, asking them to press for action on the cultural plan, the management plan and the public art plan for the Carriageworks.
Call on the Treasury for a greater Right to Roam
The Right to Roam campaign have discovered that the Treasury has commissioned a Minister, Lord Agnew, to lead a new review into access to nature, looking for “radical, joined up thinking” to achieve a “quantum shift in how our society supports people to access and engage with the outdoors”. Now they need lots of you to call on the Treasury for a greater Right to Roam, by emailing Lord Agnew using their template letter below. Find out more & get the letter »
Westmoreland House Memorial Print
The Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft would like to invite you to the launch of a very special poster. In celebration of the history of the Bristol alternative icon that is Westmoreland House, a series of limited edition, hand finished screen prints, is to be launched on Saturday 10th November, 2018. This print is the first step in helping Stokes Croft take back control from the forces of gentrification, as the money raised from sales of the print will help fund the early stages of setting up Stokes Croft Land Trust.
The ‘In Loving Memory – Westmoreland House’ limited edition screen print – drawn by Bristol artist object… and printed in Stokes Croft by the PRSC, – depicts many aspects of the building’s history and use since its abandonment, and parts of many of the layers of graffiti which have built up on its walls.
As we look to the future, the replacement of Westmoreland House with a brand new development is itself representative of the gentrification of the area, and pushing out of the creative energy that made Stokes Croft one of the ‘trendiest places to live in the UK.’ The setting up of a land trust, to safeguard buildings and land that are community assets, is the only way we can see to hold back the tide of gentrification. Shares in Stokes Croft Land Trust (SCLT) would be issued to the community, and all property it held in trust would be protected for the benefit of the community in perpetuity. Money made from sales of these prints will help with the initial stages of creating the SCLT, allowing people to work on creating the necessary infrastructure to get it off the ground.
Buy something beautiful and help Stokes Croft stay Stokes Croft.
More coming soon… watch this space!