Stories
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Grants tackle health inequalities in North Somerset
Before Christmas one of our largest funds, the North Somerset Community Partnership Fund (NSCP), awarded £127,500 to support health and wellbeing projects in North Somerset.
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Creating health opportunities in B&NES
We awarded Sporting Family Change (SFC) £924 through the Bath Half Marathon Fund to purchase gym equipment. The funding has helped SFC inspire local families in Midsomer Norton and Radstock who are struggling post-Covid to start exercising and train in…
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Shedders take up table tennis to get fit
The new table tennis group helps meet demand from older players and improve wellbeing and reduce isolation.
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Giving Santa a helping hand
A local community group braved the weather for three nights in December to help Santa distribute gifts to over 2,500 children across Avonmouth, Shirehampton, Lawrence Weston, Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle.
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Surviving Winter Appeal already benefitting local people and charities
Our Surviving Winter appeal has already raised £7,500 for projects helping local people facing fuel poverty, isolation and financial pressures in winter. And those donations are already helping people.
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Local project goes global at COP26
We awarded Ujima Radio a Megawatt Community Energy Grant of £5,000 towards producing radio shows as part of the Black & Green Ambassadors Project. This is thanks to funding through Bristol Energy Cooperative and Low Carbon Gordano. The Black &…
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Celebrating Black History Month 2021: Five questions with Abdulkadir Sheikhusein from Bristol Somali Forum
We chat with the chair of Bristol Somali Forum, Abdulkadir Sheikhusein and find out what the group is doing for Black History Month, some of the challenges the Somali community has faced during the pandemic, plus what makes Abdulkadir proud.
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Celebrating Black History Month 2021: five questions with Miriam Robertson
To celebrate Black History Month in October 2021 Charlene Lawrence, Quartet’s Engagement Officer, speaks to Miriam Robertson at North Somerset BME Network.
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Spreading joy on the streets of South Bristol
A recent grant to Flamingo Chicks helped children with multiple disabilities enjoy some much-needed post-Covid fun at Smoosh, a street music and dance event.
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Caring in Bristol – preventing homelessness throughout Covid
We speak to Steven Dodds of Caring in Bristol who tells us about the needs they’re seeing – and how we can all help local people experiencing homelessness.
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18 months into COVID, we ask, what are the needs of local charities?
23 September 2021 marked 18 months to the day since Quartet made its first Covid Emergency Response Grant It was a time of enormous upheaval and uncertainty. It was a time when so many of you stepped up to help…
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Garden gigs bring joy to adults with dementia and complex needs
Garden gigs was born as an antidote to online – bringing the joy of music to care home residents, and relief for staff working through the pandemic.