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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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Global goals, local action: meeting the Global Goals in the West of England
Once the domain of charities working overseas, the Global Goals are increasingly being used to show progress on local issues. Our Head of Policy outlines how we plan to use them at Quartet Community Foundation.
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We welcome a new team member
Laura Murgatroyd joined as a Philanthropy Officer earlier this month.
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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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How we've missed it
Our Annual Event in November was our first large scale in person event for over 18 months. We were joined by 85 guests in the airy balcony suite at the M Shed, Bristol. We hope to see more of you…
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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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Join our Surviving Winter appeal to help support vulnerable people
We all know that winter can be a difficult time for many people, especially those who are older or vulnerable. This year is set to be even more challenging. With your support we can help older people, struggling families and…
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Quartet Community Foundation achieves Quality Accreditation
We’re delighted to announce that this month we successfully completed the fifth round of Quality Accreditation. The rigorous process has been designed to promote excellent practice across the community foundation network, ensuring that we utilise our resources effectively to listen,…
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A Behind the Scenes look at Bristol youth work
Fund holders at our Behind the Scenes event ‘Supporting young people in Bristol’, heard from two Youth organisations LPW and ACE (pictured- Rachel from LPW)
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Bristol Local Food Fund
Did you know that over 13,000 families in Bristol experience moderate to severe food insecurity? Community food projects in Bristol play a crucial role in improving access to good quality, affordable food, but can lack access to enough funding to…
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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.