As mentioned at the Festival of Flourishing Regions, we are setting up Futures West.

To find out more information read our blog: bit.ly/3vXBRDe

More details to come soon.

#FuturesWest

Congratulations to Maternity Bereavement Support Worker Carole who's received the NHS England Chief Midwifery Officer Award for her compassionate care of families who suffer a baby loss. Read more: nbt.nhs.uk/about-us/news-…
Thanks Helen Williams for presenting Carole's award.

Our offices have never been greener or warmer! I never thought I'd ever say the words 'I'm really looking forward to our next electricity bill' but I'm actually (tentatively) excited! project_vana tiscreport Nameless #hotnews

📢💫 Event Launch!

I'm so pleased to share this event with you - it's a labour of love, seeking to give you the inspiration, connections and methods to begin building a way out of the #carecrisis .

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Beautiful scenes in Knowle West, Bristol where the community has come out to let off balloons in memory of Mason and Max, the two teenagers killed in a stabbing attack 💙💙💙

The tragic news of the murder of two boys due to #knife crime has saddened me greatly. My heart aches and my deepest sympathy go out to their families, friends and neighbours. As a community, we stand together against all criminals.

There is no right reason to carry a #knife .

📢 Big win for modern slavery victims! The UK Home Office reverses controversial policy jeopardizing #modernslavery victims' protection. High court warnings of rights violations prompted U-turn, restoring vital safeguards.
#humanrights #legalchallenge
theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

super-excited as our West of England Combined Authority part-funded #airsourceheatpumps are going into our Nameless tiscreport @projectvana offices in Broad Street Bristol Old City thanks to the Mechurion Ltd team. Can't wait to feel the results! #warmandfuzzy #affordableheating

#FilwoodBroadway definitely needs some love. It could be so much more for the community it serves...

Talking partnerships on ITV News to bring empty unviable homes back into use to support refugees communities with Bristol City Council
ACH 🧡
Marvin Rees #rethinkingrefugee
Roger Griffith MBE & Honorary Doctor of Arts LaToyah McAllister-Jones FRSA Lara Oyedele #blacklivesmatter #ukhousing 🌻
Tom Renhard
Tony Dyer

I totally share Andrew Wallis OBE 's frustration on the conflation of smuggling and trafficking..

Thank you B.U.S.T. for your amazing donation of a £1.5M #MRI scanner at Cossham Hospital so women in #Bristol can have breast scans sooner

So honoured to have Peaches Golding OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol, opening the scanner ow.ly/PTLg50QpYAQ

Research at North Bristol NHS Trust

Fashion firms barbour, PVH Corp. (@CalvinKlein Tommy Hilfiger) agree to compensate garment workers in Mauritius following an investigation by Transparentem found that migrant workers were forced to pay thousands of pounds for their jobs. theguardian.com/global-develop…

With a huge amount of gratitude, we announce we'll be saying goodbye to our CEO Louise Mitchell CBE in July this year. A truly inspiring leader 🙏

As we start the search for a new Chief Exec, we also welcome our new chair Jonathan Dimbleby

Read more 👇
bristolbeacon.org/blog/changes-a…

Among the oldest pubs in #Bristol , The Rummer Hotel in Old City has operated since the mid 18th century. In 1795 it became the base for romantic poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and William Wordsworth to discuss ways to attack the slave trade through their writings.

Lots of good, wholesome #humanrights techiness going on in the building too with tiscreport.org projectvana.org.. definitely a good karma option for ethical businesses...

NEW ANALYSIS

UK electricity in 2023

🔥Fossil fuel gen lowest since 1957
⛰️ Lowest ever fossil share 33%
🌄 Record renewables TWh & %
🏆 Cleanest ever power 162gCO2/kWh
📉 Demand -91TWh since 2005

43% renewable
31% gas
13% nuclear
7% imports
1% coal

carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-el…

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Good work by West Midlands Police and @cpsuk. Six people have pleaded guilty and been jailed for #modernslavery offences after police raided addresses in the Smethwick area of #Birmingham . If you #spotthesigns then 📲 Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline on 08000 121 700
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'It is imperative consumers, but also governments, know the circumstances & the situations in which goods are manufactured & brought to market” Unseen CEO Andrew Wallis OBE cautions shoppers amid concerns about potential ties between Temu's products & forced labour bbc.co.uk/news/business-…