Trinity Pledges

Trinity's Community Consultation

Trinity’s values are Empower, Respond and Amplify and we are committed to living these values through the proactive development of our workforce, programme and building.

In response to previous surveys and feedback we have taken the following steps to ensure our actions align with our values:

• Empower: Became a Real Living Wage employer for all age-groups and roles to ensure everyone is paid fairly to start their career in the arts

• Amplify: Ran the 100 Beacons campaign to raise the profile of the work of community buildings across the city

• Respond: Appointed a new Activities Coordinator to help develop community-led initiatives

Alongside our annual user feedback survey and with support from the Architectural Heritage Fund, we worked with partner Artspace Lifespace to carry out an extensive community consultation. We have also taken part in city initiatives including the DIY Arts Culture Standards which aims to make Bristol’s arts sector fair, open and inclusive.

Feedback from this told us that you would like to see more music performances in the Garden and for there to be a space for communities to cook together. We responded, opening Then Den - a new seasonal outdoor venue in July 2022.

We have now developed a 12pt action-plan that will help to ensure we live out our values over the next 18 months:

Accessibility & visibility

1. Achieve 'Attitude is Everything Charter' Silver Award to further improve venue accessibility
2. Develop a 'soft' entrance into the building, introducing visual aesthetics to make the Centre more inviting, welcoming and celebratory of our communities
3. Provide a programme of publicly accessible drop-in activities to enable visitors to attend and utilise the site freely

Relevancy & equity

1. Develop activities in direct response to feedback and community needs analysis, including open access activities for young people and targeted provision for men aged 55+ living locally
2. Increase place-based work, delivering activity outside of Trinity to connect and engage new communities in partnership with local groups and artists
3. Adopt Equity Union minimum rate of pay for freelancers/artists and prioritise resources to nurture and support locally embedded artists
4. Invest in a cross-sector partnership model and prioritise support for grassroots groups who can proactively respond to community needs and interests

Reach & representation

1. Develop existing and new participatory decision-making forums to ensure representation across programmes
2. Develop targeted community-specific communications and engagement, including neighbourhood champions to reach our diverse communities and celebrate community achievements
3. Adopt Unlock: the Inc Arts Diverse Workforce Toolkit, which includes inclusive recruitment actions to reach and support a diverse workforce

Responsibility & accountability

1. Update our 2014 Green Audit to identify short, medium and long-term actions in response to the climate emergency
2. Appoint a dedicated mental health lead for Trinity’s workforce and offer mental health first aid training to support staff and centre users

We will continue to co-create with surrounding neighbourhoods, local groups and artists and cross-sector community and arts partners to ensure we deliver against our mission to empower communities through arts, in pursuit of our vision – creative expression for all.

If there is anything else you think we could or should be doing to make sure we live out our values, please get in touch with your suggestions: feedback@trinitybristol.org.uk .

Click here to find out how to take part in our 2022 survey and be in for a chance to win a Mini-Rig

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