Easton Community Centre, Felix Road Adventure Playground and Up Our Street merge

A bit of nice community news. Easton Community Centre, Felix Road Adventure Playground and Up Our Street have now merged. Not sure what they’ll call themselves, but it seems to be ‘Places of Possibility’?

This is of interest to the club because, if you cast your minds back a year or so, we were thinking of putting in a bid with Up Our Street, Wellspring and Bristol Pakistani Cricket to take over the Netham park sports ground and pavilion if/when Bristol Council put it up for tender.

“After over 40 years serving the communities in east-central Bristol, we are over the moon to say it’s official. After months of hard work, we are delighted to announce the merger between Easton Community Centre, Felix Road Adventure Playground and Up Our Street is now complete.

Thank you to everyone that has supported us through this, our community for being so positive, and those of you that contributed to the community consultation. Your ideas and aspirations will help us create a place of possibility for all in east Bristol.”

Up Our Street newsletter

“In spite of the difficult climate, the reasons for our merger are so positive. During the lockdown, we have shown we are stronger together. From Easton Community Centre, the team has been delivering food parcels and children’s toys and games to over 65 children and 41 adults weekly, supporting families who usually rely on Felix Road being open. This has really put us to the test in the very first days of our new organisation and we are proud of how the community has pulled together.” 

Stacy Yelland CEO