ONE CITY GATHERING:
Collaborating for Bristol
8 November 2024
The City Gathering brings together leaders from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to deliver the One City Vision that by 2050, Bristol will be a fair, healthy and sustainable city, a city of hope and aspiration where everyone can share in its success.
We are excited to take the City Gathering to the University of Bristol’s Wills Memorial Building, an iconic and inspiring venue where, as usual, there will be plenty of opportunities to network and engage with others in the room.
Expect an exciting line up of expert speakers, insightful presentations, participatory activities, enthusiastic discussions, and networking to encourage city-wide collaboration towards achieving the One City Plan. To find out more please see the agenda near the bottom of this page.
City Gathering Host
Professor Palie Smart
University of Bristol
Guest Speakers
Cllr Tony Dyer
Bristol City Council
Professor Judith Squires
University of Bristol
Peter Denton
Homes England
Sue Husband
Business in the Community
Jane Taylor
Bristol City Council
Cllr Ani Stafford-Townsend
Bristol City Council
Cllr Ed Plowden
Bristol City Council
Cllr Martin Fodor
Bristol City Council
Alex Raikes MBE
Stand Against Racism & Inequality (SARI)
Joe Hensey
upReach
PCC Clare Moody
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner
Desmond Brown
Growing Futures UK
Agenda and More Information:
09:00 Registration and Networking
Refreshments in the Reception Room are provided by Business in the Community and Enterprise Mobility
09:30 Housekeeping
Judith Langdon, Head of One City Office
09:35 Welcome from the Host
Professor Palie Smart, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Civic Engagement, University of Bristol
09:45 Welcome to the Venue
Professor Judith Squires, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, University of Bristol
09:50 Collaboration in Bristol
Cllr Tony Dyer, Leader of Bristol City Council and Chair of the Strategy and Resources Committee
10:00 Accelerating Bristol’s Net Zero Ambitions: In Conversation with Community Leaders
David Tudgey, Project Development Manager at Ambition Community Energy, will join two Bristol MPs for this panel discussion.
10:30 Bristol Temple Quarter and the Power of Collaboration
Peter Denton, Chief Executive Officer, Homes England
10:50 Networking Break
Refreshments in the Reception Room are provided by Business in the Community and Enterprise Mobility
Please return promptly by 11:20
11:20 End of Networking Break
11:25 One City Boards Panel
Health & Wellbeing Board: Jane Taylor, Head of Service Skills City-Education, Skills and Learning, Bristol City Council
Culture Board: Cllr Ani Stafford-Townsend, Bristol City Council
Transport Board: Cllr Ed Plowden, Bristol City Council
Environment Board: Cllr Martin Fodor, Bristol City Council
11:50 One City Priority Goals Panel
Economy & Skills Board: Joe Hensey, Senior National Initiatives Manager, upReach
Homes & Communities Board: Alex Raikes MBE, Chief Executive, Stand Against Racism & Inequality (SARI)
Serious Youth Violence: Clare Moody, Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner
Children & Young People’s Board: Desmond Brown, Founder and CEO, Growing Futures UK
12:15 Open Meeting Exercise
All
Please share your Offers and Asks here
12:50 Closing Remarks
Professor Palie Smart, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Civic Engagement, University of Bristol
13:00 Close
We invite you to use this open meeting exercise to discuss what you have heard during the City Gathering so far and consider how you and your organisation can help deliver the Bristol One City priorities.
Attendees are also welcome to use this time to take comfort breaks, network or stay where you are and continue discussions with those seated around you. If you have any questions or accessibility requirements please contact a University of Bristol usher or a City Office colleague wearing a blue One City lanyard.
Facilitators:
We have invited experts to help facilitate discussions on One City priorities. You can find these experts at the back of the room stationed at their theme’s designated table.
- Lucinda Parr, Chief Operating Officer, Registrar and University Secretary, University of Bristol
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Katy Harris, Public Health Specialist, Bristol City Council
- Elise Hurcombe, Arts Development Manager, Bristol City Council
- Charlotte Geeves, Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Old Vic
- Samir Savant, Chief Executive, St Georges Bristol
- Philip Walker, Head of Culture, Bristol City Council
- Alex Jennings-Howe, Principal GIS Officer for Strategic City Transport, Bristol City Council
- Samuel Green, Principal Transport Planning Officer, Bristol City Council
- Ann Cousins, Associate Director, Arup
- Alex Minshull, Sustainability City and Climate Changes Service Manager, Bristol City Council
- Savita Willmott, Chief Executive Officer, The Natural History Consortium
- Vicki Woolley, Head of Operations, Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership
- Claire Jacob, Head of Communications and Partnerships, Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership
- Toby Howkins, Business Growth Project Manager at West of England Combined Authority, Good Employment Charter
- Poku Osei, Founding Director of Babbasa, OurCity2030
- Kristal McNamara, Director, Bristol Women in Business.
- Dominic Ellison, Chief Executive Officer, WECIL
- Cllr Andrew Brown, Bristol City Council
- Paul Hassan, Regional Partnership Manager, Ashley Community & Housing (ACH)
- Oona Goldsworthy, Chief Executive, Brunelcare
- Hannah Woodhouse, Executive Director of Children and Education, Bristol City Council
- Rachel Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Learning Partnership West
- Mark Coates, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Youth Network
- Vicks Hayward-Melen, Police Chief Inspector, Avon and Somerset Police
- Lisa Vango, Violence Reduction Partnership Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner
Offers & Asks:
- Organisations can make Offers to help make progress against a goal.
- Organisations can make Asks to request support.
It is when we come together as one city and combine our resources, be that ideas, time, space or influence, we become stronger than the sum of our parts and make a real difference across the city.
Please share your Offers and Asks via this online form here or at the designated tables at the back of the Great Hall. City Office will aim to help broker these across its stakeholders following the event.
- Organisations can make Offers to help make progress against a goal.
- Organisations can make Asks to request support.
It is when we come together as one city and combine our resources, be that ideas, time, space or influence, we become stronger than the sum of our parts and make a real difference across the city.
Please share any Offers or Asks in the online form below. City Office will aim to help broker these across its stakeholders.
Please share your Offers and Asks via this form here.
Throughout the City Gathering there will be opportunities for attendees to collaborate and participate in activities.
Please find useful links to these activities below:
Act One Word Cloud:
Please share your one word response to the question; How you would describe the future of Bristol in one word? Here.
Offers & Asks Form:
Please share any Offers or Asks in the form below throughout the event. City Office will aim to help broker these across its stakeholders.
Please share your Offers and Asks here.
Feedback Form:
Your feedback is important to us.
Please complete this online feedback form here and let us know what you liked about the event and how you think we can improve for future City Gatherings.
Stay connected & join the conversation!
Email. City.Office@bristol.gov.uk
LinkedIn. Bristol City Office (Bristol One City)
Use the official event hashtags #BristolCityGathering #OneCityApproach #BristolOneCity
One City Plan 2023
The Bristol One City Plan 2023 details Goals across six themes for Bristol. Containing over 500 Goals (three per year per theme), the Plan runs through to 2050. This is the fourth iteration of the Plan – you can also access our archive of 2019, 2020 and 2021 versions.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a framework for the key global challenges of economic, environmental and social sustainability, which every country in the world has agreed to deliver by 2030. Bristol is committed to delivering the SDGs locally, and every One City Plan goal has been mapped to them, which you can see via the Dashboard.
Goals Dashboard
Further to the paper version of the Plan, the Dashboard gives details of the SDGs that are covered by the Goals, and helps you to search by underlying themes and specific years.
One City Strategies
There are a number of strategies produced by the One City Boards, that include further sector specific aims. Some of these strategies inform the work of Bristol City Council services and provide further Goals for working in partnership.