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Pond with a swan

Mindfulness and Nature

27 May 2020

As the pandemic continues to loom over our day-to-day existence we see ourselves adjusting to its challenges and perhaps even…

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Front side of Brunswick Square

An open letter from our Deputy Chief Executive to our staff

26 May 2020

As we move into another week of lockdown, our Deputy Chief Executive Andy Warren writes from the heart in an…

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Street of houses

No Going Back

25 May 2020

Today the online housing magazine Inside Housing publishes a comment piece from our Chief Executive Aileen Edwards. With a readership…

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Bristol harbour

The ultimate act of kindness

20 May 2020

With this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week focusing on kindness, we’d like to share this story from one of our…

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Person asleep on a train station bench

TAP for Bristol donates £10,000 to Bristol’s homelessness support services

19 May 2020

£5,000 for supporting homeless people out of COVID-19 isolation £5,000 to fund homelessness prevention work Second Step to maintain personal…

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Be Kind

What does it mean to be kind?

18 May 2020

Kindness is the central theme for Mental Health Awareness Week that starts today, 18 May. Our Communications Manager Jane Edmonds…

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