Community Takes Over From Church

The Community Centre on Gloucester Rd in Bishopton, Bristol, has been occupied by its local users for several weeks now, after the Church of England, original owner of the premises, decided to replace it with a church. This despite the fact that there are 6 other churches in the area already and none of them are exactly packed out every Sunday.

The residents of Bishopton are keeping up daily events catering for deprived people and offer the space to everybody for meetings and other activities. They have taken their struggle to London, with people chaining themselves to gates outside Lambeth Palace, and pressing the Archbishop of Canterbury to intervene. Help with the running of the centre is always welcome, as well as legal advice and donations. The case for possession of the centre will be in Bristol Crown Court 10am on April 19th - be there to show your support and put the pressure on. You can also go and tell the Planning Dept in the City Council what you think of them for giving consent to the change of use of the buildings.

Contact 0117 944 4401