Love Bristol

The Festival’s aim was to bring about social transformation in South Bristol and inspire young people from outside the area to give there time and skills to those less able than themselves and in the process generate a great family festival. The aim also included strengthening existing projects and initiatives with long-term regeneration in mind.

A hundred projects were completed by over 750 enthusiastic volunteers. Each day the delegates enjoyed a great programme of seminars, worship, bible teaching and prayer. On two evenings there were special celebrations.

About 10,000 people visited the festival site in the course of the five day event and about 6,000 attended the Sunday festival day. There had been few projects on this scale in South Bristol before and its success was a tribute to all the dedicated volunteers who made it happen.

There was an Extreme Zone located on the Skate Park adjacent to a play area and in the Sport Zone young people took part in coaching, matches and demonstration relating to football, cricket, basketball and Ultimate Frisbee. Local sports stars gave time to making this zone very special. There was a Creative Zone, Family Zone and Community Zone all providing entertainment, opportunities for participation and a sense of community interaction which is rare these days. Many more projects were included which made a long-term impact on the locality raising the profile of an area in which many live who feel excluded from mainstream society.