Penny Germon

Neighbourhoods and Communities Service Manager, Bristol City Council.
Be the change you want to see.

[Bristol City Office @BristolOneCity]

There are over 60 Welcoming Spaces across Bristol that provide communal spaces for residents to come together, access services and enjoy company and refreshments.

Help to keep these places going through winter by volunteering your time. Find out more at @candobristol.

#CSR

[Penny Germon @PennyGermonBCC]

Many Congratulations Anndeloris. Thank you for all that you do making good stuff happen

[Bristol Black Carers @BlackCarers]

Bristol Black Carers CEO Anndeloris Chacon has been awarded a #BEM (British Empire Medal) for her services to charity and to the community in Bristol 💜🥇

[CommDevBristol @CommDevBristol]

The Race and the City Recruitment event on Thursday, 28th September 2023 from 4pm - 7pm at the Conference Hall in City Hall, College Green as part of National Inclusion Week.
https://t.co/fdgkLRSxYZ

#Jobrecruitmentevent #jobsrecruitment #findemploymentevent #recruitingforjobs

[CommDevBristol @CommDevBristol]

The Social Action Grant Programme from Bristol One City is now open for applications until 28th September! If you are a community group or charity based and working in Bristol, find out if you're eligible and how to apply: https://t.co/ut4HZnRiFV

[Local Partnerships @LP_localgov]

Brilliant speed share by ⁦@BristolCouncil⁩ team on co-designing a funding programme - key takeaways: embed equity, value community input, change representation to enable inclusive buy in. #strongerthings #localgov ⁦@wearenewlocal⁩

[New Local @wearenewlocal]

“There was a real intentional focus on equity”

@CllrEllieking & Ellie Stevens from @BristolCouncil & Stacy Yelland from @upourstreet share their work implementing a new capital grant programme fully co-designed with local people.

#MakingItHappen #StrongerThings

[Thomas Chigbo @TomChigbo]

Great to see @BristolCouncil & @CllrEllieking speaking about community resilience fund at @wearenewlocal #StrongerThings.

£4m of grant funding given to communities through a bespoke deliberative & participatory process that gave real power to local people, helped by @TPXimpact.

[Marvin Rees @MarvinJRees]

👏 Today we thanked #Bristol’s 105 Welcoming Spaces and came together to think about the future

☕ These warm hubs have been an essential part of our response to the national #CostOfLivingCrisis over the winter months

✍️ My blog, including a new video: https://t.co/TS1QUoAAPu

[Penny Germon @PennyGermonBCC]

This is an important #Bristol Do Disabled people with learning difficulties want to have a group to speak about things that matter to them? @WECILBristol @BDEFbites @SARIcharity @BrilLiving @CommDevBristol @BristolWV @CoREBristol @voscur @BlackSWNet @TrinityBristol

[CommDevBristol @CommDevBristol]

The People's Voice Project had their 2nd focus group - thank you Kim, Rob, Kerrie, Jemma and Val. We discussed whether People with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities want to run a group.

If your group wants to speak on this then contact [email protected]

[CommDevBristol @CommDevBristol]

The People's Voice Project had their 2nd focus group - thank you Kim, Rob, Kerrie, Jemma and Val. We discussed whether People with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities want to run a group.

If your group wants to speak on this then contact [email protected]

[Penny Germon @PennyGermonBCC]

Great work - Thank you @ambitionlw

[BS3 Community Development @BS3Community]

🚪 We have a drop-in session every Thursday from 3.30 - 6pm.

🥣 It's a safe place to come for a friendly chat, play board games, and enjoy some free soup with bread, and a hot drink.

📅 We will have BSL interpreters attending the first Thurs of each Month too.

with @CfDHoH

[Penny Germon @PennyGermonBCC]

Great news! This is a really important and exciting piece of work for Bristol. Please get involved and help the team by telling others . #Bristol @WECILBristol @BDEFbites @BlackSWNet @voscur

[CommDevBristol @CommDevBristol]

The People's Voice Project had their first focus group today - thank you @TheMisfitsUKCIO! We discussed whether People with Learning Difficulties / Disabilities want to run a group.

If your group wants to have their voice heard on this then contact [email protected]

[CommDevBristol @CommDevBristol]

The People's Voice Project had their first focus group today - thank you @TheMisfitsUKCIO! We discussed whether People with Learning Difficulties / Disabilities want to run a group.

If your group wants to have their voice heard on this then contact [email protected]

[Bristol Horn Youth Concern @bristolhyc]

As part of the Cost of Living Crisis, we are offering a healthy & enjoyable meals for FREE freshly cooked cultural and nutritious hot meals every Friday starting from 23/12/2022 @Central Bristol Quaker Meeting House BS2 9DB.Please do spread the word.@MoestakHussein @MarvinJRees

[Claudia Collins @Bristol2Bristol]

Went along to the Knowle Methodist Church today for their Monday Welcoming Space Community Meal - Carols, Curry and lovely people!
The Knowle Methodist Church welcome space runs term time only on Mondays - 11am-2pm #welcomingspaces #communitymeal #knowlemethodistchurch

[Bristol Law Centre @BrisLawCentre]

We're proud to be part of Bristol's winter response: free legal advice sector is coordinating with communities, @BristolCouncil, spaces, mental health support, food help, energy advice @HelloCSE @FeedingBristol @ACFAAdvice @ChangesBristol @CABBristol @rfmentalhealth #wearebristol

[Penny Germon @PennyGermonBCC]

Great to make connections and learn about work to collaborate with citizens and communities. Lots to inspire & reflect on.

[Mick Ward @mickmodern]

Good meeting of UK and Ireland ABCD Network today. Discussing different frameworks for managing and supporting Community Builders. Thanks @PennyGermonBCC and team at Bristol. @joemicheli94 from @CityofYork Sarah and James from @CroydonVA