Shift Bristol

Heya!

We are down-scaling our next Open Day due to unforseen circumstances but we do still hope you can join us!

Same date! Different venue and times...

We are shifting venues to our beloved home-from-hone classroom, The Gasworks Studio in St Werburghs.

Doors will be open from 11.00 - 2.30

Refreshments provided :)

All ages welcome, bring a friend, a neighbour, your kids!

Contact us with any questions: [email protected]

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We've got some more awesome rewards to share with you ~~~

have donated 5 vouchers for their serene sauna experience. Not to be missed 🧡

Georgina Holt has donated an amazing session of restorative, rejuvenating shiatsu.

And PSC Collaborative Design tutor, plus ceramisist with the most-ess, Hannah of Wildware Design has donated one of her completely beautiful and invaluable Compost Jars - using a traditional design, turn your food waste back into living soil 🪱 A bespoke commission, designed to your taste!

Get em whilst they're still available, once they're gone - they are goonnnnee 👻

Another wicked, nutritious reward for you!

have donated a month's subscription to their veg box scheme.

Former Shifty and Olly manage this flourishing market garden in Hengrove, Bristol.

Not only are they producing high quality, organically grown produce, they are also helping to tackle local food insecurity by contributing their nutrient dense fruit & veg to local food poverty charities AND hosting local people for regular volunteer days, facilitating a greater connection for people with the land, themselves and the food that keeps them going.

What a world of brilliant work.

We love taking our students to Lush Greens for their annual Permablitz - many hands making light work, giving back to these awesome guys.

So bag yourself this reward before someone else does!

We're recruiting!

SHIFT Bristol are seeking an Operations Lead, a role which will maintain the operational systems that support Shift Bristol’s educational programmes and wider organisational functioning.

Could this be you?

See the link in our Bio for more information 🙌

SHIFT is a living, values-led educational organisation. It is practical, relational, ambitious, and sometimes complex. Candidates must demonstrate an agility to move at pace with an evolving organisation, and a commitment to building a kind, just, ethical and sustainable world.

This role is for someone who can help create steadier ground underneath the work.

The Operations Lead will help SHIFT become clearer, more resilient, more accountable, and less dependent on informal systems or overstretched individuals. The work is partly administrative, partly relational, partly strategic, and partly about noticing what is falling between the cracks before it becomes a crisis.

Strong operations are not separate from regenerative work.

They are an essential foundation that makes it possible.

After only 48hrs...

We've raised over 1/4 of our target 🎉🎉🎉

Thanks to you and your momentous generosity, plus 's Community Fund match funding each donation up to £250, we have raised over £6,000 in 2 days.

We are awe struck. For real.

Already we are a quarter of the way to achieving our goal of securing and safeguard the future of our transformative courses, enabling vital climate education that empowers communities to turn concern into action: fostering hope, connection, and lasting change.

We thank you, thank you THANK YOU 💚

Please keep sharing this campaign, people power cam be an unrivalled force.

With huge love,

The Shift Team

More more rewards for you lucky folk!

The fantastic Robyn Hambrook - our Clowning as Resistance tutor on the PSC - has donated 5 vouchers to the Clown Soup sessions!

Discover Clowning as a practice of playfulness, presence, and connection.

Grab yourself a voucher before they all go!

And remember, all donations up to £250 will be matchfunded by ! So for every pound you donate, we receive twice the impact 🌱🌱

Get a grin as great as Nomsa's 🌞

And get yourself to our Crowdfunder page to check out our outrageously fabulous rewards!

These are all donated by Shift alumni, tutors, collaborators and wider community. You can redeem a reward when you donate to our campaign 😎

But do remember ... once those rewards are gone, they're gone!

Nab yourself a membership subscription to the Permaculture Association, offering great benefits such as having access to a large knowledge base, access to their wide-ranging online resources, full access to the community hub where you can connect with people within the wider permaculture network & start forum chats. Let alone ake part in our online masterclasses, gatherings, digital campfire events & monthly membership socials.

Alternatively, have donated 3 of their tinctures to keep you running smooth this summer!

Plus have donated a voucher to go and pick your own bouquet of flowers on their gorgeous patch of land in Backwell, Bristol.

Let alone a whole blimin' holistic massage session from Lucy of - graduate of

That's enough to get you grinning for sure!

Follow the Crowdfunder link in our bio to find out more 🎉🎉🎉

Thanks to Aviva Foundation's Community Fund, all your first donations up to £250 will be match funded!

This means Aviva will double your first pledge to our Crowdfunder 🎉

That means that your £25 becomes £50, your £50 becomes £100 - helping us get closer to our £20,000 goal to keep Shift shifting. How awesome is that!

Do remember, the match funding only applies to your first donations, so give once - and make it count!

Your support helps us continue to offer courses with integrity in both the classroom and the home office, enabling us to continue providing innovative and change-making education in Bristol!

Donate today and double your impact 🙌

🔗 in our Bio

We’re fundraising to secure the future of Shift Bristol, and AT LEAST another 16 years of empowering communities to respond to the climate crisis with hope and companionship.

Dig deep and give what you can at this crucial moment in time.

Every penny you donate will be reinvested into the grassroots fabric of Bristol and beyond.

We thank you for your attentiveness and generosity, 🙏

Link in our Bio x

Your support in ‘Shifting Shift’ means we can continue enabling climate action in communities:

🦠 Supporting community-led growing and food projects, including managing a community allotment and green spaces, contributing to Community Supported Agriculture initiatives in Bristol, and connecting local projects with volunteers from our student and alumni network

☕️ Enabling the creation of community projects such as food cooperatives, repair cafés, and seed-sharing networks through advice, mentorship, and project incubation

🐾 Working with partners to design and promote nature-based solutions that help communities respond to climate challenges such as urban heat, flooding, and water management

🪱 Equip participants with practical skills in soil health, water stewardship, and regenerative land management

🌿 Contributing to local biodiversity and ecosystem restoration, through activities such as wildflower meadow projects, tree planting, and community environmental volunteering

📢 Inspiring and supporting people to foster a deeper connection with nature and take part in practical climate action through education programmes, volunteering opportunities, and community engagement

🤸‍♂️ Promoting renewable energy adoption, including educational sessions delivered with partners such as Bristol Energy Network and supporting community-led initiatives where opportunities arise

🐝 Helping people design resilient homes, gardens, and neighbourhoods that can better respond to climate and ecological change

🚌 Encourage resource sharing and lower-carbon lifestyles such as cycling, public transport use, and reduced consumption

🧵 Fostering networks of repair, reuse, and circular economy practices in local communities.

BRISTOL Permaculture Design Course 2026 🌱

BOOK NOW: https://shorturl.at/9cYMC

Weekend workshops, field trips, and real-life group design projects exploring how we can live well within ecological limits.

This course is a holistic journey into Permaculture Design - learning how to meet our needs for food, shelter, connection, and fulfillment in ways that are regenerative, resilient, and joyful. We explore land, ecology, community, economics, health, and the bigger questions of our time.

Alongside practical design skills, we make space for creativity, emotional expression, grief, joy, and connection; learning with our heads, hands, and hearts.

✨ Community design projects
✨ Field trips to inspiring local projects
✨ Non-traditional teaching methods
✨ Real-world skills for low-impact living
✨ A chance to meet others passionate about regeneration and sustainability

📍 Bristol
📅 Sept – Dec 2026
💷 Three fee tiers available + payment plans (3, 6, or 9 instalments)
📩 Open Day : June 28th [https://hdfst.uk/e152591 ]

Come and learn how Permaculture can help us design abundant systems for people and planet 🌍



www.shiftbristol.org.uk