What does Bristol Fawcett do?

Bristol Fawcett members are active in the local campaign for gender equality.  We support the aims of the Fawcett Society and work at a local level to:

• Raise awareness of Fawcett and the work that Fawcett does
  

• Campaign and lobby to improve policy and services for women and girls
  

• Bring an informed gender equality perspective to local decision making bodies
  

Bristol Fawcett is an activist group, whose members seek not primarily to talk about feminism but to ‘do’ feminism and make a difference - however small - to awareness, policy and practice in the local area. We meet monthly and between meetings our members work on current campaigns and in subgroups. Members give their time, their ideas, and their skills, to projects and events that we undertake. We recognise that women have different skills and different amounts of time available for this work. By being part of a group, everything you do, big or small, can make a difference.

Find out more about feminism in Bristol

This radio programme (30 minutes) from October 2009 gives a flavour of the kind of feminist activism and campaigning taking place around Bristol through Bristol Fawcett, Bristol Feminist Network and Bristol Women's Forum.

In 2009 The Spark published an article about Bristol Fawcett.  Read it here.

Projects

For more information about our activities, see our ‘Projects’ page here or go straight to our pages on gender equality in education, lapdancing clubs,  sexual violence, representation of women and trafficking.

Annual Reports

Our annual report for 2009 can be viewed here, or here if you'd like to read it in a slightly bigger format (14pt).

Our annual report for 2008 can be viewed here, or here if you'd like to read it in a slightly bigger format (14pt).

Click here to view our annual report for 2007.

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