SPARKS BRISTOL

Global Goals Centre and Artspace

Lifespace are very excited to collaborate on Sparks Bristol, an innovative arts and sustainability hub in the centre of Broadmead. In this dynamic and colourful space, shoppers can find a wide range of recycled and sustainable items for sale. It's also a great place to appreciate art installations, learn more about green initiatives, and explore ideas for a brighter future ahead of us. We're working together with local partners like The Natural History Consortium, Better Events, Sustainable Fashion Week, and soon many others to bring you food, fashion, home products, garden supplies, travel resources – even vertical farming! Above all else is the "secret garden," offering a zen oasis of calmness amidst the bustling city.

The Invisible Circus are helping us design a space that is playful and impactful, with a wayfinding walkway and a mannequin trail, one for each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. We will have a workshop and events space to run schools workshops and offer free or low cost public events from skills and repair workshops to film nights, talks and more. Artspace Lifespace will offer affordable artist studios and rehearsal space to enable wide participation.

A spokes person said. “The site will aim to open to the public in late April 2023 with the ambition of running this pilot initiative for at least seven months. We are actively seeking partners and sponsors for this project and welcome public support from all parts of the community. A huge thanks to those who have already submitted an expression of interest and offered help (over 280 of you!).

We aim to use all donated and recycled materials in creating Sparks, and have already recovered a huge amount of items that were destined for the skip, from office closures and old theatre sets, reducing waste and saving carbon.

As you can imagine it will take a lot of people power! We value any donation and offer of help towards creating this new space; every donation demonstrates buy-in and support for the project to other potential funders, so no donation is too small! Or do get in touch if you can offer other help not yet identified in our survey”