Brigstow Institute
@hellobrigstow.bsky.social
An University of Bristol Institute for creativity, compassion, and co-created research.
Nurturing transformative partnerships from ideas to impact.
https://linktr.ee/hellobrigstow
Nurturing transformative partnerships from ideas to impact.
https://linktr.ee/hellobrigstow
Join @hellobrigstow.bsky.social & @cabot-institute.bsky.social for The Joy of Activism – a conversation about finding hope & creativity in climate & disability activism with Polly Meyrick & Emma Geen.
📅 13 Nov, 6:30 PM | Bristol + Online
🎟https://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/events/joy-of-activism/
📅 13 Nov, 6:30 PM | Bristol + Online
🎟https://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/events/joy-of-activism/
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Join @hellobrigstow.bsky.social & @cabot-institute.bsky.social for The Joy of Activism – a conversation about finding hope & creativity in climate & disability activism with Polly Meyrick & Emma Geen.
📅 13 Nov, 6:30 PM | Bristol + Online
🎟https://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/events/joy-of-activism/
📅 13 Nov, 6:30 PM | Bristol + Online
🎟https://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/events/joy-of-activism/
A fantastic showcase of our 2025 seedcorn projects this week. Each of them shared their fantastic outputs and learning.
A great celebration of the end of our Seedcorn funding!
A great celebration of the end of our Seedcorn funding!
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A fantastic showcase of our 2025 seedcorn projects this week. Each of them shared their fantastic outputs and learning.
A great celebration of the end of our Seedcorn funding!
A great celebration of the end of our Seedcorn funding!
📢 Join us for an Ideas Lunch on children’s engagements with digital technologies and media practices and the impact of these on outdoor play and mobilities.
We will be joined by Lois Peach from University of Wollongong, Australia.
16 Sept
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
We will be joined by Lois Peach from University of Wollongong, Australia.
16 Sept
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
August 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📢 Join us for an Ideas Lunch on children’s engagements with digital technologies and media practices and the impact of these on outdoor play and mobilities.
We will be joined by Lois Peach from University of Wollongong, Australia.
16 Sept
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
We will be joined by Lois Peach from University of Wollongong, Australia.
16 Sept
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
It was fantastic to see @hellobrigstow.bsky.social projects taking part in an exhibition this month as part of the International Symposium for Cerebellum & Emotional Networks: The Emotional Brain.
Fantastic and inspiring display! Well done to all involved.
#CEN_TheEmotionalBrain
Fantastic and inspiring display! Well done to all involved.
#CEN_TheEmotionalBrain
June 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It was fantastic to see @hellobrigstow.bsky.social projects taking part in an exhibition this month as part of the International Symposium for Cerebellum & Emotional Networks: The Emotional Brain.
Fantastic and inspiring display! Well done to all involved.
#CEN_TheEmotionalBrain
Fantastic and inspiring display! Well done to all involved.
#CEN_TheEmotionalBrain
We had an amazing ideation workshop for "Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices". Amazing energy and conversations!
Couldn't make it? You can still get involved through Connections funding!
Deadline for applications: 30th June
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
Couldn't make it? You can still get involved through Connections funding!
Deadline for applications: 30th June
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
June 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We had an amazing ideation workshop for "Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices". Amazing energy and conversations!
Couldn't make it? You can still get involved through Connections funding!
Deadline for applications: 30th June
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
Couldn't make it? You can still get involved through Connections funding!
Deadline for applications: 30th June
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
Are you interested in our current funding? Do you have an idea? Join our drop in writing circle for space to write or to ask us questions. 17 June 9 - 5.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
June 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are you interested in our current funding? Do you have an idea? Join our drop in writing circle for space to write or to ask us questions. 17 June 9 - 5.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
"Empty Shirts: lost childhoods", a poignant exhibition from a Brigstow Ideas Exchange.
The project amplifies young people's voices and experiences of youth violence.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a brilliant example of using creative methods in research to explore a sensitive subject.
The project amplifies young people's voices and experiences of youth violence.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a brilliant example of using creative methods in research to explore a sensitive subject.
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Empty Shirts: lost childhoods", a poignant exhibition from a Brigstow Ideas Exchange.
The project amplifies young people's voices and experiences of youth violence.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a brilliant example of using creative methods in research to explore a sensitive subject.
The project amplifies young people's voices and experiences of youth violence.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a brilliant example of using creative methods in research to explore a sensitive subject.
Interested in our funding? Join our Ideation workshop!
Facilitated by the Brigstow Team, it will use methods that will help kick start your creativity. We’ll also have colleagues from Bristol Museum and Special Collections at the University of Bristol.
5 June: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
Facilitated by the Brigstow Team, it will use methods that will help kick start your creativity. We’ll also have colleagues from Bristol Museum and Special Collections at the University of Bristol.
5 June: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
May 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Interested in our funding? Join our Ideation workshop!
Facilitated by the Brigstow Team, it will use methods that will help kick start your creativity. We’ll also have colleagues from Bristol Museum and Special Collections at the University of Bristol.
5 June: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
Facilitated by the Brigstow Team, it will use methods that will help kick start your creativity. We’ll also have colleagues from Bristol Museum and Special Collections at the University of Bristol.
5 June: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
The theme for our funding pilot will be: Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices.
Find out more and get involved: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
Find out more and get involved: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
May 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The theme for our funding pilot will be: Postcolonial natural history collections and museum and archive practices.
Find out more and get involved: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
Find out more and get involved: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun...
Are you broadly interested in Food Justice or creative research methods?
Join us for our next Brigstow Blend: Food Justice. 10 June.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
🤝 Connect people to share ideas and information
🌱Think about future interdisciplinary, co-produced and creative research.
Join us for our next Brigstow Blend: Food Justice. 10 June.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
🤝 Connect people to share ideas and information
🌱Think about future interdisciplinary, co-produced and creative research.
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Are you broadly interested in Food Justice or creative research methods?
Join us for our next Brigstow Blend: Food Justice. 10 June.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
🤝 Connect people to share ideas and information
🌱Think about future interdisciplinary, co-produced and creative research.
Join us for our next Brigstow Blend: Food Justice. 10 June.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
🤝 Connect people to share ideas and information
🌱Think about future interdisciplinary, co-produced and creative research.
This week we had a fantastic afternoon at our "An Introduction to Co-produced Research" training, facilitated by the wonderful Hannah Mumby and her Co-production Oracle.
Thank you everyone for the energy, ideas and important perspectives you bought to discussions.
👀 Running again in Sept...
Thank you everyone for the energy, ideas and important perspectives you bought to discussions.
👀 Running again in Sept...
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This week we had a fantastic afternoon at our "An Introduction to Co-produced Research" training, facilitated by the wonderful Hannah Mumby and her Co-production Oracle.
Thank you everyone for the energy, ideas and important perspectives you bought to discussions.
👀 Running again in Sept...
Thank you everyone for the energy, ideas and important perspectives you bought to discussions.
👀 Running again in Sept...
Do you want to feel more at home in your streets? Do you want children to play out?
Join a team of curious adventurers to explore together what makes playful, social neighbourhoods & take small, gentle steps towards making these hopes a reality.
Free event: www.bristolwalkfest.com/event/ok-to-...
Join a team of curious adventurers to explore together what makes playful, social neighbourhoods & take small, gentle steps towards making these hopes a reality.
Free event: www.bristolwalkfest.com/event/ok-to-...
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Do you want to feel more at home in your streets? Do you want children to play out?
Join a team of curious adventurers to explore together what makes playful, social neighbourhoods & take small, gentle steps towards making these hopes a reality.
Free event: www.bristolwalkfest.com/event/ok-to-...
Join a team of curious adventurers to explore together what makes playful, social neighbourhoods & take small, gentle steps towards making these hopes a reality.
Free event: www.bristolwalkfest.com/event/ok-to-...
We are looking forward to our next Brigstow Blends on the 7th May! connect with others who have diverse expertise and research interests: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
April 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
We are looking forward to our next Brigstow Blends on the 7th May! connect with others who have diverse expertise and research interests: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
Fantastic workshop with @bristolpoverty.bsky.social showcasing how to use participatory research methods for inclusive poverty research.
Thank you to the speakers Sara Davies, Camilla Morelli & @helenmanchester.bsky.social & the participants for deep and interesting questions. Great discussion!
Thank you to the speakers Sara Davies, Camilla Morelli & @helenmanchester.bsky.social & the participants for deep and interesting questions. Great discussion!
March 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fantastic workshop with @bristolpoverty.bsky.social showcasing how to use participatory research methods for inclusive poverty research.
Thank you to the speakers Sara Davies, Camilla Morelli & @helenmanchester.bsky.social & the participants for deep and interesting questions. Great discussion!
Thank you to the speakers Sara Davies, Camilla Morelli & @helenmanchester.bsky.social & the participants for deep and interesting questions. Great discussion!
Introducing Seedcorn 2024/25 project "Ok to Play".
This project will explore children’s perspectives of threshold spaces ( eg doorsteps) in an urban area of Bristol and how these spaces can be improved to promote play and creativity.
Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
This project will explore children’s perspectives of threshold spaces ( eg doorsteps) in an urban area of Bristol and how these spaces can be improved to promote play and creativity.
Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
February 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Introducing Seedcorn 2024/25 project "Ok to Play".
This project will explore children’s perspectives of threshold spaces ( eg doorsteps) in an urban area of Bristol and how these spaces can be improved to promote play and creativity.
Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
This project will explore children’s perspectives of threshold spaces ( eg doorsteps) in an urban area of Bristol and how these spaces can be improved to promote play and creativity.
Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
Introducing 24/25 Seedcorn "From Ghana to Bristol"
This work will explore how reparative justice can evolve within an environmental context by using indigenous materials, methods, and perspectives that challenge hierarchical structures.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
This work will explore how reparative justice can evolve within an environmental context by using indigenous materials, methods, and perspectives that challenge hierarchical structures.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
February 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Introducing 24/25 Seedcorn "From Ghana to Bristol"
This work will explore how reparative justice can evolve within an environmental context by using indigenous materials, methods, and perspectives that challenge hierarchical structures.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
This work will explore how reparative justice can evolve within an environmental context by using indigenous materials, methods, and perspectives that challenge hierarchical structures.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
Our fabulous Research Associate, Will Hunter, perfectly co-ordinating with our workshop space at Hamilton House Bristol.
10/10 👌
10/10 👌
January 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our fabulous Research Associate, Will Hunter, perfectly co-ordinating with our workshop space at Hamilton House Bristol.
10/10 👌
10/10 👌
Join us for Brigstow Blends - a series of informal get-togethers throughout the year that give our community the opportunity to meet others and nourish and feed any emerging research ideas.
Our first get together is 27 Feb!
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
Our first get together is 27 Feb!
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
January 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Join us for Brigstow Blends - a series of informal get-togethers throughout the year that give our community the opportunity to meet others and nourish and feed any emerging research ideas.
Our first get together is 27 Feb!
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
Our first get together is 27 Feb!
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
Introducing "Tales from the Bottle"
There are few records available on English black glass, but the composition of the glass can hold important information about global trade routes, especially when glass artifacts are found in colonial contexts.
More info: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
There are few records available on English black glass, but the composition of the glass can hold important information about global trade routes, especially when glass artifacts are found in colonial contexts.
More info: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
January 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Introducing "Tales from the Bottle"
There are few records available on English black glass, but the composition of the glass can hold important information about global trade routes, especially when glass artifacts are found in colonial contexts.
More info: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
There are few records available on English black glass, but the composition of the glass can hold important information about global trade routes, especially when glass artifacts are found in colonial contexts.
More info: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
How do people living with chronic kidney disease want to tell their stories? This newly funded Brigstow Seedcorn 2024/25 will use participatory, creative letter writing and delve into the Welfare State International Archive to explore democratising health through art.
More info: lnkd.in/e9_YXqyp
More info: lnkd.in/e9_YXqyp
January 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How do people living with chronic kidney disease want to tell their stories? This newly funded Brigstow Seedcorn 2024/25 will use participatory, creative letter writing and delve into the Welfare State International Archive to explore democratising health through art.
More info: lnkd.in/e9_YXqyp
More info: lnkd.in/e9_YXqyp
We are looking forward to hosting tis workshop with fantastic speakers!
We will explore how young people are impacted by of a lack of access to outside space and collective play and how provision for child mobilities and play might be re-imagined in the future.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
We will explore how young people are impacted by of a lack of access to outside space and collective play and how provision for child mobilities and play might be re-imagined in the future.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
January 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We are looking forward to hosting tis workshop with fantastic speakers!
We will explore how young people are impacted by of a lack of access to outside space and collective play and how provision for child mobilities and play might be re-imagined in the future.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
We will explore how young people are impacted by of a lack of access to outside space and collective play and how provision for child mobilities and play might be re-imagined in the future.
www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve...
We would love to hear from you!
We’re looking to take stock of the value we bring to those we support. To do this we've developed a short survey and would love it if you could take some time to help us better understand how we’ve impacted your work.
shorturl.at/m0adr
We’re looking to take stock of the value we bring to those we support. To do this we've developed a short survey and would love it if you could take some time to help us better understand how we’ve impacted your work.
shorturl.at/m0adr
January 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We would love to hear from you!
We’re looking to take stock of the value we bring to those we support. To do this we've developed a short survey and would love it if you could take some time to help us better understand how we’ve impacted your work.
shorturl.at/m0adr
We’re looking to take stock of the value we bring to those we support. To do this we've developed a short survey and would love it if you could take some time to help us better understand how we’ve impacted your work.
shorturl.at/m0adr
In January we organised a filmmaking for researchers course
Supported by fantastic tutors (Tot Foster and Jackie Waldock), they created short films and had conversations about ethics, visual mechanisms and storytelling. We can't wait to see the final films!
Supported by fantastic tutors (Tot Foster and Jackie Waldock), they created short films and had conversations about ethics, visual mechanisms and storytelling. We can't wait to see the final films!
January 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In January we organised a filmmaking for researchers course
Supported by fantastic tutors (Tot Foster and Jackie Waldock), they created short films and had conversations about ethics, visual mechanisms and storytelling. We can't wait to see the final films!
Supported by fantastic tutors (Tot Foster and Jackie Waldock), they created short films and had conversations about ethics, visual mechanisms and storytelling. We can't wait to see the final films!
Introducing "Storying the Avon: From Freshwater Science to Folklore" a 2024/25 seedcorn project looking to explore how care for and engagement with the #RiverAvon can foster long lasting and communal connections
Find out more in the Brigstow Project Catalogue: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
Find out more in the Brigstow Project Catalogue: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
January 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Introducing "Storying the Avon: From Freshwater Science to Folklore" a 2024/25 seedcorn project looking to explore how care for and engagement with the #RiverAvon can foster long lasting and communal connections
Find out more in the Brigstow Project Catalogue: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
Find out more in the Brigstow Project Catalogue: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/res...
Our newly funded seedcorn projects tackle issues from chronic illness, colonial reparations, to relationships with ecology.
Find out about our 2024/25 Seedcorn projects and who is involved here: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/new...
Find out about our 2024/25 Seedcorn projects and who is involved here: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/new...
January 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Our newly funded seedcorn projects tackle issues from chronic illness, colonial reparations, to relationships with ecology.
Find out about our 2024/25 Seedcorn projects and who is involved here: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/new...
Find out about our 2024/25 Seedcorn projects and who is involved here: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/new...