Participants will be guided through making small crochet granny squares, with support available for people who have never crocheted before as well as space for more confident participants to experiment with colours and patterns.

Each person’s square will represent their own contribution to Broadmead, and all of the squares will be joined together to create a single community crochet cardigan. The finished piece will act as a wearable artwork that represents collaboration, belonging and the idea that a community is made up of many different individuals coming together.

You can expect conversation, skill-sharing and creativity in a relaxed environment. Open to anyone who wants to take part in a hands-on activity. The final cardigan will be displayed at Unit One during final weekend Love Letter to Broadmead project and worn during some of the events as a symbol of the Broadmead community.

These sessions are being run at the following dates and times:
Thursday 23rd April  3.30pm - 5.30pm
Sunday 26th April 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Tuesday 28th April 3.30pm - 5.30pm

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A Love Letter to Broadmead events are all free to attend, however – we ask for a refundable deposit of £5 to secure your place. Your £5 can be fully refunded after your attendance of the event, or it can be spent in a selection of participating businesses in Broadmead. If you are unable to pay please contact [email protected]. Further event info will be emailed to ticket holders ahead of the event. 

You can find Unit One on the first floor of The Galleries opposite Boots, in Broadmead, Bristol. Unit One is an accessible venue, with lifts and accessible toilets located on the opposite side of the escalators by the lifts. To get to us, the ground floor lifts are located towards the Merchant Street end of the centre, situated between Bonmarché and Claire's.

Please let us know in advance if you will be attending in a wheelchair, with a pushchair, or have specific access needs, so that we can plan ahead and ensure a smooth experience for you. The contact for this, and any other enquiry, is [email protected]. 

This show is part of Compass Presents‘ Love Letter to Broadmead project. 

About A Love Letter To Broadmead

Unfolding across April and culminating over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, A Love Letter to Broadmead will see a takeover of empty units and shop windows, bringing fresh energy into the city centre; a growing invitation to experience Broadmead in a different light, through creativity, connection, performance and unexpected moments in the heart of the city.

The project has been born out of conversations with local people. Pounding the pavements across December and early Jan, the Compass team visited every business in Broadmead and had exciting chats with the cultural organisations in the area, ultimately recruiting a pool of young people to lead and deliver the project alongside us. 

The heartbeat of the project is the first floor of the galleries, in the old Captain Kandy (check spelling) shop, now “Unit Ujima” with its cool tiled flooring and floor to ceiling widows, and the old Vertigo VR shop (now “Unit One”, with tons of space for hangouts and performances. Plus hangout and chilling space in the wide area outside Boots.

Spaces are limited so snap them up early - they are all Free!

We are reimagining the city. It is Broadmead, but not as you know it.

https://compasspresents.com/a-love-letter-to-broadmead/

A Love Letter to Broadmead is funded by the UK government through UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and funding from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.