Community lunch and climate action for Disabled people

Join a free lunch to meet other Disabled people and to have your say on a community climate action plan made by local Disabled people. The lunch will be followed by discussion and a tour of the accessible community garden and art therapy at Redcatch Community Garden.  

Please note that this event is for Disabled people who live or work in Bristol. 

About the plan 

From buses to roads, and from jobs to energy, big changes are coming to Bristol as the city takes action on climate change. These changes could make things better for Disabled people but if they are planned in the wrong way they could make things more difficult.  In 2021 the ideas of over 200 local Disabled people were turned into a community climate action plan for Bristol’s community of Disabled people. It showed how local action on climate change could make things better for Disabled people. 

Over the last year a group of nine Disabled people from across Bristol have been updating the plan and making it even better. We now want to share this draft plan with the wider community to hear your ideas and make sure that we haven’t missed anything important. 

You can read more about the the group that has been working on the plan here.  

About the meal 

The community lunch is cooked by Disabled people taking part in Redcatch’s growing and cooking Community Climate Action Project.  It will be made from food grown by Disabled people as part of the Redcatch growing project.   

If you’d like to join or find out more about these projects you can visit the Redcatch Community Garden webpage. 

If you would like to join after the lunch or miss the tickets for the lunch you are welcome to arrive at 14:00 when we will be talking about the climate plan. People who can’t join the lunch will able to take a frozen meal cooked by the group home. 

Accessibility 

BSL interpreters and personal assistants will on hand at the event.  The venue is wheelchair accessible and an accessible toilet is on site. The event will be in plain English.  You can read about the accessibility at Redcatch Community Garden here. 

An accessible minibus is available. Pick up between 11am and 11.55am. Return between 3.15pm and 4pm. Please let us know if you need these when booking your ticket. Seats are limited so please don't book if you have your own transport.

If you have other access needs please let us know. 

An online feedback meeting on the plan will be held on 28 April. You can get a ticket for that online event here. 

Bookings for both events will close on 7 April.

Timings 

12:00 – Community lunch

13:30 – Break and garden tour

14:00 – Hear about the plan and feedback

15:00 – Close

The Climate and Disability programme is part of the Community Climate Action Project, coordinated by Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership and funded by the National Lottery.

Jargon buster 

Access needs - What a Disabled person needs so that they can take part fully in an activity. 

Accessible - When a Disabled person can use or take part in something because their needs have been met.

Climate change - A long term change in how hot the world is and the weather conditions. It is caused by humans and our use of dirty fuels like oil and gas. The heat means that lots more dangerous weather is happening. For example, in Bristol it means there will be more floods, extreme heat and more chaotic weather.

Community climate action plan - This is when a community plans what to do about climate change. The aim is to make the community better for the people in that community by action that also benefits the planet and nature.

Draft – When something is mostly finished but changes can still be made to it.