Bristol Legacy Foundation

About us

Bristol Legacy Foundation was founded in 2019 and consists of city partners, individuals and organisations. It was initially convened by Bristol City Council, and chaired by Professor Olivette Otele. At the end of 2022, it was decided to shift the coordination of the LSG to an external organisation (Black South West Network - BSWN). In November 2023, the BLF was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Since then, the Group has decided to constitute itself as the Bristol Legacy Foundation. The Bristol Legacy Foundation is chaired by the Deputy Mayor Councillor Asher Craig.

Since the Bristol Legacy Foundation was founded in 2019, several activities have taken place despite the lockdown which hindered much of the group’s work in 2020:

• World Reimagined (2022)

  • £50,000 of the BLG’s fund went to supporting the World Reimagined project in 2022.
    
    

• Atonement & Reparations Motion (2021)

  • Bristol City Council Councillors voted in favour of an "atonement and reparations" plan for Bristol's role in the transatlantic slave trade.
    
    

• The Colston Statue: What’s Next? (2021)

  • The History Commission consulted with the public on the future of the Colston statue and the plinth.
    
    

• Project T.R.U.T.H (2020)

  • In September 2020, the BLG commissioned a 6-month period of educational consultations, led by Black South West Network on behalf of the BLG, with members of the diverse communities of Afrikan Caribbean and continental Afrikan heritage people.