BOPF news
Challenging Ageism Workshops
27th November & 3rd December 2020 The two-hour workshops will enable participants to explore their own thoughts and ... More
Celebrating Age Open Mic Night! Wednesday 25 November, 5pm
Celebrating Age Open Mic Night is part of Celebrating Age Festival 2020. Every year we run the Celebrating Age Festival ... More
Introducing our new BOPF Trustee!
Tara Mistry is our newest BOPF Trustee and she has been a great activist around anti-racism and equality issues since sh ... More
BOPF Congratulates Roy Hackett on his MBE
BOPF Congratulates Roy Hackett on his MBE for services to the Bristol Community! It is long overdue! A recent Guardian a ... More
BOPF Annual Appeal from our BOPF Ambassador
To all BOPF members and friends. Hello again! What a year it’s been so far. And so much has been happening that you pr ... More
BOPF & BCC Newsletter – September 2020
Please find attached the latest in a series of joint Newsletters from the Bristol Older People’s Forum and Bristol ... More
Black Lives Matter
VIP BLM Statement: We stand in solidarity with black people and all who are oppressed and discriminated against. The Voi ... More
Update from BOPF Chair
I hope you remain safe and well, and are enjoying some greater freedom with the easing of the Covid lock-down. However, ... More
BOPF Housing Survey Report
Launch of Bristol Older People's Forum (BOPF) Housing Survey Report ... More
Bristol City Council’s coronavirus information and advice newsletter
Hello resident, This afternoon, the Prime Minister set out a series of new changes to the lockdown measures in England f ... More
Black Lives Matter
We stand in solidarity with black people and all who are oppressed and discriminated against. ... More
Thoughts from an imagined care home resident
They say it’s the virus. Everything is different. The staff are kind, but very busy so I don’t see them much. The ... More
Update from BOPF Chair
I hope you remain safe and well, and are enjoying some greater freedom with the easing of the lock-down. There was some ... More
How are you experiencing LIFE UNDER LOCK-DOWN?
This short open-ended questionnaire is part of our Bristol Join-Up Project. We would like to find out what our BOPF m ... More
Bristol City Council’s coronavirus information and advice newsletter
Lockdown support with Ramadan 2020, Online scams, Energy advice and support and Laughter in Lockdown ... More
The Bug and I by Judith Brown
I don’t know about you, but I feel I’m living in someone’s science fiction book... ... More
Interesting Times by Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson shares his experience of being born in the inter-war generation, and how that has shaped the person he's bec ... More
Coronavirus update from Avon and Somerset Police
Coronavirus update from Avon and Somerset Police Community Liaison Co-ordinator Good afternoon, I hope you are all well. ... More
Greta Thunberg’s visit to Bristol
I walked through cold and rainy, traffic-free Bristol from Old Market to College Green with my young mentee and hoards o ... More
Chair’s report
What a year 2019 was for BOPF! There was so much happening, it is difficult to know where to start. After over a decade ... More
BOPF Ambassador’s report
In January I chaired the Bristol Ageing Better Board meeting; we are coming to the end of our five year grant from the B ... More
Our interview with Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees
Representing the Bristol Older People’s Forum (BOPF) and the Transport Action group, I met with Mayor Rees on 11 Octob ... More
The housing survey – finding out what people want
The BOPF Housing Action Group, Information Hub and Housing Survey are now well underway. This work has been commissioned ... More
Positioning BOPF at the centre of transport decision making
The Transport Action Group (TAG) recently held, at the BOPF office, a lively and informative workshop to identify priori ... More