News archive
Activist Memories – BRHG Publications
Activist Memories – BRHG Publications The Activist Memories series captures, through oral history interviews, the ... More
BOPF Cookbook Launch at Triodos – Monday 29 January 2024
BOPF Cookbook Launch at Triodos venue Monday 29 January 2024, 10:30 – 12:30 hrs You are invited to the launch of ... More
Healthwatch Bristol – Share your views
Healthwatch Bristol is your health and social care champion. If you use GPs and hospitals, dentists, pharmacies, care ... More
BOPF & BCC Newsletter September 2023
Click on this link to read our latest BOPF & BCC Newsletter September 2023 ... More
Celebrating NHS at 75 – 5 July 2023
BOPF members are very proud of our NHS and grateful for the difference it has made to the health of the citizen of this ... More
Pension Credit Week of Action, 12-16 June 2023
This week is Pension Credit Week of Action, which is all about raising awareness of Pension Credit and encouraging peopl ... More
Which? wins campaign to protect free access to cash
A Bill amendment will ensure consumers can withdraw and deposit cash for free. In a huge win for consumers, the governme ... More
BOPF Cost of Living – snapshot report March 2023
Key findings· 103 out of 113 older people in Bristol responding to this survey have been affected by the cost of living ... More
Bristol Radical History Festival, Saturday 22 April 2023, 10:00am to 4:30pm at the M Shed
We have a full programme, which is again based on two main themes: Radical Bristol and the Visual Arts and Bristol Trade ... More
Bristol Local Plan Review – Further Consultation. Closing date: 20 January 2023
The Bristol City Council are asking for your views on changes to the Bristol Local Plan. The Bristol Local Plan Review ... More
Digital Skills Workshops at Brunelcare’s Colliers Gardens November & December 2022
FREE Digital Skills Workshops for Older People with tea, coffee and cake. Learn how to use your computer, tablet or phon ... More
Celebrating Age Festival Launch – October 2022
The Celebrating Age Festival (CAF) is an annual event in Bristol, challenging stereotypes about ageing and encouraging o ... More
Hospital or Not? 1 November 2022
A day exploring how to decide when hospital would benefit patients – for over 65s Come and join us if you are over ... More
Bristol Womens Voice AGM – 11 October 2022
Bristol Women’s Voice AGM Date: Tuesday 11th October 2022 Time: 5.30 – 8.45pm Location: The Station, Silver ... More
Condolences to the Royal Family
Below is a message from the Bristol City Office following confirmation from the Royal Family that Her Majesty The Queen ... More
‘Cost of Living’ and Energy Bills Support Scheme
As the ‘Cost of Living Crisis’ starts to bite, the Bristol City Council (BCC), working with the voluntary an ... More
BOPF Supports Bristol Becoming a Living Rent City
BOPF Trustees have agreed to sign the following statement/letter to the Chairs of the Living Rents Commission Advisory B ... More
Roy Hackett OBE & MBE 1928 – 2022
It is with great sadness that our long-standing member Roy Hackett OBE & MBE has passed away at the age of 94. In 19 ... More
Our NHS – or is it? Changes from 1st July in 2022
What do you understand by the following initials; ICS, ICB,ICP? Better get used to them because they are the future of t ... More
Things I wish I’d known before I bought a retirement flat by Judith Brown
We’ve all seen them haven’t we? Advertisements showing happy elders laughing and clasping wine glasses, in their per ... More
From the Incoming Chair of Bristol Older People’s Forum, Christina Stokes
I am honoured to have been elected by the Trustees as Chair of BOPF for the coming year. I have been treasurer of BOPF a ... More
From the Outgoing Chair of Bristol Older People’s Forum, Ian Bickerton
I will soon be stepping down as the Chair of BOPF. I was first elected in July 2019, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my ... More
Message from Ian Bickerton, Chair of BOPF, about the Bristol Impact Fund
I am delighted to let you know that Bristol Older People’s Forum has been successful in its bid to BCC’s Bristol Imp ... More
BOPF COVID-19 Information and Advice Newsletter – May 2021
The BOPF COVID-19 Information and Advice Newsletter – May 2021 is produced in partnership with the Bristol City ... More
BOPF Meetup Mornings – Throughout 2021
This exciting project has been recently set up to enable older people to make new social connections by meeting up with ... More
BOPF Carer’s Survey Report – May 2021
Launch of Bristol Older People's Forum (BOPF) Housing Survey Report ... More
BOPF Housing Survey Report – May 2020
Launch of Bristol Older People's Forum (BOPF) Housing Survey Report ... More
COVID-19: Sir Lenny Henry appeals to black communities to have the jab in ‘a letter to loved ones’
Sir Lenny Henry has written an open letter, signed by a number of household names, calling on black people in the UK to ... More
News from BOPF Chair- 18 March 2021
Racist emails aimed at the Mayor and Deputy Mayor You may be aware of the national and local news coverage about the lev ... More
News from BOPF Chair – 12 March 2021
Here is the letter I wrote to Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees about public toilets on 11 March 2021. Dear Marvin I wrote to ... More
News from BOPF Chair – 4 March 2021
I hope you are all keeping well, and I suspect most of us have had our Covid jab by now. Some of you will probably have ... More
Social Care Crisis – TUC Report
Bristol Older People’s Forum (BOPF) has long campaigned for the Government to come forward with a sustainable long ... More
Update from BOPF Chair
I hope you are keeping well and managing to endure this seemingly endless Covid period in our lives. However, there is a ... More
Cherry’s Story
Many years ago Cherry Hartley was very active and prominent in BOPF, as she still was before lockdown with local communi ... 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 & 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
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