BOPF news
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