Young Bristol

A 250-plus crowd queued to get in to the old fire station in Bristol where the Young Bristol myplace project will be based. On arrival they were given complimentary drinks and entertained by some young musicians.  All of the young people and project team were in myplace-branded shirts. 

Once everyone had arrived, we moved to the old engine house, which will become the project auditorium. There, we received a welcome from the non-profit arts group currently occupying the building (they will move to another part of the space once the myplace project starts).

We then had a presentation from a group of young people on their design process working with the Sorrell Foundation. Each of them spoke in turn, supported by Powerpoint slides to illustrate their visits to other buildings/design studios etc.  They spoke about the concept and how it evolved, the branding, and the process of appointing and working with their design team, as well as the debates that were had in reaching their final conclusions. There were also some brief words from Will Sorrell on what the Sorrell Foundation does.

The young people concluded their presentation by unveiling the new branding for their project, with a ‘lights out' moment where they all reappeared wearing new hoodies bearing the branding and project name (the Station).

Following their presentation the chair of the Young Bristol board spoke and thanked Sorrell and other supporters that had worked with the young people.  The young people were presented with certificates by the Lord Lieutenant and Will Sorrell.  They then opened up for questions from the audience. Afterwards there were 3 musical performances by the young people - a Ukulele song, followed by rap, and then rock music. Something for all tastes!

Finally, visitors were split into groups and given tours of the building, led by the young people that had given the presentation to explain what each zone would include and why.  Visitors were also handed sheets on leaving and asked to tell the project how they might be able to help them.