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We've been working with @aliveactivities and residents at two local care homes who have been learning to brew beer. The aim is to improve the lives of older people, including those living with dementia. Cheers! 🍺 brnw.ch/21wOKrl @hellobrigstow @BBCBristol

Alive's Hoppiness Project with @BristolUni and @HelloBrigstow was featured on @BBCBristol Points West last night! The piece was recorded at @LHGBrewingco, who kindly hosted beer-tasting and a brewery tour for us and residents from @Barchester_care. 🍺: aliveactivities.org/the-hoppiness-…

Bristols complex relationship with drugs-from the transatlantic trade of tobacco, sugar & rum to recent harm reduction approaches-shaped our city Great pilot of our Bristol Drugs Boat Tour, a legacy of our @HelloBrigstow project, w/ @NeilCMCarrier + @BristolAnthArch students🚤💊

We’re two weeks away from closing our first round of funding. Time may be ticking, but we have designed the application process to be as short and easy to use as possible. Apply by 2nd Dec 2024! immersivearts.uk #ImmersiveArtsUK

Talking about sexual intimacy with your partner can be embarrassing, shameful, awkward. When you have experienced Female Genital Cutting or Modification it can make that conversation 100 times more difficult. Natasha Carver explores this in her blog post: shorturl.at/7aVTW

We had a big tidy and harvesting session at Brentry this week before finishing with some of the 🍻 beer our hops contributed to, washed down with homemade cake 🎂. The allotment is still very productive and full of colour - long may it last 🌈 🌿

I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design lnkd.in/eJZ4U3jt

Thank you to all who have applied to our Seedcorn funding call. This call has now closed. Check out our funding pages to find out more about our other funding stream, Ideas Exchange Funding: bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fundi…

An Evening of Creative Technology. 5 Dec Learn about the creative tech work being done across @BristolUni & @PMStudioUK . See how your research can grow, & meet others who work in your field. shorturl.at/McOU7 Open to @BristolUni researchers & @PMStudioUK residents

Highlights from our latest newsletter: 🎞️#BristolDataWeek 2024 videos on Youtube! 🧑‍💼JGI X @turinginst Seminar Series launch 🏙️@Bristolinnov Celebrating Bristol as an AI city event 📰@LEAP_Hub Funded Internship Hosting Information session Read more: tinyurl.com/2kdb3zyp

Are you preparing a proposal to Brigstow Seedcorn funding? Read our application guidance to help you prepare your answers for the application form: bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fundi…

Even though I don't know what tomorrow has in store, I'm going to hold my head up, think positive and believe that everything happens for a reason 🙏🏾 What will be, will be 🥰

Migration is part of all our lives. What does it mean to you? Ep 1 of the MMB podcast unboxes our assumptions about movement - listen here to @nandita101 and @TimCole_Bristol🎧👉 tinyurl.com/yp6pzf34 🙏 recording @brisunimusic, music @countshaw, editing @Melissafitzg

Really great to see how relevant Jaskiran Kaur Chohan's @HelloBrigstow funded project still is. This is a fantastic blog she wrote for us during her project, do check it out!

Tutors:  Dr Tot Foster is a researcher in the @SOEBristol focusing on creative methods and empowering community voice through video.  Jackie Waldock is a BAFTA award-winning documentary producer specialising in health and society.

Do you want to explore what filmmaking could do for you in your research? We are offering free places on a short, practical course to 7 @BristolUni academics to help you get started with practical skills using readily available technologies. 🎞️ Info: forms.office.com/e/9iRQvxYQD8

The #Hoppiness Project 🍻🌱 - our collaboration with the @BristolUni and @BrisHopsColl - now has a gorgeous, user-friendly website built by @hellobrigstow, and a downloadable activity pack, designed by the brilliant @CamillaAdams 🎨✨. Check them out 👉 hoppiness.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

‘It’s hard to imagine a world that doesn’t have those splotches of colour neatly tied with an idea of the nation…’ Listen to Tim Cole @UoBHist @UoBArtsMatter on Migration Unboxed to open up your understanding of borders, citizenship and the state 👉 bit.ly/4f9Mogd

We had a fantastic final cohort meeting, bringing together all of our 2024/2025 seedcorn funded projects to showcase their work and discuss their next steps. It was brilliant to see fantastic videos, artwork, and even to taste sample some tasty outputs.