Craig Cheney
@CheneyCraig
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Former Deputy Mayor of Bristol. Now, not doing that.
Bristol, England
Joined October 2013
🏛️ @mshedbristol's telling more stories of migration, thanks to @britishmuseum 📸 Items include tiny boats and a Lampedusa cross – reflecting the plight and tragic fate of many people seeking refuge 📰 More from Cllr @CheneyCraig: https://t.co/WRV5EhnQHR
#WorldRefugeeDay2022
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Nancy Medina named as new artistic director of Bristol Old Vic
theguardian.com
Medina, who set up the Bristol School of Acting, takes over next spring as Tom Morris steps down after more than a decade
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⚽ The Gas are going up (x2) 👏 Congrats to @Official_BRFC on their final day 7-0 win to seal @EFL promotion and to @GasGirlsWFC for securing back-to-back promotions
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It’s official – In May, there’ll be a referendum on keeping the position of Mayor or replacing it with an anonymous, inefficient, unaccountable committee system. But what does this actually mean in practice? Thread /
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In May 1976 after playing 4Pompey at Sunderland,Team bus stopped for fish&chips in Wetherby.All players piled in pub opposite & I was told we don’t serve your kind in here 🤦🏾♂️ last night over 3,000 people turned up to see me put on the Crimbo lights🎄The world is a better place 😊
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"Close behind London, with nearly £11,000,000 invested in Kickstarters, Bristol's innovations keep coming." Great to see Bristol hot on the heels of London in this @Paymentsense global index list of most innovative cities in the UK: https://t.co/oYp0FxlLqD
#Bristol #Innovation
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Bristol Takeover is back TOMORROW! Here are approx set times for all 3 stages - set your alarm for your faves & plan when to discover something new! Don't forget all stages also live streamed on Vimeo. Full details & watch links 👉 https://t.co/j84HuVsmwO
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BREAKING: #Bristol has achieved an A rating - the highest score possible - for action on #ClimateChange in the CDP annual report. Bristol is in the top 10% globally & 1 of 11 cities in the UK to receive an A #BristolClimateAction
https://t.co/yHw1ReN3CG
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Bristol Mayor @MarvinJRees on #COP26 : “What I think was missing was the ability to recognize the leadership of cities in delivering decarbonization... This zero-sum game between nation states holds the conversation back...” 👏👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/iXUOkwsV8t
washingtonpost.com
“What I think was missing… was the ability to recognize the leadership of cities in delivering decarbonization… This zero-sum game between nation states holds the conversation back because they can’t...
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Vacant commercial property grant scheme A new grant scheme has launched offering businesses and organisations up to £10,000 to bring vacant buildings within the city centre or one of the 47 high streets back into permanent or temporary use. Find out more: https://t.co/Bi2SyYVQdC
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✅ My first promise when running for Mayor was to end poverty pay at @BristolCouncil 🏙️ I’m proud that we’re not stopping there and are making #Bristol a @LivingWageUK City 💸 Working with employers, almost 2,500 workers in our city have had a pay rise 📺 #LivingWageWeek 👇
This week marks #LivingWageWeek. Take a look at our new film featuring just some of Bristol's accredited real Living Wage employers. Big thanks to @zerogreen17, @MerrywoodGPs, @TrinityBristol, @UWEBristol, @HLInvest & @QuirkyCampers for helping us to highlight the... 1/2
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‘The perversity of #ClimateChange is that the exploitation of natural resources couldn’t have happened without the exploitation of humans. We need to deliver a transition that is a #JustTransition for the people, including climate #migrants’. @MarvinJRees, Mayor of Bristol #COP26
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"Rugby saved me." For @EllisGenge, finding rugby changed everything. Listen to his story in today's England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line available now 👉 https://t.co/vQk6XtYPr4
#WearTheRose @o2sports
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📢@BristolCouncil Cabinet have approved leasing land for the @ambitionlw community-owned wind turbine. @CityFundBristol is proud to invest in this landmark #CommunityEnergy project, which will be an asset for the local community & will contribute to carbon-reduction goals #COP26
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Meet the 74 senior city leaders who make up the 5th class of @BHcityleaders. Each is learning and sharing new skills and tools that they can bring home to drive better results for residents. #LocalGov #Cities #PublicSector #Innovation #Leadership #BloombergHarvard
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