Former Deputy Mayor of Bristol. Now, not doing that.
Bristol, England
Joined October 2013
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Craig Cheney retweeted
🏛️ @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: bristol.gov.uk/newsroom/m-sh…
#WorldRefugeeDay2022
ALT Three tiny boats made out of repurposed bicycle steel mudguards, filled with extinguished matches, sit against a black background. Their reflections are visible beneath. Work by Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963)
Craig Cheney retweeted
Just a calm message for Nancy Medina @isthedirector from our Young Six Six company 😂
Craig Cheney retweeted
Nancy Medina named as new artistic director of Bristol Old Vic theguardian.com/stage/2022/m…
Craig Cheney retweeted
⚽ 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
ALT City Hall, Bristol, lit up in blue and white to celebrate Bristol Rovers' promotions
Craig Cheney retweeted
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 /
Craig Cheney retweeted
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 😊
Craig Cheney retweeted
"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: bit.ly/30S1WUW #Bristol #Innovation
Craig Cheney retweeted
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 👉 buff.ly/325WsG7
Craig Cheney retweeted
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 cdp.net/en/cities/cities-sco…
Craig Cheney retweeted
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...”
👏👏👏👏👏
washingtonpost.com/video/was…
Craig Cheney retweeted
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:
orlo.uk/AcUzM
Craig Cheney retweeted
✅ 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...
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Craig Cheney retweeted
‘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
Craig Cheney retweeted
"Rugby saved me."
For @EllisGenge, finding rugby changed everything.
Listen to his story in today's England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line available now 👉 bit.ly/3tGdoMY
#WearTheRose @o2sports
Craig Cheney retweeted
📢@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
Craig Cheney retweeted
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
