A message from the Hamilton House, in Bristol's Stokes Croft:
Dear friends and supporters,
things have been changing rapidly at Hamilton House recently, with the landlords, Connolly & Callaghan, serving just 24hr notice on Coexist to leave the building - after ten years!
This notice is currently being disputed legally but it looks like the community will be leaving the building on the 20th of December.
However this is not the end of the campaign to save this amazing community resource! One exciting avenue that we're now pursuing in order to protect the building as a vibrant community and cultural space is to encourage Bristol City Council (BCC) to purchase the building on behalf of the community and potentially use their powers of Compulsory Purchase to make this happen if needed.
In order to encourage Bristol City Council to consider taking this step, we've set up an e-petition on the BCC website. The new petition went live yesterday and within the first 24hrs we've already got over 1000 signatures, which is incredible! However we need to collect a minimum of 3500 signatures by the 11th of December in order to get the motion debated at the next full council meeting on the 12th.
As you've already lent us your support by signing our previous petition, we'd like to ask if you could also sign the BCC petition and help us convince Bristol Council to purchase Hamilton House and secure the building for the community forever!
Just click on this link to sign (or copy it into your address bar) it only takes a few seconds and your signature could have a real impact in helping to keep Hamilton House as a crucial centre of community and grassroots culture in Bristol:
The 3500 mark is the minimum number of signatures we need, but the more we get the louder our voice will be in the debate and more seriously Bristol Council will take our request, so please also share the link widely on social media and encourage all your friends and colleagues to join us in the fight to protect this fantastic, inspiring community facility!
Many thanks to you all.
Much love.
SaveHamiltonHouse !
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