The first assembly session gave participants an introduction to Bristol's assembly and an overview of how an assembly works.
Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees, Deputy Mayor, Cllr Asher Craig and Cllr Paula O’Rourke welcomed assembly members and introduced why the assembly has been called and how the council will use what it produces.
Introduction and Overview
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
Cllr Asher Craig, Deputy Mayor
Cllr Paula O’Rourke
Jon Toy, Bristol City Council
Opportunities and challenges facing Bristol
Climate change:
Simeran Bachra, UK Cities Manager, CDP
Health:
Sally Hogg, Consultant in Public Health, Healthy People, Healthy Place at Bristol City Council
Transport:
Steve Melia, Senior Lecturer in Transport and Planning, University of the West of England
Inequalities and challenges before and since COVID-19:
David Gordon, Professor of Social Justice, Director of the Bristol Poverty Institute and Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol
How residents have been impacted
How residents are impacted:
Nick Smith, Strategic Intelligence and Performance Team, Bristol City Council
How residents are impacted: a perspective from the Deaf community:
David Melling, Director of Centre for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
How residents are impacted: a young person’s perspective:
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