Local Learning are delighted to have secured funding from Arts Council, Heritage Lottery, Heritage Schools and Bristol City Council for our Hillfields, Homes for Heroes project, marking the centenary of Addison’s post-World War 1 Housing Act.
Hillfields has the first Addison Act council houses built in Bristol. The design of these houses was the result of an architectural competition and went on to define the homes we see in many areas of Bristol from Southmead to Knowle.
During 2019-2020, Local Learning will be working with the community to raise awareness of the significance of Hillfields in the creation of modern housing for all citizens of Bristol.
Our project will launch with a Local Learning week in Minerva Primary School and a free community Sharing Memories event at Hillfields Library on Saturday 6th April.
Further information is available by clicking the images below.
Hillfields Homes for Heroes is just one of several city wide projects that are celebrating the centenary of the Housing Act as part of the Festival of Ideas Homes For Heroes 100 project.