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Campaign to spread more colour around Bristol
Think of the streets of Totterdown, Clifton Wood and Easton and you’re probably thinking colour; rows of pastel shades lending Bristol one of its defining characteristics.
But we could do more. Bristol Colour Capital, launching on Thursday, is a campaign encouraging more residents to paint their homes a bright colour.
Photographer and Bristol Instagram queen Jess Siggers has even got the council on board so this can be done in partnership with the Warm Up Bristol scheme, which offers grants for homeowners to install external insulation and other ways of improving the energy efficiency of their homes.
Nobody quite knows why many of Bristol’s neighbourhoods begun to paint their homes, but Bristol is now one of the most colourful cities in the UK.
In fact, rather extraordinarily, former mayor and fan of the colour red George Ferguson claimed in an interview with Bristol24/7 that he triggered the trend in the 1970s.
Rob Delius, head of Sustainability for architectural consultancy Stride Treglown, said: “It’s exciting that even though these are small changes being made by individuals, the impact is citywide.
“With each household that takes part, Bristol takes another positive step towards its goal of being carbon neural by 2050 and being recognised as the most colourful city in the UK.”
Share images of your colourful home and streets in your area on Instagram and Twitter (both @BristolColourUK), and to find out more visit www.bristolcolourcapital.org.
Top photo by by Joshua Perritt
Read more: Meet the expert: Jess Siggers