The Gender Jelly Project, OTR’s fantastic group of trans and gender diverse young people, have created a film entitled What is Gender? which will be released on Trans Day of Visibility, March 31st. The film is part of the wider work OTR has been doing in collaboration with EACH, The Anti-bullying Alliance and PSHE Association to tackle […]
In May we are hosting an exciting abseil event to raise money for our work with youth mental health across Bristol! The abseil will be down Uphill Quarry near Weston Super Mare – offering fantastic views of the coast. Please support OTR through these times where statutory agencies are having their budgets dramatically reduced and […]
Today we mark #timetotalk day 2016, and local Labour candidate Marvin Rees came to OTR to chat with us. Here are some tweets from his visit… [View the story “Marvin Rees says hey to OTR on #timetotalk day 2016” on Storify]
Ann, who has been an integral part of OTR’s Mentality Project for the past few years, has written a blog about her experiences with the campaigning group, now that the time has come for her to move on. Take it away, Ann… My school experience was the worst I had ever known. It just put […]
Back in January 2015, OTR’s Mentality Project volunteers developed a list of 15 tasks that they were going to achieve that year. By far, they have smashed every target they set themselves! Here are a few highlights from Mentality’s year… In less than a year, the Mentality volunteers have spoken to over 1,500 young people about language […]
Will and Lin from OTR’s Resilience Lab have written some really useful Christmas tips – here, you can pick up some guidance on how to look after yourself over the Christmas period. Do you have any to add? Tweet us, or write to us on Facebook!
Laura, Rhiannon, Siobhân and Cari go to the YP Mental Health Takeover Day in London (and make a podcast) Today we took our campaign – My Mental Health Is Not An Adjective – to the Young People’s Mental Health Takeover Day in London. After an early 6am start, we got the train from Temple Meads […]
CHECK IT OUT folks – Sara is vlogging for OTR! Sara is a member of The Mentality Project (OTR’s youth campaigning group), Youth Trustee at OTR and also the NHS Youth Forum Representative for the South West region. SAY HELLO: and SUBSCRIBE to OTR’s Youtube – Sara’s vlogs can be found in this playlist. […]
Introducing PLASTIC SOULS CLUB, the hottest new band and club night in Bristol – supporting Off the Record Bristol and our work with youth mental health. Plastic Souls Club boasts a stellar line-up of bands and DJs ready to entertain Bristol and raise vital funds for OTR’s work across Bristol and South Glos. THE […]
On World Mental Health Day, Off the Record Bristol’s youth campaigning group Mentality are going to launch a new campaign with a huge social media push, asking people to discuss how our language around mental health may be adding to stigma. Mentality have created five videos, with corresponding posters, and will be aiming to go into every school in Bristol getting people […]
Each year in Bristol there are around 1600 incidents of hate crime. That is; crime motivated by prejudice towards an aspect of someone’s identity on the grounds of disability, race, religion, sexuality or gender identity. Those 1600 are only the incidents that get reported, how many more actually take place we’ll never know but it’s probably safe to […]
We hope you can join us for a celebration of 20 years of Freedom Youth! Expect games, fancy dress, food, 1990s music, speeches, and lots of familiar faces old and new. We hope that as many old members and staff as possible can join us as well as the many professionals and friends of freedom […]