van living

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

‘People make us out to be anti-social, but we’re not’: meet the van-dwelling pensioners dividing opinion at the Downs

A community of people living in vehicles on Bristol’s most famous green space, which includes a number of older people, faces an uncertain future as some local groups complain about their ‘unfair’ use of protected land.

James Rogerson
James Rogerson

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

‘Sites set up during coronavirus offer hope for new understanding between Bristol’s vehicle-dwelling communities and the council’

Andreas Nicolaou and Jack Clements

Reports

Van dwellers resist eviction on Glenfrome Road

Jess Connett
Jess Connett

Reports

Bristol’s new van policy. What is it, and how will it affect you?

Injunctions, ‘high’ and ‘low’ impact, and surveillance. We explain what you can expect from the council's new van policy.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

City

Tents occupying College Green in protest of Rough Sleeping policy given notice to leave

Isabel Burnett
Empty Green bank

City

Council launch van living and rough sleeping policy consultations

Isabel Burnett

Reports

Reactions to council’s new proposals on van dwellers

The draft plans, which outline greater enforcement powers, receives mixed reactions.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

City

Artists pushed out but fighting back: YardArts Village

From St Pauls to Shirehampton: Circus company YardArts aim to turn leaving the city centre into an opportunity.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Investigations

EXCLUSIVE: Council policy on van living outlines greater enforcement powers

Bristol is to become one of the first places in the country to have a stretegy for vehicle dwellers, but some fear it could simply end up displacing people. 

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Voices

Opinion: Creative solutions for the city’s van dwellers could be a win-win for everyone

A van dweller argues that community and council engagement could find solutions that suit Bristol’s diversity and tolerance.

Isabel Burnett

Voices

Voices: A view on van-living

Isabel Burnett speaks about her experiences living outside the traditional housing market – in a van parked up on the street.

Isabel Burnett