About Us

The Christmas Steps Area Association promotes and supports the interests of businesses and residents in the Christmas Steps Area. As well as the Christmas Steps, this area covers Colston Street, Upper Maudlin Street, Trenchard Street, Lower Park Row and Perry Road.

The Christmas Steps Area Association was formed over 25 years ago by traders and residents to promote the interests of the area. Much of its work has been building links with Bristol City Council in areas such as economic development, planning, tourism, street cleansing and highways. The Association has also fund-raised to improve the area, including for the decorative arch at the top of the Upper Steps. It continues to work to achieve the full potential of this delightful and diverse area, through its committee of residents and traders, and through traders' and planning sub-groups.
 
What We Do
We believe that businesses and residents in the area will benefit greatly by cooperating to protect and promote our collective interests. Local conditions affect every business, whether retail or service, and so we work to gather information and communicate about issues of interest. We promote the area with events such as the BS1 Art Trail. We also aim to forge links with other bodies such as the Bristol City Council, Bristol Tourism, the police and create strategic alliances with other local instituions. In this way, we are able to acquire and share information of interest to our members and promote the Christmas Steps Area.
 
Who we are
The Association is run by a voluntary Steering Committee, which meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6pm. All members are welcome to attend and we are always very happy to hear about any issues that are likely to be of interest to our members. The Committee is always in need of enthusiastic new members!
 
How Much Does it Cost to Join?
The annual subscription (£50-£150) is based on the number of employees. The subscription includes a full page entry on this website, newsletters informing you of any issues likely to affect the Area and a chance to change the Christmas Steps Area for the better! A small annual subscription of £10 per household is applicable to residents.

Meetings
The next Association Meeting will be held at 6pm on Wednesday 8th November at Fusion Gallery (Perry Road). All local traders and residents are welcome.

Contact
Chair: Veronica Lyell 9293694 vr@veronikon.co.uk
Secretary: Andy King 9240570 andyfking@btinternet.com
Treasurer: Denise Hope 9273002 denise@fusion-gallery.co.uk

Newsletters
The Christmas Steps Area Association produces a quarterly newsletter, which is available online in PDF format. Click on the links below to download your copy. The newsletters will open in a new window.

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Issue 2 - October 2006

Issue 1 - April 2006