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Enovert Community Trust funding

Bristol educational charity and science centre, We The Curious, has been awarded two grants totaling £100,000 from the Enovert Community Trust (ECT), to revitalise Millennium Square.

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This Can Change photography exhibition

Educational charity and science centre, We The Curious is launching a new photography exhibition ‘This Can Change’; opening on Wednesday 8 December it will feature 130 images submitted by the young people of Bristol in response to the climate crisis. This exhibition is generously supported by LifewithArt.

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Funding from Garfield Weston Foundation

Bristol educational charity and science centre, We The Curious, has received a £440,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation, to support the science centre’s reopening programme of activities, develop an online educational offer for schools and continue to develop their inclusion programmes.

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Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage

Educational charity We The Curious, has received a £173,400 grant from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage through The National Lottery Heritage Fund, part of the Government's £1.57bn support package to support the culture sector.

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John James Theatre of Curiosity

Educational charity We The Curious reopening (2021) with a bold new experience Project What If, which will feature the ‘John James Theatre of Curiosity’ – a central discussion space which encourages visitors to explore how science works.

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Open City Lab

Educational charity We The Curious reopening (2021) with a bold new exhibition Project What If, which will feature ‘Open City Lab’ – a unique research space dedicated to ‘open source science’ and democratising science.

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Inhale

Inhale by artist Luke Jerram highlights Bristol’s air pollution problem. It represents a diesel soot particle, known as size PM2.5, which is found in the air that we breathe. The sculpture is 3 million times larger than the actual particle.

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Climate change mural

As climate change is an ever present and urgent issue, We The Curious is committed to promoting ideas and conversations about sustainable futures. In collaboration with the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute, we commissioned Bristol artist Anna Higgie to create a mural about climate change at the entrance to our building.

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