BASE community co-operative has taken the decision to close Sunday cafes from now to help prevent the spread of the covid-19 virus. This will be reviewed every 2 weeks.
BASE kitchen is now closed. Anyone wanting to use the kitchen can request that and it will be discussed on a case by case basis.
Group meetings can go ahead in certain circumstances. Small groups of less than 10 can still meet as long as there is only 1 group in the building at a time and our stringent hygiene procedures are followed. (We can email the procedures on request, and they are on display in BASE). As with kitchen use, anyone wanting to use BASE for a larger event can request that on a case by case basis, and would need to explain why it would be worth the risks and how those risks would be managed.
The policy on groups using the space will be reviewed every 2 weeks or sooner if things change dramatically.
No one should attend BASE if they have any unexplained covid-19 symptoms (cough, fever, difficulty breathing).
While we have not taken the decision lightly and are sad to close temporarily an important and much valued space for accessing cheap food, socialising and organising, in view of the pandemic it is clearly the most responsible course of action.
In the face of such tough times, we are encouraged and heartened by the impressive and rapid upsurge of mutual aid networks in Bristol and beyond. Many people involved with our social centre are actively involved in these self organised networks putting principles of community cooperation and solidarity into practice.
Like so many, we recognise that the government is not going to save us and has yet again shown nothing but callous disregard for our communities, our safety and our lives.
There’s a lot we can do to organise together and help each other out. Get involved with and if needed get support from your local mutual aid group. Below is the Bristol wide facebook group and you can access local postcode and street groups from there and from the Alternative Bristol article link.
Stay safe and look after each other.
www.facebook.com/groups/1479015522267235/
alternativebristol.com/outbreak-of-comm…/
https://freedomnews.org.uk/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/?fbclid