FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

WHY WE NEED A YES VOTE…

1. If you live in Bristol, and especially in the vicinity of the Memorial Stadium, then put this poster up in your window (further downloads at the bottom of this page). If we can get posters up in lots of houses in the area then it will send out a message about the strength of feeling in favour of Rovers’ and the Bristol Shoguns’ home having adequate facilities.
   
   
2. Write a letter to the local paper expressing your support for the application, quoting some of the main points below and highlighting the implications that its defeat could have for the future of Bristol’s oldest football league club
   
   
3. If a canvasser or candidate comes to your house or approaches you in the street, ask them (politely) what their or their party’s view is on the application for the redevelopment of the Memorial Stadium, in particular the current North Stand application. Again, stress to them the merits of the application, as detailed below.
   
   
4. If you live in the Ashley, Lawrence Hill or St. George East wards then the sitting councillors who are up for re-election (Dudley Saward, Brenda Hugill and Charles Price) all currently sit on the committee that will decide the outcome of the application. Ask them for their views on the application and push the benefits of a “yes” vote to the local community.
   
   
5. Bristol West is a marginal parliamentary constituency. If you have the opportunity, ask each of the prospective candidates for their views on the redevelopment of the Memorial Stadium and remind them that for thousands of us this is a key local issue.

However, please remember to BE POLITE. The decision has been delayed because of more information being required by planning officers in response to objections raised by those who are against the project. That is not the fault of the politicians – they have not yet been asked to make a decision on our application so it will be totally counter-productive to get on the wrong side of them.

• The current facilities at the Memorial Stadium are completely inadequate for a sports stadium in the 21 st century

• The new stand will provide much needed seating and other family friendly facilities seating for the people of Bristol to watch football and rugby

• Since Rovers became owners of the ground in 1998, numerous other clubs around the country have been granted permission to significantly redevelop their grounds to meet modern day requirements.

• The stadium is extensively used by the local community on non-matchdays but the facilites are inadequate. The new development would allow the club to further develop the club as a community hub

• The new North Stand development will include facilities such as classrooms, lecture rooms and an IT suite that will directly benefit all of the local community

• Failure to acquire the new facilities and the revenue-generating opportunities they will bring will – quite simply - threaten the future of Bristol’s oldest football league club.