HCCA Management Committee

The HCCA Management Committee (MC) meets every other month to discuss local concerns, projects and how to work towards positive change. If you have an idea you would like to discuss with the Management Committee, please email [email protected].

Rachel McNally: Chair

Rachel McNally has lived in Cliftonwood for longer than anywhere else. In her professional life she is a Creative Producer. She was CEO at Puppet Place on Spike Island. Recently she has returned to freelance work. Rachel is interested in creating events and opportunities for local people to get to know each other. She has a long held wish to start a community cheese rolling competition on Church Lane using Babybels. She looks after the Twitter account for H&CCA.

Julian Brown: Treasurer

Julian joined the management committee of HCCA in 2022, taking on the role of treasurer. Julian came to Bristol in 1990 as a student and has been living in the city happily ever since. He has worked in education in and around the city for some 20 years, in school and University settings. He moved to Cliftonwood in 2019 and has found a sense of community that he had not experienced in other parts of Bristol. He is keen to be a part of how HCCA supports community in the area, both now and looking to possible futures.

Carol Walton: Trustee

"I got involved with HCCA because I’d been talking to people for years about the lack of a community centre locally and I wanted to help develop a group who could work together towards that aim. I enjoy meeting people who live in the area, and a feeling of having a stake and influencing change... It’s a very interesting area historically, but it does have issues that we can all help with".

Anna Haydock-Wilson: Trustee

Anna is an artist, filmmaker and producer, specialising in community engagement and facilitation. She has lived in Hotwells since 2004 and has been an active member of H&CCA since 2006 when she was employed as a Community Development Administrator until 2008. During this time she set up the West Bristol Arts Trail, facilitated the HCCA Community Traffic Strategy, enabled a community garden in Hillsborough Flats and provided administration and support to the management committee. Anna has led Cumberland Piazza improvements since 2015 & set up the current HCCA website and e-news letter. She is passionate about public space, inclusivity and social and environmental sustainability. https://annahaydockwilson.com

Sandra Fryer

Sandra was an active member of HCCA back in the days of the Hope Centre. More recently she worked with Carol and others to try and secure Avon Quay House as a community arts venue. With a career in Town Planning all over the country including as director of BCC in Regeneration until 2005, Sandra is keen to work towards a zero net carbon community, explore ‘20 minute neighbourhoods’, help develop community response to Cumberland Basin development, support community festivals and events and work with local businesses to improve trade and the Hotwell Road environment.

Helen Johnson

Helen moved here about 10 years ago. She cares passionately about encouraging more people to become active in the community, working with stakeholders to resolve issues on transport, access and to save community spaces. She loves the beauty, bustle, sense of history and community around the Harbour. She is part of Spike Island Community Association and you can find out more here https://www.spikeislandcommunity.org.uk/

H&CCA Management Committee

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