North Bristol Advice Centre aims to promote social justice and combat poverty by providing free and independent advice and support that enables people to develop skills, improve wellbeing and make positive changes in their lives and communities.

Our Mission

• To provide free, professional, confidential advice, information and representation to the communities of North Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

• We will challenge discrimination and injustice and promote access to services for all sections of the community.

• We will provide services that support and strengthen the health and wellbeing of the communities we service in a respectful, dignified and welcoming environment.

We deliver advice wherever the need is greatest, including outreach services in some of the most deprived wards in North Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Our Values

Justice – We are committed to tackling injustice and promoting access to free advice.

Community – We will remain rooted in our local communities and be at the heart of developments and opportunities that strengthen our mission.

Expertise – We are committed to providing the highest professional standard of service.

Respect and integrity – All clients will be treated with respect and staff will act with integrity at all times.

Inclusion – Our services will recognise and welcome a diverse community and ensure fair access for all.

NBAC Strategic Plan

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Bristol Tea and Tech project to close end of March

The Bristol Tea and Tech Outreach project will wind down at the end of March 2026, following a successful three-year programme that supported over 300 older people across north Bristol to build digital skills and confidence. Delivered by North Bristol Advice Centre (NBAC) as part of its long-standing digital inclusion work, Bristol Tea and Tech drop-ins offered older people one-to-one support in accessible, community-based settings. Trained volunteers were on…

Lockeleaze Graffiti Statement

LOCKLEAZE GRAFFITI – OUR RESPONSE

30 September 2025 As a group of organisations working in Lockleaze and Horfield, we condemn in the strongest terms the recent far right graffiti found outside Stoke Park Primary School on Romney Avenue and Horfield Health Centre. Lockleaze in North Bristol is a strong community of 14,000 people, and the fourth most diverse ward in…

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Lottery Funding for Community-Based Advice in North Bristol

North Bristol Advice Centre (NBAC) has been awarded core funding of £300,000 over 3 years from The National Lottery Community Fund to develop their outreach work in North Bristol.   The “Embedding Advice in Communities” project will allow NBAC to partner with local organisations to embed advice within communities and reach people with welfare benefit issues…