Community

In 2025, we launched our 1% for the Park and Community program. An initiative where artists performing at The Bridge donate 1% of their fee to help create a lasting legacy and support local community values.

We invited the local community to share their ideas and vote between two fantastic local businesses to decide who would receive the 2025 donation.

This year, we’re proud to announce that The Arts Centre, Hounslow was chosen as the recipient.

The Arts Centre, Hounslow has spent the last decade transforming into a thriving cultural hub at the heart of the community. Through diverse artistic programming, accessible theatre, and community-led initiatives, they provide a space for creativity, wellbeing, and professional development. The Pay What You Decide performances, grassroots creative schemes, and the award-nominated annual pantomime have made the arts more accessible to all. Since 2023, the  Hounslow Wellbeing Network has expanded to offer free activities tackling social isolation. As a female-led organisation, they are committed to fostering emerging talent, supporting wellbeing, and ensuring the arts remain a vital part of Hounslow’s future.

If you would like your organisation considered for 2026, please get in touch. 

Each year, we contribute an Environmental Impact Levy, managed by Hounslow Council, to help enhance and regenerate the local environment where our events take place. This is 10% of the land hire fee payable to the council. 

Since 2023, we have contributed to the ecological restoration of Boston Manor Park through our 10% site hire fee initiative and have invested nearly £60,000 into wider sustainability practices as well as donating nearly £13,500 to local charities. This funding has helped create a new forest school, restore meadow habitats, and plant over 7,000 native woodland bulbs across the park.

In 2024, we took our sustainability efforts further by appointing a dedicated Sustainability Lead to work closely with all event stakeholders.

We have introduced stricter food policies, including 100% vegan crew catering and requiring our traders only use compostable packaging. We’ve also partnered with our contractors to reduce energy use and increase recycling, installing HVO biofuel generators and boosting recycling rates to 47% across our events. 

Additionally, artists have supported our 1% for the Planet initiative, which, together with our ticket levy, contributes £1.75 per ticket to help offset 100% of travel emissions through the on:board Earth festival industry offsetting scheme. This offsets our carbon footprint, including our audiences and contractors, with nature based solutions including ecosystem conservation, rainforest protection and tree planting.

If you would like to find out more about our efforts, please read our 2025 Sustainability Impact Report that can be found under the ‘Sustainability’ tab.

As part of our commitment to the local community, we provide free ticket pairs to residents in the Boston Manor Park area. This initiative gives an opportunity for residents to experience the event firsthand.

Information on how to enter the 2026 ticket ballot will be available here in April 2026.