About
When did Freedom Guides start?
We started with just one book, The Titch Hikers’ Guide, an amazing 25 years ago! This was the brainchild of Tricia Phoenix and Sally Stanley, to whom thousands of families in Bristol and the West are extremely grateful. Since then we have grown and now publish books aimed at parents (and parents-to-be), carers, children and young people of all ages.
Who are we?
We are the unsung experts of what families and young people in Bristol and the West really want to know about. In other words, we are all parents, parents-to-be, carers, young people and children who live in and around Bristol and who have experienced all the places in the books for ourselves.
What are our philosophies?
We don’t like preaching. We are here to suggest things that have worked for us and to try and help spread the word to make these aspects of life a little easier.
We also still like books and feel that, while the web is useful, there is no substitute for having a paper copy of a good publication.
So, how do we get our entries?
We like to think that we offer a bespoke service, only taking recommendations from parents, carers, parents-to-be, young people and children for what should be in the books. (We do not include entries because they have paid us, nor because on paper they look like they may be good). We are also Bristol based and so we are familiar ourselves with all the entries in the book.
See also Titch Hikers’ Guide criteria for an entry
I want to be in the Titch Hikers’ Guide
I want to recommend something
What about adverts then?
We welcome adverts from entries included in the book or website. Please contact us if you would like to advertise in the next edition of any of the books.
Businesses use a lot of paper - what’s our green philosophy?
We want to leave our mark because we have produced a good and useful product, and not because we have added to the landfill.
See our Environmental Policy.
