St Mary Redcliffe Community Facilties Review

Waring House but this was also underused so the books are now being distributed
across the estate for groups or individuals. BCC housing would like to encourage
more use of all the community rooms.
The rooms are maintained by Bristol City Council but help would be welcomed to
acquire some new tables and chairs.
4.8 Francombe House Computer Room/Colston Room
This is a computer room with access to ten computers with Windows 10 installed. It
was fundraised for and set up several years ago by the WUF (Waring, Underdown
and Francombe House) tenants group, with such a strong input from one resident
that it was named the Colston Room after him. The aim was to enable more
residents to get online and become confident in using computers. Some activities
have taken place in the space but use has been limited and it is currently not in use
and funding has run out for the Broadband subscription. WUF tenants groups is
currently very depleted and has little capacity to develop this facility but the
remaining members are keen to see it used.
In order to bring the facility back into use, approximately £300 per year is needed for
Broadband, (which could be covered through hire costs) and, importantly it would
need to be strongly promoted with some attractive activities/courses. With Universal
Credit coming to Bristol in June 2018 and the corresponding need for more people to
get online in order to access benefits, it is worth exploring how these computer
facilities could play a role in supporting that.
4.9 Tenants Resource Centre
This is a meeting space with toilet, kitchen facilities and wifi access located on the
Redcliffe Hill rank of shops, below Waring House. Formerly a drop-in advice centre it
is now a citywide resource available for all Bristol City Council tenants and service
users to book for free for meetings, workshops, events, or training. Its location on
Redcliffe Hill means that it also provides a local community resource for Redcliffe
residents.
It is booked through the BCC Tenant Participation Team and requires the person
booking (or someone in their group) to sign up as a key holder to take responsibility
for opening and locking up.
4.10 Other Facilities in Redcliffe
There are other facilities available in Redcliffe which do not fit the specific definition
of a community facility, but may be worth exploring, depending on the type of
facility needed.
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