St Mary Redcliffe Community Facilties Review

this need. Plus there is potential for more joint work with St Mary Redcliffe
Primary School, Windmill Hill City Farm and other local partners to address
family support needs around a range of issues including ESOL, money advice
and Universal Credit.
• Statistics and local stories tell us that social isolation is a significant problem
for many people in Redcliffe and the use of community facilities for bringing
people together could play a greater role in addressing this.
• There is evidence that many adults and children in the area would benefit
from more learning opportunities to improve basic skills so there is potential
to explore how the use of community facilities could strengthen the local offer
around this.
Family activities at Tate Britain, London.
6. Recommendations and Ideas
1. The wide range of community spaces in Redcliffe offers opportunities to
enable people who are less likely to get involved, to build confidence by
starting with small scale, low key activities on their doorstep as a stepping
stone to wider involvement. This could be linked with door knocking in the
flats.
2. All proposed new developments in Redcliffe should plan any new community
facilities in the context of this report and undertake more detailed
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