St Mary Redcliffe Community Facilties Review

community consultation to ensure a good fit with existing or other planned
facilities, and changing needs.
3. St Mary Redcliffe’s new Development Project (Project 450) as it evolves
could offer activities in community rooms or at Faithspace leading to
opportunities for involvement in larger scale projects around art,
conservation, woodwork skills, textiles etc.
4. St Mary Redcliffe Church’s newly appointed community worker, working
alongside Worker’s Lunch partners and residents involved in Redcliffe
Treasures could explore more opportunities to link ideas for projects and
activities with appropriate community spaces to increase their profile and
use.
5. Increase promotion of what is available for people to use – particularly the
small, free underused spaces -via the Redcliffe Voice, social media, websites,
local directory (paper and online)
6. One way of raising awareness of all the community facilities and
opportunities in Redcliffe could be as part of a Redcliffe community ‘open
doors’ day when people could access all the spaces with a range of different
activities and events to encourage them in to have a look. This should
include Arc Café which is a great facility and has potential to play more of a
role in community life, using outdoor space, such as the Churchyard to
attract wider use.
7. St Mary Redcliffe’s new youth worker will be identifying the needs and
interests of young people in Redcliffe. Some of these may benefit from a
certain kind of local venue and in particular the potential for local young
people to benefit from sports, dance and other facilities at St Mary Redcliffe
and Temple School should be explored with the school.
8. Funding opportunities and resources should be explored as appropriate
to make improvements or develop activities, either as a one off or part of a
larger project. For example the Children’s Centre Drop in on Prewett Street
needs a buggy park, the Francombe House Computer Room needs some
action, community rooms need new furniture. Some to explore are Lottery
Awards for All, Quartet Community Foundation, Community Infrastructure
Levy (CIL- local councillors are currently identifying potential projects) and
Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) Community Kick-Start Fund.
9. There is a wide range of local businesses in Redcliffe who should also be
approached to support some of the above.
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