St Mary Redcliffe Community Facilties Review

Users A very wide range of ages and ethnicity
Partners
Booking process
Caretaker
Key holder
Charges
Costs of running the
building
Maintenance/condition of
building
What’s working well, or not
so well?
Future plans and ideas
St Mary Redcliffe Church, other organisations through
the Worker’s Lunch
Main partners are local people
Telephone enquiries and then you need to come in to
sign forms
Sarah and Joy
Regular groups have their own keys
Community Rate is £12 per hour for hall or chapel
Various depending on the group and its needs
Commercial rate is £20 per hour
Fuel bills are the biggest expense. Income needs to
cover running costs
The oversight committee deals with maintenance
issues. There is a five yearly review on the building
and the maintenance is planned and worked through
over that period. This has included accessible toilets,
replacing floors, repairing roof, repairing window. All
is covered by the income generated.
How you reach people always needs improvement
but connection is growing all the time.
People feel they can drop in. Want to build hospitality
– installing the coffee bar in the Chapel was part of
this. The flat is a homely space. Developments on
Prewett Street are both an opportunity and a threat.
Our strength is we have lots of crossovers and
opportunities for groups to connect with others and
build community. We are informal and provide
opportunities to respond to people’s ideas and give
them a start.
It’s difficult to look very far ahead. The Prewett Street
development is possible. There are lots of ideas but
no tangible progress yet. We want to continue to
build involvement, and be a hub with a Christian
community in and around it – a go to place, where
anyone can drop-in.
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