St Mary Redcliffe Community Facilties Review

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Future plans and ideas Want to develop Prewett Street shop as an open accessible and flexible space for the next 5 years. Provide a drop-in, community café,. Need some more money for further improvements to the space. Continue to thrive and meet local needs. Connect the children with the community. Arc Cafe at St Mary Redcliffe Church Undercroft Name of Organisation Arc Café, partnership between ARA (Addiction Recovery Agency) and St Mary Redcliffe Church Address Contact person 12, Colston Parade, Bristol BS1 6RA arccafe.co.uk/ Del Prosser Contact details 07917083138 Year established 2012 23
Ownership of building Legal structure Premises type Opening hours/days Usage- temporary or permanent tenants Facilities Access Information Current activities St Mary Redcliffe Church leases the café space to ARA for a peppercorn rent. Partnership between ARA and St Mary Redcliffe Church Café, multi purpose function/meeting space Café Mon- Fr 8am- 3pm Regular Jazz Club Wednesday evenings Sunday School Very flexible times available ARA is a permanent tenant for café hours Arc Café provides volunteers in recovery from addictions a wide range of education, training and employment opportunities. It aims to break down the stigma of recovery. Jazz Club has run for 20 years and is very popular Private functions are booked quite regularly Catering kitchen, 65 capacity café area, 2 parking spaces, toilets. Licensed only when closed to public Access is down steps. There is disabled toilet following recent refurbishment to the toilets but overall access is poor for anyone with mobility problem and inaccessible for wheelchair users. It is hoped this will be addressed via St Mary Redcliffe Church’s planned Development project. Café, Jazz Club, Sunday School, Choir Practice Friday nights, one off events, ARA do some catering for outside functions. Users Partners 85% of café users are local office workers Builders and council workers get discount Golden Key holds a drop in on Wednesday mornings Some local residents. Barriers around physical access, plus the inside of the café is not visible from the outside which may inhibit less confident people from making a first visit. Congregation is very supportive St Mary Redcliffe Church, VOSCUR, Golden Key, Bristol Drugs Project, ARA, Connect Psychology, Bluenotes Jazz Club 24
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