£48,000 grant from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund
St Mary Redcliffe has received a grant of £48,000 from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, towards a project to respond to COVID-19 in the local community.
The project, Redcliffe Together, is a community-led response to Covid-19 led by the church and supported by our partners Redcliffe Children’s Centre, Bristol Horn Youth Concern, Kobciye and BCC’s Community Development Team that will reach all sections of the community. The project will continue the successful work of the church responding to COVID-19 in Redcliffe as well as integrating some new elements will support emerging needs in the local area. Thank you to the Government for making this possible.
The comprehensive community support will include:
- food provision through a foodbank and food club
- activity packs for children and families
- a befriending/mentoring service for young people and the elderly
- an information, advice and guidance service
- a community mural
- a technology library that will be able to lend laptops and provide internet for those in digital poverty
- a celebration of community heroes
- mental health training for local community workers.
We will spend time and money specifically targeting people who are at high risk from COVID-19, such as the elderly and BAME communities. We also know sections of the community are already facing challenges due to lockdown measures (e.g. large families, self-employed, closure of services etc.) and have designed our response to meet their support needs.
Our project still requires an additional £7,500 to make all elements possible if you would like to make a financial contribution please contact church.wardens@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk.
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We've seen lots of amazing work in the visitor services department so far this year. SMR stewards have generated over £4,500 donations between January and April 2026 and welcomed over 5000 visitors to the Church. We are welcoming new tour guides to the front of house team with the eventual goal to expand the number of tours we are able to offer to the public. Janet and Reuben have both done their first tours and have received wonderful reviews from visitors. If you are interested in volunteering on the front of house team please contact me on lucy.marshall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk . We have had some amazing feedback from our outreach events as we aim to welcome not only those familiar with SMR but also those that have never been before. These have included film screenings, talks and most recently the Redcliffe Sessions which raised just under £150 for our Lent charity partner, CALM. Thank you to all those who have supported these. The next Redcliffe Session will be in support of SMR and will feature Bristol band Dogsbody on guitar, cello and violin, and songwriter, Alex Pester on 13th June. I am very excited looking into the rest of 2026 for our future events run both in house and by external hirers, more information of which can be found on our website. If you are interested in volunteering at any future SMR events please let me know! Lucy Marshall Visitor Services Coordinator 06.05.2026
