Refresh Bedminster - part of Refresh Bristol Charity

Refresh Bedminster - part of Refresh Bristol Charity

At a glance

Causes

  • Animals / wildlife
  • Arts
  • Community safety / victim support / domestic violence
  • Counselling / advice
  • Criminal justice
  • Education
  • Faith and ethics
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Learning disabilities / difficulties
  • Mental health
  • Older people / later life
  • Social care
  • Substance misuse
  • Training / employment support

Other details

Geographical remit: 
Local

Objectives

Refresh Bristol (operating as Refresh Bedminster) aims to improve the lives of people living in Bedminster and South Bristol and to see practical and spiritual transformation through preventing or relieving poverty in Bedminster (BS3) and South Bristol and beyond by:

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Refresh Bristol’s charity objects are:

  • the prevention or relief of poverty in Bedminster (BS3), South Bristol, Bristol and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit;
  • the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in the area of Bedminster (BS3), South Bristol, Bristol and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit;
  • to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs in Bedminster (BS3), South Bristol, Bristol and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit;
  • to provide education and training to improve work, spiritual and social prospects for those living in Bedminster (BS3), South Bristol, Bristol and such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit; and
  • to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected to the charitable work of the Charity as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.

 

Refresh Bristol’s strap line is ‘Food for the Body and Food for the Soul’.  We hope to contribute to bringing positive spiritual, physical and social transformation of Bedminster and an improvement in the lives of the people who live there.

  • providing education, training and to improving  general living, work, spiritual and social prospects for people in Bedminster (BS3) and South Bristol and beyond. 
  • improving people’s spiritual  welfare by  offering prayer  and/or by introducing them to the Christian faith if they so choose.

Activities

  • A community drop-in cafe (providing work experience and  training to local unemployed individuals, many of whom have mental health support needs or are in recovery from addictions). A more structured management, cleaning and jobs plan has been introduced for the volunteers.
  • Free and subsidized hot meals for the homeless and marginalized on Fridays and daily to individuals as circumstances dictate.
  • The provision of emergency food parcels to those in poverty from our Foodbank  during café opening hours.
  • Counselling/ Prayer room.
  • Fellowship and Support Group on Monday evenings
  • Community training courses which have included a Job Club, English as a second language.
  • Listening to people and  in the café regularly
  • Prophetic Outreach/Healing team weekly
  • Run a Vintage Charity/furniture shop to provide local long term unemployed jobs run by a recovered addict
  • Involvement in East St street festivals with provision of Xmas choir & kids puppet show.
  • Collaboration with Taiwanese and Chinese dancers and singers.... introducing international culture 
  • Run a community centre called the South Bristol Christian Centre  with community groups to continue to use the centre which has two buildings - they consist of Brownies, Girls Brigade, Child contact Centre, AA, Memories of Bedminste for the elderly........
  • Ran an Overcoming Addictions course for those in recovery and a Lifeskills course

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