The Coach House, St Paul’s
Photograph of the outside of the Coach House in St Pauls.
BSWN has signed a lease with Bristol City Council for the Coach House in St Paul’s, an asset of much community value, history, and respect. The historic building is in the heart of Bristol’s African Heritage community and will become the focal point for BSWN’s work on economic development and cultural inclusion.
“We are delighted to have secured The Coach House, as a very special asset for the community. We are developing exciting plans to refurbish the building and transform it into a unique and dynamic social innovation hub. ”
BSWN plans for The Coach House to be a transformative space of community building in which enterprise development, cultural expression, and community wealth building will work in hand to cross-pollinate concepts, ideas and solutions to the issues affecting the community. It will be an innovation lab, business incubator, and cultural centre, and a space that is alive with the cultural heritage of Bristol’s African and Asian communities. The space will give rise to key projects but more importantly, be a platform for new ways of achieving sustainable community development and wealth creation.
BSWN will now embark on an ambitious strategy to raise £3 million in capital investment to realise this vision. In the meantime, the organisation, which was established 2007, will continue to run The Coach House as offices and meeting rooms for existing tenants. It will also continue to deliver its targeted innovative enterprise development programmes. These include the first Black led social enterprise incubator in the city funded by the Local Access Partnership Programme.
Are you interested in booking a meeting room?
At the Coach House we have a variety of meeting rooms available to different businesses and organisations in a range of sizes. From small and medium rooms to our social enterprise incubator that has the capacity to host up to 30 people. There are six meeting rooms available in total, view the pricing and apply below.
If you’d like to book a room or have any queries, please contact our Yahye Jama, our Administrator at: admin@bswn.org.uk
Jikoni East Africa
Jikoni East Africa started serving food in 2019 and was founded by Iman Salat and James Hiller. Jikoni is currently the cafe located at the Coach House. A Bristol eatery and takeaway that occasionally runs pop up for events in the city, serving delicious traditional and inspired dishes from East African countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Tanzania. You can follow Jikoni at @jikoni_eastafrica.
Opening hours:
Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 10.00am - 4.00pm (Food served from 12.00pm)
Wednesday - 10.00am - 4.00pm (Food served from 12.00pm)
Thursday - 10.00am - 4.00pm (Food served from 12.00pm)
Friday - 10.00am - 4.00pm (Food served from 12.00pm)
Saturday - Closed
Sunday - Closed
The Coach House Community Features
The Coach House holds within it a true variety of diverse businesses, each month in our BSWN newsletter we feature a business so we can learn about their story, journey and why they decided to join our community.
Are you a Black or Minority led business in the South West looking for a virtual office?
Become a virtual member of the Coach House community and register your business address with us! We will receive and store your mail until you are ready to collect it for an annual fee of £300, or forward it to an address of your choice for an additional charge.
FAQs:
How many virtual memberships are available?
We now have limited spaces that come with a registered business address. These are provided on a first come first served basis so make sure to register yours today!
What do I get as part of this service?
We will receive letters and small parcels for your virtual businesses address, and store them for you until you are ready to come collect it, or forward it to an address of your choosing. If you have more information about the forwarding of mail, please contact our Yahye Jama, our Administrator at: admin@bswn.org.uk
Can I split the payment?
You can pay in two instalments of £150 to make things easier. A monthly payment plan is currently not available.
How do I register?
If you are interested utilising this service please fill in this application form.
Callum Gillion a Bristol-based massage therapist who offers Sports and Remedial Massage, Holistic Massage and Myofascial Release in The Closet, a treatment space in unit 33.