The Bourne Community Hub

ABOUT THE HUB

 

The Bourne Community Hub, is a great place to meet with friends, join an activity or class , attend an event or visit for help and advice.

If you live in the BH12 4 postcode you are eligible to join our community food store. (£1 membership joining fee and £3 per week for a 10 item shop) It is open from 12 noon – 3pm every Wednesday. Also on a Wednesday either Citizens Advice or Help and Care are available to offer support and advice from 11am to 2pm.

Our community cafe is open Monday – Friday mornings ( including lunchtime on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) and offers budget friendly, home cooked food.

We have lots of activities for children and young people during early evenings (including football coaching, street dance and youth clubs for different age groups) during term time.

We also run special events and activities during school holidays.

Our partners , Friends of Bourne run regular social events including weekly tea and toast on a Monday morning ( 10 am – 12noon) and bingo every fortnight on Fridays at 6 p.m. Plus special events throughout the year.

We also offer rooms for hire for special events , including children’s birthday parties. If you want to read our story click here.

 

We offer a range or coaching sessions for children and young people – see our Facebook page for the latest information.

 

There is an on campus pre-school which you can contact on 07891 690865 of visit their Facebook Page.

 

We host the health visitors who provide support to parents and babies and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation service who help people get fitter after illness.

 

You can also hire rooms for events, kids birthday parties, family get-togethers or clubs. See availability, hire charges, terms and conditions here.

Community

 

Our Story

 

Back in 2015 the Bourne Community Group asked the Poole Communities Trust to work with them to develop a Community Hub. This collaboration led to detailed discussions with the Council on how the project could be built on the site on the old youth club on the corner of Northmere Drive and Arne Avenue. After detailed discussions we appointed a local architect to develop proposals to meet the needs of the local community that had been identified through consultation.

 

The next 5 years saw us work with residents and our architect – Footprint to develop a design that would meet the communities needs as well as start our fund raising campaign. Our first big milestone was obtaining planning permission in October 2018, following a public exhibition of the designs. Fund raising began in earnest and we were thrilled to receive significant early support from the Bourne Big Local and Talbot Village Trust. We began all the detailed legal work necessary with the Council so that the Trust could have a 99 year lease. To maximise the space for the new Hub we needed to move the old play park onto the Green opposite the site. Thanks to local children and young people giving us feedback on what they would like to see in a new play park we were able to make a successful application to the Veolia Environment Trust. The new play park opened in July 2020. When the pandemic hit we were fearful our fund raising would be delayed . We could well understand that many grant funding organisations might want to divert funds into support to those facing Covid 19.

 

Whilst many grant making organisations did this , we were very grateful that others viewed our project as bringing long term benefits to Bourne. By the end of 2020 we had raised sufficient funding to construct the new Hub and we tendered the contract. Early in 2021 it became clear that our design was going to be too costly. So following some more detailed work with the Bourne Big Local and our team of architects , engineers, quantity surveyor and preferred contractor we developed a revised design. Our next major milestone was making arrangements for Little People Pre-school and BCP Youth Services to be accommodated in a temporary building whilst demolition of the old youth centre and construction of the new Hub took place. Monday 24 May 2021 saw Little People Pre-school re-open in the temporary building opposite. Children and staff were very happy to be in their new home for the next year and couldn’t wait to see work start on the main site.

After all the preparations , our wonderful new Community Hub opened on 6 September 2022.

Huge thanks go to all our funders and all our volunteers who worked so hard to make this dream come true!

COST OF LIVING

We know how tough times are and want to support our local communities. From October 2022 we will be opening a Community Food Store in the Hub.  Open to all residents who live in postcode BH12 4 , there is a £1 initial membership fee which entitles members to buy 10 items of shopping each week for £3.00.

 Citizens Advice Bureau will be in the Hub every other week from 11am – 2pm to offer money advice and we will be offering tips for saving energy and can help if you are not sure about something on your gas, electric or water bills.  

Our Facilities

We have an excellent range of facilities at the Bourne Community Hub. Below is a list that you can browse and book. Please make sure that you read our hiring terms and conditions to ensure that your planned use fits with our community aims.

Multi Use Games Area

The outside space, we call the MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) is available for hire and is suitable for a range of activities.

Room 1

The community rooms are versatile spaces, particularly suited to meetings and training sessions.

Community Room 1 is 8.37m x 4.2m and includes a screen you can connect your laptop or other video source to.

 

 

Room 2

The community rooms are versatile spaces, particularly suited to meetings and training sessions.

Community Room 2 is 40 sq meters and both is available from 8am – 10pm weekdays and weekends.

 

 

 

Room 3

Room 3  is a perfect size for small groups or 1 to 1 sessions. It is 6 square meters in size and is available from 8am to 10pm on weekdays and weekends.

 

 

Hall

The activity hall is suitable for a wide range of activities. The hall is approximately 13m x 8.1m and comes complete with a dance mirror along one wall and AV equipment for visuals and sound.

 

The Cafe

Our ground floor cafe space comprises around 62 sq metres and is suitable for social  events / informal gatherings. It is available a from 8am – 4pm Monday – Friday and 8am – 10pm Saturday and Sunday.

 

Party Bookings

Available from 1-5pm on Saturdays and Sundays, this space is uniquely suitable for Childrens birthday Parties. The hall is 108 Square Meters in Size and has AV equipment and a Music Speaker is also available. £90 plus refundable £50 deposit.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept bookings for adult Birthday Parties (18-21 years)

 

Our Facilities

Contact

We love to hear from the community. If you have a question, would like to hire a space, need help connecting with other people or, just about anything else, we would love to hear from you! Fill in your information below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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