Kingswell Community Café bringing the Kingsbrook and Cauldwell communities together
The Hub can be found at Kingsbrook Childrens Centre on Canvin Way, off Oak Road and includes a play room for parents with children under the age of five and a community hub café, as well as a newly refurbished playground for children.
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Your new community hub café has officially opened in Kingsbrook, Bedford
The Hub which is open every Tuesday, 9am to 12pm, is part of a network of hubs across bpha sites. The hub is a one-stop shop for the residents of Kingsbrook and Cauldwell and customers to access a wide range of support and advice, including free employability sessions and financial guidance on housing, council tax and benefits. Each hub also hosts events, activities and services that enrich the community. For more information on a Hub near you please contact communityengagement@bpha.org.uk
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Community Engagement Officer, Pauline Stepney: “The Community Hub is a welcoming space for people of all ages, genders and ethnicities to come together, stay safe and active and feel included and valued.”
One of bpha’s strategic objectives is to help develop our communities, build confidence and improve the quality of life for people living in local areas. I believe this community hub ticks all those boxes.”
This new community hub cafe represents a unique joint development and sees bpha working with its partners such as Creative Arts, NHS, and Bedfordshire Rural Communities to name a few.
Tim Edwards from The Bell Group, worked in partnership with bpha to refurbish the play ground said: “Hubs like this sit at the centre of a community and often as we understand; provide invaluable support to those communities.
“It is with this in mind that we were honoured to work closely with bpha to provide labour and materials towards the development of this hub and a donation of equipment to create a more welcoming space for young people and children accessing the hub.”
Sarah Roth, Helen Letting, Kingsbrook Community Centre and bpha’s Richard Hill, Anna Humphries, Sunita Parbhakar
Councillor Ralley Rahman, Fsella Afzal-Pagliari, bpha and bpha customer, Leesa