We’re home! We’re now back in our brilliantly-refurbished building, and are putting everything in place so that we can restart activities in our new facilities.
Drop-ins should be starting during October, with courses scheduled for November. Look out for more details on our website, our socials, or our mailing list – sign up for email updates here or at the bottom of the page.
Want to help?
If you want to help out, there are several ways you can do so.
You can still donate towards the costs of our temporary accommodation by donating to our room refurb fund here.
If you’d like to help through volunteering we have plenty of opportunities – get in touch on info@hivebradford.org.uk.
About the refurbishment
Hive Bradford and The Kirkgate Centre are delighted to have secured funding from the Government’s Towns Fund and other sources to refurbish the building that we share.
We have worked with architects Rance Booth Smith to develop the plans and obtain planning permission, and there have been a number of community consultations.
The refurbishment is an opportunity to bring a number of aspects of our building up to modern standards, to carry out a number of much-needed repairs, to lessen our environmental impact, to improve our facilities and connectivity around the building, and to ensure that our building is fit for the future.
Key aspects of the work which impact Hive will include:
- improvements to the layout of the building to allow better access to rooms and toilets without having to disturb classes and activities
- an internal staircase and lift to connect the floors and allow better connected working between Hive and The Kirkgate Centre
- an additional activity room to allow extra classes and activities to take place simultaneously
- an expanded and more welcoming reception area
- increased storage
- better insulation and weatherproofing
- improved energy efficiency.
The refurbishment started in July 2023, and the keys were handed back at the end of September 2024.