What's happening?

Our solicitors are working to finalise the lease so that the trustees of Horden Centennial Centre (now a registered charity) will be able to lease the Community Hall from St Mary's Church.

The Hall will remain open until the end of January 2013 and then it will close ready for the refurbishment which will get underway in March once tenders have been returned in the New Year and a contractor appointed.

Horden Centennial Centre will open in August 2013 with a programme of events and celebrations.  What would you like to see?  Comment below.

Our fundraising efforts carry on.  If you can help with a small donation this Christmas, every pound will help us in our mission to create a centre for regeneration at the heart of Horden! 

Please make cheques payable to Horden Centennial Centre.

The Hall is open every Wednesday, 10am.  Or you can post to Regent House, South Terrace, Horden, SR8 4NG.

Heritage Days raise £150

Did you come to our Heritage Days?  100 residents attended our two day celebration event; Yesterday and Tomorrow where we displayed hundreds of old photos showing Horden as it used to be on loan from Horden Heritage Centre.

We also had memorabilia, Horden on film, Horden Colliery Banner and refreshments
(A taste of Cafe 100 to come!)



Some of the memorabilia on display

Please tell us the social events you'd like to see in the Centennial Centre.  We want people to come together, meet their neighbours and make new friends.  Tell us how to get the community spirit going again...

Internet Cafe gets funding goahead!

The Big Lottery's Awards for All programme has awarded the project £8,672 which will fund Horden Centennial Centre's internet cafe from August next year.

 
Cafe 100 will offer internet access, coffee and refreshments in a warm friendly place run by the centre's volunteers.

 
Funding will also pay for a screen and projector in the Hall to facilitate conferences, parties and film clubs.

 
We’ve also benefited from the generosity of Dene Community School which has donated modern tables and chairs to give the hall a new look when the Horden Centennial Centre opens next year.

 
But the charity still has a huge amount to raise for equipment, staff, running costs and the refurbishment. If you can help, even with a small donation, please call Michael on 0191 569 1507 or get in touch with any of the trustees.

 
As a centre for regeneration, Horden Centennial Centre will help people realise their potential - build confidence, find work, learn new skills, make and meet new friends.

 

Give us your support.

Horden in Old Photos

In the Summer we displayed hundreds of old photos showing Horden and its residents over the last 100 years and we'll be doing it all again including Horden on film, Horden Colliery Banner, refreshments, memory corner and a display from Horden Heritage Centre on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th November.

With less than five months until the Hall is refurbished, this will be one of the last chances to love the building as it is.  Come and share your memories from 10am until 3pm on Friday 16th and then again from 10am until 2pm on Saturday 16th.

Plans for the new centre will be on display.

Entry is FREE but any donations will go towards the refurbishment project.

What are you doing Friday?

Come and support Horden Youth & Community Centre's Autumn Tabletop Sale (19th) from 11am until 1pm on Eden Street. 
 
Horden Centennial Centre will be among the local groups - all funds we raise will go towards refurbishing the hall.

Charity Status Awarded

The volunteers and community reps working to refurbish and renew Horden's community hall as a centre for regeneration and neighbourhood renewal have achieved charity status.

Horden Centennial Centre is the name of Horden's newest registered charity.  Being a charity will allow the group to lease the community hall later this year and then manage what will be Horden Centennial Centre in 2013.

Easington's Member of Parliament Grahame Morris has backed the project and agreed to become a trustee alongside other community leaders, local groups and residents.

There's a huge amount still to do to make this project a success - fundraising, meetings, organising events, marketing & promotions, volunteer work - if you think you could help in any way, big or small, please get in touch:

Call John on 0191 586 3083 or Michael on 0191 569 1507 or catch any of the trustees - the Hall is open every Wednesday morning for the HCRA Food Co-op, Durham County Credit Union and St Mary's Coffee Morning - just drop-in.

New rooms and new facilities

Work is due to start refurbishing St Mary's Community Hall in the Spring of 2013 following a successful application to the Big Lottery's Reaching Communities Fund. Below are some photos of the Hall today which will be equipped with modern facilities in what will be Horden's Centennial Centre...

The office area today will become a fitness suite with treadmills, rowing machines and other cardivascular machines.  The area next to the office will be given a new area which will act as the centre's resource hub; a place for agenices to hotdesk and for residents to access printers, photocopier, fax and other office facilities.  We hope that by year two, the project will be able to employ a centre co-ordinator to work with our dedicated volunteers and trustees.



The kitchen will be given a makeover to create a coffee lounge with a mix of seating for an internet cafe, coffee mornings, informal meetings and refreshments - a warm and welcome place for residents to meet and socialise while accessing eveything else the centre will have to offer.

The main Hall which will be equipped with facilities for conferences, performances, functions and fundraising events.  New heating and lighting will create a centre which is warm and welcoming.  The ceiling will be lowered to create a new first floor with lift access to two new meeting spaces and and interview room.

Unused green space will see a parking area created with attractive hard landscaping and a new entrance from Seventh Street.  Lighting, paving and signage will give the centre an external makeover.  We hope additional funding can be secured to put solar panels on the roof which would make the building more sustainable and environmentally friendly.