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The Community centre is a versatile building able to be adapted for many uses.

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Meetings

Sports

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Fitness

Art and Craft

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Hiring the Community Centre couldn't be easier contact Lawrence Adams the Manager for prices and availability.

01305 839579

admin@theparkarea.co.uk

The Community Centre is used by many organisations to run clubs and activities and services, they include: Dorset Primary Care Trust who run Anti Natal classes and baby massage classes, Weymouth and Portland Children’s Centre who run single parent support groups, Weymouth College carry out maintenance on the building as part of level two construction courses, Alcohol and Drug Community Aftercare Programme use the building as their hub of operations for the Weymouth and Portland Area, Cocaine Anonymous use the building for group meetings.

The Forum also supports a range of small clubs, which include, Chatterboxes, an over 50’s friendship club. Youth Inc. our youth club which operates every Wednesday evening for children between the ages of 7 and 16 years, activities include trips, craft, games, education and social participation. A creative card making club is run weekly at the Centre as well as weekly art classes. The Community Centre also holds yoga classes and aerobics classes on a weekly basis.

The Forum also arranges and facilitates a range of events and activities from, Discos, Auctions, Shopping Trips, Community awareness days including home safety and drug awareness events. The Forum is committed to improving the environment of the area, and as part of this policy we plant and erect hanging baskets within the area, further to this we plant flower boxes and build-outs, creating a pleasant visual appearance throughout the area. We also work closely with the Local authority and residents on alleviating the environmental problems within the area. 

The Park Community Centre has become the foundation stone of a united, informed and socially aware Community within the Park Area of Weymouth. The Forum uses the contact with the local residents to promote the benefits of the area in which we live, attempting to develop a sense of pride in the area along with a desire to maintain its infrastructure and to work together in tackling the social problems all communities face today, such as Drugs, crime and other anti social behaviour issues. The Community Forum already has at its heart an enviable Volunteer base, who underpins everything that we do, the Community Centre provides the opportunity for local residents to get involved in shaping and supporting our work. We aim to empower the community to help themselves and to promote the benefits of Volunteering. Social inclusion, we live in a multi cultural society and within the Park Area of Weymouth and Portland we are beginning to attract a more diverse ethnic community into the area. All ethnic groups are supported through our policy of equal opportunities. The opportunities we offer have helped many aspects of their lives and have helped us develop a stronger and more diverse Volunteer base.

The continued Development of the Community Centre will enable us to set up specific activities targeted at encouraging the elderly to get out of their homes and benefit from the Community spirit within the area. Further education, the training and continued learning opportunities we will be able to offer local residents has the potential to change people’s lives for the better, aimed initially at the unemployed and single parents, the skills we offer will improve peoples chances of gaining employment. Health and fitness, The opening of the Community Centre will allow the Waterside Weymouth Community Forum to facilitate a number of health and fitness classes for the benefit of the Community, We also plan to work in partnership with the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s Healthy Living team, to include in our program of events dedicated support groups such as: no smoking and weight watcher programs.

Community spirit, The most obvious benefit from a Community Centre located within the heart of the residential area will be the ability of local residents to get involved, meet new people and make friends, all of which helps to build a stronger community spirit with in the area.

Hiring the Community Centre couldn't be simpler, Email Lawrence Adams the Manager with your details and requirements.

History of the Community Centre...The Park Community Centre was formally known as the Park Church Centre. The building is owned by the group of Anglican Churches that encompass the Radipole and Melcombe Regis parish, The Waterside Weymouth Community Forum took over the management of the centre in November 2006 with the aim of attracting new community activities and events to enhance the community spirit, health and wellbeing of our area and those that live and work here.

The Community Forum working in partnership with many organisations to deliver greater opportunity for the local residents of the Melcombe Regis Area