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Concorde Community Centre

Concorde Community Centre helps to serve the needs of the surrounding community.

A centre committee, made up of local people and members of the groups which use the centre, work with our staff to develop a varied programme which serves all residents.

The centre is also linked to the Ballysillan/Upper Ardoyne Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership.

If you want to find out more about the centre's objectives and work, call us on 028 9071 2450.

• opening hours
• disabled access
• facilities
• hire prices
• seasonal activities
• centre users
• recent projects
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Opening hours

Concorde Community Centre is open at the following times:

• Monday to Thursday - 9am to 5pm and 6pm to 10pm
• Friday - 9am to 4.30pm and 6pm to 9.30pm.

Disabled access

Accessibility information about Concorde Community Centre from Disabled Go

Facilities

We offer a number of facilities which cater for community groups, youth projects and individual needs.

These include:

• activity room
• main and minor halls which are available for hire
• glass recycling point for brown, green and clear glass.

We also offer access to a number of community development resources including:

Training opportunities

We can organise training on a wide range of topics. These include:

• setting up and developing community groups and constitutions
• child protection training
• play development
• strategic planning.

Hire prices

We have a number of rooms which are available for private birthday parties, public meetings and other functions.

If your activity has a community development or cultural focus, our rooms can usually be hired free of charge. The following rates are per hour:

Main hall

• £3.05 (9am to 7pm)
• £4.94 (7pm to 12am).

Minor hall

• £1.42 (9am to 7pm)
• £1.94 (7pm to 12am).

Activity room

• £1.16 (9am to 7pm)
• £1.63 (7pm to 12am).

Kitchen

• £1 (9am to 7pm)
• £1 (7pm to 12am).

Please note that, if you are hiring on behalf of a statutory body or profit-making organisation, our rates may increase.

Seasonal activities

We organise activities throughout the year, including a summer and winter scheme for over 50s with advice talks, line dancing, salsa, arts and crafts, computer use, bingo, armchair aerobics, history talks, bus trips and cross-community tea dances.

Our staff, together with the centre committee, also hold St Patrick's Day, Halloween and Christmas dinners, which include entertainment for older people aged 50 or above in the local area.

Centre users

We cater for a range of community groups. Our users include:

• After-schools clubs for Primary 1, 2 and 3 pupils - Wednesday
• After-schools clubs for Primary 4 and 5 pupils - Tuesday
• After-schools clubs for Primary 6 and 7 pupils - Monday
• Ardoyne Ulster Scots Heritage Society
• Boccia Group (indoor seated bowls) - Thursday
• Ceramics - Tuesday
• Concorde Community Centre committee - Tuesday (monthly)
• Concorde Volunteers committee - mornings (monthly)
• Cookery group - Monday
• Daisy Group ASCERT (alcohol advice)
• Everton Day Centre - Monday to Friday
• FASA acupuncture clinic - Thursday
• Freestyle Dragons - Monday and Thursday
• Glenbrook Surestart - Friday
• NBWISP (planned community health events) - throughout the year
• North Belfast Employment Centre
• Pride of Ardoyne Flute Band - Monday
• Tuesday Girls - Tuesday
• Upper Ardoyne Community Partnership (UACP) - Monday (monthly)
• Upper Ardoyne Junior Football
• Upper Ardoyne Parents and Toddlers – Tuesday and Friday
• Upper Ardoyne Women's Group - Wednesday
• Utopia Dance Group - Tuesday and Friday.

Recent projects

Our recent projects include:

• January 2010 - the centre committee and the local community launched the Concorde Centre Mosaic, designed by user groups from the centre, such as parents and toddlers, older people, Everton Day Centre and sports, cultural and recreational groups. It features unique symbols relevant to each group's activities and is displayed in the centre's foyer.
• February 2010 - young people from the centre took part in the Pix N Beatz project and creatively explored issues such as diversity, racism, sectarianism, homophobia and respect for those from other communities. Together with Wheelworks and Belfast Exposed, the project gave participants the chance to express themselves while learning new skills from professional artists, such as digital photography and sound recording.
• Teenagers from the centre were also involved in a youth drama group and worked with Artsekta, a cultural bonding group and an Indian youth organisation, to explore drama and photography and to write performances relevant to young people.

Contact us

Janet Flynn – Community Development Worker
Mabel McClelland – Community Development Assistant

Concorde Community Centre
36 Alliance Road
Belfast
BT14 7JB

Tel: 028 9071 2450
Fax: 028 9071 4458
Email: development@belfastcity.gov.uk

If you are interested in volunteering at Concorde Community Centre, please call into the centre and ask to speak to a member of staff.