Monty's Community Hub grew out of a grassroots response to the closure of the local youth centre. From its very inception it has been focussed on asking the local residents what they want and need to help the community to flourish.
As a result, Monty's has built teams of volunteers to provide youth and children's activities and wider community capacity-building opportunities such as cookery classes, job club, training on CV writing and debt advice.
The hub has become the place where residents can gather to catalyse new ideas such as a bike social enterprise, a community pantry and a gardening group, as well as a place where they can meet new people, volunteer and become more involved in serving one another.
We partnered with Monty's as they were starting up, building partnerships and sowing the vision for the Hub across the local community. It has been great to see how that vision has grown and been shaped by the volunteers and participants. Monty's has become a catalyst for community projects and a place where residents can build friendships and shape their local community for the better..
Go to: montys.org.uk