Our Aims at Victoria Park Community Centre

To provide a fully accessible, integrated community centre for the local community in an environmentally empathic Building

To provide a range of facilities and rooms for diverse services, activities and community functions

To provide all age groups with opportunities for health and well-being and cultural experiences in their immediate community

To provide educational opportunities in both structured and non-structured settings in the community centre

To provide access and learning to numeracy and literacy and language through the Bridgwater College Suite

To provide soft learning and creative learning through informal ways in the centre

To encourage community participation and community ownership of the centre - Aiming to become the centre for the community

To hold regular meetings of the board which are open to the public and to develop the board for full leadership and stewardship of the centre

To create employment, volunteering and training opportunities throughout the centre and workshop spaces

To develop areas for volunteering and employment along side of service development for the community and on behalf of statutory bodies at the centre and in the workshops

To develop formal and informal training opportunities that may provide templates for other centres.

To provide a Community Café, a Pharmacy and Medical Centre

To promote healthy eating and enjoyable/educational eating experiences for the community

To provide a diverse, social experience for the community

To provide an informal and relaxed space for 1st step sign-posting and individualised assessment of needs for those seeking 'soft support' from the community

To be a showcase centre providing template design for roll out to other community sites

To develop responsive services and innovative service designs that meet both statutory bodies development needs and those of the community

To share knowledge farther a field, when appropriate

To encourage community resilience in a time of fast economic and environmental change

To operate as a skills development and knowledge exchange centre

To support a variety of ways to assist and support the community to adapt to issues such as:

* Climate change
* Credit crisis
* Unemployment
* Aging population
* Fossil fuel dependency etc