What's Upstairs
As well as the Turl Street Kitchen there are a number of other things happening in 16-17 Turl Street.
This venue is the first UK centre dedicated to student volunteering and is therefore a pretty special place.
We want everyone to feel welcome in the space, whether you've nipped in for a coffee from the Turl Street Kitchen, just had a meeting in the library, attended a film-screening in the events space or a workshop on green-roofing on the terrace. Here we have an unusual model but one which we are really excited to be a part of. This is a venue like no other in Oxford.
Our journey into the space started a few years ago as part of Oxford Hub's work but you can read the whole story on our blog: www.makeahubahome.wordpress.com
Above the Turl Street Kitchen on the first floor we have meeting rooms and an events space.
Also on this floor is a living room and library for student groups, community partners and friends of the Hub to meet, learn, play, talk and create.
Travelling another floor up there are offices for student-facing charities and an incubation centre for social enterprise. Oxford Hub's own offices are on the second floor where we are joined by some other fantastic student-facing charities, including Student Run Self Help, KEEN, Jacari and our national network Student Hubs. We also share a space with UK Tar Sands and People and Planet.
Throughout the project we have been chatting to hundreds of volunteers about how they want the space to look, feel and act. Please come in, tell us what you think, and keep talking to us - we're excited to hear your ideas on how to make this space even more dynamic and accessible for now and for the future.
The rooms are completely free to use if you are an Oxford Hub member group and very reasonable indeed if you are local, charitable or both! If you would like to book the space for events, music nights, parties, lectures, seminars, meetings or anything resembling any of the above then download our Private Hire Overview, pop in to find Charis or email bookings@oxfordhub.org
