The Community Hub building lies at the centre of the Tir y Gafel ecovillage and will become a launch-pad for the research, education and promotion of low-impact living possibilities. This will be achieved through the provision of hands-on courses, tours, presentations, visitor and volunteer opportunities along with a range of outreach work.

In December 2009 Lammas won a £346,935 award from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for the construction of the Community Hub building.

Works began in January 2010.

The building is not yet complete.

The Community Hub (pic taken April 2011)

Toby Sprules, Timber Framer (pics taken autumn 2010)

Volunteers working on the Hub

Hub interiors (pics taken february 2011)

The Community Hub Mandate:

The Community Hubs main raison d’etre will be a centre for the research, education and promotion of low-impact living. This will be achieved through the provision of hands-on courses, tours, presentations, visitor and volunteer opportunities along with a range of outreach work.

In addition, it will act as both an organisational and practical centre for the Tir y Gafel smallholdings, providing a meeting space as well as facilities for processing their land-based produce and exchanging goods. The hub will also provide a focal point for facilities and services provided for the local community such as a hall, seasonal shop (part-time) and seasonal café (part-time). The hub will assist land based livelihoods in the local area by providing an opportunity for producers, local to the site, to sell their goods.

The Hub will be managed in such a manner so as to treat all user groups with fairness and consideration.  The hub shall be operated in such a way that it does not have a negative effect on the living standards of the Tir y Gafel residents nor cause a breach of their management plan.