The Hub (Area office)

The Area Office ‘The Hub’ at Maitland Street acts as a resource base to support Scouting throughout Cardiff and the Vale.

It is staffed by our Area Administrator and volunteers who provide general information about Scouting and activities in the Area, the office also has meeting rooms, a photocopier and a resource centre of publications and other material to support leaders. Please let us know if you would like to use any of these facilities.

The office is open Monday to Friday from 9.30 to 12.30. Outside these times an answering service is available.

The Hub is also home to the Area Scout Shop.

Facilities at the Hub

There are two unisex individual toilets, a disabled toilet and a kitchen area stocked with tea and coffee, please help yourself to this when using the centre. The building also has a designated store room and of course the Area Scout Office also occupies a room, the Area photocopier lives in the corridor so everyone can have access to this facility.

Each meeting room is fitted with vertical blinds and comes with a projector screen, a white board, a pin board and a flipchart on easel.

There is a large main hall and three syndicate rooms of varying sizes.

Main Hall

The Main Hall is the largest of our rooms and is 7.2m x 6.9m and can seat up to 50 people in theatre style seating.

Gilwell

Named after The Scout Associations HQ, campsite and training facility based in Chingford and the largest of our three syndicate rooms.

Size 4.5m x 5.4m can accommodate up to 20 people

Brownsea

Named after the birthplace of Scouting, a small island off the coast of Dorset was the site of Robert Baden-Powell’s first experimental camp.

Size 3.2m x 5.4m can accommodate up to 15 people

Reynolds

Named after Roland Exton Reynolds, the benefactor of our previous facility RER House.

Size 3.9m x 4.2m can accommodate up to 15 people

Internal bookings

The Hub operates a booking facility for the rooms and laptop resources.

Please contact the Area Office if you would like to book a room.

The use of the building for bona fide Area Scout purposes will be free of charge, though should you require catering or use of consumables there may be a small charge to cover the costs.

Check the availability of The Hub online.

Gilwell | Brownsea | Reynolds | Main Hall

External Bookings

Room or whole-venue bookings must be made in advance with the Area Administrator by email or by telephone on 0333 301 1907.

When you have booked a room this will come with the standard inventory of tables, chairs, notice board, projector screen and white board. Should you require additional items such as data projector or laptop, these must also be booked in advance.

Please use only the room(s) allocated to you as there may be other bookings at the venue during the time you have booked.

In the event of cancellation please let the Area Administrator know as soon as possible, to allow us to ensure we may allow another user to book.

The use of the building for commercial or other charitable purpose will be subject to hire charge. We may at our discretion amend these charges in cases of block bookings or for an individual case, in these instances and for clarity please contact us.

Hire charges

Rooms are £15 per hour up to 2 hours then daily rate will apply.
Daily Rate – £60 for up to 5 hrs then £15 per additional hour.

Please note that prices are correct at time of printing/posting and are subject to change.

Check the availability of The Hub online.

Gilwell | Brownsea | Reynolds | Main Hall

Contact our Area Office

If you have a booking query or would like further information about Scouting in Cardiff and Vale, then we would love to hear from you.

Cardiff and Vale Scouts,
Maitland Street,
Gabalfa,
Cardiff,
CF14 3JU

Call: 0333 301 1907

Email: office@cardiffandvalescouts.org.uk