Age Concern Active Age Centre - Saxon House

Room Hire - Conference Facilities

Saxon House has 3 fully air conditioned rooms available for your meeting, conference, business event or training course. We will work with you in order to ensure that your function runs smoothly and successfully. In addition to the three rooms on this page, our two Day Care Centres cater for large events or more informal small events requiring comfortable arm chairs.

With all of our rooms you can have access to:

  • High speed internet
  • TV / DVD / VHS
  • Flipchart pad and pens
  • Telephone line
  • Photocopying
  • Laptop computer
  • LCD projector (only available in Active Age Room)

(Photocopies or Faxes at 10p each)

Our reception staff can take a register of all your delegates and issue them with any necessary paperwork required for the day.

The Active Age Room

Our main room the 'Active Age Room' is suitable for up to 50 persons 'Theatre Style' or 28 'Classroom Style.' If being used for a training course a 'horseshoe' configuration with tables and chairs for up to 18 can be set up at the front of the room with further tables at the back for group work.

Perfect for your AGM, training course, conference or meeting the room has air conditioning, a built in digital overhead projector with interactive whiteboard (DVD/VHS capable), an inbuilt hearing aid loop, high speed, secure internet and power points, a room divider to separate the room and use of the adjoining kitchen can be arranged. This fresh light space is ideal for the relaxing environment it is important to create in any business function.

Tea, Coffee and Lunch can be served at either the back of the room or depending on availability and the size of the booking our kitchen may be offered free of charge for this purpose; please ask in advance if this is a specific requirement.

The Active Age room also has a cushioned floor and is available to use as a venue for a variety of activities. Layouts below are a sample from which you may wish to choose for your booking or any other layout can be implemented by request. It is best to give a clear explanation of your requirements.

Active Age Room Theatre

Classroom
Active Age Room: Classroom

Theatre Layout
Active Age Room: Theatre

Training Layout
Active Age Room: Training

Cabaret Layout
Active Age Room: Training

Boardroom Layout
Active Age Room: Training

Horseshoe Layout with display tables
Active Age Room: Training

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Meeting Room One and Meeting Room Two/Syndicate Room

Meeting Room One offers a comfortable air conditioned setting for your meeting of up to 8 people and Meeting Room Two for up to 4 people. These rooms have many other uses which include one to one IT training, panel interviews and can also be used as a treatment room for a therapist so are versatile in every way.

All the usual facilities are available as with our largest room. Hot food and drinks are available with this room too.

The Oasis and Links Rooms

In addition to the two rooms mentioned above we also have two day care centres with small attractive courtyard gardens which can cater for either your day care needs on a one off or regular basis. These two rooms can be used for large or small events where a more informal approach is required with our comfortable arm chairs

The Oasis Room

On some days (currently Saturday and Sunday and evenings) our Oasis Room is available for hire. The Room has enough comfortable armchairs for up to 30 people with the same space in our dining area. There is a kitchenette area in the dining area, in addition there are four toilets with full disabled access in the room.

With ample prior notice this space can be used for up to 50 people in theatre style leaving ample space for tea/coffee and lunch to be served in the dining area.

The Links Room

Some days (currently Thursday, most Saturday and Sundays and also evenings) our Links Room is available for hire. The room has enough comfortable armchairs for up to 10 people with the same space in our dining area. This area also benefits from a magnetic security locking system on the entrance/exit doors. There is a small kitchenette area in the room as well as two toilets with full disabled access.

With ample prior notice this space can be used for up to 20 people in theatre style leaving ample space for tea/coffee and lunch to be served in the dining area.  Note that room layouts may be limited so please call in advance to see what we cand do.

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Refreshments

Tea and Coffee can be arranged for your guests and this is available for just £1.25 per person per serving.

Tea and Coffee includes Tea, (normal and herbal) fresh filtered coffee, chilled filtered water and a selection of biscuits.

Lunch is available as 5 main options, each individually priced. Please see our Conference Facilities Menu Page for our full menu options. On all occasions lunch is served with a bowl of fresh fruit in addition to Orange and/or Apple juice.

On all occasions it is possible to have a two course hot nutritious meal from our kitchen for a limited number of people, please ask for more details. If booking for less than five people we can serve a hot meal if required most days.

If you have any specific requirements such as disabled users or special dietary needs please let us know in advance. We are disabled friendly but need to be aware of the needs of building users. Our kitchen staff are experienced in catering for people with diabetes and on low fat or wheat/gluten/dairy free diets.

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Please visit our Conference Facilities Costs Page for the costs associated with the hire of our rooms.

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