Category: Premises

Community News, Premises

Christmas Opening Times

The Net Community Hub

Monday 22nd December 2025    

– Christmas Open Cafe 10am – 1pm

– ADSS Crafts 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Tuesday 23rdDecember 2025    

– Time 2 Talk Christmas 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Wednesday 24thDecember 2025       

– Chairobics 10am – 12pm

– Christmas Party 12pm – 2pm

Thursday 25th December 2025

– CLOSED

Friday 26th December 2025

– CLOSED

Saturday 27th December 2025

– CLOSED

Monday 29th December 2025

– Open Cafe 10am – 1pm

Tuesday 30th December 2025

– Time 2 Talk 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Wednesday 31st December 2025

– Chairobics 10am – 12pm

– New Year’s Eve Party 12pm – 2pm

Thursday 1st December 2025

– CLOSED

Friday 2nd December 202

– Community Crafters 1:30pm – 3:30pm

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Local Lifesaver – Defibrillator now installed

The Net Community Hub
The local community attend the launch

A brand new defibrillator was installed outside the hub on Friday 14th June.

The launch at 3:30pm was attended by a choral ensemble from Oakland Primary School, bringing a large crowd together to support this important emergency health resource being established for the immediate community.

The event was also supported by Guy Thompson, who works as a member of NHS ambulance crew but provides emergency support as a volunteer First Responder when not at work. He is offering to run a session at the NET to demonstrate the ease with which this can be used when a cardiac arrest is suspected. The date for this will be shared when it’s been set.

The installation was a culmination of a long campaign by Geoff Walters, a board member of both The Net and WALT, following a successful application to Health and Social Care. Together with funding contributed from Councillors Esther Cook and Eddie Peak, WALT and support from the congregation of St Philips & St James, the defibrillator was publicly launched.

MHS coordinated the installation at The Net, connecting to its electrical supply, and will ensure its ongoing maintenance.

To use the defibrillator, you call 999, who advise a code to open it and give guidance for use.

Oaklands School pupils sang ‘You’ve got a friend in me’

Funding, Premises

Making the most of lockdown

The Net Community Hub

Normally, we’d be open throughout the week, welcoming our members and residents into the space.

With the enforced lock down, sadly, as you know, we had to close our doors. So, we set about making some premises improvements, and thanks to the Clothworkers’ Foundation awarding us a one off capital grant, we are the proud owners of a brand new kitchen!

It’s something we could never have installed under normal circumstances, as we would have had to voluntarily close the space down for two weeks.

We’re looking to make other improvements too, but in the meantime, we hope to open the doors on a restricted basis, with small social bubbles. Keep an eye out on social media and here on the blog for updates.

A deep clean will be undertaken in the next few days, and precautions such as face coverings, hand sanitation and temperature readings will help give confidence as we slowly return to normal.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back in due course.

Funding, Premises

It’s going to be a warmer winter!

The Net Community Hub

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Our new windows and doors are finally complete and been given the thumbs up from our regulars 🙂

It seems like forever since we first decided to replace our old windows and wooden doors, which made the hub too warm in the summer and too cold in the winter, but thanks to a combination of funding from The National Lottery (our previous award), Medway Rotary Club, The KM Group and the Co-op Community Fund,  the installation has been carried out – and it all looks fab!

With huge thanks also to Clarke’s Glazers of Gillingham, whose service was excellent.

There are still more improvements to be made but we’re very proud of our progress in the past two years to make the hub as welcoming as possible.

With core funding secured for three years, thanks to the Kent Community Foundation, we’re looking forward to expanding our services and activities, so if you’ve any ideas of what you’d like the hub to offer, please do get in touch on 01634 319633 or email community@waldersladehub.org.

We also have evening and weekends (and some daytime slots) available for hire at very reasonable rates – £7 per hour for community groups and charitable organisations, or £10 p/h for individuals and businesses. More information on hiring the space can be found here.

Before, during and after …

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