The Park Centre

Welcome to The Park

We are a registered charity and a community centre situated on a 15 acre site in Knowle. Our aim is to support local people to learn, gain employment, be fit and healthy, appreciate each other, enjoy life and reach their full potential.

What's on at The Park?

There is always something fun and exciting happening at The Park.

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We are passionate about education

The Park is passionate about supporting and training learners to gain qualifications, skills and confidence to help them towards the world of work. We do this in a nurturing environment that considers the individual needs of our young people.

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Facilities

We have a range of facilities that our community is welcome to use and we also offer the option to hire space for a wide variety of occasions.

Education

The Park is passionate about supporting and training learners to gain qualifications, skills and confidence to help them towards the world of work.

Café

We serve delicious, good value, freshly prepared food using quality ingredients.

Food is served from 8am till 4pm

Events

New November Date for Spiderphobia Course!

Here at the Park Centre we understand the impact that a fear of spiders can have on your life and are offering a course to help you overcome your fear.

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Latest News

Matrix Standard success for The Park!

After a robust assessment process our Education and Training provision has been accredited to the Matrix Standard, demonstrating the high quality Information, Advice and Guidance we provide to our learners.

The matrix Standard is the prestigious international quality standard for organisations supporting individuals in their choice of learning and life goals.

The assessment highlighted that fact that our ‘team understands its learners well, and offers a safe environment, learning opportunities and levels of support tailored to individual needs, which enables learners to flourish, succeed and progress.’

Roger Chapman, Head of the matrix Service for The Growth Company said:

‘This is a fantastic achievement for The Park Centre, and I would like to congratulate the team on their success. We believe that at the heart of high-quality advice and support services are strong leadership, excellent service and a focus on continuous improvement, all underpinned by effective use of the resources available. The matrix Standard is designed to benchmark organisations against best practice in these areas. With their accreditation success, The Park’s Education provision is working to provide the best possible support to their students.’