Bicester East Community Centre - The New Kabin has arrived

The new Kabin provided and run by the Bicester East Community Association (BECA) to serve and support the local community has arrived on site and is currently being installed. BECA has worked hard to raise money for the new building and money has been received from various charities, the town and district councils and the Bicester Community Church.

Links to newspaper reports about the new centre can be found here and here.

Groups we run at Bicester East Community Centre

We are runnin our Toddlers and Over 50's groups there once more. Details of these can be found on our Activities for the Local Community page.

Here is a bit of the history of the Kabin...

The North Bicester Community Centre was opened in 1973 at Keble Road but was demolished in 1999 by the Cherwell District Council due to its dilapidated state and vandalism.

Bicester Community Church started working in the area, initially taking a converted bus to the site on Thursday evenings to act as a mobile centre for youth work but there was clearly a need for a permanent building.

In 2001 a mini-community centre housed in a Portakabin, paid for and run by the Bicester Community Church under agreement with Cherwell District Council, which owns the land, was opened to provide a base for the church to serve the residents of the Keble Road area of north Bicester. Activities inclding Toddlers, Bumps and Babes, Youth Work and Over 50's groups were all successfully run there

The Kabin was opened by Bicester town mayor, Councillor Lawrie Stratford, and his wife, mayoress Councillor Rose Stratford, on Saturday, 23rd June 2001 on a site near the playing fields off Keble Road, and was in constant use until its age forced its removal in August 2005.

Below are some pictures of the Old Kabin and the work there.

The Old Kabin

Young People

Over 50's