A roving Hub reporter wanders around on the second floor…
On Tuesday, Hub moved into its new house. One dedicated team and their filing cabinets battled the stairs to the newly refurbished offices, complete with fresh licks of paint, computer stations, desks, chairs and…SPACE! Well, a bit more than we had before anyway.
The offices, on the second floor of the new building, now form the base for our Oxford Hub and Student Hubs teams, as well as several of our member groups’ representatives: more details on these to follow. In a week, we open, and after just 2 days, it is already starting to feel like a home. We even have internet!
Looking official in the office
In fact, supplied by the Phone Co-op, our internet at the Hub is ethically sourced, just like our cleaning service (The Cleaning Co-op)
and our building management (The Ethical Property Company), not to mention our environmentally friendly bathroom supplies. We’ve made a point of giving the Home Hub an ethical focus from the inside out, and now we’re watching it being put together all around us, like a great big community jigsaw. The building has been buzzing with activity as preparations continue apace, but amid the chaos, something very special is taking shape: it’s nice to know that already the Hub building is, right from its roots, a people place, and our happy atmosphere during the teething period bodes well for the hectic term ahead.
Awkward Hannahs at the new Hub offices
More aesthetically, curtains, carpets and cups of tea (though still a bit dusty) are making the space seem less like a work in
progress and there are some exciting decorations plans in the pipeline. It really is beginning to look and feel fabulous up here – and it’s all topped off by our sublime toilet-top view of Jesus College gardens.
I won't be blank for long!
We can’t wait for you to see the finished job. Until then, watch this space for a day-by-day account of the finishing touches.
Oxford Hub's new building 
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