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The Girdwood Community Hub

The Girdwood Community Hub is a shared leisure and community space in north Belfast, offering a wide range of fantastic facilities for conferences, meetings, workshops, sports, and cultural events.

This venue is perfect for hosting events such as:

  • Conferences (large and small)
  • Meetings (AGMs and senior management meetings)
  • Workshops
  • Training days
  • Team-building sessions
  • Sporting events
  • Arts and culture events -fashion shows, art exhibitions,
  • Dance competitions

Our onsite experienced staff regularly host Weddings, Conferences & Exhibitions, Live Music, Boxing, Wrestling, Dance Competitions, Banqueting, Concerts, Pantomime and Amateur Dramatics.

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Main Hall

The Community Main Hall is a massive 600 square metre space which can comfortably accommodate up to 800 people - perfect for a large conference, private or public event. It’s also ideal for arts events such as exhibitions and fashion shows.

The clean and minimalist interior of the hall allows you to create your event exactly how you imagined it to be, making it the perfect backdrop for any setup. 

Hall facilities include:

  • The room boasts a fully integrated AV and sound system with 6m wide x 4.5m high projection screen.
  • Three different style of microphones can be linked up to the wall mounted speakers;
  • Three fully fixed, two roving and two lapel microphones can be hired.
  • Two movable lighting rigs over the stage that can be altered in both colour and height.
  • The Conference hall has removable staging which is ideal for drama productions, plays, concerts and conferences, staging is ? M High and comes out 4 x 8m in front of the screen.
  • There are 340 retractable bleacher seats that are ideal for sports, cinema, theatre and community events.
  • The dimensions of the hall are 17m x 30m and 648.9 m2.
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Shared community space

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The shared space area is our most versatile space within Girdwood Community Hub and has hosted a range of different events such as medium sized conferences, training seminars, press launches, exhibitions and business forums. 

The shared space has a fully moveable wall which can be pulled back if required to enable more open networking space. Of the two conference rooms meanwhile, the larger has a seating capacity (boardroom style) of 24, while the smaller one can host 16. The rooms can be rearranged into a boardroom, theatre, or communal horseshoe shape for face-to-face conversation around a leader. They can be subdivided to make 4 smaller rooms if required as well.

This multifunctional space comes fully integrated audio visual, surround sound system and has a ceiling mounted projector screen.The shared space also comes equipped with two fixed, two lapel microphones for small- medium sized conferencing events and also has built in Free Sat, Blu Ray and CD player. And space is 141.2 m2. 

Away days

Perfect for corporate occasions such as conferences, meetings, and workshops, the Hub is also ideal for corporate away days thanks to the on-site spa and gym. The gym boasts state-of-the-art exercise equipment, including cardiovascular machines, fixed resistance equipment, and a free weights area. The Main Hall is host to sporting events such as boxing and wrestling too!

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Essential information

Venue details and contact information

Address- 10 Girdwood Avenue, BT14 6EG.

Phone- 028 9521 7870

Capacity- Catering for up to 800 people, this Belfast venue offers true flexibility and endless set-up options.

What's included: 

  • Tabels and chairs
  • Screen and Projector
  • Power
  • Air conditioned
  • Flip chart
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • CD player and integrated speakers
  • Free Sat
  • Blue Ray player
  • Built in projector and screen (HDMI compatible)

How to get here

Girdwood has very good transport links and is just a short drive from Belfast Airport. 

Car parking- 200 car parking spaces are available (with disabled access).

 

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