This survey is now closed. Many thanks to everyone who took part. We are now analysing the results and we will update this page with the proposals moving forward. We will also post opportunities for people to get further involved with the Meadowbank project. 

Hounslow Council is creating a new Community Hub at the Meadowbank Adult and Community Education Centre in Cranford. To inform this work we have been asking people who live, work and study in Cranford about what they want from their new Community Hub. 

What is a Community Hub?

Community hubs bring a range of resources together for residents in places that are suitable for their community. These resources could include: financial support, information on keeping healthy, skills and employment, mental health support and help for more complex issues. A community hub draws together the Council's Community Solutions team along with the local voluntary, community and social enterprise sector together to provide this service, close to where people live.

The new Cranford Community Hub will be based at:

Meadowbank Centre, Community Close (just off the Bath Road), North Cranford

The Meadowbank Centre is already home to the Adult and Community Education Service. As the main community hub for Cranford, it will also become the new home for Cranford Library - a move agreed by the Council's Cabinet in May 2024. The hub will provide a new, improved space for a full library service, as well as improving library users' access to other support on issues such as housing, finances and welfare advice, health and wellbeing services, and employment and skills development. The Meadowbank Centre is just a few minutes walk away from the current Cranford Library site. The intention is to open this full hub service in 2025.

Finding the Meadowbank Centre

In addition to Meadowbank, there is already a Community Hub up and running at Beavers Children Centre and library in South Cranford. Since June 2024 local residents have been able to get support from the Council and services including the Department of Work and Pension and local voluntary sector organisations. Residents are able to visit this Community Hub from 10.30am to 2.30pm every Wednesday.

If you live in the Redwood Estate area you may be aware that the Council has been working over the summer alongside housing association, A2Dominion, and Cranford Community College to pilot a Community Hub alongside the holiday activity programme for children. Additional support for residents has also been provided by agencies including Citizen's Advice Hounslow and Golden Opportunities Skills and Development. A Community Hub will be developed in this part of Cranford building on the programme offered over the summer.

Thank you!

We're grateful to everyone who took part in our consultation about the new community hub. Look out for more opportunities to help shape this project as it develops.