Castle Green at Jo Richardson School helping to serve the local community.
The main entrance to Castle Green has a Foyer and Reception area housing the Café and Uniform Shop leading to the other parts of the building. Above the main entrance there is a state of the art gym with long views across public playing fields opposite. This part of the building is intended to act as a ‘beacon’, visible from a long distance. It breaks the general roof-line, and is distinguished by its egg-shaped form and strong yellow render finish. The main building has a triple-height ‘internal street’ area that provides direct access to all parts of the building and provides dining and internal social spaces. The aesthetically purpose built design has superb specialist and multipurpose classrooms, meeting rooms, a hall and great outdoor and indoor sports facilities. Castle Green at Jo Richardson Community School facilities are available to hire for sports, functions, meetings, weddings, award ceremonies.
Castle Green at Jo Richardson Community School are a local community provider and work towards the following strategic aims and objectives.
- To provide a leisure, training and education facility for Jo Richardson School and a central point for community focus and development.
- Extend the qualification and training profile for all.
- Facilitate local people to set up and run their own leisure, learning and health activities.
- To apply a community development and outreach approach that compliments and builds upon Castle Green’s success in promoting fitness and leisure and community engagement.
- To create and or facilitate community groups who are founded, promoted and run by their own members.
- To run accredited training courses for adults and young people in the community.
Our values are to;
- Help others to help themselves become involved and empowered.
- Seek full participation and involvement by local people. Be friendly, inclusive and professional.
- Be open to all, fully taking into account gender, age, race, ethnicity, faith, sexuality, gender reassignment, disability, pregnancy and maternity, health and income.
- Have respect for difference.
- Listen to and understanding what local people want.
- Provide affordable, high-quality activities.
- Work with partners and others to achieve the best for local people.
