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Fleetwood Community Hub

Project Type
Healthcare
Completion Date
2024
Project Value
£1m
Project Duration
4 months

Project Scope

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Transformation of Former NHS Fleetwood Hospital into Community Youth Hub

The disused former NHS Fleetwood Hospital, vacant for over a decade, has been transformed through a £1 million sympathetic refurbishment into a modern Community Youth Hub.

Led by The Fleetwood Trust and funded by the Government’s Youth Investment Fund, the project revitalised a key conservation area, created local jobs (including apprenticeships), and delivered long-term social and economic benefits for the community.

Krol Corlett received the Social Impact Award at the Insider Lancashire Property Awards 2024 for this project.

Key works included:

  • Demolition and internal reconfiguration

  • New walls, partitions, ceilings, and floor coverings

  • Full internal decoration

  • Installation of new kitchens, bathrooms, fixtures, and furnishings

  • Comprehensive mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services

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Client Satisfaction

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The Youth Hub integrates into The Hub Fleetwood, working with partners including the NHS, Macmillan Cancer Support, Regenda Homes, and Blackpool and The Fylde College. Open six evenings a week, it offers inclusive programmes — from Girls Hub and SEND to LGBT+ and mental health support — serving over 200 young people with modern recreational and creative facilities.

Challenges:

  • Operating within a live site next to the North West Ambulance Service

  • Resolving structural issues from mixed old and new construction

  • Managing logistics around a live tram line

  • Meeting tight timelines through close teamwork with project partners

“We are incredibly proud to see the work completed on this project which will undoubtedly change the lives of young people in Fleetwood. The space is central in our mission to improve the area we live and work in and has been co-designed with young people themselves. Our thanks go to everyone involved in bringing this project to fruition including Mason Gillbrand Architects and Krol Corlett who have worked so hard to deliver it on time”

Charley Wilkinson,
Chief Executive
Fleetwood Trust

Award Winning Social Impact

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Through this collaborative endeavour, Krol Corlett demonstrated a commitment to social responsibility and community well-being.

Partnering with Blackpool and The Fylde College, valuable site work experience was provided to the construction students.

In addition, we also had live site tours for students attending from local school Flakefleet, who all went away with knowledge of the new facilities and a Krol Corlett goody bag!

For more on this award-winning Social Impact project, see the Insider Lancashire Property Awards article.

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“The Fleetwood Town Community Trust have already established themselves as providers of quality services for the young people of Fleetwood and they are the ideal choice to take responsibility for delivering this part of our mission.

It is the intention of the Fleetwood Trust to provide, in partnership with the people of Fleetwood, a range of services and facilities of the highest quality at the old hospital.”

Lord Tom McNally,
Chair
Fleetwood Trust