Futures House
The state of the art Futures House, located in Marsh Farm, North Luton, is a bespoke low operating cost building, with a gross internal area of 65,000 square feet. As a vibrant, sustainable, and innovatively designed community “hub”, Futures House provides enhanced local public services, including Bedfordshire Police and community care services, as well as providing quality space and support for business enterprise, a commercial play park and other health and leisure activities.
We also have a number of organisations and groups who offer their services from here, including Over 50s Club, Food Bank and a pre-school nursery.
In addition to the above, space is provided within Futures House to support the growth of small and medium sized enterprises, community based businesses and three large retail units.
Aims & Objectives
The objectives of the Charity are to promote the regeneration in this area of social and economic deprivation to benefit the public.
Principal Aims
- Provision of affordable, well-managed and sustainable facilities for enterprise and community activities;
- Development of a vibrant local economy where businesses can prosper and community enterprise can flourish, creating jobs and a skilled and competitive workforce;
- Promoting effective partnership working between all sectors to build capacity and create a sustainable community ‘anchor’ organisation to ensure that the needs of the community are understood and addressed.
Secondary Aims
4. Support local youth programmes which develop skills and confidence engaging young people as active decision makers, and encourage a healthy, confident community who feel safe, and have a range of accessible facilities;
5. Improvement in educational standards for all with a wide range of learning opportunities and experiences.