Sense Hub Loughborough officially opened by our patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
On Tuesday 19 March 2024, HRH The Princess Royal visited Sense Hub Loughborough to meet with people we support, families, staff and volunteers before officially unveiling a plaque to mark the celebrations.
Since taking over the RNIB College in Loughborough four years ago, we’ve been working hard to expand our services to support more people with complex disabilities across Leicestershire.
After redeveloping part of the building and launching new programmes, we’re proud to have supported over 1,000 disabled people and their families, alongside our college provision in the last year.
To celebrate almost a year since launching Sense Hub Loughborough, our charity patron, Princess Anne, was invited to meet some of the people that we support, our staff and some of the local people that have made our hub expansion possible and continue to do so, as she toured the centre.
During her visit, Her Royal Highness visited the Bell Bar and Green shop, both staffed by students from Sense College as part of their enterprise pathway.
The sun shone as she took a look at our new outdoor hub where a commemorative tree was planted. This space will be opening later this year and will be home to our forest school, as well as gardening and Duke of Edinburgh Award activities.
She also had a peek in our activity studios where she met Steman and Maya who come along to our free play sessions for under 8’s, had a music demonstration from Kris, Mike and Thomas from our arts team and Sense college and met with Zoe, Chris and Megan from our employment service.
After a jam-packed tour, HRH The Princess Royal returned to our reception area where after a short speech from Sense CEO Richard Kramer, she unveiled a plaque to celebrate the occasion. A lasting reminder of a very special day for everyone at Sense Hub Loughborough.