 Norton Park Norton Park opened in 1998 after being purchased by the Albion Trust and redeveloped to provide high quality, affordable office accommodation for the voluntary sector, mainly social welfare charities, in Edinburgh. Conversion provided 30,000 square feet of office space over 3 floors and today Norton Park houses 23 charities that collectively employ over 350 staff and accommodate a stream of around 2000 visitors per month. This has enabled not only the sharing of experiences and resources between the different charities, helping to foster a synergy of approach and action but also increased social, environmental and community benefits in the area. Norton Park is governed by a Board of Trustees who meet every 4 weeks and managed by a Development Manager on a day-to-day basis. Our Development Our initial goal was - “To create the opportunity for voluntary sector organisations across Scotland to access state of the art affordable facilities” We achieved the first part of our aim with the opening of Norton Park shared offices in 1998 and the office building remains fully occupied by tenants from the third sector. To continue our support to voluntary sector organisations we have now completed a refurbishment and remodelling of the former Lockhart Church to provide -
This will allow the provision of a dedicated, affordable and fully accessible facility for conference and training events (including an auditorium that can also be used for community or theatre organisations), fully equipped meeting and training rooms for voluntary sector organisations. |    |