UK’s first national bespoke training, recreation and learning centre for young people and adults with special needs and/or disabilities
Now Open in Kent
The Hive, our state-of-the-art, fully accessible, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) facility is now open.
Founded in 2024, as a not for profit community interest company, The Hive is the first-of-its-kind national bespoke and fully accessible recreational, social, training and learning centre for children, young people and adults with SEND.
The Hive will also support the families, friends and carers of those with SEND, plus everyone who is attached to this community.
Together with our funders and supporters, we're looking forward to creating positive change and impacting lives in the community.
Fully accessible facilities
An FA standard full-size football pitch, full disability accessible changing facilities and FA standard dressing rooms. Also playing fields and athletic track to host a range of inclusive sports.
A bike track to train thousands of young people to learn to cycle, as part of a SEND bikeability training hub for the community.
Forest school and horticulture facilities offering courses in woodcraft, woodwork, camping skills, and outdoor learning activities, growing various fruits and vegetables.
A community kitchen and cafe, using fruits and vegetables from our horticulture school.
Education, training and workshop facilities providing multi-use learning area for lessons, sensory play, story-telling, music and drama activities along with training courses such as a bike repair qualification.
Five acres of land to host a variety of community events and uses such as Duke of Edinburgh activities.
If you would like to hire the space, run workshops, or use the facilities at The Hive, please do get in touch.
Introducing our Patron…
James Barnes-Miller
We are very pleased to announce that James Barnes-Miller has joined us as Patron of The Hive Thanet.
James is a British snowboarder from Thanet and competes in events for athletes with upper limb disabilities. He was the first ever Paralympic snowboarder to compete for Team GB.
James won the Crystal Globe as the overall World Cup snowboard cross leader in 2020. He won three medals in the delayed 2021 World Championships - silver and bronze individual medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom events, as well as a bronze in the team snowboard cross event.
At Beijing 2022, James achieved his best place finish at a Paralympics where he won the snowboard cross small final, ranking fifth overall.
We are delighted to have James as our Patron. He will be able to give us plenty of guidance and advice, helping us on our mission to ensure that sport is accessible to all.
Sponsor Us
Now that we have launched the site, we want to make sure we can continue to reach and support thousands of visitors including families from the SEND community.
Help us in our ambition to create positive change, impact lives and be a beacon of hope for those in the community. Sponsor the UK’s first fully accessible and bespoke 5 acre SEND provision and make a real impact.
Headline Sponsor
We are looking for a Headline sponsor to work with, hand-in-hand to create a bespoke sponsorship programme, where our partner benefits from huge exposure, and opportunity to make a huge difference.
Meet Our Team
Our Policies
2023-24 Impact Report
“This wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for the endless generosity of friends and charity organisations.”
Diarmuid Molloy, Director of Philanthropy
Everyone deserves a
place to develop
and feel safe
Contact Us
Location
Newlands Lane
Ramsgate
Kent
CT12 6RH
Company number: 15398705
