Supporting Community Ventures Leeds with the relocation and delivery of the new staff hub for Leeds Community Health Trust (LCHT), through the provision of a number of core roles. The project involved the relocation of approximately 500 staff from Stockdale House in North Leeds, to a new office at White Rose Office Park (WROP), in South Leeds.

After an initial review to identify potential gaps and risks to the programme, consultancy services were provided by Helen to help develop the brief and the spatial requirements in order to tender for architectural services. This was supported with ongoing design monitoring services.

Through a programme of stakeholder engagement sessions, a detailed brief and accommodation schedule was developed for the Trust. This exercise informed aspects of change management requirements and further comms and engagement initiatives, to ensure the smooth transition of services into the new hub. The primary challenge for teams being the shift from desk allocation, to a significantly reduced footprint (approx 350 desks reduced to 138 desks), as a result of the increase in hybrid work patterns.

With a challenging delivery phase of just 12 weeks, and the integration of existing furniture and equipment to support the Trust’s ambitions to re-use and re-purpose as much as possible, the project required detailed coordination and communication. The new Hub provides a modern and flexible base for teams to work from as part of the drive to use space as efficiently as possible and allow for the integration / co-location of key NHS partners.