LAST week was a time of celebration for everyone at the Ockment Centre as the community hub opened its newly refurbished Dartmoor Room.

Over the last few months the centre team has been hard at work refurbishing its Dartmoor Room — the room by the reception area that used to house its computer suite. The room has been transformed into a flexible, bright space with comfortable seating and a modern kitchen space.

Jenny Hopkins, one of the team members running the centre, said the room had only been used two days a week before the refurbishment and the hard work of the team would allow the space to be more flexible and hold a variety of events.

She said: 'We have been incredibly hard at work to get the room finished and it is now looking great. It just gives us so much more flexibility with what we can do with the room.

'There will still be a space to use computers and do training but the old room was being used just twice a week. Now it is open to be used so much more and offer us a room that isn't just a hall or a big space. It could be used in the day or evenings for a whole range of functions.'

The team celebrated the reopening of the room with a performance by Get Changed Theatre Company on July 8, turning the centre's gardens into a wonderland for a performance of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.

Two days later the team celebrated again with a barbecue and the relaunch of the centre's 'Friday Hub' service, which will make use of the newly redecorated Dartmoor Room. The 'Friday Hub' aims to bring together a range of support and advice sessions each Friday morning to help people on a number of issues, from housing and employment to addiction or general advice. Among the services available at the hub are the Ockment Work Club, Sanctuary Supported Living, RISE Recovery Drug and Alcohol Service, Rethink Mental Illness and Advice West Devon.

To find out more about the Friday Hub or new Dartmoor Room call into the centre and speak to the team on reception.