BRITE Centre - Braunstone

The BRITE Centre (Braunstone Reading, Information Technology and Entertainment), includes an IT suite, community rooms and spaces, children's play and care facilities, a function hall, customer services, adult learning facilities and a café.

Address: The BRITE Centre, Braunstone Avenue, Braunstone, LE3 1LE

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Opening Times: Each service has its own individual opening times. Check details below:

Braunstone Library: 0116 299 5476

Free and easy for anyone to join. Over 10,000 books free to borrow. Free use of computers and the Internet. Weekly DVD hire. Talking Book hire. Late night and Sunday opening. Regular events. And more!

Everybody is welcome, from any age - to any age.

Community Services: 0116 229 2589. Mon - Thu: 9am–8.30pm. Fri: 9am-5pm. Sat as required

Venue for meetings, weddings, A.G.Ms, courses and conferences. Meeting rooms and a large function room for hire (cheaper rates for local residents in the BCA area). Catering can be provided. Full event facilities and equipment available, including white-board, TV, video and overhead projectors set up to your requirements. Training/Catering kitchen available for hire.

Mazzies Café: 0794 199 7238. Mon - Fri: 10am – 4.30pm

Enjoy a fine selection of hot and cold food and drinks made to order, to eat in or take away. Fresh cobs and sandwiches, jacket potatoes with hot and cold fillings, pasties, sausage rolls, salads, fruit and cakes.

Adult Learning: 0116 233 3164

Daytime and evening courses to suit a range of abilities and interests, including: cookery, computing for beginners, flower arranging, Classroom Assistants (Level 2), painting & drawing, Childcare (Level 1), ‘Trace your Family Tree’, English classes for speakers of other languages. Courses for the whole family to learn together: Family IT & Family Fun with Food.

Early Years Play & Care: 0116 222 1014

Playgroup: Early education & play activities, weekdays: 9.15am - 11.45am

‘Stay & Play’: For preschool children & their familie, Tuesdays: 1pm - 3pm

For childminders & the children they care for, Thursdays: 1pm - 3pm

Customer Services: 0116 252 7000. Mon - Wed: 9am - 1.30pm & 2.15pm - 5pm. Thu & Fri closes at 4.30pm

Help with enquiries about services offered by the Council, including: Housing benefits, rent, grants, council tax, waste & recycling. Payments can be taken for services, including: car park fines, replacement bus passes. Private interview room available for confidential enquiries.