The three Directors of Forum House Limited, 35 Spital Hill, have recently put it voluntarily into administration after receiving a winding-up petition from creditors.
Forum House, part of the Black Community Forum group, was refurbished in 2001 as a multicultural arts and business enterprise venue using European and Government money. Currently there is no suggestion that it will close or that tenants like the Learning Campaign will have to move. The building has rarely run at full occupancy and at the moment only a third of the space is let. The administrators would urgently like to hear from local people interested in renting office space or using the meeting rooms. Contact Tracey Taylor from Abbey Taylor.
What do you think went wrong? Are there lessons to learn here before other Burngreave buildings like Sorby House and Vestry Hall are expensively refurbished?