UPDATE: Please take the time to read our announcement. Ristorante Café Arena is open as normal.
Group of Roundhouse volunteers with volunteer co-ordinator Suzy at a Volunteer Celebration event in December 2022

International Volunteers Day

International Volunteers Day

It’s #InternationalVolunteerDay and we want to say a huge thank you to all our wonderful Roundhouse Volunteers for their hard work this year!
2022 was our first full year at the Roundhouse, and boy, have we been busy! Tours, events, meetings, heritage films, sculptures, animations, and community partnerships – we’ve done it all. And at the very heart of it has been our volunteers.
Over the course of this year:
🎟 2,355 Tickets have been sold to our tours and events.
👫 53 Volunteers have actively volunteered with us.
⏰ 2063 Volunteer hours have been given to make this all possible.
Thank you all for giving us your time, and here’s to an even better 2023!

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Update

The ‘Roundhouse Birmingham’ charity was set up in 2016 to care for the historic Grade II* listed Roundhouse building. Nine years on and the restored building is now used as office space and is home to a much-loved Italian restaurant.

Since 2021, the Roundhouse has also been a base for guided walks, kayak tours, boat trips and other activities. Whilst these have been well received, rising external costs mean this element of Roundhouse Birmingham is no longer providing the sustainable income we need to fund the ongoing care of this historic building. For this reason, we’ve made the difficult decision to close the leisure activity offer and visitor centre.

The office spaces will remain open as usual. Visitors can still access the site (see www.arenaltd.co.uk for opening hours) and Ristorante Caffe Arena will continue to welcome visitors.

We’re hugely proud of what the Roundhouse Birmingham team has achieved, and we’d also like to thank all of our visitors for their support. The trustees of Roundhouse Birmingham remain fully committed to caring for this important part of Birmingham’s heritage.

If you’ve already booked a tour, you’ll be contacted via email and the cost of your booking will be refunded. We apologise for any inconvenience.   

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