The Marple Cross Centre has four rooms available to therapists, workshop leaders/facilitators, trainers and for local businesses seeking a private, quiet place to hold off-site meetings.
All rooms are equipped with desk lamps or uplighters as well as overhead lights. All rooms have a whiteboard; either affixed to the wall or portable. Extra chairs are available from the store room. There are sound generators outside each room to enhance privacy and an emergency alarm on each desk for personal security.
Facilities included.
The Centre provides tea/coffee, has a small kitchen with an adjacent microwave and fridge for use by anyone who has booked a room. Water jugs and glasses are available for each room. The rooms can also be booked for use as ‘break-out’ spaces during training sessions. There are storage facilities for arts and training materials.
Reception hours.
The Centre provides over 100 session-hours per week of staffed Reception cover. Only therapists registered with the Centre are eligible to book rooms outside of these core hours and the Marple Cross Centre reserves the right to refuse booking requests which do not fall within these core hours.
Staffed reception hours are as follows:
| Monday | 2.00 – 8.00 |
| Tuesday | 5.00 – 9.00 |
| Wednesday | 11.00 – 9.00 |
| Thursday | Ad hoc cover (requested when booking) between 4.00 & 7.15 |
| Friday | 11.30 – 3.30 |
These hours are subject to change but we will endeavour to give users as much notice as possible of any forthcoming alterations. You can find the full Terms & conditions 2013 here.
Room costs & availability.
To view prices for room hire, please visit our Prices page. If you’d like to book a room, please view our Room Diary to check availability, and then book your rooms online.
Room 1
Room 1 is ideal for one-to-one individual work, is spacious to contain a couple with a therapist (ie three people) and can manage a small meeting or group (eg 4 people round a table with adequate space for flipcharts etc). It is the room adjacent to the reception area and the primary fire exit that is wheelchair-accessible. This may be the room to choose when working with clients who have mobility problems.
There is a desk for pre/post- session note taking. The windows are covered with obfuscating covers which let daylight through but prevents people from looking in. Several lamps to offer various levels of lighting. sound-confidentiality is protected by an electronic, volume-controlled sound-machine attached to the outside of the room.
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Room 2
Room 2 is our largest room. It is most suitable for group work and family therapy. It can easily host workshops and training sessions, or comfortably support small business conferences and meetings … up to 10 participants. Room 2 is also suitable for individual and couple counselling. There is a large wall-mounted whiteboard, and space for a flip-chart, digital projector and CD/DVD-equipped television – which are included in the room hire fees.
There is a desk for pre/post- session note taking. The windows are covered with obfuscating covers which let daylight through but prevents people from looking in. Several lamps to offer various levels of lighting. Sound-confidentiality is protected by an electronic, volume-controlled sound-machine attached to the outside of the room.
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Room 3
Room 3 is the cosiest of our 4 rooms and is offers a safe, ‘holding’ space for individual one-to-one therapy work of for private one-on-one meetings.
There is a desk for pre/post- session note taking. Several lamps to offer various levels of lighting. sound-confidentiality is protected by an electronic, volume-controlled Sound-machine attached to the outside of the room.
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Room 4
Room 4 is a flexible room, suitable for work with individuals, couples and small-families of up to 4 people. The room is at the back of the building, has very little passing internal pedestrian traffic and its position offers the greatest sense of “peace”.
There is a desk for pre/post- session note taking. The windows are covered with obfuscating covers which let daylight through but prevents people from looking in. Several lamps to offer various levels of lighting. Sound-confidentiality is protected by an electronic, volume-controlled sound-machine attached to the outside of the room.
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