Parties, room & venue hire. We welcome community collaborations 💯❤️ We can’t be everything to everyone. That is 12 days a year supporting our community.
Relaxed Southend family stay & play, for all ages 💜 Hanging out & making memories 🧡 Toys, board games, art & crafts, jigsaws, chess, pool, table tennis & fooseball & soo much more. The Hang Out Venue vision is a two-function, one venue social enterprise in the centre of Southend-on-Sea. Our mission is to run a profitable limited company which will positively impact and improve lives in a sustainab
le meaningful way, for generations to come. But what we are will inspire, be sustainable, genuine, and successful. We will work hard and make decisions in intentional ways, so our profit enables us to make a social difference and a good living for our family and employees. Every person will feel welcome, supported, safe and included. Whilst we are not a charity will be doing lots of work to support others and ensure our venue is truly accessible, inclusive, and inspirational. We will all foster a sense of friendship and belonging, whilst having fun and gently stretching boundaries. Children come first, so evenings, weekends, and holidays, it will be a safe and fun environment where eight- to twelve-year-olds children can be themselves, hang out playing and create lasting memories with new and existing friends. This age group want to stretch their boundaries and be more independent and need more than soft play They are not ready for the big wide world, just yet! We are not a childcare facility, so there will be an adult’s area where they can chill and pop their heads in to see how the children are, and the children in turn can check in with their adult, if they want to. Facilities will include table tennis, table foosball, an eclectic selection of good quality age appropriate toys. We will have gaming booths with beanbags, screen and video game consoles (Xbox, PS4 & Switch). There will be sofas for the children to hanging out chatting, and tables and chairs so they can play the numerous board games, jigsaws, or grab a book from the book exchange. We will also have a cabin in the garden with an art and crafts room. Southend is the warmest driest place in the UK, so our garden will be an oasis in the city, a place the children can escape to. When the children are at school, our venue will be available for private hire, Monday to Friday 08:00 – 16:00 (term time) as a meeting space for events such as product launches, breakfast and networking meetings, corporate and community events, training, board and business meetings and community groups. It will be a relaxed professional fully accessible venue, with capacity for fifty delegates and the cabin will be available as a breakout space. The venue and its full facilities will enable a relaxed way to talk through business strategies and brainstorming key objectives. There will be no additional charge for projectors, flip chart, pens, and jugs of water. At lunch and break times colleagues can sit on the sofas or lounge on beanbags and play video games, challenge a colleague to a board game or just relax. As part of our charitable offer, we will donate one day per month (term time) free of charge for exclusive use to a local charities, schools and community groups. Terms and conditions apply. Our cafe and tuck shop will not be open to the public. We will strive to provide tasty local, good quality food at reasonable prices. When the children’s sessions are running, and to ensure safety of customers, especially those with food allergies we will restrict food and drinks to be premises bought only. Several allergies, especially with children can be touch triggered. This is in-line with the association for indoor play. To start with our cafe will serve a selection of refreshments such as teas, coffees, hot chocolates, soft drinks, jugs of juice. Food will be cake of the day, jacket potatoes, toasties and sandwiches. The tuck shop will sell crisps, sweets, drinks, popcorn and ice lollies etc. We will provide afternoon tea themed birthday party packages for up to ten children, which will be traditional. We truly can't wait to make memories with you all!
03/09/2026
We'll be exhibiting at Southend Business Show 2026 on Thursday 17 September 2026. Time: 9.30am to 3.00pm 💖
Venue: Freedom Leisure Centre, Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre, Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4FA
We'd love to connect with local businesses, local groups and community members. Pop over and say hi! 💖 Let's discuss potential ways of working together. ✨✨
We have the venue and the vibes. How can we work together to enhance the lives of children, young people, families and our community? 🤔
Got an idea how how you want to make a difference, but not sure what's possible or how to go about it. come and chat! ✨✨
As a social enterprise, community, collaboration, profit for good and making a positive difference is EVERYTHING! ✨✨ www.thehangoutvenue.co.uk
03/09/2026
Running a small social enterprise is soooo much more than hanging out with you lovely lots. ❤️ Our son started High School yesterday, so now I can use his desk again ✨️ Emails, accounts, update the website with 'whats on in September', a few team meetings with new potential partners is the order of the day for me. 🥰 Soooo ready for routine and connections with our amazing community and families 💯💯❤️❤️✨️✨️✨️✨️
03/09/2026
A lot of kids are back st school or starting ❤️ Hope everyone's first day went well. ✨️✨️✨️
Little reminder we are still open allll day, everyday ❤️ We are really looking forward to seeing all our term time regulars, and welcoming new guests.
We'd REALLY APPRECIATE followers tagging friends with toddlers, home Ed, grandparents helping with childcare etc. So many people still say they've never heard of us.
You recommending friends help's us build our community. As a social enterprise community is everything 💯❤️✨️✨️✨️✨️
02/09/2026
We're open 9 - 6 and would LOVE to see you and yours ❤️ Relaxed family stay and play for all ages. Hope you all had a lovely summer.🌞
Back to routines ❤️ My son started High School today. 💙 Catching my breath today with a house clean and cooking a chilli. ❤️ The wonderful Rachael Gardner is there to welcome you all. 🥰
Autumn is on her way 🍂
02/09/2026
We are always open to working with local groups, businesses and services. We are one 🧩 in our amazing community. Together = community ✨️✨️
How can we work together to enhance the lives of children, young people, families and our community?
01/09/2026
There's something symbolic preparing school uniform for my son. Following four miscarriages, I didn't dare believe one day I'd be a Mummy.🥰
It's moments like this I thank my shining glittering twinkling glistening stars for my gift from above✨️
A quiet moment and gratitude and a prayer to always protect and guide him.💙
Plus it's the only time I ever use an iron. 🤣
High School here we come. ♥️
01/09/2026
We're open all day everyday 💜
We'd LOVE to see you and yours 🧡 Walk-ins very welcome 💯♥️
30/08/2026
The kids LOVE our typewriter. Now we are on the hunt for a VHS TV combo.. does anyone have one gathering dust 🙏
We have lots of VHS tapes, and would love to set up the TV and videos in the small meeting room. ❤️ We'd be very grateful ❤️
Do you remember going go Blockbusters on a Friday night hoping the new release still had some left! It was a proper event wasn't it.
My Dad was a general dealer and owned a corner shop, and we rented out videos. 💯❤️
30/08/2026
Last Bank Holiday of the year & weekend before going back to school. We'd LOVE to see you and yours 💯💯♥️♥️✨️✨️✨️
Walk-ins very welcome
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