Impact Hub

I had received several invites to go and check out the Impact Hub as it went through it’s various stages of it’s Kickstarter and then the construction had started. I had really wanted to check it out, but as I have said before (in my Fazeley Social review), I don’t get down to Digbeth all that often and hadn’t managed to check it out.
An invite from Birmingham Social Media Café for that months meet up landed in my email (check it out
) and it’s location was the newly built Impact Hub! «Perfect», I thought, «A chance to meet the lovely Social media peeps of Birmingham and check out this new venue in Birmingham.» The weather on that particular Friday was atrocious, but off I went to find it and have a nose.
Now, it’s located a little out of the way (as most venues in Digbeth are), but the Walker building is relatively easy to find with a map app and is easily distinguishable from the other places around it. I spotted the decorated Impact windows and headed around the side entrance to pop in before BSMC. You have to buzz to gain entry, but follow the courtyard around and you will see the yellow door to get in.
The space is wonderful! Bright, bold and very airy; if I could stump up the subscription fee this is definitely somewhere I could work. Impact Hub is a co-​working/​shared office space but offers something different to it’s «hubbies» with a real Community spirit behind it. Each member gets an etched mug and access to the onsite coffee shop (free for members) and it seems to be a very supportive environment to work in.
I got a chance to sneak and peek the secret nap room, the lab, the office, the kitchen and the more open work areas and it’s all beautiful. If you’re looking for a great place to work on a casual or more regimented basis, I would definitely check the offering out here.