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Barclays Hinckley Team will be at Atkins Building on Mondays and Thursday 09:30-14:30 and are here to help you with anything from money management and financial health, to improving your home or supporting your business.

There’s no cash or counter service, but Barclays can help you with your banking and can show you what you can do from your Barclays app

You can pre-book an appointment at: https://events.uk.barclays/local/

The Volunteer Hub in Atkins Building Reception

The Volunteering Hub will be hosted in the meeting pod in Atkins Building Reception every Tuesday 09:30-12:30. The Volunteering Hub, will provide a physical access point for members of the public to find out about volunteering opportunities in the Borough, and will complement the existing online volunteering service.

For more information about volunteering in Hinckley and Bosworth Borough https://www.ruralcc.org.uk/hbbc-vcs-partnership/

The Volunteer Hub was opened on 10 May 2022 at 11 AM by Atkins Gallery volunteer and local student Patrick Parker.

Atkins Gallery is having a COVID Christmas Remembrance Tree where people can hang an ornament to represent someone they lost to coronavirus. From 1st December people can bring in bauble either purchased or handmade to hang on the tree. Also available are pre cut plain wooden decorations for people to decorate with the name of their loved one which can be collected from the Reception at Atkins Building.

The Christmas tree is a sustainable real tree which is being rented from local business Love a Christmas Tree who will collect the tree after Christmas and return it to the ground at their farm in Kirkby Mallory.

The COVID Christmas Remembrance tree accompanies the next exhibition in Atkins Gallery called Journey. Journey is a collaborative exhibition led by trainee art therapist Lyni Sargent, exploring the topic of human emotions and how art can be used to process the events of life. Lyni was motivated to create the exhibition after the passing of her father.

Local art venues Atkins Gallery and Ten2 Gallery have teamed up to showcase your creative responses to Life in Lockdown

Ten2 Gallery is planning to host a physical exhibition of their lockdown canvases as soon as they can open again and the Atkins Gallery will include them in their online exhibition.

To enter the Ten2 Gallery exhibition please call in to The Art Studio, 102 Castle Street and collect your lockdown exhibition kit ( 20x20cm (8x8inch) canvas, acrylic paints and brushes set at a special offer price for just £10!) Completed entries can be returned to the art shop from Monday 15 June or they can be posted through the letterbox (if closed)! The cost of the kit includes entry into the exhibition at Ten2 Gallery plus it will be photographed to be included in the Atkins Gallery online Exhibition.

Later in the year when Atkins Building is open to the public again, the physical entries from the Ten2 exhibition will go on tour and be displayed at Atkins Building as well.


Atkins Gallery also has its own online exhibition which is free to enter with a digital submission of up to three responses to the lockdown be it painting, sewing, writing or sculpting! Submission of entries is from now until 26 June and the exhibition goes online on 1 July 2020!


ENTRY DETAILS

Ten2 Gallery, 102 Castle Street, Hinckley, LE10 1DD https://www.ten2gallery.co.uk/

Please collect the lockdown exhibition special offer canvas set by calling into The Art Studio, Monday to Saturday between 09:00 and 2:00. Return your entry by dropping it off during those same times or put it through the letterbox.

Please include with your entry Name, contact details and piece title. If the entry is from a person aged under 16 please include their age and the contact details of a parent or guardian.

Entries will be photographed by Ten2 Gallery and details transferred to Atkins Gallery for submission in both exhibitions.

For information on the Ten2 Gallery exhibition please call 01455 636339 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Entry to just Atkins Gallery online exhibition, Atkins Building http://www.atkinsbuilding.co.uk

Please email your submissions to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and please include your name and piece title. Optional extra details include a statement about the piece, your social media handles, mediums used and the size of the piece.

04/06/2020 UPDATE

Atkins Gallery exhibitions and Town Centre events cancelled for July https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/press/article/2172/events_cancelled_%E2%80%93_july_2020

04/05/2020 UPDATE

Atkins Gallery exhibitions and Town Centre events cancelled for June. https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/press/article/2158/events_cancelled?fbclid=IwAR0pSZW_7vqAJxyjTDHleMzYZ8gYNDrYrVxF7LB9QYvRkBdkBAG-N_cx21Q

30/03/2020 UPDATE

https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/registrars/registration-services-and-coronavirus-updates
Leicestershire Registration Service Death appointments will move to a telephone basis please see the link for more information. Atkins Building including Atkins Gallery remain closed to the general public.


18/03/2020
Following Government guidance on COVID-19 it is with great regret we have to announce that Atkins Building is no longer open to the general public & only open to those with appointments at Leicestershire Registration Service 0116 3056565 and the businesses based at Atkins Building.


In a wider response to the advice HBBC has cancelled Atkins Gallery exhibitions and Town Centre events for the foreseeable future to carry out the current advice of non essential social contact. The situation will be monitored going forward in regards to making a decision regarding the exhibitions and events planned later this summer.

For more information on Atkins Gallery and other Town Centre event cancellations please see Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council press release

https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/press/article/2146/events_cancelled

Post Box Galley, Atkins Building Terms and Conditions

Atkins Building is launching a new exhibition space for local artists and community groups called the Post Box Gallery which is situated in Atkins Building Reception. This free exhibition space has high footfall, a flexible STAS mini rail hanging system and you can exhibit for up to six weeks and promotion of the exhibition on Atkins Building social media. To download a copy of the Post Box Gallery Terms and Conditions please click on the Download Information link

The popular Atkins Gallery Open Exhibition returns this summer with 2019 celebrating the Hansom Cab and Hinckley’s contribution to the transport industry.
The theme of this year’s Open Exhibition is Travels and Transport with 2D and 3D interpretations of the theme welcome. Your piece could be about a physical or personal journey, a favourite vehicle you’ve owned or would like to own, views and experiences from your travels from home and abroad, inspiration from heritage transport like the Hansom Cab or the Flying Scotsman, inspiration from daily or special journeys or different ways of travelling by land, sea or air.

Submission Dates for your transport and journey inspired pieces are 1 July to 5 July at Atkins Building Reception 08:30-17:30 costing £12 for up to three pieces with the exhibition opening on 15 July. You can download a Open Exhibition Pack from https://www.atkinsbuilding.co.uk/events

Atkins Gallery which is a large well-lit open plan space adjacent to Atkins Gallery Reception which has availability in autumn 2019. The space is ideal for group and solo shows and can support 2D, 3D, visual media and installations. It is available for £120 a week and includes the use of plinths and lockable glass cabinets and support from Reception and Atkins building social media.

For more information about any of the ways to exhibit at Atkins Building please call 01455 247070 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or follow Atkins Building on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

What are your childhood Memories?

Atkins Gallery Open Exhibitions return this summer with a new brief to inspire local artists!

This year's theme is Childhood Memories a broad and all encompassing title which can be interpreted in many different ways. The title encourages expressive reminiscence and allows the artist to draw upon personal memories or explore a more generalised nostalgia. You might want to think about people you have known, things you have seen, experiences you have enjoyed. You could consider special occasions or milestones in your life; favourite colours, foods or toys from your youth; or changing styles and fashions when you were growing up. You might create a piece highlighting people, places or products that are no longer with us. You might decide to paint an old photograph or draw a collection of childhood relics; or you might sketch a place you have visited or create a collage using ephemera from the year you were born!
There are many possibilities and submissions interpreting the theme in a variety of media are welcome.

If you are interested in exhibiting in the Open Exhibition please download a copy of the Exhibitor Pack. Please read the information thoroughly, the back page is to be filled in and returned to us along with your submitted pieces. Artists can submit up to three pieces for £12 (instructions on making the online payment is included in the pack) and artwork is to be submitted between 26th – 30th June and be collected after the exhibition between 1st – 4th August 2017.

A Lunchtime Launch is on Saturday 8th July to kick-start the exhibition, giving visitors the opportunity to meet the artists involved and discuss the artwork on display. The Lunchtime Launch will be free entry and welcomes everyone, with refreshments available from Café Español

Download your copy of Atkins Gallery Spring 2017 exhibitions by clicking on the link below!

In Atkins Gallery this Spring

ALCHEMY EXHIBITION
25th MARCH - 22nd APRIL
A group of local artists will exhibit some intriguing compositions in a range of style and subject matter. The Alchemy Artists work, talk and exhibit together. Explorations on the themes of "Alchemy", "Things are getting better, Things are getting worse" and others, will stimulate, delight, and puzzle.

FOOTPRINTS ON THE FOSSEWAY
2nd MAY - 10th MAY
This is an exhibition by Redmoor Academy that covers a year of exploring the Roman heritage of Hinckley and surrounding areas. It will consist of an original mosaic made using traditional Roman methods; costumes created by students for use by actors in a world premiere of a forgotten Roman play; a life-sized Roman chariot of the type used on the Fosse Way; archaeological finds from the dig at Sharnford; a film of the Roman play; the documentary of the year’s work; written pieces and photographs.

IN OILS BY NEIL PRIOR
13th MAY - 27th MAY
Local artist Neil Prior will be exhibiting a superb selection of oil paintings in the Atkins Gallery this May. His subject matter ranges from animals and people to landscapes and still-life in his chosen medium of oils. In addition to hosting the exhibition, Neil will be spending time in the Atkins Gallery to showcase the tools and techniques he deploys to create his artworks and to speak about his inspiration and choice of subjects. For more information about Neil and his artwork please visit his Facebook page @NeilPriorArtist

NWHC BA HONS VISUAL MEDIA GRADUATE SHOW
12th to 27th JUNE 2017
Students from North Warwickshire and Hinckley College will be putting their graduate work on display in the Atkins Gallery in June. This is the third year the college has exhibited the students' coursework and this exhibition anticipates the exploration of a range of subjects and themes in a visually dynamic and striking way.

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OPEN EXHIBITION
8th JULY – 29th JULY
This summer the Atkins Open Exhibition returns with a new brief to inspire local artists. As with previous Open Exhibitions, Childhood Memories has a broad and all encompassing title which can be interpreted in many different ways. A Lunchtime Launch is proposed on Saturday 8th July to kick-start the exhibition; this will be free entry and gives visitors the opportunity to meet the artists involved and discuss the artwork on display with refreshments available from Café Español. For more information on the Open Exhibition and to download an Exhibitors Pack please see the exhibition entry on http://www.atkinsbuilding.co.uk/events

Promotional poster for the Atkins Gallery

The Atkins Gallery has a busy schedule this spring and summer meaning there is always something to look forward to. The all-important dates for your diaries are included in our snazzy promotional poster.

Back for their second year running, Coventry University Drawing Prize promises to be an eclectic and memorable exhibition this April. Similarly, students from North Warwickshire and Hinckley College return this May following last year's exhibition for another fantastic collection of work entitled H.E Photography. WhiteFriars Revisited showcases some wonderful examples of Haybarn glass in June with the opportunity to get your antiques valued and sold at auction by Lockdales on Thursday 9th June, 11.30am-3.30pm.

Not to be missed during the summer is our second Open Exhibition so artists get on the lookout for some inspiration and submit your artwork for this 'Local Landscapes' themed collection. If you are interested in participating, please download an Exhibitor Pack, which includes terms and conditions and payment instructions. Remember there will be an Evening View on Friday 15th July to launch what should be an exciting and variegated Open Exhibition. Refreshments can be purchased from Café Espanol and entry is free, giving you the opportunity to look at the artwork and meet the artists involved.

The Atkins Gallery is free to enter and welcomes everyone. Its opening hours coincide with Café Espanol's opening times: 10am till 2:30pm on weekdays and Saturdays and evening openings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6:30pm till 10pm. Visitors are able to view the Gallery between 2:30-4pm on weekdays - please enquire at the Atkins Reception. For more information on anything about the Atkins Gallery including upcoming exhibitions and events and how to exhibit please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 01455 247070.

Atkins Building has a number of companies based in its office accommodation on Lower Bond Street plus a virtual office service where small companies can use the Atkins Building as a business mailbox and it has come to the attention of the Atkins Team that a small number of businesses are fraudulently using the Atkins Building as their trading address.

The Atkins Team takes this issue very seriously and recommends carrying out some simple checks when dealing with businesses that you aren’t familiar with by calling Atkins Building on 01455 247070 or emailing .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to check that the business in question is based at Atkins Building.

If you have any concerns regarding a company please report them to the local trading standards office:
Leicestershire County Council
Chief Executive's Department
Trading Standards Services
County Hall
Glenfield
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 8RA
03454 04 05 06

e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
w: http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/business/tradingstandards.htm
For further advice and guidance please see http://www.tradingstandards.uk/advice

James Atkins left and Tom Atkins right - the last family managers of this historic local firm

Atkins Building hosted a family reunion for the Atkins Family on Saturday 26th April which was well attended by the hosiery generations and their children, with one guest travelling from Australia! The guest of honour was Mr Tom Atkins the last family director of this well known Hinckley firm who gave a speech and welcomed family back to their historic home. The family also visited the Great Meeting Chapel to see the graves of George and Elizabeth Atkins who along with their five sons started building the factory we see today in 1875. Inside the chapel the family received a talk from chapel volunteers Hugh Beavin and Pat Oliver about the Atkins family connections with the chapel and the contributions they made to Hinckley and the surrounding area.

Visitors enjoying the Wedding Fair in the Partridge Suite at Atkins Building

The sunshine brought in over 175 visitors to the Atkins Building Wedding Fair last Saturday (22/02/14) where they were able to meet face to face with 21 local businesses working in the Wedding Industry in the Partridge Suite and outside on the courtyard including venue hire, catering, photography, bridalwear and much more! Hinckley Registration Services were at the Wedding Fair giving advice and providing tours of the newly decorated Ceremony Suite at Atkins Building. Visitors also entered a FREE prize draw to Win a Ceremony courtesy of Hinckley Registration Service and a selection of vouchers and products from the Wedding Fair exhibitors – winners to be announced soon!


To book your Ceremony at Atkins Building please call 0116 305 6565 to speak to a member of Leicestershire County Council Registration Team

To see photographs from the day please see
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.760992783925640.1073741829.154133097944948&type=1#!/media/set/?set=a.760992783925640.1073741829.154133097944948&type=1&comment_id=7547784&offset=0&total_comments=1¬if_t=photo_album_comment

Fully Fashioned Memories is a Photographic exhibition looking back at the everyday employee who worked for Atkins factories how they celebrated special occasions and the impact factory life had on the local community. The project was in response to former workers and the general public expressing an interest in looking back at the way local people used to work and the changes in local manufacture and employment.

If you missed the Fully Fashioned Memories exhibition at Atkins Building or would like to see the extra vintage Atkins photographs that were donated after the Reunion Party you can see it again at the following venues:

Bedworth Civic Hall - 6th Jan to 30th Jan 2014

Broughton Astley Library - 3rd Feb to 3rd March 2014

Barwell Indoor Bowls Club 7th March to 31st March 2014

To see the photographs from the accompanying reunion party please see https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Atkins-Building/154133097944948?ref=hl#!/media/set/?set=a.676064542418465.1073741827.154133097944948&type=3

Left to Right Janet King, June Clay and Sue Aston who worked in Fold and Bag at Atkins Factory

Nearly 100 former Atkins employees and friends attended the Reunion party at Atkins Building on Saturday 28th September as part of the Fully Fashioned Memories project.

Workers from all departments and years came together to reminisce and celebrate this unique part of Hinckley's social and industrial heritage. The reunion featured the Fully Fashioned Memories exhibition which has over 200 "vintage" photographs and various factory items lent by members of the Atkins community. The party also had showings of two films made by local film makers Stuart Watson and David J Wood on Atkins and Hinckley nostalgia and tours of the building so former colleagues could see how the Building is used now.

The photos from the party can be found on the Atkins Building Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Atkins-Building/154133097944948?ref=hl#!/media/set/?set=a.676064542418465.1073741827.154133097944948&type=3

and a selection of the old Atkins photographs can be found in the Hinckley Times online gallery
http://www.hinckleytimes.net/hinckley-pictures/

Future Footprints an exhibition on the History of Hinckley by Redmoor High School featuring archaeology, film, photography, reminiscences and fashion supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. The exhibition is on display in the Partridge suite at Atkins Building from now until Saturday 13th July. For films on the making of the exhibition including creating a replica Hansom Cab please see http://www.redmooracademy.org/footprints/videos.php.

Exhibition Opening Times - Monday 1st July to Saturday 13th July
Monday to Friday 08:30 to 17:00
Saturday 13th July 11:00 to 15:00

Folding and Bagging department 2002

Fully Fashioned Memories - a photographic exhibition and reunion party looking back at the employees of Atkins Brothers Ltd. The exhibition will be on display in Atkins Building Reception from the 12th September as part of Heritage Open Days and will look at the work and play aspect of life for Atkins Brothers Ltd employees.

Then on Saturday 28th September Fully Fashioned Memories moves to Cafe Impressions at Atkins Building for the reunion party!

If you are interested in attending the reunion or have photographs that you would like to share then please get in touch on 01455 247070 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)