NovaCity has grown over the years, and we always get asked, What is NovaCity? Now, that can be difficult to answer in detail. The overriding answer is, it represents a PLACE AND VISION, where the passion for physical activity and pursuit of excellence can be nurtured and passed down and shared. Where barriers to access are removed as much as possible. A place in the community for young people to go and be themselves. The company was started by people who believed traditional resources weren’t serving them, so they built it themselves. 

 

NovaCity Ltd is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. This enables us to be funded, get contracts, and run the organisation like a regular business, but with the one difference being that any profit is reinvested into the organisation and not distributed to any shareholders. There are none. 

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Our venues are based in old, underused warehouse buildings in Rotherham and Barnsley. The group had a vision that these buildings could be converted and repurposed into community hubs. We pride ourselves on doing this and are always on the lookout for other venues. The venues enable the activities and purpose. Open 7 days a week across Rotherham and Barnsley, and delivering over 100 hours of activity during evenings, weekends, and school holidays. 

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We then went further, developing programmes to utilise the venues during the daytime during term time. Our Alternative Provision programme, based at Rotherham, works with young people struggling with mainstream school and who have extra needs. At our Barnsley site, we have developed NOVA ARTS, a college campus for the delivery of professional dance qualifications. 

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Young people are the future; we are providing the pathways. ​

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For more about each strand of the organisation, please click the links below.