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Maher Centre hosts annual general meetings for membership organisations, charities, housing providers, councils and community groups: up to 1,500 members seated theatre-style in one single-storey hall, with 350+ free parking spaces, 5–10 minutes from M1 Junction 21.
An AGM has a different audience from a sales conference. Your members may include retired volunteers, tenants, families and long-standing supporters, some of whom only come once a year. They need to find the venue easily, park without fuss, reach their seat without stairs and hear every word of the chair’s report. If the meeting has to be quorate, every one of those details matters.
Maher Centre has been run since 1996 by Maher Community Association (Leicester) UK, a registered charity (1039128). As a charity ourselves, we understand how community and membership meetings work, from the registration queue to the vote count.
The hall suits any organisation that needs to bring a large membership together in Leicester.
Annual meetings with elections, reports and guest speakers, often followed by a networking lunch.
Large open meetings where residents need to hear updates and ask questions.
Members’ meetings, trustee elections and supporter events, in a venue run by a charity.
Public meetings, consultations and staff briefings that need space and easy access.
Annual meetings of community, cultural and faith organisations, with family-friendly parking.
Delegate meetings, branch AGMs and member votes for large memberships.
An example of how organisations use the 12-hour booking. Your timings are your own.
Around two hours before doors. Rows of chairs, top table, lectern, screens and the registration desk go in.
Members park a short walk from the entrance. Set up sign-in and voting card desks by the doors so queues move quickly.
Chair’s report, accounts, resolutions and elections, with floor questions heard clearly over the PA.
Tea, lunch or a buffet from your caterer, then pack-down while our team handles the clean-up.
Prefer an evening AGM? Your 12-hour booking can start whenever suits you, and the free car park is floodlit for members leaving after dark.
Book for your best-case turnout. Theatre style seats up to 1,500, so a bigger-than-expected attendance won’t leave members standing at the back.
Allow space by the entrance for sign-in, proxy checks and voting cards. The open floor makes this easy to lay out.
Staging for the top table is included. Decide how many microphones you need for the top table and floor questions, and tell us in advance.
Put the accounts and resolutions on the optional LED side screens or the large LED screen so everyone can follow.
If you are streaming or recording for remote members, bring your AV provider in early. Free Wi-Fi is included.
Two private en-suite dressing rooms can serve as a space for the board, tellers or guest speakers.
Maher Centre does not provide in-house catering. For tea and coffee on arrival, a sandwich lunch or a full meal after the meeting, choose a caterer from our partner network, who know the venue well, or bring your own caterer through our Partner Programme. Caterers use an industrial kitchen with four burners, a free gas supply and refrigeration. Beef and pork are not served on the grounds of the Maher Centre.
Many member organisations work to a tight budget and need to show value to their members. Every booking is quoted individually based on your date, layout and the extras you choose, so you only pay for what you need. Our price-match promise covers packages and optional extras, and the quote you receive is in writing.
Want to see the room before you commit? Tours are by appointment and take about 30 minutes. Bring your chair or company secretary along. Read more about charity and community events or our conference set-ups.
Tell us a little about your event and our events team will come back to you within one working day with availability and a written quote.