Moving on and up!

After about 10 years at the office in Perrymount Road we have moved. Although it is only a mile down the road!

Our new address is Chelsea House, 8-14 The Broadway, Haywards Heath, RH16 3AH. Email addresses and telephone numbers have not changed and all post will be redirected to the new address by Royal Mail for some time after the move.

We hope no inconvenience was caused during our move between Friday 17 November and this morning. We did reduce our service slightly Friday afternoon and Monday morning during the move but if you have emailed in we will endeavour to contact you as soon as possible.

It has taken months to plan the move, and although at times it may have seemed crazy and disorganised the whole process has gone very smoothly. The opportunity to declutter with moving was not missed and neither was the opportunity to introduce new ways of working by identifying the best ways to use the new office space.

We are really excited to be starting this new chapter, we are growing as an Association and this will assist us in continuing to evolve and embrace new ways of working to enhance our support and services for members.

The move has already inspired this creative song, by our Head of Public Affairs and Research Dave Smith, to celebrate our move. Please sing to the tune of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road:

Some don’t remember the old days
When BPA was still small
There wasn’t always this many
We still would take the odd call

But now we’re moving away
From Stuart House yes it’s true
It’s kind of sad to be leaving
We’ll maybe feel a bit blue

So goodbye Perrymount Road
Where the BPA did reside
We’re moving on to Chelsea House
We’ll leave our old life behind

We’re going to be on the Broadway
From Monday we’ll never look back
Oh we’ve finally got air conditioning
And parking for everyone….

How will we all settle in there?
We hope the place is just fab
They’ve got a lovely big kitchen
It makes the old place look drab

Everyone is excited
And really raring to go
But will we miss Stuart House much?
I guess I really don’t know

So goodbye Perrymount Road
Where the BPA did reside
We’re moving on to Chelsea House
We’ll leave our old life behind

We’re going to be on the Broadway
From Monday we’ll never look back
Oh we’ve finally got air conditioning
And parking for everyone….