Idea Store

Idea Store is a chain of educational community centres in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, that offer library services along with adult learning courses and extensive activities and events programmes.

"[8] Following a consultation exercise, significant service remodelling and capital investment led to the opening of the first Idea Store in May 2002 in Bow.

A partnership approach was taken to service development and funding with the Learning & Skills Council and Tower Hamlets College making significant contributions to the strategy implementation.

[9] As well as the traditional library service, Idea Stores offer a range of adult education classes, along with other career support, training, meeting areas, cafes and arts and leisure pursuits.

These activities take place in accessible spaces modelled on retail environments, intended to allow informal social gathering.