Message from incoming Chair of Rushbury Village Hall Management Committee
8th July 2024
My name is Christine Beaver and I am privileged to be elected Chair of RVH Management Committee. I was previously the Treasure for several years.
I have lived in Longville-in-the-Dale for 20years. Before that I was at Leebotwood where for 39 years I helped run the business Shropshire Building Supplies.
I will dedicate as much time as I can (perhaps not as much as the special Merle!) to promoting the Village Hall as the wonderful community asset that it is. We are very fortunate to have such a facility in our area and I hope to help continue and increase activities etc. with support from the community. Also, to keep the Hall well maintained and to look for ways to continue ongoing improvements.
I look forward to working with our great Committee. We must remember all the Management Committee members are volunteers and we will always appreciate the help that other non committee members give, now and in the future.
Thank you
Christine
Good News, The new windows have been installed at the village hall
Our thanks to Richard and RTS Door Systems for an excellent job, Howard Betts from Little Wenlock village hall for his support advice and help in securing funding, our funding sponsors Shropshire and Telford Community Energy, The National Lottery community fund and of course all of you who have supported our Pop Up Pub
These new windows and doors are an excellent addition to our hall and will help make it a much warmer, and more energy efficient space.
Our thanks goes to all those who have helped making this project a reality!
Thank you to everyone who has supported our Pop Up Pub so far this year. We have raised a massive £3,897.15
A big thank you to Shropshire and Telford Community Energy (STCE) who have generously awarded us £4000 towards our project.
STCE aims to develop new community-owned renewable energy schemes in Shropshire and Telford. The public will be invited to invest in these projects through share offers. The projects will deliver a return – not only for the individuals who invest, but also for the community as a whole, through saving carbon and the creation of community benefit funds. https://stcenergy.org.uk
The National Lottery Community Fund is also kindly giving Rushbury Village Hall £10,000 to help our project. The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery.
And finally A huge thank you to RTS Door Systems, a local company who have done a fantastic job installing the doors and windows for us!
The Committee Elected members
| Rushbury Village Hall Committee Members & Officers elected at the AGM and General Meeting on 12 June 2024: | |
| Christine Beaver Tel 01694 771421 | Chair |
| Grace Sandels Tel 07903 054577 | Vice Chair |
| Jennifer Flashman | Treasurer |
| Liz Welsh Tel 01694 771796 | Secretary |
| Alison Davies | Bookings Officer |
| Allan Davis Tel 01694 771824 | Co-optative member |
| Carol Martin | Representing the local Women’s Institute |
| Sue Pugh | Co-optative member |
| Merle Lippitt Tel 01694 771405 | Co-optative member |
| Tom Flashman | Co-optative member |
| Andy Dixon | Parish Council Representative |
For the latest updates of events in Rushbury check out the Honeypot parish mag facebook page https://www.facebook.com/honeypotparishmag, or our “What’s On” page of the website
The Hall is a community asset. The Village Hall Committee are the Trustees of this asset – they take on the responsibility for both the maintenance of the Hall and surrounding area and are keen to see a wide range of activities provided at the hall for all the local community.
How the Committee works
The committee is set out in a Charity Scheme. We meet approximately every two months and hold an annual general meeting in June to which everyone is welcome. The date and time is published in the parish magazine and on local noticeboards. We have set Financial Procedures which we follow.
Privacy Statement. If you have made a booking with us your name and contact details will be held electronically, and in hard copy form, by our Bookings Officer. Your name and contact details will be visible to the public through our bookings software, which is on this website on the Whats On page. This is so our local community can contact you if they are interested in attending your group/event. However, if you wish the group/event to remain private, or do not wish your details to be visible to the public, please inform the Bookings Officer and she will mark your booking as ‘private’ and your details will then not be visible. If you are responsible for making a payment for the hire of the hall, your name and contact details will be held by our Treasurer. Generally your contact details will be retained until the accounts for the year in which your booking was made has been signed off. We are required by the Charity Commission to submit our accounts within 10 months of the end of a given financial year. Our financial year runs from April to March.
Feedback and Concerns Our AGM is not the only way to provide us with feedback or let us know of your concerns. We would like to know if we are doing something right and if we could do something better we would like to know that too. You can:
- contact any member of the Committee at any time.
- Leave us a note on the board in the Hall’s entrance area, we will check the board regularly
- For more serious issues you should be aware of and can follow our Complaints Policy
We would love your help
We would love your help to make the village hall a thriving centre for the community. Would you like to join us or support us – please get in touch.
We are keen to hear your ideas for developing and running the hall – our events programme, fund raising for improvements to the facilities, ways to help keep it tidy and well maintained etc. Please contact any of the current committee members to find out more.
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