The AGMs of the Management Committee and the Trustees of the Hall will take place at 8pm 19th April 2011 in the New Meeting room. If you want to find out how the Hall ticks and who does what, do pop along, – you’re very welcome. There will be refreshments!
Best wishes from the Management Team to all our users. This
year we are beginning a project to make the Hall, greener, more
sustainable, not to mention cheaper to run! We are in the middle of
installing automatic lighting in our ‘Comfort rooms’ or loos as we
say normally. This should cut down on excess use of lighting and
therefore electricity. We are presently applying for planning
permission and grants for the installation of photovoltaic panels
on the New Meeting Room roof. This will, on a good day, provide us
with a significant amount of the Hall’s electricity needs. At other times we will be able
to feed power back into the grid. This has two effects: saving
electricity (and therefore money), and lowering the Hall’s carbon
footprint. Allied to this is a payment from the government for the
power we generate and also for the amounts we feed into the grid.
This is phase one. Phase two will be the installation of air source
heat pumps so that we can provide the Hall with cheaper heating.
The units, we hope, will be partly powered by our panels. Watch
this space!
Management Committee members erected the Christmas Tree in the Hall’s foyer this afternoon. Children and adults alike will be able gaze at the wonderfully decorated tree; decorations may be added to by Rub a Dub pre-school as we get nearer Christmas.
Here comes Christmas!
Don’t forget that the Church Annual Bazaar is down the Hall this Saturday (4th December) starting at 2pm. Lots to do, see and enjoy!
On Saturday 9th October Lazy Boots line dancers opened the Hall’s open day with a half hour display of the art. For many of the dancers it was their first display in front of the public. Also present was the new vicar, Ann Massey and Caroline Crisp local member for Wiltshire Council. The guest of honour was Carol Southall from Community First who came on behalf of Viridor, one of the major funders of the new flooring project.
Richard Aylen, speaking on behalf of the trustees and Management Committee, thanked the Parish Council, County Council, Viridor and The Wiltshire Village Halls’ Association for their help with the funding and encouragement to get a good job done.
The Hall Management Committee is delighted to announce that Lazyboots line dancing Club will be putting on an exhibition of Line Dancing at 11am. Other users such as the Art Club will be showcasing what they do at the Hall. Carol Southall, of Community First will be opening the New Floor Project immediately after the Line Dancing.
Hot soup had rolls will be available, kindly supplied by the Wednesday Luncheon Club run by Rachel Collins.
Members of the Management Committee and Trustees will be in attendance to answer any questions on the running and history of the Hall. The Hall has been open now for 10 years!
As part of the hall’s 10 years celebration, the Lansdowne Hall Management Committee is planning to have an open day on 9th October. We are hoping to have regular hall users displaying what they do at the hall. In addition Luncheon club will be serving soup and rolls. We hope you will come along and see what’s going on!
The formal opening of the new flooring project is also planned for this day.
More details to follow.
Earlier in the summer the Hall achieved HallMark levels one and two of the HallMark Quality Standards Scheme for Village Hall. This inspection and accreditation certifies that the Hall Management and its environment are up to a very high standard.
Jim Collins, Chair of the Management Committee receiving the HallMark awards
The Management Committee have secured funding to help renew the floors in the Main Hall, Reception and the two corridors. The laying of the new floors is complete and ready for the Autumn term
The scheme cost in the region of £17K. It is funded by generous grants from Viridor (£7K via the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme), the Wiltshire Village Halls Grants Panel (£7.5K) and Calne without Parish Council (£500), with the help of Community First. The Hall’s reserves have covered the balance.
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