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Annual Village and Community Hall Conference 2009

 

The Community Council for Somerset's Annual Village and Community Halls conference for 2009 took place on Saturday 17th October at North Petherton Community Centre.  It was attended by over 80 hall committee members from across Somerset.

The morning session of the day delegates heard an informative presentation from Malcolm Brooks, Licensing Officer from Sedgemoor District Council, about the recent changes to the Licensing Regulations.

 

This was followed by members of hall committees speaking about their successful fundraising events.  This included Mike Wills from Berrow Community Hall who spoke about their summer fair; Ken White from Horton who spoke about their successful village breakfasts; Mary Gordon from The Davis Hall, West Camel, told delegates of their murder mystery evenings; and Nick Bernard from Tatworth Memorial Hall told delgates about their film shows.

 

Eileen Zoers, the CCS's Director, Community Buildings and Charity Support, gave a presentation about the payment of trustees.

 

The morning session was concluded with Robin Howell, from Burtle Village Hall, giving a presentation about transformation of Burtle Village Hall.

 

Burtle Village Hall receiving the Gwilliam Memorial CupThe afternoon session of the day was for the Hallmark Quality Standard Awards with the presentation of certificates to those halls which had renewed or completed a new hallmark this year.  To view which halls were awarded Hallmarks click here.

 

In addition to the Hallmark awards two other awards were presented at the conference.

 

The first one being the Gwilliam Memorial Trophy which is awarded annually by the CCS's Village Halls Committe to a hall that has shown imagination and a considerable degree of self help in achieving their objectives.  This year it was clear that there was a front runner which met the criteria for the award so fully that the committee were unanimous in their decision that the winner would be Burtle Village Hall.

 

 

Gordon Broad from Buckland St Mary receiving the Trustee of the Year Award 

The second award was the Trustee of the Year.  This is the third year for running this award in memory of Joan Stephens, who was a long standing secretary of Fiddington Village Hall who would have been a worthy recipient of the award.  There were four nominations this year and they were; Joan and George England nominated by Charlton Musgrove Memorial Hall; Mike Griffiths nominated by Chilthorne Domer Village Hall; and Gordon Board nominated by Buckland St Mary Village Hall.  The decision was tough and the Trustee of the Year award was given to Gordon Broad from Buckland St Mary Village Hall.  

 

 

Last updated: 24/11/09