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Hallmark - a quality standard award for Village and Community Awards.

Devised and launched in Somerset in 2002 Hallmark is now a recognised awards since its national launch in 2007.

 

 

 

The aim of the Hallmark Award is to:

• Encourage and establish good practice
• Encourage improvement in established management and procedures
• Reward and recognise good practice
  

 

 

There are three Hallmarks to achieve

 

 

           Hallmark one focuses on the management and administration of the charity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Hallmark two focuses on the health, safety, licences and risk assessments.

 

 

 

 

Hallmark three focuses on community and social awareness, communications, forward planning and development.

 

 

Official visitors who are, or have been active hall committee members at their hall visit halls that have submitted an entry. The hall committee receive, before the visit, a check list that the visitors will be using to assess the management of the hall, this gives the committee the opportunity to put in place aspects that they are not doing.

 

To enter:

• entry is free to hall committees with a current subscription to the Community Council.
• non subscribing hall committees the entry fee is £30 for halls serving a community under 1,000 and £40 for those serving communities of 1,001 and above.  

 

To view which halls have achieved a Hallmark award in each district please click on the following links to take you through to the various sections:

Mendip Hallmarks
Sedgemoor Hallmarks
South Somerset Hallmarks
Taunton Deane Hallmarks
West Somerset Hallmarks

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