In October 2017, at WNCBC’s Annual General Meeting, I took over the position of Secretary to the West Northumberland Community Buildings Consortium (WNCBC), following Adrian Hinchcliffe’s retirement after ten years of sterling service. As luck would have it, I stepped into the WNCBC role at a point in time where the management and administrative functions …
Several long-serving members of the Management Committee retired at the AGM in November 2017 – including Mike Wood (Chair), Adrian Hinchcliffe (Secretary) and Keith Robson. These three stalwarts have been with the Consortium since 2007, when the Consortium was initiated and their retirement represents a great loss of knowledge and experience. Mike, Adrian and Keith …
After another year of PAT Testing we have yet again to thank all those involved in carrying out this service – all on a voluntary basis. First thanks must go to Roly Taylor, the new Coordinator of the Service. Roly took on the Coordinators role in September 2016 and has made an enormous difference. He …
The Consortium’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 10th November 2016, commencing at 7.00pm at Riding Mill Parish Hall. The Committee hopes that your organisation will be able to send a representative, an d we look forward to seeing you at the meeting. The Agenda and Minutes of the previous General Meetings are available here: …
This refers to a request from David Francis of CAN, who asks if you would support the following petition to Government; you can do this directly at epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73418 Dear Member, You may be aware of the proposal to cease Government funding for the national Rural Community Council network – of which Community Action Northumberland (CAN) is a member. …
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The 6th Annual General Meeting of the Consortium was held on Tuesday 21 October 2014 at Riding Mill Parish Hall, and attracted an audience of 23 members, as well as our visiting speakers Louise Currie (CAN), and Bernard Hammick (HallMaster). The Treasurer presented a statement of accounts for the year to 30 September 2014, which showed …
The Consortium’s Annual General Meeting for 2013 was held on 6th November at the Hexham Community Centre . Some 23 people were present to receive the Minutes, Annual Report and Financial Statement. Elections for the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer were held, and the previous incumbents were unanimously elected to serve for another year. Keith Robson, Michael Elphick, Margaret Weatherley, …
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The Spring General Meeting of the Consortium was held on May 7th, 2013, at Stocksfield Community Centre. There were ten members present, and some of the items for discussion were as follows: David Francis, Director, Community Action Northumberland, gave a talk on the new charity status known as Charitable Incorporated Organisation which offers Trustees the limited …
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Do you have any items of equipment that are no longer needed by your hall? Or are there things you need, that other members might wish to dispose of? It has been suggested that this website could be used as an intermediary, and to publish a ”Sale or wanted” list. We have therefore set up a …
A General Meeting of the Consortium was held on May 20th, 2012, at the Corbridge Parish Hall. Among the items covered were the insurance of Community Buildings, the Hallmark Scheme, and how Stocksfield Community Centre became Incorporated under the Companies Act, with the creation of a trading arm. The Minutes of that meeting are now available here.