Introduction (John Carse, Falstone Village Hall) In early 2011 John Carse installed photovoltaic panels on his own house at Falstone. John is the Secretary of Falstone Village Hall and had attended the Autumn meeting of the Consortium in 2010 when Simon Maddon gave a presentation on photovoltaic panels that his company were installing. John used …
Introduction (Pat Johnston, Newbrough Town Hall) This is an account of a talk given to the Autumn Meeting of the West Northumberland Community Buildings Consortium, held on 19th October 2011. Newbrough Town Hall has set up a Bar in the Town Hall and are running it for the benefit of Hall Users and as a …
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The Autumn Meeting of the Consortium was held on 19th October 2011, at the Haydon Bridge Community Association. The Minutes of that meeting are now published here; as part of the meeting, various presentations were made and reports on these are also available: Music licensing update (Louise Currie , Community Action Northumberland). Concessions for surface water …
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Greenhead Village Hall is the first to receive the Consortium’s PAT Testing Service. 54 items have been tested at the Hall and certified safe for use. Mike Wood, the Volunteer Tester for Greenhead Village Hall, said that testing took about three hours due to the number of appliances at the Hall, which are more than most …
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The Consortium has now begun offering a new scheme for Portable Appliance Testing. For those interested, here are a few points describing this service; for full details see this description of the scheme, or contact the Secretary. Why might you need it? Appliance Testing is a health and safety measure. It is best practice and many …
ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) produces 40 information sheets on a wide range of topics about village and community halls. These well-written and very useful sheets can now be made available to all members, thanks to CAN. See the list of sheets available for more details. As some members have recently queried the risks to …
We had two external speakers at the Spring Meeting on Tuesday May 17th; both were talking on subjects that are of significant interest. The Minutes of this meeting are now available here (as a PDF document), while the speakers reports are available below, and on the Information for Members page. David Francis, Director, Community Action Northumberland …
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The Consortium Management Committee would like to find out more about the finances of Members and their financial position. This will give us a better understanding of Member’s needs and their financial dependencies. To that end, we have set up a simple survey which you can take here. Please have a look at this survey, …
We have two external speakers at the Spring Meeting on Tuesday May 17th; both are talking on subjects that are of significant interest. David Francis, Director, Community Action Northumberland David will talk about the new status being developed by the Charity Commission. This is a long awaited development that will reduce the liability of trustees. …
We would like to improve our records for all members of the Consortium, but so far we have details for only 26 halls or buildings. This is almost half of the total of 56 member organisations. We have to rely on members to send us this information, and if you have not already done so, …