Understandably, charities are concerned about what to do during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, so the Charity Commission has set out its response to the most commonly asked questions. The Charity Commission wants to assure charities that its approach to regulation during this uncertain period will be as flexible and pragmatic as possible in the public …
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WNCBC has been asked to share information from ACRE with its members – many of whom may be mindful of making sure they are doing the right thing with regards to their users and the law. Please could you make sure that the information is made available to all your committee members, as it’s important …
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The Consortium’s Annual General Meeting will be on Thursday 7th November 2019 at 7pm Venue: Riding Mill Millennium Hall (Millennium Hall, Church Lane, Riding Mill NE44 6DR) Jude Deeks (whom a number of you may have already met!) will be this year’s guest speaker. Jude is the Locality Coordinator for the Empowering Communities Project in …
January 22nd to 28th 2019, will see the second, national #VillageHallsWeek taking place, helping to raise the profile of some 11,000 vitally important halls/community buildings right across the country. The first celebration week was trending all over social media last year and many halls in Northumberland got involved, by hosting special events and activities which …
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WNCBC AGM 2018: Wednesday 14th November – 7pm at Riding Mill Millennium Hall This year’s guest speaker will be Sgt. Claire Kimberley who will be talking about the launch of the Rural Crime Project. As you will have read in previous bulletins and newsletters – we are working on an exciting, new, joint-initiative, with Northumbria …
Save the Date… CAN is planning its own #VillageHallsWeek event on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, at 10.30am in Stannington Village Hall (next to the Ridley Arms) to acknowledge all the hard working, dedicated trustees who manage halls and community buildings across Northumberland. As part of the event, they would like to showcase the heritage of …
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: …