Registered charity No: 300535.
Davidstow Village Hall Committee is
currently looking for ideas on how best to use the proceeds from
the sale of the old derelict hall.
Such proceeds, by the rules of the charity, must be used to benefit
the residents of the parish and neighbourhood.
The committee is open to ideas of any nature and will look into
all aspects with a view to implementing such ideas along with
all other suggestions and options.
Current ideas being looked at are:
1. Refurbish the dissused church hall.
2. Obtain land for a village green.
3. Join with Otterham & St Juliot village hall.
Information on all of these ideas will be posted here shortly.
Anyone who has any inerest or ideas is invited to contact the
committee or come along to any of the meetings as shown below.
MEETINGS
Details of all meetings can be found in the minutes available
on this page
NEXT MEETING:
To be set
For more information phone 01840 261499
Anyone wishing to attend any of the meetings is welcome to come
along
Parish
Survey to gather opinion.
One item to be addressed in the current parish survey is the
future of the Village Hall Charity.
The previous hall had become derelict and unworkable and was sold
at auction last year. The current committee are looking at various
options as to how to provide a new facility in the parish.
One popular idea is to purchase land for use as a village green,
providing an open space for annual festive celebrations, sports
and general events and also include options of landscaping allotments
etc.
The idea is still being appraised by the village hall committee
who are inviting anyone who has ideas to contact them with any
help or suggestions that they can offer.
The committee are also appealing to local land owners who may
have suitable land available.
They say it would be an ideal way to safeguard the charities capital
and go a good way to fulfilling the purpose of the charity.
In the long term the land could be used to establish a new village
hall as more interest is raised via community events on the green.
Other options include the refurbishment of St Davids Church Hall
as a village hall or joining forces with a similar project in
the neighbouring parish of Otterham.
Anyone wanting more information about the village hall can address
the committee in person at any future village hall meeting or
contact the secretary, Simon Swale on 01840 261499.
The results of the survey will be published in on this website,
on the Parish Council page in
July/Aug.
February
25th 2009
DAVIDSTOW
VILLAGE HALL SOLD AT AUCTION
There
is currently no village hall facility at Davidstow as the hall has
now been sold.
It was sold at public auction on February 24th 2009 for the sum
of £54.000.oo.
The
decision to dispose of the current hall was made by public vote
at Tremail methodist Hall on january 14th 2008 due to the derelict
and unmanageable condition of the building.
Monies
received for the sale will be held by the charity to be used for
a similar purpose.
Details of progress can be found in the minutes posted on this
page and general information will be posted here as developments
take place.
