Village Hall opens 7 July 2003
The Village Hall was ceremonially opened on 7
July 2003, by the committee, the Parish Council Chairman and an Anglia TV
presenter, Helen McDermott. The village hall is a great facility for the village, and there
are many activities that will be based there. Thanks to all the people who
have put in their time and effort to secure this for Tibenham. The
building was made possible by grants from the National Lottery's Community Fund,
South Norfolk District Council, Tibenham Parish Council and from the waste
recycling group Wren, which donated money from its Landfill Tax credit scheme.
Village Hall Progress 25/3/2003
As everyone can see the village hall is
going up and the roof is nearly on. The committee expects completion by the
end of June, as long as there are no major problems. A village meeting was
held at The Greyhound on March 12th and the following agreed to be
designated officers:
Hall Secretary: Sarah Clark
Bookings Secretary: Sheila Gardner
Sports Secretary: Christa Wiseman
100 Club Secretary: Carol Sunderland
There will be a Village Hall public meeting
at The Greyhound on 16th Apr.
Success at last!
We are today celebrating the news that the
Village Hall Committee have
won nearly £300,000 lottery cash towards a new community centre after a four
year battle to raise funds.
A jubilant Dr. Anthony Clemson, Chairman of
Tibenham Community Hall Committee said: "This will put the heart back into
the village."
The hall which will cost just over £365,000, will be built on the former school
playing fields in Pristow Green Lane and will provide a home for existing clubs
and events which have had to be held outside the village and new ones which can
now be organised.
" It will provide a meeting place for virtually anything from bingo to
Women's Institute meetings," said Dr Clemson. "Previously people had
to go out of the village because we had nowhere to hold events apart from the
pub and the church."
Dr Clemson paid tribute to the help he had received from South Norfolk
District Council
officers in helping the committee draw up their successful bid to the Lotteries
Commission.
"They had tried twice before and been turned down so it was third time
lucky," said Meryl Harding, the council's Cultural Partnerships Co-ordinator.
The village first began fighting for a "focal point" in 1997 when the
committee was set up. In four years they raised £14,000 by their own efforts.
The lottery's Community Fund is contributing £296,546, and £50,000 has come
from the South Norfolk District
Council, with the remainder of the money coming from the
Parish Council and the Norfolk Association of Village Halls..
The nearest facilities at the moment are more than three miles away and the
arrival of the new building with main hall big enough for badminton matches,
stage, kitchen, meeting room and cloakrooms means that young and old alike will
be able to benefit.
Activities likely to benefit are bingo, indoor bowls, over 50s club, a mothers'
and toddlers' group, a youth club, keep fit and aerobics classes, gardening club
and village social evenings.
The Parish Council, Parochial Church Council and the Women's Institute will also
be able to meet there. The hall will also be available for public use for events
such as jumble sales and private parties.
Drainage work on the site is to start shortly and it is hoped the hall will be
completed in time for the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
