June 24
£440,000 More good news for the village! We have been awarded a grant of £75,000 for the village hall from the Platinum Jubilee Fund which is the maximum that can be awarded. This is in addition to the £264,500 already awarded by the Government’s Community Ownership Fund. With the many generous donations from you, the […]
May 24
Chittlehampton Village Hall Update – May 2024 Donations to the Village Hall renovation work have now reached £43,000. A very big thank you to everyone who has donated no matter how large or small – it all adds up, and remember to Gift Aid it please. At the time of writing, we still await the […]
April 24
Chittlehampton Village Hall Update – April 2024 Your donations to the Village Hall renovation work continue to roll in for which the Trustees are extremely grateful. A very big thank you to everyone who has made a donation no matter how large or small – it all adds up, and remember to Gift Aid it […]
Mar 24
£20,000+ Raised So Far Yes, this is the amount raised so far, at time of writing, towards the Village Hall Renovation Project and 90% of it has been donated directly by the community, which is a FANTASTIC response. A very big thank you to everyone who has made a donation no matter how large or […]
Chittlehampton Village Hall Renovation Project – Ministerial Visit
Following an award of £250,000 capital grant funding under the Government’s Community Ownership Fund, the Chittlehampton Village Hall Trustees were delighted to welcome to the hall Minister Jacob Young, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, accompanied by Selaine Saxby MP and Simon Booth, the DLUHC Grant Manager, on Thursday 25th January. […]
Hall renovation halfway to target thanks to Government grant
Refurbishment of the 70-year-old hall can get underway thanks to a £264,000 award Chittlehampton has been awarded more than half the money it needs to renovate and refurbish its ageing village hall thanks to a Government grant. The hall has received £264,510 from the Community Ownership Fund, administered by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing […]
Jan 24
The Government’s Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities has agreed in principle to award a grant of £264,510 towards renovation of the hall from the Community Ownership Fund. This is fantastic news given that across the UK, requests for funding significantly outstrip the funds that are available. A fact borne out by our own […]
Dec 23
Chittlehampton Village Hall Update – December 2023 Unfortunately, the National Lottery has not accepted our attempt to apply for £350,000 of funding for the renovation of the village hall from their Reaching Communities Fund. Our summary application, which is the first stage of the process, was assessed to be not within the 1 in 5 […]
October 23
Planning approval from North Devon District Council has been delayed slightly until the location of two bat boxes, required as a mitigation measure during construction, is confirmed but approval should be in place by the time this report is published. Detailed design work on our plans is underway and we shall be engaging a mechanical […]
September 23
A bat survey of the building is now complete. It found that evidence of bat roosts exists so, although of low conservation significance, a licence will be required to derogate an offence being caused during construction. Two soprano pipistrelle bats were seen during the emergence surveys. However, as no maternity roosts were present, the building […]