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Barton Village Hall

Page last updated on 20 March 2007

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‘EYE’ CELEBRITY OPENS £300,000 DEVELOPMENT

Barton Village Hall’s £300,000 development project, providing major improvements and benefits to users, will be opened officially by the UK’s best loved cartoonist, TV and radio personality Bill Tidy MBE at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 23^rd. March 2007 attended by a large gathering of representatives of village organisations, community users and funders of the project that started last Spring.

Now, the impressively spacious timber clad bright new entrance to the Hall will be coming into use bringing with it valuable circulating space for users of Barton under Needwood’s foremost community building and many other improvements including a ground floor Parish Council office, comfortable new small meeting room, refurbished toilets, disabled access to the first floor Robert Douglas Room and new public toilets with access for all from outside the Hall.

Well known for ‘The Cloggies’ irreverent cartoon strip in Private Eye together with the “Fosdyke Saga” and “Kegbuster” for CAMRA’s Whats Brewing Bill Tidy is known as a defender of threatened serious pleasures of life and is famed also for his numerous quick draw TV and Radio appearances including “This is Your Life”, “Quick on the Draw”, “Celebrity Squares”, Blankety Blank” and “Countdown”. 

Completed at a cost of £298,000 the ambitious project designed by Lichfield based architects, Brownhill Hayward Brown and built by Greenhill Construction (Derby) Ltd., will keep the twenty year-old hall at the forefront of the community and, by maintaining its attractiveness to village users and outside hirers, ensure its future sustainability.

Funding for this impressive community project has come from Barton under Needwood Parish Council, DEfRA’s Rural Development Programme, the Staffordshire Environmental Fund, the Community Council of Staffordshire, Argos Distribution, Awards for All, Cllr Tim Corbett through Staffordshire County Council’s Local Members Initiative and the Pinner’s Patch Charity of Barton, with the generous provision of numerous building materials provided by Aggregate Industries plc.

Vic Trigwell, village hall chairman, said “Our village hall team and Barton Parish Council have worked hard to bring these major improvements to our popular Village Hall and we’re most grateful to all our funders that have made these major improvements possible”.  “We’re confident that local clubs and organisations who have put up with the inevitable disruption of building works, will benefit from these improvements with even more being attracted to what must surely be the best village hall in the area and anyone interested in hiring the hall should contact Susan Shorten on 01283 711808” he added.

For more information on Barton Village Hall contact Vic Trigwell on 01283 713426 or 07813 934799. 
Information on Bill Tidy MBE can be found at www.billtidy.com

18 March 2007

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WELCOME TO OUR ‘NEW’ VILLAGE HALL

It is wonderful to be able to let you know that early in December, the new doors at the Village Hall will be in use and you will all be able to start benefiting from the major improvements that have taken place since May.

The benefits include:

The last point is probably the most important.  Barton Village Hall has been successful and financially self supporting since opening in 1988, because it was smart and modern. These improvements will again give Barton the best Village Hall in the area, bringing activities to the Village and ensuring the financial viability of the charity for the next twenty years. 

Those very positive people, who attended the public exhibition on 26^th February 2005, will see that we have been able to achieve all the ambitious objectives set out at that time including the second phase of providing a lift.  Thanks to your 98% level of support we were able to get the large grants needed to make this project a reality.

The Hall Committee and Parish Council would like to thank everyone for putting up with the temporary car parking and hall access arrangements. Your patience has been greatly appreciated.  Fortunately we were able to persuade the architect that the work should be finished in six months not the nine months originally intended. We are only sorry that it has not been possible to force Budgen's in to developing the old garage site and increasing car parking at the same time!

Please come and have a look at the fantastic new facilities; why not use them for your club or organisation’s regular venue, or for a special function.  If you are interested in hiring a room, please ring our bookings secretary, Susan Shorten on 711808.  Or if you have any other queries about the project or use of the Hall please call 713426 to speak to Hall Chairman, Vic Trigwell.

 7 November 2006

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DEVELOPMENT MOVING AHEAD WITH PLANNING CONSENT & £8,000 GRANT FROM ARGOS

 Exciting development plans to keep Barton-under-Needwood’s popular village hall in the forefront of the community are forging ahead with Planning permission given by East Staffordshire Borough Council and a grant of £8,000 from Argos’ community fund helping pay for detailed work needed to finalise costs and obtain grants for the building scheme.

Unveiled and acclaimed widely at a well attended public exhibition last February, Barton Village Hall’s development plan includes an eye-catching enlarged foyer eliminating present congestion, a Parish Council office on the ground-floor, additional small meeting room, disabled access to the first-floor Robert Douglas room, kitchen improvements and incorporating into the Hall new public toilets with direct access from Crowberry Lane.

David Sherratt, chairman of Barton Parish Council, who together with Vic Trigwell received the £8,000 cheque from Mark Jennings of Argos at the Village Hall in Crowberry Lane, Barton, commented  “ We’re very grateful to Argos for kick-starting our grant fund-raising for the imaginative development scheme, on which we’re aiming for building work to start next year, that’ll be essential to keeping the Hall well-used and sustainable in the years ahead”.  “Other businesses and individuals who’d like to be seen spearheading this successful community enterprise should contact Vic Trigwell on 01283 713426 who’ll be pleased to discuss sponsorship and charitable giving opportunities” he added.

More information: Vic Trigwell 01283 713426 Mobile: 07813 934799 Email trigwells@aol.com  or Adrian Wedgwood 07939 136937

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RESOUNDING VOTE IN FAVOUR OF VILLAGE HALL PLANS

Villagers in Barton under Needwood on Saturday gave a resounding vote in favour of plans to improve their popular Village Hall with hundreds reviewing displays of the plans at the village’s Post Office and Library and scores visiting a special exhibition to discuss the detail with representatives from the Village Hall committee and Barton Parish Council. Plans unveiled included an enlarged foyer eliminating the present congestion, a new ground-floor office for the Parish Clerk and committee meeting room, disabled access to the first-floor Robert Douglas room and incorporating into the Hall new public toilets still with direct access from Crowberry Lane.

Ninety-seven percent of the one-hundred and fifty questionnaires completed that morning confirmed residents’ belief that the well-publicised development proposals would benefit Hall users and the Community.  Within the resoundingly favourable comments received were suggestions for further improvements to the exterior of the building, concerns about the location of a potential lift for disabled users and reservations on car parking congestion associated with the adjoining long-awaited retail development.

 Vic Trigwell, Village Hall chairman commenting on the success of the public consultation said “We’re delighted by this overwhelmingly positive response to our proposals and the constructive comments we’ve received that we’ll be reviewing with our Architects and Quantity Surveyor before applying for Planning consent next month, our next step towards realising the vision for the future of Barton Village Hall”

Meanwhile the Hall development plans will remain on display in Barton Library and in the Village Hall and anyone wishing to comment should complete a questionnaire and send it to Vic Trigwell, Barton Village Hall, Crowberry Lane, Barton-under-Needwood.  DE13 8AF.

 Residents with reservations about the Village Hall plans were concerned that there was still no sign of Budgen’s development of the adjoining former garage site, that’s now a long-standing eyesore in the village, and that both the new retail development and Village Hall improvements might increase parking congestion. Responding to these concerns David Sherratt, Barton Parish Council chairman, said “Although we do not know when work will start our enquiries suggest that the new store, for which Planning consent exists, is still a ‘live’ project and we are hopeful that the car park will be extended and re-surfaced when it is completed”.  “No parking spaces will be lost to the Village Hall development plan and we’ll be laying out the car park to maximise the number of available spaces, including some for disabled users” he added. 

More information: Vic Trigwell 01283 713426 Mobile: 07813 934799 Email: trigwells@aol.com

28 February 2005

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DEVELOPMENT PLANS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED FOR VILLAGE HALL

Joint press release issued by Barton-under-Needwood Village Hall Management Committee & Barton Parish Council.

Exciting development plans to keep Barton-under-Needwood’s popular village hall in the forefront of the community are to be unveiled for public comment and further suggestions for improvements at a public exhibition in the village hall on Saturday morning, 26^th February 2005.

Built to a high standard nearly 20 years ago, Barton-under-Needwood’s Village Hall occupies a central position in the village.  Used extensively by village community groups, sports clubs, play-groups, and out of school clubs the Hall is popular also with commercial organisations that find its fine facilities and parking ideal for public events. It’s also the office base for Barton Parish Council’s clerk who organises many village services. Now the well-managed Hall, which breaks-even financially, needs some of its facilities bringing up to date to stay ahead of customer demands and comply with new legislation.

The Village Hall management team, with the help of Lichfield architects Brownhill Hayward Brown, has put together a plan to keep Barton’s Village Hall as a popular, well-used community facility ensuring it’s sustainability for the coming decades. “From researching our existing customers needs and the requirements of new Disability Access and Health and Safety legislation we’ve put together an exciting scheme on which we’d like comments and helpful suggestions at a public exhibition on Saturday 26^th February between 9.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. in the Village Hall” said Vic Trigwell, Village Hall chairman.

Following the exhibition the present proposals will be reviewed prior to applying for Planning permission and seeking grants to help finance the improvements.  David Sherratt, chairman of Barton Parish Council commented “This exhibition of our proposed improvements is a vital opportunity for people to contribute to the on-going success of our popular Village Hall and help us spearhead this vital investment in the future that we’d like to start work on next year”.

More information: Vic Trigwell 01283 713426 Mobile: 07813 934799 Email trigwells@aol.com

18 February 2005

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In Barton-under-Needwood we have one of the finest Village Halls in the Midlands. It is not just one space, but a modern function suite of three good sized halls complete with plenty of car parking, a welcoming entrance foyer, a well equipped kitchen, a stage, a patio area, good storage options, and a host of excellent facilities making it the ideal venue for a wide variety of activities and events.

If you live in the Village, do you know about the Village Hall and what it has to offer? How often do you go to an event there? Are you looking for somewhere local for fitness activities, events and meetings? Is there anything in the list to interest you? Why not give it a try? There are opportunities to arrange more activities if you have a new initiative in mind.

Many people worked very hard to make the dream, of such a magnificent Hall, a reality in 1988. The Parish Council underwrote the construction costs and now strongly supports the operation of the Hall through our Committee. The Village Hall is a great asset. Therefore, we would like everyone in the Village to benefit from the opportunities offered by this wonderful facility. We all contributed to the creation of the Hall through our Council Tax so lets get the benefit of using it to the full.

If you would like to express a view on the way the Hall is run, or put forward your ideas to arrange additional activities, please contact us for a chat. We want to hear your thoughts. We would also like to get a wider representation of our community within the management committee.

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