The History of the Hall 23176 Money left over after the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of King George V in 1935 A Committee formed in 1936 to build a V illage H all In 1941 Henry Benyon gave Bookers Piece to the residents of Bradfield ID: 514939
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BRADFIELD VILLAGE HALLSlide2
The History of the Hall
£23/17/6 Money left over after the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of
King George V in 1935
A Committee formed in 1936 to build a
Village HallIn 1941, Henry Benyon gave “Booker’s Piece” to the residents of BradfieldThe Village Hall opened in 1951, with the main hall and a kitchen where the committee room is now.The building extended to add the kitchen and storeroom in 1984.Slide3
What happens here?
DailySunshine
Club
Tennis Court
Playground Car Parking for the Shop and Primary SchoolField Slide4
Who uses the building?
Weekly
Ballet
Bradfield Dog Training Club
Bridge ClubMonkey MusicStreet JazzTai Chi - QigongSlide5
Monthly Users
Bradfield
Gardening
Club
Bradfield Parish CouncilBradfield WISaturday MarketSlide6
The
Regulars during the year
Annual Meetings for
Bradfield Southend Village Stores
Berkshire Young Farmers Parish AssemblySachin Trust Quiz Nights
Caravan RalliesSlide7
And also…..
Carey Baptist Church Barbeque
Dog shows
Reading
Pigeon ClubPelham’s FunfairSlide8
Bradfield EventsMayfayre
Produce Show
Our own Fund Raising Events
Watermill TheatreJazz EveningSlide9
Why do we want to replace the Hall?
Asbestos
Roof
Roof lining ?
Flooring ?Slide10
More problems …..
Guttering
And the ceiling insideSlide11
And yet more ….
Porch
WallSlide12
And more ….
Electrics
HeatingSlide13
And yet more …
Gents ToiletsCistern
Urinal
DrainsSlide14
Hard
Court
The
Hard
Court is in a bad stateTarmacFencing
LightingSlide15
Playground
Very well used
11
years since it was last
refreshedToo near the roadNo safe footpath to Hall, Tennis Court or Field Slide16
Other Problems
No accessible toilets for those with disability
Kitchen not up to modern requirements
Storage is very limited
Poor Insulation Slide17
Repair v Replace
The Costs of Repair to the Building and Grounds
Roof and Guttering £44,000
New Toilets including Disabled
Toilet £16,000Insulation to current standards £20,000Porch £10,000ElectricsReplace control panelsRewire through out
Install a sound system
£15,000
New efficient heating system £25,000
Car Park resurfacing/making safe for pedestrians £25,000 Total – at least
£155,000+Slide18
And if we did
all of that ….
The Hall will be no bigger
Multiple
events will still be difficultThere’ll be no extra storageThe car park will be smaller or parking would be on the field
Will we have gained anything?Slide19
It’s like pouring money
into a bottomless pitSlide20
What are we here for?
Our Trust Deed states:
“The Trust premises shall be held upon trust for the purposes of physical and mental training and recreation…… for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Bradfield … and its immediate vicinity…..”
This property exists for the use of those who live in and around BradfieldWe don’t organise events here – just facilitate eventsSlide21
In
the Parish Plan in 2008
75% of the Parish responded
66% wanted a new Village Hall
That’s just under half [49.5%] of Bradfield residents said they wanted a new hall The Management Committee want to give the residents of Bradfield a facility they can be proud of.Slide22
A new Village Hall AND a new Church on Bradfield!
Why isn’t there a joint project?
This was
discussed at length, but …
Building would be hugeToo many current users – little room for expansionDiocese of Oxford would require exclusive consecrated space for altar Considerable Legal complexities
Conflict of interest on occasions [eg funeral/
zumba
]
Many grant funders won’t fund Religious useHall = Facilitator Church = ProviderSlide23
However …..
We are working together
Same Architects
BVH interviewed 6 architects to make decision
Saved by using same surveyorsHelping each other with skills, knowledge and accommodationFunding from different Sources so won’t compete for same moneySlide24
Funding the Project
How are we going to pay for it?Slide25
Cost
Cost in region of £1.75 million
A huge a figure for Bradfield to raise but not impossible !
Selling off a piece of land for housing would make a significant contribution towards the cost.
Would give credibility to bids to Funding Bodies if we had raised some money ourselves.Slide26
Sale of Land
The Sale of Land is permitted by our Trust Deed and there will be a referendum of those living in the Parish before this action is taken
Englefield Trust are aware of our proposals
Is requirement for additional housing locally
Would help the community shortage of lower cost housing.Slide27
Other Sources of Funding
Our own fundraising events
Direct giving
Pledges and Loans
GrantsAlready received:Greenham Common Grant £200,000Requires match fundingEnglefield Estate £4,000Slide28
Other Grants
T
o be applied for after Planning Consent is achieved
The Power to Change Trust –
related to the Big Lottery Fund Sports EnglandVeolia Environmental TrustGrundon Landfill Communities FundLocal CharitiesSlide29
The Process so far …
Feasibility Study in 2012
Dialogue with users
Project launched last October’s Public Meeting with Indicative Plans
Listened to commentsReworked plansRevised plans shown at Public Meeting in May 2015Slide30
Next Steps …
Comments and observations from Public Meeting discussed and used to
f
irm up the design
Submission for planning permission in the SummerSlide31
NOW is the Time for Change