Dorset Village Halls Association members newsletter

Please see the information below received from  Dorset Community Foundation.  

Funding is available through the Keep Warm, Keep Well, Keep Safe Fund managed by Dorset Community Foundation. The fund aims are to help the elderly and the vulnerable during the winter months. We are working together with Synergy Housing on doing emergency heating repairs for such individuals who have experiences a sudden loss of heating.

Dear Member of the Dorset Village Halls Association

You may remember that DVHA is a member of the National Village Halls Forum -
maybe few years ago you attended their Tea Party with MPs in Portcullis
House.  

We are again very fortunate in hosting an event at the Houses of Parliament.
This time it will be our AGM on Wednesday 3 November from 11 am to 3:30 pm
which will be in the Jubilee Room which is part of the ancient Palace of
Westminster.  

DORSET HALLS NETWORK TRAINING

Dorset Village Halls Association

The Association for Dorset Village Halls

PROGRESS UPDATE:

It is not quite two months since I launched the Dorset Halls Network and now the site is getting somewhere near finished! In the last month I have restructured the menus to make them more logical and added the last two main features, the 'Event Finder' and the 'Halls Gallery'. There will be no more major changes for a while now to let things settle down and while I get some feed back from users. You can use the 'Contact Us' option (it has been fixed now!) to let me know what you think and to give me ideas for future improvements.

From the Chairman

You might be forgiven for thinking that we had declined into inaction, as you have not heard from us for some time.  However, we have been busy working closely with our new DCA Village Halls Advisor, Peter Orchard, to set up a new combined website for all users of Village and Community Halls in Dorset.

Can we bring your attention to the following events running in March that are of specific interest to hall management committees - keep an eye on the events diary on the members home page on www.dorsethalls.net for more information.

March (Choice of dates): Trustee Recruitment Roadshow:

Help and advice on recruiting and retaining trustees - various venues, dates and times across Dorset. Free.

16th March: Village Hall Supplies Exhibition