Barbour Memorial Hall

30/12/2024

23/12/2024

We are thrilled to be one of seven community venues in Scotland receiving critical funding from the Community Ownership Fund. See our previous post for full press release.

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray welcomes Community Ownership Fund investment in 11 projects in Scotland including hubs for the arts, sports and music

23/12/2024

🎉BIG NEWS!!! 🎉

WE'RE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE WE'VE SECURED A FUNDING PACKAGE OF £279,552 TO ENABLE SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION OF BARBOUR MEMORIAL HALL.
Read full press release below:

Barbour Memorial Hall in Glencaple, Dumfries & Galloway awarded significant funding from the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund for exterior repair and renovation project

Trustees of Barbour Memorial Hall (SCIO), a community hall in the south west Scotland village of Glencaple, Dumfries and Galloway have secured £226,998 of funding from the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund toward essential exterior repair and renovation of Barbour Memorial Hall. A further £50,554 of match funding has been awarded by Dumfries and Galloway Council's Coastal Benefit Fund with an additional £2,000 raised by the community through local fundraising events.

The funding package will enable extensive exterior improvements to the hall including a new roof, addition of external wall insulation and new access ramps. These works are essential to address weather-related damage and to modernise outdated structures that in their current condition are threatening future use of the hall. This will also enable improved energy efficiency of the building and provide better access for hall users.

Barbour Memorial Hall opened in 1938, built to create social and recreation space for Glencaple village and the surrounding Caerlaverock area of Dumfries & Galloway following the generous bequest of funds from a Mr James Barbour of Dumfries and donation of land by the Caerlaverock Estate. Additional funds were secured from The Carnegie Trust and through community fundraising. For the past 86 years, the hall has played a key role in the social fabric of the area, hosting countless weddings, concerts, parties, meetings, dances and sports events. Run as a registered charity, the current committee of voluntary trustees have in recent years focused on a fundraising programme to enable urgent repair, renovation and modernisation of the hall with its ageing condition placing its future at risk.

Alice Wilson, Chair of Barbour Memorial Hall SCIO said “We’re extremely grateful to the Gov’s Community Ownership Fund and Dumfries & Galloway Council’s Coastal Benefit Fund for this funding to enable significant renovation to Barbour Memorial Hall. We would also like to thank our community for their generous support to our consultations and fundraising. With the current poor condition of the hall placing its future at risk, we’re delighted and relieved that with this funding we can now secure its future use to continue to enrich and enhance community life in our area for future generations.”

Work will start in the New Year and is scheduled for completion by Autumn 2025. All efforts will be made to minimise disruption to current use of the hall to enable regular events to continue during the works.

Full list of all Community Ownership Fund successful bidders:

Full list of successful bids from the Community Ownership Fund.

22/12/2024

Could you be one of our Trustees? Please consider joining us in 2025

22/12/2024

Fitsteps is having a well earned festive break. Classes start back on Monday 6th of January at 7.15 in the Barbour Memorial Hall
This is a great time to think about new year fitness so why not give it a try?

15/12/2024

Some lovely stalls set up for the mini Xmas market being held at the hall today .
This event is run by Dumfries and Galloway Canine rescue centre .

If you want to do some Christmas shopping without going into town get yourselves along.
There is hot chocolate station set up and looks like lots of great prizes on their tombola table .

Plenty of time to get along event open from
10am to 3pm .

13/12/2024

Our Film Screenings at Barbour Hall are delivered in association with Driftwood Cinema, a local social enterprise that is supported by funding from the British Film Institute & Film Hub Scotland.

These funders are keen to hear feedback from audiences so please can we ask those who you who've been to a film at the hall recently to complete this online survey via this link: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/a3a4be80-5092-48d3-96e5-4ccc5a5a75cb

This provides feedback to funders and helps to secure future funding.

Many thanks!

10/12/2024

Another chance for some Christmas shopping at Barbour Memorial Hall, this time organised by Dumfries and Galloway Canine Rescue Centre - a fantastic local charity just up the road from us who do such great work looking after and rehoming dogs. Sun 15 Dec, 10am - 3pm. See poster for more details.

08/12/2024

£1️⃣,6️⃣5️⃣7️⃣

Thank you again to everyone who supported our Christmas Fayre and raffle, you raised an amazing £1,657.64!

As I said yesterday, we ask so much of you as a community and you respond like this, you are fantastic!

We’ll post some photos soon 😁

06/12/2024

It’s the Christmas Fayre tomorrow…let’s hope the weather doesn’t get in the way! Last year snow, this year a storm! 😂
Just be careful on your way to the hall everyone.
We’re looking forward to seeing you all and the stalls and raffle will be worth coming out!

02/12/2024

Calling all children, at the Christmas Fayre on Saturday there will be a Christmas picture competition. Please write name and age on the back of the picture and hand to a trustee before Saturday. Picture can be drawn, painted or how ever the child would like to create. Judging will take place at the Fayre on Saturday good luck.

29/11/2024

Join us for some Christmas film classics next weekend ⛄. 'It's a Wonderful Life' Saturday 7th at 7.30pm 🎅🏻 'Home Alone' Sunday 8th at 3pm. 🎄 Tickets £6 adults, £3 children. We'll be selling hot drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate), juice, mince pies, chocolate treat bags and crisps. 🔔 All profit from film and food sales go toward Barbour Memorial Hall funds.

29/11/2024

£2️⃣,3️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ 🎉🎉🎉
Wow everyone, what a fantastic profit from our recent race night!
We can’t thank you all enough for helping us towards this total, the sponsors, horse owners, everyone who came on the night, placed your bets and made it a most enjoyable event.
We have a work plan for the next 5 plus years and everything we make goes towards making the Barbour Hall an even better community space now and in the future
Thank you!

28/11/2024

Some of the beautiful wreaths made at yesterday's Christmas Wreath-Making workshop at the hall. Many thanks to all who came along.