Claypole Village Hall

15/12/2024

🥂As we wrap up for 2024, we've been reflecting on what a busy and successful year it's been at the Hall. Here are some before and after photos.
📝As a result of numerous funding bids and some very generous bequests, we've completed 3 major projects - renovation of the former library to create the Coulby Room, a full refurb of our kitchen and a brand new car park. We've also created some beautiful new outside spaces on the paddock.
🙏We're incredibly grateful to everyone who has volunteered their time, expertise and hard work into all of these projects, and also to our funders/benefactors: South Kesteven District Council SKDC UKSPF fund, The Bernard Sunley Foundation, Jane Taylor and Margaret Barron.
👀Watch this space for more to come in 2025, and please let us know if you'd like to join our lovely group of volunteers.

08/12/2024

Little City - Lincolnshire is back at the Hall tomorrow morning - it will be toasty warm in the fall even if it’s still blowing a hoolie outside.
Book in via the link on Sam’s page.

07/12/2024

Unfortunately, Gourmazin have had to turn back as it wasn’t safe in the van in this wind.
Next pop up takeaway will be 10th January with George is Cooking.

02/12/2024

🍔🍟Gourmazin are back for a pop up takeaway this Saturday - menu is below 👇 Enjoy!

01/12/2024

George is Cooking will be at the Hall for a pop-up takeaway in January but he’s offering Christmas dinner kits in the meantime - they sound amazing!

30/11/2024

Bounceabout Inflatables have some fantastic birthday party packages for the little people in your life.
We are already taking weekend, daytime bookings as far ahead as April so don’t leave it till the last minute if you want to book the Hall. You can check dates and request a booking here: www.claypolevillagehall.org/onlinebooking

17/11/2024

💙💛Over the last 2.5 years, we’ve been involved with the fundraising and support for Rectory for Refugees - Claypole.
1,000 days of the war will be marked by prayers for peace at the church on Tuesday.
Everyone welcome. 🙏

💙On Tuesday 19th November it will be 1,000 days since the Ukraine War started.
💛The Horai family arrived at the Rectory on 19th May 2022 so that also makes it exactly 2.5 years since they joined our community.
The Remembrance Day poppies are still on display in St Peter’s along with the perspex figures of fallen soldiers. Rev Jon and the Church Wardens have agreed to make the church available from 9am - 6pm for people to light a candle and pray for peace on Tuesday. We will put the altar in the centre and drape it with the Ukrainian flag.
At 10am, the Horais will be there, along with Linda and others, to pray together and have refreshments together afterwards.
We hope you can join us 🙏

12/11/2024

🍔Here’s the Gourmazin menu for Friday night’s pop up takeaway night.
🎞️Why not join us for cinema club as well? We’re screening Operation Mincemeat - doors open 6:30pm, film starts 7:30pm.
Join here: bit.ly/ClaypoleCinema

05/11/2024

🍰 😍When you have the best next door neighbours ever…. How amazing does this festive afternoon tea at The Side House Coffee Shop sound?!

🎄Christmas Afternoon Tea🎄

Now we’re back off our holidays… we’re getting in the festive spirit🎄🎅

Our Christmas Afternoon Tea is now available to book, starting from Wednesday 20th November through until Friday 20th December🎄🤶🎅

Available Wednesdays-Saturdays, last sitting at 1.45pm⏰

Please note, due to the high demand we have over this period and with our kitchen not being so big, we cannot offer any dietary requirement alternatives for this menu🫶
*Vegetarian alternative available*

**This is a set menu**

05/11/2024

📚B O O K C L U B S 📚
There are 2 book clubs running at the Hall - one in the daytime and one in the evening. Here are the details of the books they are reading if you fancy joining in with either of these friendly groups - you can even join both groups if you want to.
Let us know if you want us to put you in touch with either group.

04/11/2024

🎄W R E A T H M A K I N G 🎄
There are just 2 spaces left now on the Saturday wreath making workshop and Sunday is fully booked. If you'd like to join us, please complete the booking form at bit.ly/ClaypoleWreath
£45 per person includes all materials, tuition by Jenny from Flower Barn and festive refreshments.

03/11/2024

4DS Drone Services will be flying again tomorrow to capture some final images of the hall and the site.
We’re really grateful to David for his time & expertise at the hall over the last 10 days. The digital plan of the building will be a huge help in planning our next project - there’s always something with a 102-year old building!!
We might take a little breather until 2025 before we start on that though! 😅

03/11/2024

🙏THANK YOU to our funders🙏
The work on the car park was the most expensive project we’ve undertaken to date and a challenge to find a funder who would consider it.
We’re incredibly grateful to the South Kesteven District Council SKDC UK Shared Prosperity Fund who gave us £23,800 towards it.
Originally, we hadn’t planned to do the pathways but at the end of August, we received a huge surprise in the post. A legacy donation of £5,000 left to us in her will by Miss Margaret Barron. This very generous gift enabled us to upgrade the paths as well. We hope Margaret would be pleased to see it put to such good use.

02/11/2024

The guys from jordanroadsurfacing have work like troopers this week to get all the work done on the car park and we’re really grateful.
Special thanks to local resident, Jeremy, who has managed it all for Jordan’s.

01/11/2024

✅CAR PARK DONE✅
More before/during/after photos to come but here’s a start.
🚗The outcome of having the standard parking bays/driving routes is that we have fewer parking spaces overall.
We want to be really clear from the outset - the VH car park is for hall users, The Side House Coffee Shop customers, and community use.
By community use, we mean people visiting local businesses like F. Doncasters Butchers, , Beauty studio, visitors to the village, school drop offs, the library bus, walkers, etc. 🚗

⛔️We are not a storage solution for surplus/uninsured/unMOTed vehicles - this will be monitored and vehicles may be removed - thank you in advance for respecting this ⛔️

Claypole Church of England Primary School, Claypole School PTFA, Claypole Benefice, Claypole Parish Council

01/11/2024

📚 James will be here with the lincslibraries
library bus at 12-12:30pm today. It will be parked at the entrance to the car park. 📚