Broad Hinton Village Hall

31/01/2025

Broad Hinton Amateur Dramatics Society
From Peter Pan's writer, Sam Morshead
"Some of you may be new to panto. Welcome to the quaintest, strangest, most melodramatic of British arts. A big part of pantomime is audience participation. Feel free to heckle the cast. Please clap, cheer, boo, hiss, laugh and cry at your own discretion. If you want to dance or sing along, that’s fine too. The bar will be open. The stage is already set. The cast are poised for their penultimate rehearsal this weekend. What are you waiting for?"

Get your tickets from Sarah Kromer [email protected] or 07885 519 221. Not many left now...

30/01/2025

25/01/2025

Treasurer Role
We’re looking for a replacement for Steve Hannan, who has been BHVH treasurer for 16 years. We’re very grateful for Steve’s hard work over the years, maintaining the bank accounts, raising hiring invoices and paying bills.

the Treasurer role is a statutory requirement for charities, but more importantly, we need someone to contribute to the financial planning for the future of BHVH.

Sarah Kromer will continue with her role as Internal Auditor. Sarah carries out much of the detailed analysis work required to produce BHVH’s Quarterly and Annual Reviews and our Budget.

You can see how the positions interact from the Role Specifications. If you’re interested in contributing to our community in this way and would like to see them, please contact:
Jo Smith 07768 206 423
Kate Marshall 07740 928 218
[email protected]

24/01/2025

Broad Hinton Amateur Dramatics
Oh my goodness! If you don't get a move on, you might miss out! Two thirds of tickets for Peter Pan are now sold for the Friday evening performance, almost sold out for Saturday evening and Saturday matinée is not far behind. Bring your children and grandchildren, they’ll love it! Dress rehearsal this weekend and costumes created by our talented Libby New are absolutely fabulous darlings! Contact Sarah Kromer [email protected] or 07885 519 221.

22/01/2025

January 300 Club Winners
£50 289 Adam Gilmore
£25 72 Caryl Roberts
£20 50 Christine Horan
£20 186 James Gates
£10 274 Sue Robinson

22/01/2025

BHVH Heating
You’ll probably already know, either by using the hall, or by word-of-mouth, that the heating is broken. The hall is heated by an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) and it needs a new printed circuit board. With the call-out cost to assess what’s wrong, the quotes to repair so far, are for £1518 incl. VAT.
We’ve been considering replacing the heating system for some time, because the ASHP is 16 years old and “old tech”. This means it’s costly to run and we’re constantly struggling with the balance between keeping BHVH warm and keeping our electricity bills manageable.
We have sought advice and it seems the ASHP is not the best heating solution for the design of the space. Our options are either new ASHPs (it would need two to power the heating sufficiently), oil fired boilers (again two would be required), a combination of ASHP & oil boiler or some other solution.
Since the breakdown of the existing ASHP, we have been trying to decide the best course of action. Do we repair the ASHP and limp on with it indefinitely, with the possibility of other parts failing and further bills, or do we totally replace it and only pay the call-out charge?
We have decided it’s unreasonable to expect the hall to be used with only free-standing electric heaters. In addition, these are causing worrying increases in our electricity consumption. In addition, it wouldn’t be possible to fully replace in a short space of time.
We therefore propose to complete the full repair to enable the existing ASHP to function for now. This will give us time to fully research the best alternative, with a view to a complete replacement during the summer months.
If you have any questions or thoughts on this, please contact:
Jo Smith 07768 206 423
Kate Marshall 07740 928 218
[email protected]

19/01/2025

Be quick! Two thirds of tickets for BHADS' panto are sold for the Saturday evening performance and half the seats are taken for both the Saturday matinée and Friday evenings. If you’d like to see the fabulous sets created by talented Stage Director Paul Munday, contact Sarah Kromer [email protected] or 07885 519 221.

18/12/2024

Peter Pan and the Battle for Broad Hinton.
Tickets £10 adults £5 children
Sarah Kromer [email protected] or 07885 519 221

16/12/2024

Security and Closing BHVH
Thank you to those who showed an interest in this role. We now have two people on board and they have received training on the locking up procedure. Their primary role will be to make sure hirers leave when they should and to secure BHVH, with all lights etc. switched off.

01/12/2024

Mumm Champagne
6 bottles of Mumm left over from our Christmas Party. We’re selling for £35, the price we charged for it last night. Retail is £38:99. As many bottles as you want. Please message us here, or email [email protected]

01/12/2024

Mountain Warehouse Gilet
Found in BHVH. Pale blue and mid blue. If it’s yours, please message us here, or contact us on or email [email protected]

22/11/2024

This Sunday 11am-3pm

15/11/2024

If you contact Sarah super-quickly, you can get your menu choices in on time!

04/11/2024

Marilyn Martin has decided to hang up her diary and step down as Bookings Officer. Marilyn has carried out this role for 23 years, Yes, you read it right! That’s 23 years! During that time, as well as her other trustee responsibilities, she not only took bookings over the phone and by email but conducted viewings of BHVH and often unlocked and locked up for hirers. We are so very grateful for her dedication and hard work over all those years. We’re delighted to report she will continue as trustee and a member of our Bookings sub-group.
Otherwise, at our Annual Community Meeting, all existing Trustees were re-elected. These are our responsibilities:
Jo Smith
 Committee Joint-Chair
 Finance sub-group
 Bookings sub-group
 Fire/Safety sub-group
Kate Marshall
 Committee Joint-Chair
 Marketing & Communications
 Finance sub-group
 Bookings sub-group
Steve Hannan
 Treasurer
 Finance sub-group
Sarah Kromer
 Internal Auditor
 Finance sub-group
 Charity Commission contact
Sue Robinson
 Secretary
 Licensing Officer
 Bookings sub-group
 Fire/Safety sub-group
Marilyn Martin
 Bookings sub-group
Geoff Martin
 Maintenance
 Fire/Safety sub-group
Christine Horan
 Events