Chris Davies

The entry form for the 2019 Pumpkin Festival is now available to download here.

Our Spring Newsletter is now available, and can be read here.

Thanks to our Hall Manager, Julie Warrender, for producing the Newsletter.

This year’s Pumpkin Festival at the Village Hall will take place on Saturday 26th October, from 10:30am-4pm.

As last year, we will be raising money for the Village Hall and the charity Papyrus.

Entry forms will be available two months before the event – check back here then to download yours!

Pumpkin Festival Flyer 2019

We are seeking a new person to take on the role of cleaning and tending our wonderful, busy hall.

The post is for 10 hours per week including weekend work, and offers flexible working arrangements. Job share arrangements may be possible.

The salary is £9 per hour.

Please click here to download the job description.

If you would like to apply for the post, please email us at committee.avh@gmail.com with details of your experience and how you meet the person specification.

The closing date for applications is 25^th January 2019

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 6^th February 2019 (afternoon or evening)

The post to be taken up on or around 1^st March 2019 (exact arrangements to be agreed).

Work is progressing towards the installation of an accessible entrance at the front of the Village Hall.  Hall users identified this as the improvement that they would most like to see made to the Village Hall, and it features strongly in our five year plan.  We have now submitted plans for a ramp at the front of the Hall to Bromsgrove District Council for planning consent.  You can view a copy of the current plans by clicking on this link: AVH Entrance Ramp Plans.  We hope to receive planning permission soon, which will allow us to proceed with an application for Lottery funding to enable the works to go ahead, possibly in 2019.

 

The Village Hall’s second pumpkin festival is fast approaching!  It will be held on Saturday 27th October, from 11am to 4pm.  You can enter a home grown  pumpkin, carve one, or make an artificial one.  Please click on the poster below for more details.  You can download an entry form here (pdf) or here (Word).

The Annual General Meeting of the Village Hall Management Committee will take place on Monday 25th June at 7:15pm, in the Committee Room (the small room downstairs) at the Village Hall.  Anyone who uses the Hall, or has an interest in its continued prosperity, or who just wishes to know more, is welcome to attend.

We are looking for a new Village Hall Manager.  Sadly, our current manager Natalie Wise has decided to move on, so we are looking for a committed and enthusiastic person to replace her.

If you are interested in finding out more, please download the Job Pack below, which includes an application form.  The closing date for applications is 21st April.

Hall Manager Job Pack

If you have any queries about the post, please email the committee at committee.avh@gmail.com

Alvechurch’s first Pumpkin Festival took place in the Village Hall on Saturday 28th October.  It was a great success, with about 100 pumpkins of various types (home grown, carved, craft) on display and pumpkin-themed food and cakes were on sale in the small meeting room.  More than 300 people visited the Hall during the day, and over £900 was raised for the Village Hall and our chosen charity, Papyrus.  Thanks to everyone who contributed a pumpkin, who helped out on the day, and in particular to our wonderful and hard-working Pumpkin Committee!  Plans are already underway to repeat the event next year.  You can see a gallery of photos from the day below.

In the second round of the local Co-Op Community Fund, we were very lucky to receive £974.52!  Many thanks to the Co-Op and to all those who chose us as their charity.  This money will go towards delivery of our five year plan.