Village Hall News
Many may have heard that 50% of the Village Halls in Yorkshire are closing
because of the lack of volunteers. This was linked by some to the new Licensing
Act. This has certainly caused us a bit of a problem but we are now through it.
The old one page "Occasional Licence" (cost £10) for the sale of Liquor has been replaced by a new 20 page "Temporary Event Notice" (TENs) (cost £21). At least 14 days notice has to be given and it may be longer. The new Act comes into effect on 24 November but no documentation or final details have been received at the time of writing (18 November).
Therefore we are not sure about the detailed procedure but we do know that a TEN can only be requested if the Committee has given its permission as we only allowed 12 TENs per annum.
Because of increased oil and electricity costs there will be some price increases from 1 January 2006. This will not affect events already booked.
The following dates have been elected in the 2006 calendar for the following Village Hall arranged events
- 13 May --- The Village Feast
- 9 September --- The Harvest Show
- 13 December --- Carol Singing at the Village Hall
Village event enthusiasts will notice that we are not having a Jumble Sale this year. But there will be an extra large one in 2007. We hope everyone is happy to wait.