## **New Delaval and Newsham Residents Association** 

## **Registered Charity No 1168219 Annual Report  2021 – 2022** 

## **Introduction** 

New Delaval and Newsham Residents Association provides a range of community activities for local residents. Our activities take place at Newsham Pavilion and we manage the day to day running of this community building as low cost venue for a range of community activities.  We are all volunteers from the local area, and we feel that our efforts are paying off and we are really making a difference in our local community. 

## **2021 - 2022** 

## **Residents Public Meetings** 

Newsham Pavilion was in lockdown until October 2021 when we reopened and grandually started to once again provide community activities and events. 

Since October 2021  we began to host public meetings once again where local residents can air their views and be heard on issues affecting their own community. These meetings are very well attended by local residents who are given the opportunity to speak to representatives of local authorities in person getting face to face answers to their questions. 

Representatives usually attend from:- 

- Northumberland County Council Housing Department 



- Northumbria Police 

- Northumberland County Council councillors 

- Blyth Town Councillors 

## **Regular User Groups** 

Since October 2021 Newsham Pavilion was in use every day of the week and home to the following user groups who regularly hire the hall to provide their activities:- 

- Tuesday line dancing 

- Radio Club 

- Newsham Youth Forum 

- Rusted Revolver 

- Newsham Learning Hive 

- Local theatre group 

- NCC employability project 

- Pyschic Spiritualist group 

The Pavilion was also used for children’s parties and for our community events. 

## **Community Events** 

Thanks to funding received from Big Lottery Awards for All and Co-operative community Fund  hosted 4 hugely successful community events this year in addition to our annual Remembrance Service 

- Disco bouncy castle and fun and games at Benridge Park 

- 100[th] Aniversary Celebration for the Memorial Park 

- Free family outing to Sunderland Lights 

- Remembrance Service 

- Children’s Christmas Party 

**Thank you** to the following organisations who have supported us 






**BIG THANK YOU to all our volunteers who And a really give countless hours keeping our events running smoothly** 



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