WOMERSLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY HALL CHARITY NUMBER 1186742
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024
PLANNING
Following the approval of our plans by North Yorkshire Council (Selby District Council), we have been addressing the attached pre-conditions.
A ground survey was conducted by Structural Soils Ltd in June, and its conclusion was that the grassed, flat recreational field is underlain by topsoil overlying dolomite limestone. Contamination hazards are low or not present and, due to the expected shallow bedrock, the foundations of the building should be built onto that.
LEASE
We are still awaiting sight of a lease to be drawn up by the Womersley Parish Council so that we can apply for extra grant funding which will be required.
TRUSTEES
The 4 trustees as of last year (Roy Crossland, Rachel Hattersley, Gina Milne and Manda Denny) remain the same, and 3 more residents (David Fuller, Nova Bradley and Jacci White) have joined our committee to assist us with administration, ideas and fundraising.
FUNDRAISING
Our 100 Club monthly lottery continues to be our main source of revenue raising £1,420 in the year.
We are again very grateful to receive a donation of £500 from First Direct Bank.
Over the year we held 5 fundraising events:
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On Friday 9[th] February a talk was provided by Steve Willemott, an expert from Brodsworth Hall owned by English Heritage, regarding the building’s owners and history. Refreshments were provided and the evening raised £174. Mrs Sharon Ainsworth kindly provided her venue at the nearby Blue Lagoon.
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On Saturday 29[th] June we held an Italian Evening at Glebe Farm courtesy of Mrs Ann Rowling. Italian food, drink, music and a quiz made for a memorable time which provided a surplus of £688.
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With the help of many more residents we held our first Womersley Family Picnic and Fayre on the recreation ground. There were stalls selling a variety of goods, activities and races for the children, competitions and a dog show. It was well attended and made a profit of £775.
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From the 4[th] to 13[th] October one of our parishioners, Kiera, organised a Scarecrow Festival which raised £92.
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And finally on Friday 22[nd] November, thanks to Mrs Janet Young and Mrs Sharon Ainsworth, we held an ever-popular Beetle Drive at the Blue Lagoon which added £162 to our funds.
In total over the year, we had a surplus of £3,755.
CONCLUSION
It has been encouraging to see more residents becoming involved in our activities from both social and fundraising viewpoints.
Our next aims are to address more of the pre-conditions attached to the planning approval so that we can obtain Building Control approval to begin the construction and obtain a lease which will allow us to seek additional external funding.
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