## **Tewin Memorial Hall Annual report for the year ending 31[st] December 2020** In 2020 the Memorial Hall has seen a dramatic fall in use because of the Covid pandemic. The nursery group has run more or less normally for a large part of the year, but since the start of the pandemic in the spring, little other use has been made of the Hall. The majority of wedding bookings were rolled over to 2021, but refunds were given if asked for. Most of the committee meetings were cancelled. With the hall closed, there was little to discuss anyway The Memorial Hall continued to run its Supporters Club which provides a regular income with small cash prizes as a reward. There were no rent increases this year. The fall in rental income was offset by two Covid grants provided by East Herts Council. We have a well established committee especially in the areas of finance and rentals. A local resident runs our own website, which is a significant source of enquiries for weddings and parties. The Hall continues to benefit from the services of a resident caretaker, who is a significant member of the rentals team, as well as maintaining the hall in a presentable condition. Where possible, maintenance is done by volunteers. But we had contractors in to re-furbish the main hall floor. We also had two trees in the nursery playground trimmed and a third removed because there was damage to the trunk and it was considered a danger to the nursery. The Hall is in a conservation area, so permission for the tree work is agreed with East Herts Council. As always there is other regular contracted work such as servicing the boilers, testing the electrical system and testing the fire extinguishers. There is a defibrillator at the back of the hall available to the public. This is maintained by the Parish Council. Redecoration of the hall was completed this year. Use of online document storage continues. We continued with our policy of gradually investing a portion of the Hall funds, in order to ensure that future generations had sufficient funds to maintain the Hall. As befits a Memorial Hall, a wreath was laid on Remembrance Sunday at the local church. The Hall acts as the focus of the annual Poppy appeal in the village. Meetings of the committee, submission of accounts etc have been conducted as required. TM&r¢r's R4￿rt for 2020 2020 has again a qUiLI year lor entirely urteX￿ted re&*on% and has been c)ne in which ihe prudence of having g(K>d rL%eri'eg been sho*'n_ The gli)bal pxndmie h4l•J¢S Insuw2nce IE5.6321 4£5.9J51 [£4711 1£1.8731 (£7531 iÈt331 (£1 80al 1£5 8541 1£fj.3511 (£rn) IE1.8391 1£7451 £1331 GitrutM15 F i. i. Amual In.'¢euK*)s Relusc Colkctb)n c￿fiis diid l)ave conio hcross iio other niatters in connecuoi) with ttie examiDalloll 10 ,hich aiteiiuon should be drawn it) onler to enable a proper understanding of the accounts io be reaLhEd. Sinned Peter George