CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2022
Thankfully my 4th year as Chair of the Trustees has seen a slow return to normality. Most of our groups have now returned to the hall with some new groups as well. Our finances remain healthy with, once again, our Treasurer Nan Fellows securing a further government grant. This has ensured our finances have not been impacted and we are indebted to Nan for her diligence in finding these grants.
We cannot be complacent with a number of challenges facing us. The largest issue will be rising energy costs. We are working on an energy proposal and this will require some investment.
Our community groups: Rowney Green Horticultural Society, Drama Clubs, Flower Club, Girls on Top and ACE are now fully functioning. The Goat and Trousers Community Bar and Coffee Shop are now both fully open again.
Our commercial groups Pilates, Riopedre Dance Group, Childrens Rainbow Explorers and Baby Massage are running too.
We started getting back to normal with a Goat and Trousers Summer BBQ which was very well attended. We had our fireworks display, Fish and Chip Supper and Christmas Tree Light Up. It is great to see the community getting together again.
Sadly, we had to postpone our ‘Rowney Green Peace Memorial Hall’ Centenary event, although we did take some comfort that on the planned date it rained all day. The good news is that we can go ahead this year and we have a fabulous summer fete planned on June 4[th] . Will Savage and his team of volunteers have put a lot of effort into this event and we hope the village will enjoy themselves. In addition, we have a event planned on June 3[rd] with a pig roast and a live band. Thanks to Nan and Mike Fellows for organizing this.
Our maintenance team of Tony Cowles and Mark Coulson continued to maintain and improve the Hall and its surroundings. These individuals devote a huge amount of their time to this work, without which we would have to spend a great deal of money. I would like to record our thanks to them.
A big thankyou to Sadie Dykes and Annie Cowles for all their hard work running the hall booking system and invoicing our customers. Sadie Dykes is also the hall’s auditor and I would like to thank her for her knowledge and efficiency in dealing with the accounts. I would also like to thank Nan Fellows for her work as Treasurer and particularly her skills in securing further grants to maintain the hall’s finances.
I would like to thank all of the trustees for their help and hard work over the year. A very important member of our team is Liz Ballard, the trustees’ secretary who continues to support our meetings and ensure they are properly documented.
This year we have two trustees retiring. Mike Fellows who is currently vice chair and Will Savage. Both have been the chair of the trustees and both have given many years of dedicated service to the Village Hall. We will miss their experience and their company. I would like to put on record, our thanks to both of them for all their hard work. We have two new trustees: Louise Croxton and Tony Wallis. Thanks to both of them for volunteering.
I hope that everyone is aware that the trustees have signed a fifteen-year lease with Alvechurch Parish Council for the management and maintenance of the Rowney Green Park. The negotiations for the lease required a lot of work from the trustees for which we thank them. We have a management team and a number of volunteers to carry out this work. We hope this will provide a number of benefits to the village and we have a number of improvements planned assuming we can generate the funds required.
It has been a busy year and we look forward to our celebrations on June 4[th] and hope that we are lucky with the weather.
Chris Gollings
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