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UPCOMING FUNDRAISER
Don’t miss out on the next amazing fundraising event. Kingsmead School on Friday 1st Novemeber – Doors at 7.30pm (immediately after the fireworks!) Details in the poster below…
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WILDING THE HALL – 10PARISHES FESTIVAL
Wilding the Hall was an installation by Jan Boddington (Blue Shed Flowers) & Liz Robertson (Walking with Blooms). The piece used flowers and foraged organic material to bring to life the beautiful old Town Hall, drawing attention to its forgotten interior and the beauty of nature. What people said…‘Absolutely beautiful like a real abandoned secret’‘Beautiful
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THE BOARDS ARE OFF!
The Town Hall, which has been closed for 68 years, has had its iconic arched windows revealed as the boards are stripped away and the Hall sees the light of day. This milestone moment marks the beginning of an exciting new phase in the planned renovation and rebirth of this treasured community space. One side
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‘CHEERS’ TO WELLHAYES VINEYARD!
The profits from concerts staged at the Wellhayes Vineyards during 2019, will kindly be donated to the Town Hall Trust. The Trustees are delighted with this wonderful offer of support – our thanks to Alison and Simon Routh. The programme of concerts for 2019 has just been announced. They will be put on in the
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MORE EXCITING NEWS!
We have been awarded, just under a £15,000 grant from the REACH Fund. The Reach Fund is a grant programme that helps charities and social enterprises raise investment. The programme is funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment. This will go together with other recently raised funds towards getting drawings and plans made
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NEW TRUSTEES ANNOUNCED!
The Trustees are delighted to welcome Ele Laker and Rod Miller onto the Town Hall Trust Board. Rod and Ele bring a wealth of experience to aid the Board through the next (very busy) stage of the Town Hall’s restoration.
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‘STOLEN’ RAISED £750!
Another great evening. It certainly was…’a scintillating combination of music, sound and story’! Thanks to all who attended and helped us raise further funds for the Town Hall. Feedback again has been really positive – a real taste of things to come when we can put on shows such as this in the refurbished Town
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SPONSORED RUN RAISES £2500!
If you are someone who enjoys walks in the countryside surrounding Wiveliscombe, you may at some point, have bumped into either Chris Perry, Dave Lonsdale-Eccles or both out running. Regular runners, they had both previously run up to the Marathon distance of 26.2 miles on a few occasions. On Saturday 13th October, they set themselves
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£1,900 FROM THE CO-OP LOCAL COMMUNITY FUND!
We raised an amazing figure of just over £1,900 from the Co-op Local Community Fund and we’d like to say a HUGH thank you to all those people who signed up to support us.
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XMAS CAROLS IN THE TOWN HALL
We opened the Town Hall doors on Saturday the 16th December 2017 for carols, ukulele, mulled cider and mince pies. Thanks to trustee Chris Perry the room looked so beautiful with an enormous tree, full sized father christmas and lots of sparkly lights. Wivey’s Community Choir and Ukulele group kindly donated their time and a
