BAWDESWELL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES GROUP

SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES AT THE VILLAGE HALL

In the village survey conducted last year many of you asked for “more things for children and teenagers to do”. As a first step in meeting this request we plan to try to open the Village Hall on weekday afternoons during the school summer holidays from 1pm - 5 p.m. commencing on Monday 23 July.  This would run for 6 weeks (excluding the Bank Holiday on 27 August). There would be a café for light refreshments every day and some organised activities each week. The Activities Group has applied for a grant through the Norfolk Community Foundation.  If we are successful, the money would be used to purchase outdoor sports equipment and indoor games that would be made available for children and teenagers to use during the afternoons that the Village Hall is open. Although primarily for children and teenagers, all members of our community would be welcome to come and use the facility.

We have a small number of volunteers already but, to ensure that we can open on all 29 afternoons, we need more volunteers to assist us in the running of the café and events. If successful, and with enough volunteer helpers, it is planned to continue this during future school holiday periods and possibly during term time as well. It has also been suggested that we open the hall on Wednesday evenings during these six weeks for teenagers as a ‘club’ but this would require a lot of support from YOU. If you have any experience in running this type of event or can help please contact us.

To raise funds for this venture we will be holding a number of fund raising events, the first of which is a Quiz Night on 9^th June (see details on the Village Hall page of this edition).  Please come and join us in a brain-teasing but also relaxing evening.

FOR THIS SCHEME TO SUCCEED, WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE JUST A FEW HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO ASSIST IN THE RUNNING OF THE EVENTS AND MANNING THE HALL!!!

DONATIONS OF UNWANTED GAMES, TOYS, SPORTS EQUIPMENT, A POOL TABLE AND, OF COURSE, MONEY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

IF WE DON’T GET ENOUGH HELP THE SCHEME WILL NOT HAPPEN

Please contact Janet Cockburn on  688749 or Wendy Cottrell on  688602.

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