Chidham and Hambrook - The Village Hall
Chidham Village Hall is available for hire for meetings, events and private parties.
The hall consists of two floors; the lower includes a kitchen area and toilets; the upper with a raised stage. The ground floor can also be partitioned with large, multi-sectioned folding door. Each floor can be booked separately, if required. |
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The Village Hall has a car park at the rear of the building. |
The current booking fees are as follows:-
Daytime and Regular Bookings - £8.50/£9.50 per hour
for evening social events £10 for one floor/ £12 for both
One Off Bookings - can be arranged.
For private parties, a refundable deposit of £50.00 is payable.
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For all booking queries, please contact the Bookings Secretary on
Tel. 576580 or email towers321@btinternet.com
see information about the management committee
Chidham Village Hall is a registered charity, (Number 1037050) |
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'Glorious Chidwood' |
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3 March |
Village Hall Open Day |
Dec 2011 - Chidham & Hambrook Village Hall plays host to Simon Callow
The classic actor spent last week rehearsing by day in the Village Hall for his new one man show in London, A Christmas Carol, while appearing at Chichester Festival Theatre in the evening. His production team hired the upstairs room and commented on the wonderful atmosphere and character of the building.
With two floors the hall makes a great venue for parties and celebrations. Details for booking see above.
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Village Hall
CHRISTMAS FAYRE
with Father Christmas and his grotto |
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A very successful event which raised nearly £700 towards the refurbishment project. Entertainment was provided by the delightful Ukelele Orchestra of Chidham led by Rick Hales.
see photos |
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Nov 22 |
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Village Hall AGM
• Village Hall improvements over the past year
• Refurbishment Plans – see the Drawings
• Question and Answer Session
• Refreshments
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THE BOAT PROJECT – Come and hear a fascinating talk about this living archive of people’s stories and lives - a 10 metre seagoing vessel made from donated wooden items |
posted Nov 7 |
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The Chidham Ukulele Workshop will continue to meet in the Village Hall on the third Wednesday of each month in 2012 from 7.00 to 8.00pm. |
Posted Nov 8 |
Friday
Oct 28
Village Hall
7pm for food, movie starts at 8pm |
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Chidham and Hambrook Film Society present....
BANGERS ‘n’ MASH AND A MOVIE
'THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT' ( cert 15)
Pre-booking essential for food |
posted Oct 13 |
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Sept 30
Village Hall |
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THE GHOST (Sept 30)
This gripping conspiracy thriller adapted from the thriller by Robert Harris stars Ewan McGregor
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posted Sept 14 |
Village Hall Big Lottery Grant |
June 2011 |
Following a successful grant last year from "Grassroots" for new upholstered chairs for the Village Hall, I am pleased to say that, thanks to the efforts of the management committee, we have been successful in an application to Big Lottery for a grant to provide disabled access to the ground floor of the Village Hall. The grant will cover the cost of clearing the hedging and construction of a ramp and handrail, which will provide easy access to the front door. Work will be carried out by local contractor J & D Castle and the work is scheduled to start in August. It is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. This is another step towards our aim of completely updating and rennovating our wonderful Village Hall.
Steve Tanner, Secretary |
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Chidham and Hambrook Film Society presents |
Posted Apr 28 |
Friday
May 6
7.30 for 8pm
Chidham & Hambrook Village Hall |
'TAMARA DREWE'
Starring Gemma Arterton.
A comic romp set in rural Dorset inspired by the classic works of Hardy with a 21 st century twist. Tamara -once a teenage ugly duckling now a smouldering femme- fatale -returns to her old village and causes something of a stir amongst the locals. She kick-starts a trail of envy, lust, scandal and gossip with very funny results. |
Doors open 7.30 for wine and chat. Film starts 8pm
Tickets: £6 non-members, £5 members
( to include glass of wine)
Tel : 574074 / 576580 email: towers321@btinterent.com |
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Friday April 15th
7.30pm,
Film shows at 8pm
Chidham & Hambrook Village Hall |
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Presents a showing of the film
HOME |
Tickets: £3
available from
01243 574074 / 572902
Licensed bar |
Through visually stunning footage shot entirely from the air from over 50 countries, photographer Yann Arthus-Bernard shows us a view of the world most of us we have never seen. posted Mar 12 |
Friday March 25
7pm
Village hall |
BOLLYWOOD EVENING
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE ( cert 15)
A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers. Will his story be believed?
Directed by Danny Boyle and winning a raft of Oscars
this life affirming film is a must. |
CURRY & MOVIE £10
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Delicious vegetarian and meat curries and a glass of wine
Tickets available from:01243 574074/ 572902
Pre booking essential for food |
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Yoga
Every Tuesday
Village Hall |
Yoga classes are now available at the Chidham Village Hall
every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 8:00.
Please contact Dave Morgan if you are interested to find out more.
Tel: 01243 573297. Mobile: 07565 865247 |
Saturday
13 Nov
Village Hall Christmas Fair.
(and Father Christmas was there!)
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Bottle stall, cakes and plants Christmas gifts
village calendar, and much more.
Snowdrop Trust and RNLI stalls
Raffle, Coffee and Mince pies
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Sunday
10th October 2010 |
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3rd Chidham and Hambrook
Village Garage Sale from 2pm (till 4pm)
For details of participating resellers - see leaflet
This year there will be stalls in the Village Hall
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Tue Oct 12th
7.15pm |
Village Hall AGM (in the Village Hall ....) |
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Sep 16 |
Grant for Village Hall
After months of attempts and disappointments Chidham & Hambrook Village Hall have at last had their first success in their quest for funding in order to improve conditions at the Hall. Grassroots Grants have awarded the Hall £5,000 for the purchase of new, comfortable, upholstered seats, some with arm rests.
The Hall is now a popular venue for the Chidham & Hambrook Film Society who present a variety of eclectic films during their annual season, which runs from September through to April. Last season the Society recommended that those people who found the hard plastic “bucket” chairs uncomfortable bring their own cushions! Next season this will no longer be necessary as everyone will soon be “sitting comfortably”.
“Giant oaks from little acorns grow” and buoyed with this success the Management Committee are determined to track down the “big one”, which will enable the Hall to be improved to a standard of which the community can be proud. |
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New Lunch Club at the Village Hall
Would you like to join our new lunch club? It's called CHALKS
Chidham & Hambrook All-comers Lunch Kitchen for Seniors. Full details |
posted 26 May |
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Village Opera Affair in the new look Village Hall
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First Floor |
Chidham Village Hall to be re-launched |
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You will all be aware of the disappointment earlier this year when it was announced that the New Chidham & Hambrook Village Centre project had failed to attract Big Lottery funding. This has obviously delayed the project by several years whilst alternative sources of funding are identified.
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In the meantime and as an interim measure the Chidham Village Hall Management Committee voted earlier this month to re-launch the venerable Chidham Hall as The Chidham & Hambrook Village Hall. Plans are now underway to provide disabled access, initially to the ground floor and hopefully, eventually the first floor as well. Marshalls have kindly donated 17 sq.m. of non-slip paving and we are looking to form a wheelchair ramp on the east side, from the car park to the side door entrance. We are also investigating the provision of disabled toilet facilities.
Funds will be sought to re-decorate and upgrade where possible. We intend to seek permission to install a new attractive sign on the north side adjacent to the Main Road, to hopefully raise the profile of this fine old building.
Most importantly, we need to encourage its use by local people and societies. We desperately need to increase revenue. A new film society is in the process of being formed. This needs your enthusiastic support together with your ideas for other supportive ventures.
The Village Hall Management Committee |
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Contact |
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| Chairman |
Rod Isted |
01243 572762 |
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| Secretary |
Steve Tanner |
01243 574980 |
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| Treasurer |
John Letheren |
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| Bookings |
Jane and Tim Towers |
01243
576580
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| Committee Members |
Helen Theakston
John Wingrove
Delph Archer
Cliff Archer
Barbara Penny
Gill Hale
David Rodgers
Geoff Shutt
Tony Young
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The Village Hall is on the main road, close to the junction with Chidham Lane
Map showing the location of the Village Hall