The stormy winter season has hit with a vengeance and Storms Ciara and Dennis have barrelled their way across the Atlantic and given us a battering. So far Dennis has been the strongest but who knows what Ellen, Francis or Gerda et al may bring. As I sit here with my mug of Yorkshire Tea […]
February 2020
The short winter nights have been with us for what seems like forever but with the winter solstice behind us, the days will warm and stretch as spring blossoms. With the changing of the year and the decade (yes, it’s a new decade!), it’s a good time to look to the future and start making […]
December 2019
Things are looking bright at Swindon Village Hall and, as the Good Book didn’t say, “let there be light and there was light in the form of Light Emitting Diodes and they were good!” LEDs are semiconductors that emit photons (light) when a current flows through them and the first red LEDs were invented in […]
October 2019
Well it’s been six months since the new committee took over the reins and I thought it would be a good time to recap on what’s changed in such a short time. For starters we have introduced a new booking system that is paying dividends: this website (svhall.co.uk), email address (swindonvillagehall@gmail.com), mobile phone and social […]
November 2019
The winter nights are beckoning and it won’t be long until the frosts return but here in the hall we’re toasty warm thanks to a new pair of clever thermostats. Our Nest thermostats can be controlled remotely, run to a schedule (that we’re still tweaking) and should ensure that we’re not wasting energy by heating […]
May 2019
The committee and volunteers are continuing to get to grips with the running of the hall and lots of little victories are being made whilst learning of things that we didn’t know – as Mr Rumsfeld once said we have known knowns and unknown knowns! The main events this month have been our inaugural big […]
April 2019
Well, the new committee has been in place for a few weeks now and lots has changed behind the scenes (but not in the Hall itself for now). We’re all newcomers to running both a village hall and a charity so the learning curve has been steep but lots of work has been done to […]
April 2019 (update)
Plans and Ideas from the new Chairman. The financial situation at the Hall requires urgent attention. In 2017 the Hall operated at a profit of £3805 but in 2018 this had reversed to a loss of £4618 – a reduction in cashflow of £8423 in just one year. If this financial loss continues, the Hall […]
September 2019
The biggest news for the summer is the installation of our 14 solar panels. First, an explanation of how they work: our solar panels work by absorbing photons in the form of daylight, generating Direct Current (DC – like the energy found in batteries) running it through an inverter that converts the DC into alternating […]