Chilton Field Section 106 Monies
Chilton Village Hall Extension/Refurbishment Consultation
Consultation Meetings 2011
Come
and make our Village a better place. A condition of the planning
permission for the new Chilton Field development is for a sum of money
to be given to the Parish Council for the purpose of providing
improvements to the current village hall. The Parish Council and
Village Hall Management Committee have decided that in order to ensure
these improvements best meet the needs of the village hall community
and stakeholders a full consultation exercise will be carried out.
You are invited to three consultation events being held at Chilton Village Hall:
Wednesday 31st August (5pm- 9pm) - Wine and cheese evening
Saturday 10th September (10am-12 noon) – Family Fun
Saturday 1st October (10am-12 noon) – Tea and Cakes
Come
to one event or come to them all. This is your opportunity to make your
ideas known and we hope to see as many of you, across all age groups,
as possible.
Chilton VHMC – Developing a Closer Community
Update following Consultation Meetings
Thank
you to everyone who attended the consultation events. The events were
very successful with approximately 150 people attending one or more
event.
To date we have only analysed the Village Hall
Improvements data and as such this update will focus on this element of
the consultation. We will report your views on the Artwork in the
next issue. Below is a link to three graphs which summarise
the feedback that we received.
In conclusion, the top five priorities for the Village Hall improvement are:–
* Better storage facilities
* An extension to open the hall to an outside area
* Updated kitchen facilities
* Refurbishments of toilet facilities
* Improvement in the general decoration
As
a result of this feedback, we will now focus on these areas and this
will form the basis of the next phase of the consultation. The next
step is for the consultation team to understand exactly what the
village community requires in respect of these five improvements. This
is where we will be asking for further input. Over the next few
weeks a questionnaire with some more detailed questions will be sent to
every household in Chilton. Please take time to complete and return
this, as the more feedback we get, the better we will understand the
needs and requirements of the village. As you may be aware, we only
have limited funds for the Village Hall improvements. Therefore
we need to focus on your top priorities, as detailed above. We
will return to your list of feedback if we have any money remaining,
after your priority work has been undertaken, to provide further
improvements.
There is a third graph to view via the link, that
illustrates the type of events that the village community would like to
see held at the hall. These are all brilliant ideas and we will
consider them all. However we will need volunteers to organise
such events. If you would be interested and feel you may have the time
and skills to help please contact Sue Granger at consultation@chiltonvillagehall.co.uk
PS.
One idea that received support was for a Village Shop. However,
this is outside the remit of the Village Hall Committee. We appreciate
that this is an idea with many supporters, and as such we are happy to
set up a meeting for people who wish to create their own focus group to
pursue this ambition for Chilton. Please email Sue Granger at consultation@chiltonvillagehall.co.uk if you would be interested in attending/chairing such an event.