The Edstaston Village Hall community-led extension project is finally finished!
AUGUST 2024
After many years of hard work by committee members and our community Edstaston Village Hall now has two beautiful and functional extensions.
The bright new multi-functional stage area and much-needed storage cupboard and/or dressing rooms have added huge opportunities to how the hall may be used.
Heartfelt thanks to the Price family for donating the land to the Village Hall, Wem Rural Parish Council and the National Lottery Community Fund as well as to our actively supportive community and the hard-working village hall committee for making this happen. Thanks also to Luke and James at Stag Construction and Renovation for the excellent building work and attention to detail as well as Ali and the Hunter Lloyd Team, ADT Carpets for the new flooring and The Flooring Man for the renovation of our lovely maple floor.
VERY EXCITING NEWS!
We have had a YES from the National Lottery Community Fund to our grant application for £47K towards the second extension to Edstaston Village Hall! Together with a grant from Wem Rural Parish Council and Edstaston Village Hall's saved funds we have enough to finish this community project started in 2017 with the generous gift of land by the Price family of Edstaston.
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WELCOME TO A NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER
We are delighted to welcome Huw Edwards to the Edstaston Village Hall management committee. Huw is currently the chair of Wem Rural Parish Council and is already very active in the local community. He brings many varied skills and contacts and has already provided invaluable advice as well as top lawnmowing skills!
A HOST OF GOLDEN DAFFODILS
Thanks to Edstaston and Coton WI for providing and planting hundreds of daffodil bulbs at Edstaston Village Hall this morning. We can't wait to see how beautiful it will look in Spring!
Thanks also to community members (apologies for lack of photographs - our usual much more diligent photographer is away) who came to spruce up the hall - cleaning windows and gutters, sweeping and clearing the car park, hedge trimming around the entrance gate, moving cupboards to make way for a new fridge/freezer, cobweb removal, cutlery/crockery inventory, paint touch ups etc etc. Many thanks to Corrine for the gorgeous orange cake and chocolate cupcakes - much appreciated by all!
We would like to thank all our supporters for their generous donations towards Edstaston Village Hall’s Buy-a-Leaf fundraising campaign. The majority of the facebook donations were anonymous and we don't want to miss out on thanking absolutely everyone for their generosity.
The stunning Falling Leaf Chandelier was designed by Iestyn Davies of the Contemporary Chandelier Company in Tilley Green and is the crowning glory of our new extension. It wouldn't have been possible without Iestyn's generosity and the funding support from our community.
Grand Opening
The new extension to Edstaston Village Hall was opened by celebrity Greg Davies on Saturday 18th June 2022 followed by a celebration party with music by fantastic local band Halcyon. Greg was presented with a portrait of him painted by local artist Bev Horsley.
The Edstaston Village Hall committee would like to give heartfelt thanks to everyone who has worked so hard to improve this valued resource. It was terrific to see it filled with community members young and old who have all contributed to this wonderful achievement.
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PRESS:
Whitchurch Herald
Shropshire Star
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Funding thanks for our extension project
Wem Rural Parish Council
Garfield Weston Foundation
Bernard Sunley Foundation
Village Hall Improvement Fund - ACRE/DEFRA
Co-operative Local Community Fund
The Midcounties Co-operative Community Fund
Shropshire Council
...and of course our wonderful community and local businesses for their donations of money, skills, time, machinery, boundless energy and enthusiasm...we couldn't do it without YOU!
