THE PAULL VILLAGE HALL holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 30th June 2011 in what should surely be a landmark and celebratory meeting.
The Village Hall Committee embarked on a mission to build a new £350,000 hall in January this year when 97 people (from a village of only 500) attended a meeting to pledge their support to replace their worn-out existing centre of community. Since then public interest in the existing hall – undoubtedly inspired by what a new hall could provide – has grown with a whole range of activities now taking place there on a daily basis.
A recent survey conducted of households in the village had a remarkable response rate with over 50% replying and overwhelmingly supporting what a new Village Hall could do to transform the Paull community.
Following the AGM then attention will be on submitting the National Lottery application. The Committee is submitting an application to The Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities programme.
Following submission of the funding bid by 14th July 2011 then the Committee should find out if they have got through to the next round before Christmas. If successful at this stage, then the Committee will submit its business plan and have to wait up to a further three months before finding out if they have been successful. The whole process will have taken over a year!
The full story of the Committee’s progress can be followed on the Paull Village Hall website.
Community activists from across Holderness will be watching the Paull story with interest and offer their best wishes and hopes for success. A new Village Hall in Paull offering valuable community services – as well as panoramic views across the Humber – will be an inspiration to us all!