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DDDC AWARDS £3,750 TO VILLAGE HALL FOR NEW GROUND FLOOR ROOF

Derbyshire Dales District Council (DDDC) has awarded £3,750 towards the cost of a new ground floor roof for Tansley Village Hall.

Village Hall Committee Secretary Chris Knightley said: "We are very grateful to DDDC for its continued support following its grant of £2,000 in 2009 for the toilet and entrance rebuilding, when other sources of funding are so difficult to find. We are now very close to meeting the likely cost of the new, insulated ground floor roof. We hope that everyone will continue to support our fundraising events as there is still a great deal more work to the hall ahead that we need to fund."

April 2011

 

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VEOLIA BID UNSUCCESSFUL
BUT "WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY"!

Tansley Village Hall Committee reports its disappointment at hearing that its application to Veolia Environmental Trust for a grant of £50,000 was unsuccessful.

Tansley Village Hall's application was one of many turned down, but Veolia gave no details as to why. A formal letter received by the committee implies that, owing to the number of rejections, no further details will be forthcoming.

Commenting on the outcome, Village Hall Committee chairman Ruth Cooper said:

"This does feel like a setback but we all remain committed to the project. We couldn't have got where we are today without the tremendous support we have had from the community; we would like to thank everyone who has contributed, either by organising events or attending them.

"I strongly believe in 'where there's a will there's a way', and with that in mind we have already identified other potential sources of funding and are in the process of putting more applications together
. Most are for smaller sums than the WREN and Veolia bids but they all add up.

November 2009

 

TANSLEY VILLAGE HALL GETS £4,000 FROM DCC

September 25, 2009 - County Councillor Steve Flitter has sent a cheque for £4,000 to Tansley Village Hall for its Restoration Project. The grant is from Derbyshire County Council under the Community Leadership Scheme, which allows each county councillor to make awards within his/her constituency.

GOOD NEWS! VILLAGE HALL GETS £2,000 FROM DDDC SCHEME

July 10, 2009 - Tansley Village Hall has been awarded £2,000 towards its Restoration Project by Derbyshire Dales District Council's Village Hall Grant Scheme.

There were 15 applications in total, an unusually high number, we were told. The highest award was £3,000. Everyone else got £2,000 or less. Some a lot less.

 

Tansley Village Hall

Restoration Project

 
UPPER ROOM NOW OPEN
 
The Upper Room of Tansley Village Hall is now open for hiring after extensive renovation and modernisation. This superb room with extensive views of Riber Castle and Masson Hill is finished in the same colours as the ground floor rooms. It is fully carpeted, has a new mini-kitchen and its own toilet.
 
The Upper Room's roof and windows have been replaced, walls have been dry-lined with insulated plasterboard, a flush ceiling with 18 LED downlights and loft insulation has been installed and new electrical switches have been fitted. A radiator has been added under the rear window to compensate for the removed gas fire, and new skirting and window sills have been fitted. In addition, the floor was made flat and more level with a plywood covering, and the room was repainted to match the ground floor's much-admired colour scheme. 

The final stages of this renovation included the installation of a new mini-kitchen, the fitting of vertical blinds on both windows and of carpet tiles on the floor.

20th October 2014

 

GRANT OF £719 AWARDED FOR ENERGY-SAVING MATERIALS

Tansley Village Hall has been awarded a grant of £719 from Western Power Distribution's Community Chest, managed by The Centre For Sustainable Energy. This is for energy-saving materials as part of the extensive renovation of the Upper Room. The materials comprise insulated plaster-board, loft insulation and LED downlights.
25th April 2014
 
VILLAGE HALL KITCHEN NOW REPLASTERED AND REPAINTED, FLOOR SANDED AND CEILING TILES REPLACED
 

The kitchen area has now been replastered and repainted to an excellent standard (see photos below). In addition, we have replaced the old ceiling tiles with new, white ones and had the floor sanded and sealed. 

The Village Hall Committee is very grateful to Derbyshire County Council for meeting 80% of the cost as part of the grant mentioned in our previous announcements. The remainder comes from the Village Hall's Restoration and Revenue funds.

 
 

4th november 2013

MAIN HALL & BAR AREA FLOOR RENOVATED    
 

The parquet pine floor in the main hall and bar area has now been renovated. The wood was belt-sanded many times to make it as level, smooth and clean as possible. A base coat and then two top coats of water-based seal were then applied, giving a satin finish. 

Thank you to Derbyshire Council Council for meeting 80% of the cost of this work, as part of their £24,908 funding pledge that we announced early this year. The remaining 20% comes from the hall's own funds.

 

20th August 2013

 

IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO VILLAGE HALL’S HEATING SYSTEM

To help to reduce future running costs and to improve comfort, heating zone controls have been fitted to The Village Hall's central heating system. The radiator circuits in each of the three areas (main hall, kitchen and upper room) are now controlled and heated independently. Each area has its own timer and room thermostat. As the gas fire in the upper room is no longer needed, it has been removed. A frost thermostat has also been fitted in the upper room to help to protect the pipe-work and heating header tank from freeze-ups in cold weather.

This improvement is 80% funded by Derbyshire County Council from the pledged grant announced earlier. The remaining cost is met from the Village Hall's Restoration and revenue funds.

The Village Hall Committee thanks Chris Johnson, for his excellent plumbing work, and electrician Paul Cooper.

6th July 2013

WE HAVE NOW REPLACED ALL THE WINDOWS IN THE VILLAGE HALL

Tansley Village Hall Committee is pleased to report that the remaining nine old, wooden windows (some of which were rotten) have now been replaced with double-glazed, long-lasting, cream aluminium ones to match the main hall. The upper room's front, top window, formerly filled in with stone, has been reinstated in glass to match the main hall's front window.

Internal 'making good' around the frames has yet to be undertaken along with repairing the interior walls of the kitchen and upper room prior to redecoration.

We are extremely grateful to Derbyshire Council Council for meeting 80% of the cost of replacing the nine windows, as part of their £24,908 funding pledge that we announced earlier this year. The remaining 20% comes from the hall's own funds.

Forthcoming work this summer will include the replacement of the upper room's roof, to complete the hall's re-roofing, sanding and sealing of the pine block floor in the main hall and bar area and heating zone controls to enable all three rooms to be centrally-heated independently and more economically. This work will be funded in the same way as the windows.

There are many more improvements planned. Some are included in the 80% pledged funding grant. For others we continue to raise money with help from the local community. In recognition of this support and to benefit local inhabitants, Tansley residents pay reduced hall hire charges. Those outside Tansley currently pay up to 50% more.

15th June 2013

 

TANSLEY VILLAGE HALL GETS £24,908 GRANT FROM DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Tansley Village Hall has been awarded £24,908 by Derbyshire County Council (DCC) through the Community Buildings Grant scheme.

The grant, together with the Hall’s Restoration Fund and some of its operating reserves, will be used to:

· re-slate the upper room's roof

· replace the remaining old windows with new, aluminium, double-glazed ones like that in the main hall

· refurbish the kitchen

· refurbish the upper room

· sand and seal the ground floor's wooden floors

· install zone controls to enable each of the hall's three rooms (main hall, kitchen and upper room) to be heated independently

· replace the rear door

· repair the cellar steps

Work will commence early in 2013 and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Despite this generous grant — the largest the Village Hall has received from an organisational donor — the Village Hall Committee will continue to raise money to pay for items not covered by the grant application. These include facilities, fittings and equipment that need to be improved, replaced or added to.

The Village Hall Committee is proud of what has been achieved so far and will continue to renovate, modernise and improve the Village Hall for the benefit of its users.

22nd December 2012

 

 

TANSLEY VILLAGE HALL REOPENS 3RD SEPTEMBER 2012, LOOKING WONDERFUL!

 
 
Tansley Village Hall, looking wonderful following seven weeks of internal renovation and modernisation of the main hall and bar area, reopened on Monday 3rd September 2012.
 
All the walls of the main hall have been dry-lined with heavy-duty plasterboard and superbly replastered. The front wall has been insulated behind the plasterboard and its new window, now framed by a plasterboard surround, looks stunningly good. The ceilings, walls, wood panels and radiators have been thoroughly prepared and repainted in apple white, giving a fresh, light, warm and seemingly larger space. The three doors in the main hall have been repainted in the previous turquoise. New cream vertical blinds have been fitted and a new turquoise window curtain will be arriving soon, hung on a new pull-cord track. The lights and fans in the toilets now switch on automatically so the old switches by the stage have been removed. The storage doors at the front of the stage are being repainted mid-grey, both to be practical and to contrast with the planned new stage curtains. The bar area will be finished off over the coming week. By the end of October, we expect to have new turquoise stage and bar divider curtains fitted. Before too long, we expect to have the floors sanded and sealed, finally finishing the rooms.
 
We are grateful to everyone who has funded this work: individual donors, those who participate in our lotto, easyfundraising and recycling schemes, members of village groups and Tansley Parish Council. We also thank our plastering and painting contractors for their hard work, dedication and craftsmanship; their efforts have produced an excellent result and ensured that the hall will be able to reopen on time.
 
We continue to need your support to complete the remaining restoration, perhaps in the coming year. This includes a new roof and guttering for the upper room, replacing the remaining windows and renovating and redecorating the kitchen and the upper room."
 
Chris Knightley, Secretary, Tansley Village Hall Committee
4th September 2012

 

 

New window fitted in Village Hall on 28th February 2012

 

 
As part of the renovation and modernisation of Tansley Village Hall, a superb new double-glazed window was fitted on 28th February. Being cream-painted aluminium it will last for many decades to come and is completely maintenance-free and draught-free as well as more energy-efficient. The Village Hall Committee is extremely grateful to have received an anonymous private donation for this major improvement.
 
Now that the window has been renewed we are able to proceed, as our next priority, with expensive replastering and repainting of the whole of the main hall. We have sufficient funds to do this thanks to the recent £5,000 donation from Tansley Parish Council, other donations and fundraising in the community and to another local donor who has generously promised to pay for all the paint needed.
 
In due course, when sufficient funds have been raised, we will be able to replace the other windows and the upper room's roof.
 
1st March 2012

 

TANSLEY PARISH COUNCIL GIVES A FURTHER £5,000 TO THE VILLAGE HALL
 
On request from Tansley Village Hall Committee, Tansley Parish Council, at its public meeting on 19th October, generously awarded a further £5,000 to help towards the cost of renovating the interior of the main hall for the benefit of our community. This work includes a new double-glazed window, re-painting the ceiling, re-plastering and re-painting the walls, woodwork, radiators and doors, fitting new curtains and renovating the floor.

Once this is done the committee plans to replace all the remaining windows, decorate the remaining rooms and replace the upper room's roof. As all this work is likely to cost around £55,000, there is still much fund-raising to do to make it possible.

25th October 2011

 

Village Hall's downstairs rooms have reopened

Ground floor now has new roof!

The replacement of the Village Hall's ground floor roof is complete, and the Hall reopened on schedule on Monday 5th September 2011.

Now the Village Hall Committee will be able to turn its attention to the many other renovations required, including re-plastering and redecoration in the main hall and kitchen, replacing the windows and re-covering the upper room's roof.

updated 5th September 2011

The Restoration Project - Stage One

Stage One (Part A) of the Village Hall Restoration Project, completed in October 2010, made the following improvements:
  • demolished, rebuilt and enlarged the subsided toilet extension (reusing the existing facing gritstone and most of the internal fittings), giving a well located DDA-compliant toilet for disabled users, two extra ladies' WCs and wash basins, a men's WC, two urinals and wash basins. It uses skylights, rather than windows, for natural light and strong security;
  • provided a remodelled, universal front access with a new outward-opening door (with vision panel), a sloped approach (without steps) and a wider internal doorway to meet fire exit safety standards and to provide excellent access for both wheelchair users and able-bodied people.

Stage One (Part B) of the Village Hall Restoration Project, completed in September 2011, made the following improvements: 

  • replaced the old, continually leak-prone ground floor roof with new slates and underfelt, renewed fascias, flashing, gutters and downpipes (all in durable aluminium) to prevent damp, and replaced rotten or damaged rafters;
  • applied roof insulation for the first time (to save energy);
  • added skylights with self-cleaning glass and blinds towards the rear of the main hall to increase natural light (and save energy) and to create a lighter and more attractive space.

updated 21st September 2011  

 

ASHBY FUND AWARDS £1,000 FOR VILLAGE HALL ROOF

Derbyshire Community Foundation, from the Ashby Fund, has awarded £1,000 towards the cost of a new ground floor roof for Tansley Village Hall.
 
Village Hall Committee Secretary Chris Knightley said: "We are very grateful to Derbyshire Community Foundation for the £1,000 grant (the maximum available from the Ashby Fund). This shows continued, strong support from DCF following its (maximum) grant of £5,000 in 2009 for the toilet and entrance rebuilding. Despite competition from many other funding requests, the DCF were impressed by our project, the use made of the hall and the level of fundraising that has been done.”

23rd May 2011

 

 

DDDC AWARDS £3,750 TO VILLAGE HALLFOR NEW GROUND FLOOR ROOF  

Derbyshire Dales District Council (DDDC) has awarded £3,750  towards the cost of a new ground floor roof for Tansley Village Hall.

 Village Hall Committee Secretary Chris Knightley said: "We are very grateful to DDDC for its continued support following its grant of £2,000 in 2009 for the toilet and entrance rebuilding, when other sources of funding are so difficult to find. We are now very close to meeting the likely cost of the new, insulated ground floor roof. We hope that everyone will continue to support our fundraising events as there is still a great deal more work to the hall ahead that we need to fund."

April 2011 

 

TANSLEY PARISH COUNCIL GIVES £10,000 TO TANSLEY VILLAGE HALL RESTORATION

In 2007, through its Village Plan , Tansley Parish Council pledged financial help towards the high cost of restoring the Village Hall. In March 2009, the Council set aside £10,000 for this purpose, as shown on Tansley Village Hall Committee's fund-raising piggy above. Following its meeting last Wednesday, 24th November 2010, the Council released this money to the Committee to help to fund the replacement of the ground floor roof. This will complete Stage 1 of the Restoration Project . The Council said that it appreciates the Committee's hard work so far in raising funds and getting the ground floor toilet facilities and entrance rebuilt.
 
The Village Hall Committee is very grateful to Tansley Parish Council. It also looks forward to continuing help from the community in raising the rest of the funds needed for the roof and lots more future restoration and modernisation work. Once the roof is replaced, long-awaited replastering and redecoration will become possible.

27th November 2010

 

TANSLEY VILLAGE HALL WINS £5,000 GRANT FROM DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
 
 
 
The Village Hall Committee has received written confirmation of the award of £5,000 (the maximum possible grant) from Derbyshire Community Foundation for the rebuilding and enlargement of the toilet extension and the new, fully accessible front entrance. This is the Village Hall Committee's Stage 1a Restoration Project starting on 12th July, as announced in March.
 
Derbyshire Community Foundation said "Despite the limited funds and strong competition, the panel were very supportive of your application. They felt that the Village Hall is an important facility in the village" and is well used."They liked that you had split the restoration work into smaller manageable projects that the committee can aim towards as a longer term goal."
 
After many applications for larger sums, the Village Hall Committee is very pleased and encouraged to have received this maximum award from a Derbyshire funder. It brings the total of awards from all external funders to £11,000. All of this money will go towards the cost of the Stage 1a project, this summer.
 
23rd May 2010

 

 

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