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ETAL VILLAGE HALL (Registered Charity No. 1099138)

Available to hire for weddings, parties, receptions, meetings, conferences, film shows, almost any event!

INFORMATION ON FACILITIES

Etal Village Hall was completely refurbished during 2005/2006 with grant assistance from DEFRA, the Northern Rock Foundation, The Joicey Trust, Ford & Etal Estates and Awards for All.

The original hall was opened in 1926 as a Reading Room. The newly refurbished hall was re-opened in 2006 as a multi purpose village hall offering full disabled access.

Key to the refurbishment was reducing the energy requirements and therefore the main hall has full insulation to the roof and gable ends, new windows and a ground source heating system.

There is one fully disabled toilet and a disabled car parking space close to the hall entrance.

The hall has a broadband connection with a wireless network. There is a computer room with 3 networked PC’s, high quality photo printer, scanner & digital card reader.

In 2002 Etal Youth Club received funding to erect a climbing/traversing wall which is also available for use by local groups.

A volunteer Management Committee looks after Etal Village Hall. The Committee is keen to get the hall used as much as possible by the voluntary, community and business sector.

When organising an event, please consider using Etal Hall which is in the heart of Etal Village. The village also has a thriving local pub, tea room and post office, plant nursery, furniture maker & Etal Castle (English Heritage.

Hire Charges (effective from October 2007).
Hourly rate:

Large Hall £10.00

Small Hall £6.00

computer Room £6.00

Whole building £12.00These hire charges include 1 hour before and after the event for setting up and clearing up. Under normal circumstances the hirer will be allowed more time than this but should there be a request from another person to hire the hall and setting up/clearing up times are going to overlap, then the original hirer will be asked to pay for their extra time as part of the hire charge.

There is a non returnable deposit of £5.00 which will be deducted from the final balance.

20% reduction is available to local residents.

Extra heating plus use of electrical equipment in the kitchen is by way of £1 slot meters.

Confirmation of your booking should be made within 14 days of your provisional booking or the hall may be let to someone else.Because the hall is run by volunteers all hirers are expected to remove all rubbish and clean up after their event. On request a cleaner can be booekd to come in the following day and clean the floors, kitchen, toilets etc: for this service there is an extra charge of £32. Hirers are asked to indicate when booking the hall if they would like to opt for this.

For more information and to book the hall please contact:
Steve Taylor (Bookings Secretary)
22 Etal Village, Cornhill-on-Tweed, TD12 4TW
Tel: 01890 820566
E-mail: etalvillagehall@aol.com