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- Hemel Hempstead Leisure Centre
- Middlegate House, The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, SE18 6SX
- 020 8317 5000
- London. Barking and Dagenham (1) Barnet (5) Bexley (2) Camden (6) Croydon (8) Crystal Palace (1) Enfield (6) Greenwich (8) Gunnersbury Park (1) Hackney (11)
- North West. Cumberland (12) Manchester (20) Preston (2) Westmorland and Furness (8)
- South. Basingstoke and Newbury (2) Prestwood (1) Reading (4) South Bucks (2) South Oxfordshire (7) Swindon (6) Vale of White Horse (4) West Oxfordshire (8)
- East of England. Basildon (1) Bedfordshire (6) Cambridge (7) Ely (1) Welwyn Garden City - Gosling (1) Welwyn Hatfield (7)
Swimming Pools Near Me. With over 140 indoor swimming pools - including the famous Manchester Aquatic Centre - and 10 outdoor lidos and lakes, you can take the plunge at a local pool in your area. Pool facilities include: Training and Childrens pools. Leisure pools.
- Middlegate House, The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, SE18 6SX
- 020 8317 5000
- Introduction
- Attributes of a successful village hall or community centre
- Our research shows that a successful village hall or community centre charity usually has:
- The Charity Commission’s role in supporting village hall and community centre charities
- Meeting the changing needs of users or beneficiaries
- Inclusion: who benefits from the charity?
- Identifying the needs of the community
- Consulting with local people
- Measuring impact and outcomes
- Keeping an open mind
- Planning for change
- The Charity Commission’s role
- Proportionality of regulation
- The governing document - amending administrative provisions
- Amalgamation with a recreation ground
- Amalgamation of village hall or community centre charities
- Related Charity Commission Guidance:
- Using the governing document
- The importance of the governing document
- Trustees’ duties
- Trustee recruitment
- Users on the board
- Staff and volunteers
- Volunteers
- The legal position
- Employees
- Connected persons and conflicts of interests
- Buildings and land
- Planning a new village hall
- Maintenance
- Ownership and leases
- Holding or custodian trustees
- Selling land
- VAT
- Funding
- Funding for building maintenance and renovation
- - Margaret Beckett, MP21
- Compatibility between funding and charitable objects
- New opportunities in funding
- Planning fund-raising
- Annex B - Research methodology
- Annex C - Resources for trustees
- Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)
- Black and Ethnic Minority Support Team (BEST Cymru)
- Rural Community Councils (RCC)
- VolResource
- HM Revenue & Customs
The Government recognises that village halls, community centres and other charities that provide space and facilities for community services and activities can make an enormous difference to the well being of their communities.1 These charities are an extremely important resource with a crucial role to play, not only in the economic and social rege...
As a general rule, active, vibrant governance and an active, vibrant village hall or community centre go hand in hand. Our research revealed a clearly identifiable link between the ability of village hall and community centre charities to attract users, their ability to attract trustees and other volunteers, and their ability to generate funding. M...
A governing document that is workable and up-to-date, containing provisions for everything that the trustees need to do.6 A trustee body that is diverse, knows the extent of its role, responsibilities and powers and presents potential new trustees with a realistic picture of what is involved. 5 5% is a conservative estimate. Not all community build...
The Charity Commission’s role in respect of village hall and community centre charities is to encourage and enable them to continue to meet the needs of their users or beneficiaries. We aim to ensure that the regulatory framework does not present any unnecessary barriers to charities’ ability to adapt and to modernise. The Charity Commission can he...
All charities face the challenge of identifying and meeting the needs of their users or beneficiaries as they, and the environment in which the charity operates, change. This is no less true for village halls and community centres. Changes in social and economic factors mean that the demographics of villages, towns and cities are shifting, as are p...
The purpose and area of benefit of a village hall or community centre charity is set out in its governing document. The charity will have objects to serve the community within which it operates (see section on The governing document - interpreting and amending objects). Our research revealed a great number of village halls and community centres tha...
Many of the trustees that we spoke to complained of a lack of interest in the activities provided within their charity. There is no doubt that some village hall and community centre charities exist within a community that no longer has the same level of interest in the charity as in the past. However, it is also true that many struggling village ha...
Our research uncovered a number of methods of consultation that charities use to determine the activities and facilities that their potential users or beneficiaries need. Trustees should consider a range of methods to determine which would be suitable in their community and, if one approach does not work, trustees should try another. One village ha...
Evidence of consultation is often required by grant makers because they want to fund those activities that will have the greatest impact. Whether or not consultation is a funding requirement, measurement of impact and outcomes is increasingly prevalent and is a useful tool for assessing charities’ effectiveness. A community centre that was visited ...
The case above illustrates how trustees can accommodate potential user groups if they recognise the importance of the activities that those groups want to engage in. In contrast, a number of trustees that we spoke to in our research said that they did not allow certain groups or activities even though there was demand. A common example of this was ...
Trustees of village hall and community centre charities should ensure that any changes in their activities form part of a strategic plan, however simple, that takes account of the impact of proposed changes on all aspects of the running of the charity. Our recent report Milestones: Managing key events in the life of a charity (RS6) revealed a low l...
The Charity Commission can often help charities to adapt and to modernise, and can provide advice when trustees are uncertain about what they can and cannot do within charity law. Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), Rural 10 An incorporated charity cannot hold endowed property as part of its corporate property. Any company that was to ...
There are some significant differences between the governance of village halls and community centres. On the whole, village halls are run entirely by a committee of trustees, with any employees being casual or part-time workers such as caretakers or cleaners. The trustees, therefore, not only make the governance decisions but take care of the day-t...
Charities with a governing document that is unworkable may also experience problems that lead to Charity Commission intervention. Village halls in particular sometimes have a governing document that dates back to when the building or land was first given over for use as a village hall. For example, the governing document may be the conveyancing doc...
In order to continue to serve their community, village halls sometimes amalgamate with a recreation charity. This mostly occurs where two charities have adjacent sites or where there is a proposal to build a village hall on a recreation ground. The trustees of these charities need Charity Commission authority in order to make this change. The Chari...
Charities may also wish to amalgamate because there is no need for two buildings operating similar charities. There is evidence of a move away from the traditional village hall concept to a community based ethos of charities combining to provide a broader service; a kind of ‘community hub’. The trustees of a village hall charity approached the Char...
Amending Charities’ Governing Documents: Orders and Schemes (CC36) provides guidance to help trustees who need to apply for an order or a scheme. It sets out the circumstances in which trustees will need to approach the Charity Commission for help in changing the purposes of the charity or its administrative provisions. It describes the difference...
Our research shows that trustees do not always act with reference to their charity’s governing document. In many of the cases in which the Charity Commission becomes involved, trustees have simply allowed tradition and the discretion of the trustees to determine how the charity operates. Not only does this fail to ensure that current activities fit...
The governing document should provide clear details about the charity’s objects and area of benefit and trustees’ powers. It should also provide details of such things as how meetings will be conducted, how decisions will be made and by whom, and how new trustees will be appointed. Charities with a governing document that does not contain suficient...
Trustees must be aware of their duties and responsibilities. The liabilities that come with being a trustee should not be exaggerated but, equally, they should not be ignored. Our leaflet Responsibilities of Charity Trustees (CC3) sets out everything trustees need to know about the responsibilities associated with their role. Charities in which the...
In view of the range and complexity of the issues that charity trustees often have to manage, it is important to get the right mix of skills on the trustee board. This is often more dificult in areas where there is a small catchment area or where it is hard to find people willing and able to provide their time on a voluntary basis. Our report Trust...
Trustee boards of village halls and community centres are often comprised of representatives of the user groups of the charity. This can be an excellent way of ensuring that the decisions made by the trustees reflect the needs of the users or beneficiaries. To achieve this, the potential for conflicts of interest needs to be managed. If there is te...
This section examines the issues associated with staff and volunteers in village halls and community centres. ‘Volunteers’ in this section does not include trustees. For trustees’ role and responsibilities see section on Using the governing document. The number of people involved in ensuring that the services and activities of a village hall or com...
Volunteers play an extremely important role in the charity sector and smaller charities in particular rely heavily on volunteer involvement. Trustees of village halls and smaller community centres report dificulties in recruiting enough volunteers to help run the charity. In many communities, a large proportion of volunteers are aged over 50, often...
Many of the issues that trustees need to consider when employing staff also apply when taking on volunteers. They include, for example, employees’ rights, discrimination, equal opportunities and health and safety legislation. In some cases the terms of a volunteer’s involvement with a charity can constitute a contract of employment. Trustees should...
The issues that trustees of village halls and community centres need to think about when employing staff are essentially the same as those facing other charities of a similar size. Our publication Milestones: Managing key events in the life of a charity (RS6) explores some of the issues relating to charities employing staff for the first time or ex...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have a quick link for charities on the first page of its website. On the website you can access a wide range of guidance material for charities. Information includes details of VAT and tax issues for charities, including Gift Aid.
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