AGM
The Annual General Meeting of Eynsford Village Hall will be held on Thursday 26th September from 7.30 to 8.00 pm in the Darenth Room at EVH. The 2023 accounts will be presented at the meeting and the Chairman and Treasurer will give reports on the Trust’s activities and financial results for the year. All are welcome.
Volunteer Day
By popular demand, the EVH Volunteer Day is back! The date for your diary is 2nd November, details to follow.
New Hall
The project to build a new hall at Harrow Meadow is now underway. Planning permission was received to build a new hall, to rotate and level the football pitch and to create a new car park. Initial preparatory works have now started with a view to beginning groundwork for the football pitch is anticipated to start in ‘early 2023. We also need help to raise money to fund the project. Further details on the project and fundraising can be found here.
Hiring The Hall
Hiring – for availability please check the CALENDAR.
Booking – please complete a BOOKING REQUEST
The Hall has two facilities available for hire – the Main Hall with stage, and the Darenth Room. Each is self-contained and can be hired separately. Fully fitted kitchen. A bar license can be arranged.
Lottery
The lottery has been running for several years and continues to be popular. Total prize money now over £31,000. The proceeds are divided between prizes and the hall rebuild fund. There is a bumper draw twice each year. Joining the lottery is simple – just complete this request. A lottery ticket can make a nice present and a gift certificate can be provided.
For Sale
For sale – Eynsford Village Hall, The Heart of Village Life 1905-2005 by William G G Alexander at £5 each.
Written to mark the centenary of the Hall, William’s book records one hundred years of development and activity at the venue he regarded as the centre of village life. From hall building thanks to the generosity of Elliot Downs Till, its acquisition by Lady Emily Hart Dyke and vesting in trustees, its many events run by so many organisations, the addition of facilities such as a kitchen and millennium porch – this is a must read to appreciate village life in Eynsford through the twentieth century. Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the era, 72 pages.
Please order your copy via the contact page . The Hall trustees are grateful to the Executors of William’s estate for making the remaining stock available.
William Alexander
William Alexander was born in Eynsford and farmed in the Darent Valley.
He was Chairman of the Hall trustees for 24 years until 2001 and organised many fund raising events. He was awarded the OBE in 1984 for services nationally to agriculture.
He was also the author of ‘A Farming Century’ – an agricultural history of the Darent Valley.
Chairman’s Report
Click here for the latest chairman’s report.
Annual Accounts
Click here for the Hall’s 2022 accounts
Click here for the 2021 annual report.
Personal Data
Eynsford Village Hall uses personal data for the purposes of managing the hall, its bookings and finances, running and marketing events at the hall, staff employment and its fundraising activities. Data may be retained for up to seven years for accounts purposes and for longer where required by the hall’s insurers. If you would like to find out more about how we use your personal data or want to see a copy of information about you that we hold, please contact the hall Secretary via the website contact form.
