Chairman:                   Mike Tuer                 Treasurer:      Joanna Backhouse

Telephone:                 01931 715 205              Telephone:          01931 715 325

 

Secretary:                   Caroline Harbot

Telephone:                 01931 715 323

 

 

1.   Purpose or Objective of your organisation

 

To manage a public hall within the village of  Maulds Meaburn, to serve as a focus for the social, cultural and educational benefit of village residents of all ages.

 

To offer a meeting place in conjunction with other public facilities in Crosby Ravensworth Parish to all Parish Residents.

 

To offer a meeting place on a commercial basis to groups, families and organisations outside the parish in order to subsidise local usage.

 

The above objective has been very difficult to maintain during the period from 1999 when the original Institute building was condemned and there has been serous problems in completing the replacement Institute.  The Social and Fund Raising Committee was set up in 2002 in order to maintain village social contact and commitment to the Village Institute to ensure social meetings continued and a Maulds Meaburn basis.

 

2.   Any Plans or Projects you are pursuing or considering at the moment/over the next year.

 

a.   The Trustees continue under professional legal advice to pursue the individuals and companies they hold collectively responsible for the problems with the design and build of the replacement Institute.

b. The Social and Fund Raising Committee continues to arrange monthly coffee mornings a the homes of supporters to provide an opportunity for a social gathering and to fund raise.

 

The committee and Trustees are hopeful of reaching a settlement which will allow the completion of the Institute and look forward to working with villagers and parish organisations to restart the great plans made when we received lottery millennium funding which considerably extended that hard work contribution raised by the committee prior to 2000.

 

Until we have a usable hall it is hard to plan ahead on possible uses, but we are committed to involving as many village residents in those plans, especially our young people, who have very little public provision at present.

Maulds Meaburn Village Institute