Firstly my grateful thanks to Lorraine Grocott for all her contributions to the Milland Valley News on behalf of the Village Hall Committee. I have the privilege of providing all the latest news in my role as the chair on behalf of all the hard working trustees and our very splendid administrator Louise Knight.

We begin with wishing Fiona Platt good fortune as she enjoys new adventures with her career and thank her for all her support over her five year tenure.

With that in mind we welcome our latest members Andrew Carruthers and Claire Beattie, who are providing enthusiasm and experience in equal measures. Our most recent meeting focused on what we are looking to achieve over the coming year in order to keep our amazing hall in the best possible condition. To that end we are investing in a decent clean and upgrade on the flooring, taking a look into how we can keep gaining benefits from our solar panels and also giving the roof a much needed spring clean.

The Milland Nursery School, now owned by Jo Mealey, continues to provide wonderful care for the future generations- and what better place to nurture their early years than in Milland.

As ever we are keen to support any villagers, parishioners and dwellers within the wider valley who might be thinking of running new events or setting up or reviving clubs and societies. we would welcome any discussion on how we can invest in equipment for the benefit of our users so please get in touch.

Finally, we are always keen for new committee members to join in and we are a very friendly bunch. I would also say for an annual commitment of maybe 10 hours (at the most) you can enjoy a real life ‘Vicar of Dibleyesque’ fully immersive experience. For free!

For now I’ll end as I began with heartfelt gratitude to all the Village Hall trustees who proudly pitch in to make sure we keep this great community asset going.

Written by Andy Haslam- Chair of Trustees