1. BRADFIELD VILLAGE HALL

2. The History of the Hall £23/17/6
Money left over after the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of King George V in 1935
A Committee formed in 1936 to build a Village Hall
In 1941, Henry Benyon gave “Booker’s Piece” to the residents of Bradfield
The Village Hall opened in 1951, with the main hall and a kitchen where the committee room is now.
The building extended to add the kitchen and storeroom in 1984.

3. What happens here? Daily Sunshine Club Tennis Court Playground
Car Parking for the Shop and Primary School
Field

4. Who uses the building? Weekly Ballet Bradfield Dog Training Club
Bridge Club
Monkey Music
Street Jazz
Tai Chi - Qigong

5. Monthly users Bradfield Gardening Club Bradfield Parish Council
Bradfield WI
Saturday Market

6. The Regulars during the year
Annual Meetings for
Bradfield Southend Village Stores
Berkshire Young Farmers
Parish Assembly
Sachin Trust Quiz Nights
Caravan Rallies

7. Carey Baptist Church Barbeque
Dog shows
Reading Pigeon Club
Pelham’s Funfair

8. Bradfield Events Mayfayre Produce Show Our own Fund Raising Events
Watermill Theatre
Jazz Evening

9. Why do we want to replace the Hall?
Asbestos
Roof
Roof lining ?
Flooring ?

10. Guttering
And the ceiling inside

11. Porch
Wall

12. Electrics
Heating

13. Gents Toilets
Cistern
Urinal
Drains

14. The Tennis Court is in a bad state Tarmac Fencing Lighting

15. Playground
Very well used
11 years since it was last refreshed
Too near the road
No safe footpath to Hall, Tennis Court or Field

16. Other Problems No accessible toilets for those with disability
Kitchen not up to modern requirements
Storage is very limited
Poor Insulation

17. Repair v Replace The Costs of Repair to the Building and Grounds
Roof and Guttering £44,000
New Toilets including Disabled Toilet £16,000
Insulation to current standards £20,000
Porch £10,000
Electrics
Replace control panels
Rewire through out
Install a sound system £15,000
New efficient heating system £25,000
Car Park resurfacing/making safe for pedestrians £25,000
Total – at least £155,000+

18. And if we did all of that ….
The Hall will be no bigger
Multiple events will still be difficult
There’ll be no extra storage
The car park will be smaller or parking would be on the field
Will we have gained anything?

19. It’s like pouring money into a bottomless pit.

20. What are we here for?
Our Trust Deed states: “The Trust premises shall be held upon trust for the purposes of physical and mental training and recreation…… for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Bradfield … and its immediate vicinity…..”
This property exists for the use of those who live in and around Bradfield
We don’t organise events here – just facilitate events

21. In the Parish Plan in 2008 75% of the Parish responded
66% wanted a new Village Hall
That’s just under half [49.5%] of Bradfield residents said they wanted a new hall
The Management Committee want to give the residents of Bradfield a facility they can be proud of.

22. A new Village Hall AND a new Church on Bradfield!
Why isn’t there a joint project?
This was discussed at length, but …
Building would be huge
Too many current users – little room for expansion
Diocese of Oxford would require exclusive consecrated space for altar
Considerable Legal complexities
Conflict of interest on occasions [eg funeral/zumba]
Many grant funders won’t fund Religious use
Hall = Facilitator Church = Provider

23. However ….. We are working together Same Architects
BVH interviewed 6 architects to make decision
Saved by using same surveyors
Helping each other with skills, knowledge and accommodation
Funding from different Sources so won’t compete for same money

24. How are we going to pay for it?
Funding the Project
How are we going to pay for it?

25. Cost Cost in region of £1.75 million
A huge a figure for Bradfield to raise but not impossible !
Selling off a piece of land for housing would make a significant contribution towards the cost.
Would give credibility to bids to Funding Bodies if we had raised some money ourselves.

26. Sale of Land
The Sale of Land is permitted by our Trust Deed and there will be a referendum of those living in the Parish before this action is taken
Englefield Trust are aware of our proposals
Is requirement for additional housing locally
Would help the community shortage of lower cost housing.

27. Other Sources of Funding
Our own fundraising events
Direct giving
Pledges and Loans
Grants
Already received:
Greenham Common Grant £200,000
Requires match funding
Englefield Estate £4,000

28. Other Grants
To be applied for after Planning Consent is achieved
The Power to Change Trust – related to the Big Lottery Fund
Sports England
Veolia Environmental Trust
Grundon Landfill Communities Fund
Local Charities

29. The Process so far … Feasibility Study in 2012 Dialogue with users
Project launched last October’s Public Meeting with Indicative Plans
Listened to comments
Reworked plans
Revised plans shown at Public Meeting
in May 2015

30. Next Steps …
Comments and observations from Public Meeting discussed and used to firm up the design
Submission for planning permission in the Summer

31. NOW is the Time for Change