Wednesday evening (19th August 09) saw the Scouts meet with the three trustees of the Memorial Hall fund. The meeting took place in the Memorial hall. Discussions took place which focused on changing the objectives of the current charitable trust or the establishment of a new charitable trust (both with the objective of enabling funds to be released for hall works).
Today saw us select and take delivery of four low level storage cupboards (required for Rainbows and other groups to store their kit). These were sourced from a local company that takes used office furniture and recycles it at low cost to charities and local groups. A £40 donation secured the four cupboards...
A trip to Screwfix secured us two door closers and 10 metres of intumescent seal for use on kitchen and boiler room doors. These are required as part of the fire officers recommendations, so have to be fitted. A professional quote for supply and fit of the seals was £220 plus VAT. We are doing the job ourselves at under £15!
A meeting of the Scout exec committee meets in the hall this evening. We really are starting to use the hall. Bookings look good, with Rainbows, two keep fit sessions per week (all term time) and three provisional private party bookings with us.
Finally, I received the first electric bill for the hall. At over £100, I gave them a call and told them we had only used 25 units and (not 640 units) and agreed to move us to a new contract that reduces the unit cost from nearly 14 pence per unit, to just over 8 pence per unit. The first bill will be resent to me and will be suib £13 (phew!).
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The hall is run by the Chiseldon Air Scouts Group and to reduce costs we use community volunteers. Scouts in Chiseldon have worn the same red and blue necker for two decades with 80 more years in gray prior to that. The hall is now open. For bookings contact Tim Smith using the form here.
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