Grindon Parish Hall

Hire Charges for 2025/26

At the Trustee meeting in January 2025 Trustees approved to retain Hall Hire Fees at their current levels. 

It is now 4 years since Hall Hire Fees were increased. 

Trustees specifically wished NOT to increase charges as a thankyou to all our users for their patronage of the Hall and their support in providing excellent activities, groups and events for our Community. 

Following feedback Trustees have decided that, with immediate effect, all party bookings in the future will be charged for the full hall hire, rather than just the main hall hire. 

This is purely driven by the inability to rent other parts of the hall to other users while a party is being held.

Existing bookings will be honored at the price quoted at the time. 

Trustees hope users will understand the reason for this change, and believe at £15 per hour the hire rates still provide excellent value for money. 

Strategy for 2025/26

Trustees approved the Strategy for 2025/26 at its January 2025 meeting. 

The Strategy is aimed at Safeguarding the Future of the hall for current and future users.

The strategy to Safeguard the Future will have two key strands:

1. Investing in the Fabric of the Building; and
2. Investing in the Community 

This provides a strong alignment to the two core charitable purposes of the CIO and has been a successful themed approach in securing the grants received in 2024/25.

The Strategy will be discussed further with users, residents, volunteers and outlined at the CIO's Annual General Meeting. 

Further feedback is welcome, to ensure the hall continues to best meet the needs of the community

The Strategy can be accessed by clicking the button below. 

Investing in the Hall

Trustees have secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. 

Funding of £19,100 has enabled the following improvement works to the hall:

• The purchase of a large external store to enable items stored in the small meeting room to be relocated enabling the room to be used more widely.
• The installation of wall buffers and redecoration of the small meeting room to enable it to be used more widely
• The installation of an access ramp to the side entrance of the small meeting room to improve accessibility
• The replacement of facias and soffitts and gutters where needed.     
• The installation of wall buffers to the main room to protect them from damage   
• Purchase of a smart TV for newly decorated room, replacing the one damaged by the storage of items against it 
• Funding to enable a 'youth club' to be established and operated from the hall

Funding will also enable the following which will commence in early 2025

• Funding to enable a 'safe / warm space' to be established and operated from the hall
• Works to repair, sand and varnish wooden floor 
• The repair of external render and external repaint   

Trustees have also secured funding to enable the installation of solar panels (and battery storage). 

Trustees would like to thank several organisations for providing grant funding to enable this investment in the hall which will benefit all our users. 

Funders (and amounts awarded) are:

• Northern Powergrid - £4000
• County Durham Community Foundation (Banks Renewable Fund) - £3000
• Tees Valley Community Foundation - £2500
• Grindon & Thorpe Thewles Parish Council - £1000.