Funding

The Hall was built just over 50 years ago to provide a home for the local Scouts and Guides and has fulfilled that role successfully ever since.

The present running costs of the Hall now far exceed the financial resources of the youth organisations meeting there, and so the balance of these day to day costs must be raised from other uses of the premises - badminton, dancing (ballroom & Stagefright for children), Tai Chi, Jabberjacks. meetings, birthday parties etc.

Major repairs and refurbishment have to be financed by fund-raising, either by the volunteer Leaders and parent supporters, or by external funding from benevolent and supportive charitable or commercial sources.

In summer 2008 the Management Committee were able to concentrate on the refurbishment of the toilet facilities and entrance hallway to incorporate access for wheelchairs, and to improve the general security and presentation of the premises, thanks to contributions from several sources. A total of around £30,000 has been spent on a wide variety of improvements both major and minor, with £20,000 raised from direct grants and the balance from accrued income over a number of years, mainly from hire of the premises.

If you would be interested in supporting us financially for the future, or in any more physical way, please don't hesitate to contact us. To give you some idea of the sort of projects we would like to carry out over the next few years, have a look at the list below. Perhaps if you're 'in the trade' and would like to help us, you could suggest how we might reduce the estimated costs?

Hall
 
Add insulating ceiling/enhance lighting
9,000
Install ring main
 1,000
Cavity wall insulation
 1,500
 
Loft
 
Lighting
150
 
Other
 
Rewire main and wooden buildings
 7,000
Replace felt roofing of back hut
 4,000
Replace existing metal framed windows throughout main building
 10,000
Provide protective barrier to drop at rear
350

 

We would like to register and record our grateful thanks to EDF Energy, Surrey County Council and Smith's Charities who have been kind enough to make significant contributions to us over the past few years, especially for our new roof, and also to the parents and supporters of the Hall, including St John's Church, who have been so generous in their support in many ways.

More recently we have been very pleased to receive contributions from the Garfield Weston Foundation which has enabled us to replace our asbestos containing gutters, from Surrey CYVS to replace our external notice board the lighting in our storage garage, our front fencing and our fire doors, from Awards for All towards refurbishment of our kitchen, and from the Bernard Sunley Foundation towards a disabled access ramp to the Ranger Hut. And Surrey County Council, Smith's Charities, Girlguiding UK, and the Big Lottery Fund have all made significant contributions to the refurbishment of our toilets.[Big Lottery Fund logo]