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Village Open Afternoon at our Memorial Hall – Saturday 17th June 2 – 4pm

FREE hot drink or glass of Prosecco.. Pop in for 5 minutes, or stay for longer. Our Bar will be Open! All welcome!

Information on Village Groups, Clubs, Societies, events, and activities will be on display at Memorial Hall from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday 17th June 2023.  Plus you can MEET the PEOPLE behind these specialities !

We haven’t staged an event of this size since an Open Evening back in 2019. That seemed to be a major success, with many village people commenting on how they “..just didn’t know..” about all the different activities and societies that take place in Packington.

Some new to our village may never have seen inside our vibrant village hall – here is their chance to see what goes on. You can first check us out on our website, at pmhv.uk

The modern Memorial Hall in Packington High Street

Also four years on from 2019, we estimate one-quarter of the village population were not here then.  New to Packington? So were we, once. Please come along and say hello, or just observe, us and the inside of the Hall . We’d LOVE to see you, and offer you that FREE drink!

Four years further on, there are many thriving village Groups that YOU might enjoy being part of, and which would welcome YOU to come and see what they are and what they do. This is YOUR chance to look around with zero commitment needed. 

Organised by Packington Memorial Hall Management Committee, in conjunction with our village Groups and Societies..

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Hall Christmas Closure

Hello, please be advised that the hall is now closed until 9am on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. During this time there is no access to the venue and the bookings team is taking a well earned break.

Thank you to everyone who has used the hall during 2022.

Wishing everyone the very best for the holidays and a very happy 2023.

The Packington Memorial Hall Committee

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Annual Meeting at Memorial Hall – All village residents invited! Tuesday 15th March at 7:30pm

The Memorial Hall Management Committee invite all village residents to our Annual General Meeting, on Tuesday 15th March, at.. guess where?

The management committee is a group of village residents who want our Hall to continue being the EXCELLENT facility that hosted the wonderful Big Breakfast last Saturday.

It doesn’t run itself! We need help!

Big Charity Breakfast 2022

We meet a maximum of once a month, usually on the third Tuesday evening. We always need new committee members. Please come along to hear about our past year, and please offer to join us on the management committee, if you can. Here’s the Agenda:

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Clarification of Covid Rules At Packington Memorial Hall

Further to the Government’s announcement earlier this week the hall committee have reviewed the guidance published as of today and wish to advise all visitors to the hall of the following:

  • It is now mandatory to wear a face mask in community centres/village halls except when the main activity its eating, drinking, exercising, or dancing.
  • It will be the responsibility of the hiring party to decide if their primary purpose of hire falls inside these categories and advise their attendees accordingly.
  • We recommend all hirers make regular checks on government link below as it seems to be updating continually (three times in the last 48 hours) with further advice and clarifications being published while the media and other bodies pose questions to the government.
  • Anti-bacterial cleaning products, hand sanitiser etc will continue to be made available at the hall for your use.

Thank you for your understanding on this matter, please follow the link below to the government guides on face coverings.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own

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COVID-19 Dec ‘21 Update

Please be advised that following the UK Governments briefing this evening, 8th December ‘21, we will be taking time to review the latest guidance once published in writing and then update our customers.

Thank you for your patience, PMH Committee

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Latest COVID19 Update

Following on from the previous post the Committe have assessed information from the Government and the Rural Community Council and decided the following:

  • A new risk assessment will be undertaken and shared with all regular users of the hall and all enquirers when making individual bookings.
  • The document will act as the foundation and benchmark for all covid protocols in the hall and will be in line with the post 19th July advice.
  • Any group or individual person hiring the hall can increase the level of restriction and impose further protocols as they see fit for their event or activity. This no longer needs to be in the form of a written risk assessment and will be the responsibility of the hirer to manage and inform their guests/attendees.
  • Individuals then make their own decisions regarding their use of the hall and enter the hall for any activity at their own risk .

Hand sanitiser will remain be available, the stage will be returned to it’s pre lockdown position and the 30 minute gap between bookings will remain in place. 

We sincerly thank you for your continued cooperation.

Chair and Vice-Chair of Packington Memorial Hall

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COVID-19 Step 4 Changes

To all our valued customers and members of our local community.

Although the Coronavirus restrictions in England are easing on the 19th July, to ensure the safety of all users the Memorial Hall Committee have decided to maintain the current provisions in place for Step 3 until further guidance from the Government and the Rural Community Council has been properly assessed and discussed at the next committee meeting on the 17th August.

We want to keep our community as safe as possible and require some time to assess the risks associated with the Step 4 changes.

In the meantime hand sanitiser will still be available, please observe social distancing and masks where possible and follow the one way system in and out of the hall.

We sincerly thank you for your continued cooperation.

Chair and Vice-Chair of Packington Memorial Hall

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Step 3: May 17th Packington Memorial Hall Opening

In line with the Government’s update on the Roadmap out of Lockdown, the Memorial Hall Trustees are able to confirm the entire hall will be open for hire, subject to the social distancing requirements and guidance provided on the Gov.uk site.

Please click on the Book a Venue page of this website and CLICK HERE for availability to see a schedule of bookings for Venue 35, Venue 175 and the Kitchen. You can make a provisional booking from this page by clicking on the blue plus sign on the date you want to book or email bookings@pmhv.uk

Bookings will need to meet the maximum group size as specified by the guidance and criteria set out in the Government Guidance namely:

Venue175 30 Seated18 Active
Venue356 SeatedNo Activity Groups
KitchenMaximum of 4 at any one time

A half hour slot for clean down between bookings is required as well as adherence to Terms and Conditions, Special Conditions of Hire and a Risk Assessment.

Further information is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-easing-of-covid-restrictions-confirmed-for-17-may

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Packington Memorial Hall Reopening

In line with the Government’s Roadmap out of Lockdown, the Memorial Hall Trustees are able to confirm that both Venue 35 and Venue 175 will be available to hire again from Monday 12th April.

Anyone wishing to enquire can either complete the booking enquiry form on the website or email bookings@pmhv.uk

Bookings will only be permitted from individuals or groups meeting the criteria set out in Step 2, namely educational and parent and child support and activity  groups.

Links below reference relevant guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021-summary

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do

https://acre.org.uk/rural-issues/providing-advice-and-guidance-to-help-groups.php

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Temporary Closure

Dear all

With the current situation regarding the COVID-19 virus pandemic, and the recent advice from the UK Government, the trustees of the Packington Memorial Hall have taken the decision to close the hall until further notice.

The trustees have not made this decision lightly, however slowing the spread of the virus, particularly to those vulnerable members of our community is our highest concern, and we believe that temporarily removing this communal area will help in this regard.

The hall will of course reopen as soon as the advice from the government changes.

In addition the AGM that was scheduled for tomorrow is also cancelled until further notice.

We thank you sincerely for your understanding.

The Packington Memorial Hall Trustees