The project cost is now confirmed at £185,000 and we have currently raised £152,000 from fundraising, grants and donations. The £152,000 will enable us to complete the new heating system, ventilation and insulation throughout the hall, and a new kitchen and ladies and gents toilets.

This work will commence at the beginning of June and the hall and car park will be closed from Tuesday 30th May to allow for the hall to be emptied. Due to the shortfall in funding we will continue to try and raise more funds in order to fund the decoration, some new windows and a new bar area in the hall. We ask for your support with this:

• Please vote for ‘Stonham Aspal Village Hall’ at Stowmarket Tesco tokens vote – this will be open until 30/6/17 and may enable us to gain a further £3000.
• Please vote for us at The Calor Gas Community Fund – you will have 10 votes and you will have to register with them so it will take a couple of minutes, but well worth it to be in for a chance of £5000 to pay for the cost of decorating the hall once the refurb is complete.
• Please spread the word with family’s and friends, who will each get 10 votes. We have also set up a donations page at Just Giving and search ‘Stonham Aspal’ – any donations would be much appreciated.

We will keep you updated on timings, funding etc through notices on Facebook, village website and the village, church and school notice areas.

See here for details.

Trying to raise £45,000 to Help refurbish Stonham Aspal village hall.

Our village hall was built in 1934 and is now in need of total refurbishment. We have applied for grants to refurbish the village hall to bring it up to modern standards. We have been fortunate to have raised around 80% of the cost, but still need £45,000 to complete all the work. Our Pub closed three years ago and the village shop is long gone so the Church and village hall are the main village community centres where we can meet. Please help us raise the remaining target to give us somewhere pleasant to come together as a community.

Grants have now been made available and work may start soon – look out for further news.

Church

• 15 May 7.30PM Archdeacons Visit
• 21 May Rogation Sunday 2.30 PM from Broughton Hall – Beating the Bounds
• 11 June 11AM Church Summer event

Village Hall

• 1 May 7.30PM Whist Drive
• 11 May 8PM Bingo
• 19 May 7.30PM onwards Pub night
• 2 June 7.30 for 8PM Quiz Night

WI

• 15 May Village Hall
• 13 June Garden Party
• 17 July – Minsmere

Other

• Zumba in Village Hall every Wednesday 6.30-7.30
• 3PM May 14th Earl Stonham Church – Bianca Brochet from Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury to tell us about the town in Quebec through words and music ..

Voting will be taking place at Tesco Stowmarket for  the Stonham Aspal Village Hall refurbishment.

Please vote for us whilst you are there to make sure we get funding – Thank you!

 

December 2016

• 2nd, Friday, Quiz, 7.30pm for 8pm start
• 3rd, Saturday, Christmas farye, 5th, Monday, Whist drive, 7.30pm start
• 8th Thursday bingo 8pm start
• 9th, Friday, pub night and decorating hall for Christmas, 7.30pm onwards.
• 16th Friday, pub night, pot luck buffet(bring an tray of something) 7.30pm onwards.
• 17th cabaret night, bar, food, various and entertainment various,
• Christmas Eve,Santa’s sleigh and drinks in hall afterwards, and for those who wish midnight mass in church. Also the football club is opening its doors for Christmas Eve drinks, from 12 til 4pm, all most welcome, for a social, hope to see you there.

January 2017

• 2nd, Monday, whist drive,
• 12th, Thursday, bingo
• 18th, Wednesday, cinema,
• 20th, Friday, pub night

October 2016

• Whist Drive, Monday, 3rd, 7.30pm, all abilities welcome.
• Quiz, Friday, 7th, 8pm start, teams can be made up on night.
• Bingo, Thursday, 13th, 8pm Cinema,
• Wednesday, 18th, see boards for film near day
• Pub night, Friday, 21st, 7.30pm onwards, possible BBQ or ability to order takeaway(Indian) Family/pub evening, details to follow, with food and entertainment

November 2016

• Whist Drive, Monday, 7th, 7.30pm start.
• Bingo, Thursday, 10th, 8pm.
• Cinema, Wednesday, 16th, check board for details nearer time
• Pub Night, Friday, 7.30pm onwards
• Autumn lunch, Saturday 26th

December 2016

• Christmas fayre Cabaret night details to follow
• Christmas Eve,Santa’s sleigh and drinks in hall afterwards, and for those who wish midnight mass in church. Watch out for notice board outside hall for what’s on

Don’t forget it’s film club at the village hall this week – films being shown on Wednesday and Thursday night. Doors open at 7.30pm, film starts at 8pm.

1) Saturday, 21st May, 6.30pm onwards, pop up pub, with traditional and non traditional games and pizzas will be available,
2) Fun day, Saturday 4th June, Football Club.
3) General ask/request, for Queens 90th birthday celebrations, on Sunday, 12th June a party/picnic at church/hall is being organised, bunting is being put up through out village and it has been suggested that people may like to decorate, their house fronts/road sides, with red, white, blue flowers/decorations.