About Us
Meet our volunteer Village Hall Elvington Management Committee
They are trustees of the charity the Village Hall Elvington Charity No1046273 and are appointed or elected annually at the Annual General Meeting in March to run the Community Centre, also known as the Hall, in Elvington. There are 5 appointed representatives from local organisations and local regular non-profit hire groups: St Peter & St Paul's Church, Eythorne Parish Council, Elvington & Eythorne Heritage CIC, the Monday & Wednesday Badminton Clubs and the Craft Club.
There are 3 other committee members who are elected at the annual general meeting.
The 2026 committee:
- Chairperson is Paul Boiston
- Secretary is Jenny Groombridge
- Treasurer is Christine Rogers
- Committee Members are Jen Farebrother, Wendy Hansell, Craig Hucksted, Dominic Meehan, and Colin Varrall.
The centre is run on a shoe string as we try to make sure our residents can afford to use our facilities. Our income is around £16,000 - £19,000 a year and our expenditure has to match this as we have very small reserves. We do not receive funding from local councils or government. We do apply for grants and have received them for projects from Dover District Council, the Coalfield Regeneration Trust and Eythorne Parish Council. However we do not receive regular funding from these organisations. We pay one part-time person who does it all - opening, closing, cleaning, odd jobs and gardening. Often working many more hours than they are paid. Our main costs are gas, electricity, water and the annual safety checks and inspections. Our volunteers are not paid and do not receive expenses.