Catisfield
Memorial Hall
Catisfield
Memorial Hall 
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Founded
1946. The Hall was built on land donated to the community by Mr Mortimer,
a resident of Catisfield, after the Second World War in memory of villagers
(including his own son) who gave their lives during the conflict.
A
friendly but secluded facility on the edge of the Meon Valley conservation
area but still close to Fareham with easy road access. | 
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FACILITIES
LOCATION
The Hall is at: 22
Catisfield Lane, Fareham
The Hall is set back on the north side of Catisfield Lane, between Highlands
Road and Fishers Hill
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HIRING
Very
reasonable hire charges (with discounts for regular users).
To
make a booking, contact: Penny Melville-Brown
Email: penny@laylands.co.uk
or phone 01329 841 814.
Regular
Meetings & Groups
using the Hall include:
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News Release October
2011.
After extensive redevelopment over the past
two years, the Catisfield Memorial Hall (just west of Fareham)
has been completely rejuvenated: smarter and brighter main
Hall; new kitchen, toilets and meeting room; much improved
lighting, heating and accessibility. New life for Village Hall The Hall already has a busy programme of activities open to the local community but still has times available for new groups seeking high quality premises and families looking for a venue for children's parties. Chairman Penny Melville-Brown said, "We hope that new visitors will come to our pre-Christmas table-top sale on 19 November - just the chance for early birds to find perfect gifts - and see all our improvements to the Hall. We undertook a major fund-raising exercise and are hugely grateful for contributions from Local Authorities, environmental trusts and some of our user groups. With the addition of our own reserve, we have managed to put over £85,000 in to giving this much cherished Hall a new lease of life. We had to move quickly as parts of the building were falling in to disrepair and the rest had hardly been touched for decades. There was a real risk that users would move elsewhere because of the dilapidation - with local people losing easy access to lots of activities and making the Hall unviable financially. Now, the Hall is a venue of which the local community can be proud and we are working to increase their use and involvement. Monthly coffee mornings run by the village association are already popular. And we hope to add to existing user groups - they ran The recent refurbishment of the main Hall, mainly funded by a grant from the Big Lottery Awards for All, included replacing of tired and crumbling plaster, installation of a new ceiling and lighting system, improved electrical supplies and more. The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery good cause funding across the UK. The Fund aims to enable others to make real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need. Equally important, the SITA Trust contributed funding for the finishing touches: redecoration and sound-proofing internal windows plus new furniture, crockery and cutlery. Jools Granville of SITA Trust said, "We were delighted to be able to be the final piece of the jigsaw in rejuvenating this wonderful community facility." |
To celebrate the completion of phase 2 of the
refurbishment of Catisfield Memorial Hall we are holding a table
top sale on Saturday 19th November from 10.00am to 4.00pm.
For further information please contact Joyce Spencer on 01489
557212
photos from the 2010 Table Top Sale
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 The Main Hall |  The Meeting Room |  The Kitchen |
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CHS Autumn Flower Show 2009
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See : Memorial Hall History
- for Information
on the history of the Catisfield Memorial Hall.
other links:
Catisfield - Information about Catisfield.
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