To hire hall please go to left hand menuWE HAVE SINCE MOVED FORWARD INTO OUR SECOND PHASE - THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE HALL TO BRING IT UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IN ANY ASPECT OF THIS WORK. PLEASE E-MAIL US OR CONTACT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE.
For pictures of different usage of the Hall please look in photo album.
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ANEMOS WIND QUINTET - SATURDAY JUNE 23rd ST MARTIN'S CHURCH 7.30PM - Tickets 7.50 -further details from Nan Walton on 01252 711658 or Jeff/Gill Keighley 01252 725992
News: Despite the awful weather on Saturday 5th May the St Martin's Annual Plant and Spring Fayre made an amazing £1,850. St Martin's Church raised £1000 and the Trust's plant stall raised £850..
Please look in photo album
Garden: Work has finished in the Hall garden to erect an open shelter and to landscape the area to provide a better outdoor space for use by the Woodland nursery. This improvement is being funded by the Nursery but is available to all users of the Hall. Please look in photo album.
The refurbishment of the kitchenhas been completed bar the bar the painting and decorating. The feed back from our users has been very positive. This work would not have been possible without the generous support of our hall users and from the members of the community who keep on supporting us through our fundraising events. Please look at the photo album to have a look as the transformation took place.
Hiring Hall for parties or events - please look in left hand menu
Address and directions to hall: please look in left hand menu:
The Trust is thrilled that The Farnham Institute has awarded us a grant of £5000 towards the refurbishment of the kitchen facilities at the Hall. Work will commence at Easter 2012.
Surrey County Council courtesy of Mr David Munro has awarded us a grant of £250 for the purchase of a Grit Bin and Salt.
Minesh Patel, well known to everyone locally as proprietor of The Bourne Stores, nominated St Martin's Hall to be a recipient of Cost Cutter's 'Make a Difference Charitable Scheme'. We duly received a cheque from him for £200. Please look in photo album.
The SITA Trust has presented us with a plaque which will be hung in the main entrance hall.
St Martin's Hall Community Trust - Registered Charity No 1130666 - has been formed to save and maintain this village hall facility for the residents of Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey. The Hall is widely used by a nursery, Brownies, Guides, Yoga and for many other social activities. Our successful bid of £80,000 would not have been possible without the generous grants of £20,000 from RASP and £2000 from Farnham Town Council, donations received from the community and the continued support of The Farnham Herald, our local newspaper. Our aims are to refurbish the building and extend its community use. This is a much loved local Hall which has served several generations of Bourne residents and which is still used by old and young alike.
St Martin's Hall History
St Martin's Hall is essentially a 1950s-style building, originally erected on land behind the small church of St Martin-by-the-Green. The plot was donated for the purpose by their widows in memory of two gentlemen named Urmson Willan and Graham Barker. We understand that the Hall was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. Bishop F.F. Johnson on October 1, 1960. Several local residents contributed enormous time and effort into digging and preparing the foundations for the Hall and in helping with its subsequent assembly, decoration and maintenance. A number of them are with us still today. St Martin's Hall has therefore provided our Bourne community with almost half a century of multi-purpose service, not only for church goers but also for the wider community. The Hall is generally in good condition considering its 50-years age, and with adequate investment managed by sympathetic and attentive ownership it can continue to provide Lower Bourne with a useful and versatile meeting place for many years to come. The photograph below captures a typical event - the 2009 Hallowe'en Fun Day which raised nearly £800 for the St Martin's Hall Community Trust's purchase appeal fund.
