As a busy community hall, the New Oriel Hall is host to a diverse range of community groups, classes and events, as well as being regularly hired out for private functions such as wedding receptions, wakes, exhibitions and parties. Over 40 groups use the hall on a weekly basis, and an estimated 25,000 people use the hall every year. All this enables the hall to be financially self-sustaining. For a brief history of the New Oriel Hall – click here (51KB pdf)
The present and future
As well as the day to day running of the hall, current and planned developments include:
- Development of new community activities at the hall, particularly for the older generation
- An on-going energy efficiency programme
- Recruitment of new members to the Management Committee and Trustees
- Reapplication of all 3 levels of a nationally recognised quality standard, the Hallmark scheme (15KB pdf), showing that community halls have reached high standards of operation and management. Only 1 other hall in the B&NES area has achieved level 3.
- Further redevelopment of the outside areas.
How the Hall is managed
The hall is managed by a voluntary Management Committee and run on a day to day basis by 2 part-time staff, with support from a small group of committed volunteers. Our key policies and latest AGM minutes can be accessed below and our latest Management Committee meeting minutes are is available from the office on request:
New Oriel Hall 2018 AGM minutes
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safeguarding-children-vulnerable-users-policy-2016
public-access-policy-january-2016