Welcome to the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall Web Site (This Page last Updated on 11th August 2025)
Thank you for your interest in our village hall and you are in the right place to find out more about it..
In October 2024, the Committee of the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall secured a grant of £19,944.75 from the Rural England Prosperity Fund. This covered 75% of the cost of the first phase of major refurbishment of the Hall and its facilities. This phase of work has now been successfully completed and the Hall Committee submitted a second application on 16th June 2025 for a grant to cover the second phase of work, this time from the Test Valley Community Asset Fund.
A Second Successful Grant Application
Following the successful completion of Phase 1 of our refurbishment work, we have now heard that our recent application for a grant for Phase 2 from the TVBC Community Asset Fund has been successful. We will therefore soon be embarking on this work, which will cost £28,824.49, and for which we have a grant of £14,412.24.
Phase two will cover:
- Replace four wooden external doors – kitchen and store to the rear, main entrance to side and fire exit to the front of the building – with double-glazed units to make the building weathertight.
- Replace the fencing and gates around of the grounds to improve the safety particularly to safeguard the children of the nursery school
- Replace old curtains/blinds with black-out blinds to four windows at the front of the Hall (matching those already installed on stage) for productions and presentations in the main Hall.
- Replace the Stage Curtain.
Many thanks to the Abbotts Ann community who supported our application with their signatures.
Hall Events/Activities Questionnaire
As part of the hall committees on-going objectives, we are funding up to four events a year with the goal of introducing more of our community, particular those who are new to the village to the hall and its facilities.
We have decided to request feedback from our community with a simple questionnaire, which can be completed on-line now below or Download the form HERE or pickup a copy from the village shop..