A HUGE thank you to everyone who came and helped yesterday. The sound of the wheelbarrow fleet arriving was fantastic! The drizzle did not dent our enthusiasm and we achieved so much. We worked at least 44 hours between us.
It was a wonderful effort by all and a heart warming morning of goodwill.
Many, many thanks from the Committee.
We are having a working morning on Saturday 15 February at 10.00 to prepare for Spring.
Helpers needed with wheelbarrows, shovels and/or elbow grease. We are preparing the Petanque for opening, resurfacing the access to the Hall and doing a spring clean inside the Hall.
Please join us if you can for a couple of hours. Tea and coffee on tap.
The 100 Club is resuming in February 2025. The Club helps raise much needed funds for the Stourpaine Village Hall, as well as giving members the chance to win a cash prize each month. It is open to residents of Stourpaine and surrounding areas who are aged 16 or over.
Further information about the 100 Club and application form can be found here.
Every Tuesday from 10.00 – 12.00 the Stourpaine Village Hall will open its doors to anybody who would like to spend time there. Free tea and coffee will be available, as will free wifi. You are very welcome to come down and have a chat with friends old and new, or just to sit quietly in a warm place.
The Post Office will also be in attendance each Tuesday morning, so why not come own to use their services, and stay and have a warm drink and a catch up.
The Stourpaine Parish Council and the Village Hall Committee are pleased to announce that they have secured the services of the Child Okeford Outreach Post Office for the village.
The Outreach Post Office will be at the Stourpaine Village Hall on Tuesday mornings from 09.30 to 12.30. Usual Post Office services will be provided, with the exception of top ups for electricity and gas pre-payments.
The Tuesday Post Office sessions will correspond with the weekly Community Warm Hub at the Village Hall, where free hot drinks and free wifi are available.
Everyone is welcome to come and use the Hub, to meet up with friends old or new, or just to spend time in a warm place in good company.
… Just turn up
all bats and balls provided
Indoor trainers only
(non-marking shoes)
Monday evenings 19.00 – 21.00 pm
All levels welcome
A select gang of worthy Villagers helped plant three trees beside the new Village Hall recently
Three trees were paid for from the collection taken at Jocelyn Russell‘s 100th birthday party and replace the copper beech Jocelyn had planted some years ago that was removed to make way for the new Hall.
This tree is a Sweet Gum (Liquidamber styraciflua Worplesdon). The tree planted between the two buildings is a Flowering Pear (Pyrus Calleryana Chanticleer) and a third – an Oak has been planted beyond the football pitch.
Really helpful advice was received from the North Dorset Tree Officer Sandie Saunders, our resident arboricultural expert Peter Palmer supervised and Mark Farwell generously provided a digger to make the holes and carry the heavier trees.
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened the new Village Hall on 22nd November 2015, aided by the grandchildren.
Many onlookers came to support the official opening of the Village Hall, when the Duchess of Cornwall and her sister Annabel were warmly welcomed by the village. The Duchess talked to many of the people involved in the funding, planning, building, and marketing of the building, not to mention those who provided refreshments and a wonderful array of cakes for all to enjoy.
Some of the photos of the day:
