BATTLE MEMORIAL
HALL
81 High Street Battle East
Sussex ...Email:battlememorialhalls@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 01424 772044 or 07714270373 Charity number 305165
Halls
to hire in Battle East Sussex - Conference Venue in Battle - Battle Town
Centre
Battle Memorial Halls offers three
halls, stage and one room, with a wide range of uses from Dances to Wedding
receptions, Sports to Musical Performances, Jumble Sales, Conferences,
Films, Displays, Business Exhibitions,Business Conferences venue, Meetings,
Coffee mornings, Parties, Clubs, and many more
Disabled facilities - toilet - lifts - hearing loop
Conference facilities: large screens - projectors - audio & vga patch point - wireless internet - promethean interactive board - wireless tablet - laptop - dvd player - cd player - display boards -large seating capacity - catering
Parking pay and display - free parking in Mountstreet & Budgens Car park from 18.00 every day or Battle Abbey car park £1 if member of English Heritage or £3 if not (per day)
Map
History of Battle Memorial Hall
Battle Memorial Hall formerly Langton Hall,
started in the 16th century as a 2-storey half-timbered building. Another
storey was added about 1700 and a new front in the 18th century. It was
extended, & the shop fronts with interlacing 'gothick' glazing bars
added in the 20th century.
In 2006 Battle Memorial Hall was served with a noise abatement order. A noise limiter has been fitted in the Main Hall. The settings: 86 Linear db, 76 awaited db & 9/10 base setting low.
2006 Battle Memorial Hall was awarded an Awards for all grant to refurbish the kitchen.
2008 Battle Memorial Hall was awarded a £5000.00 grant from Biffaward and £4911.75 from Warr to replace 6 rotten windows in the St Valery room and 1 rotten window in the foyer.
2008 Battle Memorial Hall was awarded £9613.00 Awards for All grant to create a Community Internet Point: Wireless internet access throughout the whole complex. CCTV coverage. In the foyer a computer, large monitor, height adjustable desk, colour printer, large numeral keyboard & roller ball mouse to ensure that any body regardless of their disability can gain access to the internet. The Main hall has a large electrically operated screen & projector & audio & VGA patch point. The Shephard room has a promethean interactive board, projector & audio & vga patch point. Available to hire for use at Battle Memorial Hall: 6 1800 x 1200 display boards, laptop, wireless tablet.
2009 Battle Memorial Hall was awarded £2448.00 grant from Biffaward to create a safe outside area for hall users. Senlac Rotary Club donated £250.00. Total cost of safe outside area for hall users £5866.01. Balance funded by Battle Memorial Hall. The patio area was laid by the adult offending team. Safe outside area was finished in June 2010
2010 BIFFAWARD FUNDING COMES TO BATTLE MEMORIAL HALL IN BATTLE For many years Battle Memorial Hall has had a Theatre, unfortunately during routine inspections it was deemed unsafe for further use. Plans for the New Theatre can go ahead after a £34,027.44 grant from Biffaward, a multi-million pound environment fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts which uses landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services. Battle Light Opera made a third party donation of £3,402.74.
Specialist contractors will carry out the installation of new steel, lighting bars, stage lights & electrical work etc. This will ensure the local community & surrounding villages continues to get the opportunity to perform on stage and or watch a live performances.
Battle Memorial Hall made the successful application for funding through Biffaward's Main Grants Scheme, introduced to award grants to projects that provide or improve community spaces.
Jane Smith, Battle Memorial Hall Manager said; "This is such an exciting project and will ensure the local community and surrounding villages still get the opportunity to perform on stage and or watch live performances."
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For more information, Jane Smith Hall Manager, 01424 772044 or 07714270373 email: battlememorialhalls@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.battlememorialhall.co.uk
EDITOR'S NOTES
1. In 1997 Biffa Waste Services agreed to donate landfill tax credits to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT) to administer under the fund name Biffaward. Grants made from the fund currently amount to more than £100 million, supporting many worthwhile projects.
Biffa Waste Services Ltd is a part of Biffa Plc Group. Biffa Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE250 index. Biffa Plc is one of the largest single suppliers of waste management services in the UK. It collects, treats, recovers and disposes of municipal, commercial and industrial waste nationwide.
2. The landfill tax was introduced in the Finance Act and came into operation in 1996. It is the first truly "green tax" in the UK and its purpose is to reflect the impact of landfill on the environment and also to help achieve the targets for more sustainable waste management as set out in the Government's White Paper "Making Waste Work". The tax, levied on the tonnage of all material disposed of in landfill sites and collected by Biffa on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs, aims to encourage recycling and reduce waste by raising the cost of disposal.
The regulations allow landfill site operators to direct up to 6.6 per cent of the tax they have collected towards approved environmental projects. However, any approved project can only receive 90 per cent of its desired funding from the landfill tax. The remaining 10 per cent must come direct from the landfill site operator or from a third party organisation or company. www.biffaward.org
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BATTLE MEMORIAL HALL IS THE BATTLE DROP OFF POINTS FOR THE COMMUNITY FRUIT & VEG PROJECT Eat Fresh, Eat Local
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