Bellingdon and Asheridge Community Association (BAACA for short) is up and running following our name change which was approved at the AGM. Our new trustees have got stuck in straight away and are helping us to deliver our many ongoing projects (see below for more details).

We are, however, still in need of a secretary. The role consists of compiling an agenda, circulating minutes and minimal amounts of additional correspondence. If you feel you might be able to help with this please contact any of the current trustees or contact@bellingdon.com

Village hall goes keyless

Those of you who have used the hall recently will have noticed a change in access arrangements. We’ve installed a keypad entry system in order to reduce the amount of time our volunteer bookings secretary has to spend giving out and collecting keys for the various hires during the week and weekend.

Some of the weekend hires do not finish until midnight, so making sure that the hirers have returned the keys on time is an onerous task, one which has been undertaken for the last seven years by the very dedicated Chris and Julie Hood.

Newsletter update

The December newsletter will be out shortly and looks a bit different. We thought that it deserved a bit of a refresh, and we hope you like the result!

We’d also like to start including more news of what people have been up to starting with the Spring edition next year, where we’re hoping to have news of an expedition to Nepal, among other things. If you and yours have an achievement you’d like to share (for example, new baby, marriage, leaving school, winning a prize, a “significant” birthday etc) do please let us know.

Floor refurbishment
During the Christmas period (16th-24th to be precise) the hall will be closed to enable a full refurbishment of our lovely parquet floor to be carried out. We hope that this will refresh the surface and make it easier to keep clean.