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Generous donations see Stretton-on-Fosse village hall looking fresh as a daisy for Greenfingers spring event




Things were looking blooming great in Stretton-on-Fosse village hall on Sunday (7th April) when it held its first event since having a spruce up.

The Greenfingers Garden Club spring festival brought an abundance of flowers and colour as villagers enjoyed their first view of the newly refurbished and insulated hall.

Tea up … Izzi Hazelwood and Debbie Whittaker, pictured with caretaker and helper Rod Case, were instrumental in the refurbishment Stretton-on-Fosse Village Hall where a celebration of the project completion was held on Sunday afternoon.. Photo: Mark Williamson
Tea up … Izzi Hazelwood and Debbie Whittaker, pictured with caretaker and helper Rod Case, were instrumental in the refurbishment Stretton-on-Fosse Village Hall where a celebration of the project completion was held on Sunday afternoon.. Photo: Mark Williamson

Parish councillor Izzi Hazelwood explained: “Our village hall is the core of the village and is well-used by the village and local groups, but after 34 years it was in need of upgrading. To insulate a hall internally is not a cheap thing to do so we applied to the Warwickshire Green Shoots Fund in 2022 for a grant to help us towards insulating the hall, which was very expensive to heat.

“We were surprised and delighted to win a grant of £25,000. We also had some very generous donations from local people and were able to use the money generated by our solar panels which have been on the roof since 2011.”

The gardening club attendees were very impressed, said Cllr Hazelwood. “Everyone commented how bright and welcoming the hall now looks. I am so pleased that we have managed to get the work done to the main hall, meeting room and kitchen and just how wonderful it looks.”

Cllr Hazelwood said that a work group had overseen the project, that included Ben Wright, Simon Bayliss, Debbie Whittaker along with herself.

Thanks also went to all the villagers who dedicated their time over the last couple of weeks to help with the finishing touches.



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