Haversham Social & Community Centre

BOOKING THE SOCIAL CENTRE

The Social Centre is an ideal venue for meetings; celebrations; fairs; events; children's parties; clubs and societies. As well as a 137m2 space we have a kitchen, free car parking and accessible facilities.

To make a booking or to make an enquiry please email bookings@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk. We aim to respond within 48 hours but please bear with us as we are all volunteers. If urgent please contact Richard Pryor on 07824 483337. Click Premises and Bookings for more information

QUIZ NIGHT

Our next event is our annual quiz night on Saturday 28th February. More details to follow shortly.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026

Our AGM is at 7:30pm on Monday 13th April. As residents of the Parish anyone over 18 is a Member of the HSCC charity and entitled to attend and vote at the AGM where we update on the previous year’s activities and finances as well as discuss our strategy for the coming year and beyond. This is your opportunity to give us feedback and influence the future of the charity, so we hope to see as many of you as possible attend.

The AGM is also where we elect our Trustees for the coming year. As a Trustee you share the responsibility with your fellow Trustees for the governance, financial and commercial aspects of the charity. We meet every other month as a rule, so it is not onerous, and whilst not essential, the Trustees do get involved with helping at some or the events. Should you wish to consider standing as a Trustee then please email us on contact@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk or contact one of the existing Trustees. We will be happy to have an exploratory chat and share a bit more about the charity and the role of Trustee.

MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2026

In addition to the quiz, we plan to continue to run our core events and confirmed dates for the diary are:
• Easter Bingo Saturday 21st March
• Village Show Saturday 6th September
• Fireworks Saturday 7th November
• Wreath Making Thursday 26th November
• Christmas Bingo Saturday 5th December

More details will follow in the run up to each event as well as any additional events we add during the year, We hope to see many of you at one or other of these events.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE 2026

After a successful Christmas Raffle in 2025 which raised almost £1,000 towards our planned Social Centre Improvements, we intend to run this again this year, launching at the Village show in September with tickets on sale at all subsequent HSCC events this year.

Top Prize will be £100 cash and other prizes will be announced nearer the launch.

Like this year we will be looking for 'sellers' to help sell tickets not just door to door across the Parish (many thanks to those that helped last year) but also to friends, family and work collages. If you can help us out please email raffle@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk.

CHARITY OVERVIEW

Haversham Social & Community Centre is a registered charity (charity no. 300276). Its purpose is to provide facilities for the local community to meet and to socialise, and we also organise events for the local community each year. The Centre is operated under licence from Milton Keynes City Council (‘MKCC’) by the Trustees and is run by an annually elected Trustee Board. It is normally referred to locally as ‘The Social Centre’.

The Social Centre is based in premises to the rear of Haversham Village School, which were built with money raised by the local community at the time the school was being built. It was transferred to the ownership of MKCC and is known by them as an ‘annexe’ and the charity was simultaneously granted a licence of use. As part of that licence Haversham Village School has a right of use of the large hall during 'normal school hours'

The Social Centre relies on raising funds primarily by hiring out the facilities for both regular use and for one-off activities and parties. This income coupled with that raised via the events organised each year help us to remain self-sufficient, and any surplus is used to maintain and improve the facilities. We do not receive any grants from MKCC or other bodies, other than those that we apply for to undertake projects. Funds permitting we are hoping to improve the hall in the next year or two, with acoustic baffling coupled with a hearing loop, Wi-Fi and the installation of Audio-Visual equipment that can be used for presentations and possibly films.

THE PREMISES AND BOOKINGS

The premises meet with the criteria laid down by law for accessibility for the disabled and comprise a small meeting hall and a kitchen with good facilities, as well as male and female toilets and one toilet for those with disabilities. In the evenings, at weekends and during the school holidays, the entire annexe is available to hire, which includes the combined small and large halls as well as the kitchen. The large hall is normally used by the school during the day in term time, but the small hall including kitchen is available for small groups and meetings during those times.

Information on hire rates for both regular user and ad-hoc use as well as the conditions can be found here.

To make a booking or to make an enquiry please email bookings@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk. We aim to respond within 48 hours but please bear with us as we are all volunteers. If urgent please contact Richard Pryor on 07824 483337.

We will also soon be launching our online booking system. More information will be shared when the system is live.

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CHARITY GOVERNANCE

At our 2025 AGM on 28 April, a new constitution was adopted for the HSCC Charity to bring it up-to-date with the Charity Commission's recent changes and it can be found here: HSCC Constitution Adopted 28 April 2025.

A copy of all the papers from the AGM, including the Minutes from the 2023 AGM; the Chair’s Annual Report; an update from the Treasurer regarding the 2021 to 2023 finances; the Treasurer’s Report and Accounts for 2024; plus the details behind the amendments to the Constitution can be found at this link here: AGM 2025 Papers.

As a charity we have to have a number of policies and procedures in place to operate within charity law. You can find our adopted policies and procedures at HSCC Policies and Procedures. We are recently refreshed all our core policies and will continue to add to this set to ensure our charity's governance is robust and comprehensive

TRUSTEES

Aimee Tidman (Chair)
Fiona Viney (Secretary)
Richard Pryor (Treasurer)
Louise Reid

You can contact the Trustees via contact@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk

Note: Richard Pryor is an ex-officio Trustee appointed on behalf of the Parish Council.

EVENTS COMMITTEE

The events committee looks at our overall events schedule for the year and drive the marketing and promotion of the events, as well as consider ideas for new events. The committee comprises the Trustees plus:

Jackie Brown
Holly Sains
Barry Clift
Shula Holt
Helen Nagle-Smith

Most events also now have their own Working Group made up of some Events Team members with other volunteers who plan out the details and ensure everything is a success on the day.

So, if you want to get involved with an event such as the Village Show, or help to restart our annual Village Fete, or have something completely new in mind, then please do contact us using contact@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk.

LOCAL GROUPS MEETING AT THE SOCIAL CENTRE

St Mary’s Church Youth Group: every Thursday during term time from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Open to school years 5 to 10. For more information contact Amy at st.marys.youth@outlook.com or 07415 982901, or just turn up!

Sound Bath Meditation Sessions: held by Shon on the 2nd Wednesday evening of every month, 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm. For more information and to book, visit https://www.facebook.com/SoundBathHaversham/events

Yoga Class: every Tuesday during term time from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. For more information contact Louise on 07974 059163.

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