Haversham Social & Community Centre

BOOKING THE SOCIAL CENTRE

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

FIREWORKS DISPLAY 2025 – 8th NOVEMBER 2025

The next HSCC event is our annual Fireworks display on Saturday 8th November. Watch the display from the car park of the Haversham Social Centre and enjoy the fireworks as well as some great refreshments.

Admission

Entry fees remain the same as last year:

Adult (18 plus) £6
Child £2.50
Under 5 Free
Family* £15

* Family ticket is for 2 adults and 2 children under 18

Event Timing
The car park gates will open at 6pm in advance of our spectacular display starting at 7pm. Whilst you wait for the display to start why not treat yourself to some refreshments. We will be serving Hot Dogs (including Vegan) and Hot Soup (Vegetarian) as well as Hot Chocolate. The price list will be published nearer the time.

We also will have a bake sale from a local resident who is running the London Marathon in 2026 in aid of Epilepsy Action, so please give her your support.

Access to the Rec will be closed from late afternoon through to shortly after the end of the display to allow our team to set-up safely. We encourage you to walk to the event as parking is limited at the Social Centre.

All proceeds other than the bake sale will be towards the upkeep and improvement of the Haversham Social Centre premises.

We look forward to seeing you all on 8th November 2025!

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

We launched our Christmas Raffle at our recent Village show and we will be selling tickets at the Fireworks event and all further HSCC events this year. The raffle is raising funds to improve the Social Centre. Our plans, which we hope to implement in the next 12 months, include Acoustic improvements, provision of Wi-Fi and an Audio-Visual (AV) system. Tickets only cost £1 and the draw will be made on 21st December 2025.

Top Prize is £100 cash and other prizes include:

Family Ticket for Tree Top Extreme at Willen Lake
Beer Selection from Bucks Star Brewery
Family Annual Entry to MK Museum
Voucher for 2 Yoga Sessions with Louise
Bletchley Park Annual Family Ticket
A Bottle of Wolverton Gin
£100 Personal Training Voucher from RBPT
Year Membership of MKPA Scrapstore
Lamb Box Voucher from Hill Farm, Haversham
A Luxury Facial or Manicure with Elegance by Sarah
A Gardener’s Gift Hamper donated by Margaret

If you cannot make the fireworks but wish to buy some tickets, or to become a 'seller' on our behalf, please email raffle@havershamsocialcentre.org.uk and we will arrange to get some to you.

REMAINING HSCC EVENTS IN 2025

Following on from the fireworks we have two further events in 2025:

Christmas Bingo on Saturday 29th November
Wreath Making on Friday 5th December

We hope to see many of you at one or other of these events - further details will follow.

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.

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): aimeetidman@gmail.com
Fiona Viney (Secretary): fiona.viney@gmail.com
Richard Pryor (Treasurer): richard.pryor@havershamlittlelinfordpc.gov.uk
Louise Reid: reidlouise@hotmail.com
Ben Hazell

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.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2026

We will share the dates for our events in 2026 shortly.

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.