We are delighted that, following the new Government Guidance, we will be reopening our Children’s Play Area from Saturday 4th July. 

A list of new measures we are asking people to follow is listed below and will be displayed on signage around the play area. 

Re-opening of the Children’s Play Area and Your Safety
 
We would ask that all users of the Children’s Play Area follow these additional new guidelines to help keep themselves and others safe:

• Children should not use the Play Area if they or those supervising them are unwell, especially if they are coughing or sneezing.
• One supervising adult per child only within the play area to limit possible spread of infection.
• Supervising adults are asked to have sanitizing hand gel available and use before and after using the Play Area. 
• Consider wearing face coverings (not for children under 3) and sanitizing equipment before use. 
• Children must be CLOSELY supervised by an adult at all times when using the Play Area. 
• Children from different households must stay 2m apart when using the Play Area. If this is not possible due to congestion then the Play Area should not be used. 
• If the area is busy, please limit your time.
• Try to discourage touching of faces whilst using the play area.
• No food or drink consumed in the Play Area.
• It is even more important that all litter is either taken home or placed in the bin provided. 

 
Thank you for your help in keeping the play area safe. 

We hope you are well and staying safe in these difficult times. With the Government’s announcement on easing of restrictions from 4th July we wanted to provide an update on our current thinking on how and when we will be able to reopen our village hall. 
 


There are two parts to our organisation, hire of the hall (including playing field use) and our Members’ Bar run by our Village Club.
 
The Members’ Bar is working towards reopening with reduced hours and new procedures to ensure we are COVID secure.  Our target date is Monday 13th July but this will be confirmed nearer the time. 
 
Given government restrictions we anticipate that the hall will need to reopen gradually. For example parties are still not allowed and indoor exercise and dance classes are also still not permitted. 
 
However it is possible that some activities where social distancing can be observed could take place from Monday 6th July and the children’s outdoor playground will reopen on Saturday 4th July. 
 
As and when we have more news on our reopening, we will provide a further update. 
 
We have confirmed to our many regular users that their current spots will be held for them until the hall is able to fully reopen. 
 
Many thanks for your support of our hall.

Information for all users of the Village Hall. 

The Government advice to restrict social gatherings has had a major impact on the village hall:
> A number of our regular weekly users have decided to halt their activities for the time being. We have been in touch with them all and assured them that we will hold their spots and they will have first option to resume their activities when they feel able. 
> Some of our regular users want to continue to run their activities and the hall will be available for them to do so. 
> Private Bookings for Parties. We have been in touch with all those who have parties and other events booked at the hall and offered them the chance to postpone or cancel their events. 
> For the safety of customers and our staff we decided it is best to close our regular evening bar at our Village Club with immediate effect. 
> The outside areas including playing fields and children's recreation area will stay open to the public and will continue to the maintained - grass mowed etc.  

Hilperton Village Hall is a charity based in the community for the benefit of our community and we see our role to provide whatever support we can during this difficult period and we will be ready to restore a full range of activities at the hall when this is appropriate. 

If you have any questions please contact us at hilpertonvillagehall@gmail.com 

The BB Band concert at the hall on Sat 31st August was a great success. The sell out crowd enjoyed an extremely varied range of music - from Gershwin to Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry to the Killers. 

A wonderful £587 was raised for village hall funds. Many thanks to the band and to all who supported the evening. 
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Pictures from the evening HERE

We are pleased to announce that a community, public access defibrillator has been installed outside the hall.

This is the first of what is planned to be a number of units installed across Hilperton through an initiative by Hilperton Parish Council. 



​Councillor Ernie Clark, Chairman of Hilperton Parish Council, said : “This is a great project from Hilperton Parish Council, with several more defib units due to be installed in the village. I hope that no one ever has to use it, but it is there if needed. The Parish Council is grateful to the village hall for agreeing to house the unit.”

Tim Davies, Chair of Hilperton Village Hall, said "We are pleased to be hosting the defibrillator. As Ernie says, we all hope it won’t need to be used - but having a public access defibrillator available in an emergency can be life saving.”
Pictured: Ernie Clark (L) and Tim Davies with the new defibrillator.

'Hilperton Presents ..' have raised a magnificent £1,500 from their recent productions including 'Hilperton's War 100 years on', staged last month at the hall. 

The sum is being split between The Royal British Legion and the village hall with each organisation receiving £750. 

Our thanks once again to the 'Hilperton Presents ..' team and to all those who attended over the two nights.