The Chairman reported that most of his time during the year had been taken up with grant application work, on which he hoped to have firm news by the end of the month. Richard Edwards then went on to welcome Graham Breen to the Committee and thanked him for standing in on behalf of Len Forsythe during his illness. Meantime, Len had indicated his wish to retire. The Chairman wished to record his and the Committees thanks to Len for all his hard work in recent years as Booking Secretary. Graham was therefore appointed to succeed Len in this post.

The Treasurer, Tony Loveband, reported a profit of £1,000 for the year ended 31 March 2003, which was mainly due to a reduction in repair costs. He wished to express a vote of thanks to Don Newman, our Auditor, for his work over many years. As the Village Hall is a charitable organisation, we need to appoint a qualified successor to Don and we are currently asking for such a person to put their name forward to Richard Edwards on 01923 262549. Will any person interested please make contact.

The Booking Secretary wished all villagers to be aware that there was a Monday evening slot now available. Interested organisations should apply to him, – Graham Breen, on 01923 26794 Richard Edwards