Andy Farren

COMMUNITY COFFEE EVENTS AT THE VILLAGE HALL: JANUARY TO MARCH 2025 On the following dates teams for Leicestershire County Council will be visiting the Friday Community Coffee sessions to provide support and advice. These sessions are open to all and free. Please come along and join us at 10.00 on these and all Fridays. 10...

SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER Are you worried about keeping warm at home in the coming winter? Do you worry about staying independent and remaining in your own home? On 22 November, two teams from Leicestershire County Council will be coming to Community Coffee to provide advice and guidance on these topics. These are...

Macmillan Fundraiser Update The village hall was buzzing on Friday morning (27th September) when the Community Coffee session hosted a Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning. As well as the usual tea and coffee, visitors enjoyed homemade cakes all lovingly baked by villagers. Thank you to the Co-op for donating the tea, coffee and milk. There...

YOUR VILLAGE HALL NEEDS YOU! Houghton Village Hall is used extensively by villagers for regular classes and clubs (e.g. yoga, bowls, W.I., karate) as well as for one off events like children’s parties and family celebrations. It run entirely by volunteers, led by a committee of trustees. To ensure the long-term viability of the hall,...

Hire of the Village Hall – Price Increases from September 2024 Hire charges for the Hall have not increased since September 2022, despite annual price inflation as high as 9.6%. Whilst it has fallen back to around 2.5%, our costs continue to rise. To protect the Hall’s finances, the Trustees have carefully reviewed all factors...

Open Day Saturday 6th July 11am – 3pm  Note the date in your diary – we will be holding an open day from 11am to 3pm (timing tbc). This will be an opportunity to look around the Village Hall and find out about some of the activities that happen here, or you can bring a...

Annual General Meeting (AGM) The AGM was held on March 16th at the hall, and was well attended by people from the village as well as the committee members. Deb Tull highlighted the great success of the Friday Community Coffee morning which has proved very popular with the local community. There had been birthday celebrations,...

Community Coffee Mornings You are invited to come along and enjoy a free hot drink, biscuit or cake, and meet other friendly faces from the village. Our new coffee machine makes the best tasting coffee, other drinks are available. There’s a warm welcome waiting for you at the Houghton on the Hill Village Hall.

Important Hall Booking Update: Due to volunteer absences, we are not able to process new bookings for dates before Monday 18 March 2024. If you wish to make a booking for a date after this, please visit our Bookings page and follow the instructions. Someone will deal with your request in due course. If you...

Village Hall News December 2023 Free WiFi Internet Access We are pleased to be able to offer our customers and all users of the hall, free access to Ultrafast Broadband internet via WiFi. Instructions will be put up on the hall noticeboard. Special Film Screening – Rudy 12a Saturday January 13th £5. (*Under 18s £1)...