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We'd like to welcome you back!

The Memorial Hall is now open to individual and group hire.
Our regular groups have started again, and other new people have joined us.
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The Trustees have taken advantage of the Covid 19-related closure to carry out building and decoration works, mainly the replacement of the gas-fired heating system. We have installed an Air Source Heat Pump, a sustainable method of heating and cooling our building. These are the new radiators. They automatically open and close, bringing in air from the outside, and passing it over a heat exchanger. They cool the room as well, if needed, although we do also open the windows for full ventilation. We've repainted the Hall walls, we believe for first time since the 1970s, and replaced the curtains with roller blinds for a cleaner and less cluttered look. We've got new and lightweight seats. We'll be fitting a drop-down screen at the front of the stage, and are planning to instal the sound system permanently.

You are cordially invited to our Annual General Meeting
Thursday 16 June 2022 4.30 until 5.30pm at the Hall
Open to all hall users and local residents, starting with a cup of tea, so please send your confirmation of attendance to the Secretary (email: pmhsecretary@gmail.com) then we can cater for you, and also have a record of people attending, for our minutes and for Covid security. If you have any agenda items please send to the same address.
The final agenda will be confirmed nearer the date.

Last year's minutes are available to read on the AGM 2022 news page above.

To hire the Hall, please email bookingspmh@gmail.com

OUR WILDLIFE GARDEN

Since the crazy paving patio was transformed into a wildflower patch, with perennial native shrubs for colour and nectar, the "birds and bees" turf has been a riot of colour - daisies, ragged robin, harebells, all being visited by the pollinating insects of Patcham. We gave it a "Chelsea Chop" last year, as the rain and the glorious weather encouraged a lot of vigorous clover and teasels. A skilled meadow-manager volunteer, Lesley, has been helping us and she will be scything it regularly. Perennial planting in the front beds and at the side of the hall is now established and the Pax commemorative roses have been in full bloom, repeat flowering after deadheading and tying-in on the fence.

The banks are homes to Solitary Bees, or mason bees, miner bees, who live in their own burrows there, as they have done for decades. This year's early spring sunshine encouraged them to fly about in the warmth, but they're completely safe - they're not aggressive because they don't have honey to protect. Nevertheless, please don't come into the garden without permission, as the planting is settling into place and we have more to put in.

Public Documents
As we're a charity, our governance documents are open to the public. Our revamped 2012 Constitution, Minutes of the last few years' AGMs, and Treasurer and Chair's annual reports can be found on this page

Patcham Memorial Hall is a charity run by a group of local residents, representatives of user groups, and appointed trustees

It was originally founded in memory of the local men and women who went to the Great War, and it has been serving the village and parish of Patcham since 1924. It has a fascinating history, including being requisitioned for the Second World War effort in 1939.

Most local people know it as

a dance hall with a wonderful smooth and polished floor
weekly U3A classes and WI meetings
a good-sized venue for children's parties
perfect for Swing and Jive classes, Scottish dancing, French traditional Bals Folk, Fitsteps, and Zumba classes
our local Polling Station, and
a place for regular groups to do local things together

Hiring the hall
Patcham Memorial Hall is booked out regularly each week or month on specific days to the groups listed above, and others.

We are happy to hire out the hall any day and time that it is available, from 9am til 11pm, for all sorts of meetings, music and singing sessions, parties and family celebrations, concerts, dances, training and development groups, private and commercial functions.

We have a large single hall that seats 100 people, a fully fitted kitchen and oven/hob, cups and saucers, an easily accessed stage, even fairy lights!
You can see photos of the inside are on the Facilities & Fees page.

If you'd like to hire the Hall, please contact
John Williams at bookingspmh@gmail.com
with your first name, surname, an email address & phone number, and the details of the event, as this calculates the hire fee. John will let you know if the hall is available, and will follow up with the paperwork.
If you write a letter, give the details of your hire requirements and send it, with a stamped addressed envelope for a reply, to
PMH Bookings Secretary, Patcham Memorial Hall,
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
Letters can also be put in the Letter Box outside the door, which is emptied every couple of days.

Tariffs, terms and conditions
Please go to the Facilities & Fees page for further details of how we charge and contract hirers.