Notice of AGM published 6th June 2024, the minimum 14 days prior to the meeting, as required by the Charity Commission.
 Birthday cake made by Cakes The Difference (Mackie Avenue Shops) based on a painting by Sheila Shepherd ©2024
https://www.cakesthedifference.co.uk
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Thanks to everybody who joined us for our Hall's Centenary Celebration on Saturday 3rd February 2024 - we were so pleased to have a lovely big crowd of people, both locals and visitors, and to listen to our great speakers, fantastic musicians and dancers. Click on the link to go to our PMH@100 page for our photos and links to historical and web-based resources |
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HIRE OUR SPACE?
Warm and comfy, our popular hall has spaces for weekly/monthly hire
and one-off events
Warm and comfy, our popular hall has spaces for weekly/monthly hire
and one-off events
Redecorated and bright, low-carbon heating & cooling, new lightweight tables and seats,
a drop-down screen on the stage, and a PA system for presentations and speeches.
In 2021 the Trustees took advantage of the Covid-related closure to carry out major building works, replacing the gas-fired heating system with 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, if needed, and the windows open for full ventilation.
A new coat of paint is bright and clean, and new roller blackout blinds give a sharp and uncluttered look.
a drop-down screen on the stage, and a PA system for presentations and speeches.
In 2021 the Trustees took advantage of the Covid-related closure to carry out major building works, replacing the gas-fired heating system with 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, if needed, and the windows open for full ventilation.
A new coat of paint is bright and clean, and new roller blackout blinds give a sharp and uncluttered look.
Patcham Memorial Hall is a charity run by a group of local residents, representatives of the Hall's 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
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 a very large single vaulted hall that seats 100 people, with an easily accessed stage, wifi, even fairy lights!
There's a fixed mixing desk and joist-hung speakers for a presentation-level PA system (not rock-music standard!). A short-throw data projector is available, which will need to be hired on request, and demonstrated before you can use it.
We have a small fitted kitchen with an electric oven and a new electric hob, a fridge and microwave, an electric water urn, cups and saucers. There are two toilets, one is wheelchair accessible, and with a baby-changing table, and a washroom. You can see photos of the inside on the Facilities & Fees page.
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.
It is booked out weekly on specific days to local community groups and other organisation such as WI, U3A, 1:1 dance classes and dance clubs, exercise classes (Pilates, Paracise, etc) and meditation groups. Our ballroom-standard floor is very popular for this, and it is kept polished for dancing and floor work. This will limit its availability for hire activities involving animals, bouncy castles, and activities that use tools, water and clay.
If you'd like to hire the Hall, please email us using [email protected] with your first name, surname, an email address & phone number, and the details of the event, as this calculates the hire fee. 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. John Williams the Bookings Secretary will let you know if the hall is available, and will follow up with the paperwork.
Tariffs, terms and conditions
Please go to the Facilities & Fees page for further details of how we charge and contract hirers.
Patcham Memorial Hall is a very large single vaulted hall that seats 100 people, with an easily accessed stage, wifi, even fairy lights!
There's a fixed mixing desk and joist-hung speakers for a presentation-level PA system (not rock-music standard!). A short-throw data projector is available, which will need to be hired on request, and demonstrated before you can use it.
We have a small fitted kitchen with an electric oven and a new electric hob, a fridge and microwave, an electric water urn, cups and saucers. There are two toilets, one is wheelchair accessible, and with a baby-changing table, and a washroom. You can see photos of the inside on the Facilities & Fees page.
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.
It is booked out weekly on specific days to local community groups and other organisation such as WI, U3A, 1:1 dance classes and dance clubs, exercise classes (Pilates, Paracise, etc) and meditation groups. Our ballroom-standard floor is very popular for this, and it is kept polished for dancing and floor work. This will limit its availability for hire activities involving animals, bouncy castles, and activities that use tools, water and clay.
If you'd like to hire the Hall, please email us using [email protected] with your first name, surname, an email address & phone number, and the details of the event, as this calculates the hire fee. 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. John Williams the Bookings Secretary will let you know if the hall is available, and will follow up with the paperwork.
Tariffs, terms and conditions
Please go to the Facilities & Fees page for further details of how we charge and contract hirers.
OUR WILDLIFE GARDEN
In 2020 the crazy paving patio was transformed into a wildflower patch, with perennial native shrubs for colour and nectar, and "birds and bees" turf. This has been a riot of colour - daisies, ragged robin, harebells, chicory, teasels - enhanced by spring bulbs and the Pax commemorative roses we planted in 2018. We give it a "Chelsea Chop" each year, and can bring in a skilled meadow-manager volunteer, to scythe it regularly. Perennial planting in the front beds and at the side of the hall is now established and providing a nectar cafe for the pollinating insects of Patcham. We're very happy to be contributing to Brighton's low-carbon objectives and extending the wildlife corridor into Brighton and Hove, as well as providing a sensory spectacle for the people of Patcham.
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 type of bee doesn't make honey, but is more effective in pollinating fruit and flowers than honey bees . Early spring sunshine encourages 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 use the garden without permission, as the planting is still settling into place.
Nevertheless, please use the garden without permission, as the planting is still settling into place.
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
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, 3 Old London Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8XR Charity number 213464 www.pmhpatcham.org.uk
All rights reserved. Copyright PMH/JM ©1/6/2024. Photo credits: Jan Mulreany
All rights reserved. Copyright PMH/JM ©1/6/2024. Photo credits: Jan Mulreany