A rural community website serving the Yorkshire Dales villages of

Austwick, Eldroth, Feizor, parts of Keasden, Lawkland and Wharfe

AUSTWICK PARISH HALL

Welcome to the PARISH HALL Webpage

Front view of the Austwick Parish Hall

The Management of the Parish Hall is carried out by the

Austwick Parish Hall Council

Ian Russell Hon. Secretary.

Telephone:

015242 51281

Email:

ianrussell@austwick.org

Alex Rigby (Chairman)

The Knoll 015242 51422

or Email

alecrigby@austwick.org

Austwick Parish Hall Council

Each year, all members of the Council retire at the Annual General Meeting.

Accordingly, invitations are invited for nominations and these must be deposited with the Secretary by Friday 1^st February for nominations [with a seconder] for the following four offices

Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer & Secretary

and in addition

six co-opted members

The Parish Hall is held in Trust for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Austwick and its immediate vicinity.

All members of the Council, therefore, become Trustees during their term of office or period of election.

The Trust document together with outline duties of a Trustee as provided by The Charity Commission can be viewed by contacting the Secretary of the Parish Hall Council.

Important Dates for your diary:

The next quarterly meetings will be held on Monday

Oct 13^th at 7-30 p.m. in the Village Hall.

As any Parish Hall, the building in Austwick performs an important part in the life of the village. for information on hire details go to the following link

parish hall hiring facilities

The Parish Hall Building is connected by Wireless LAN to the Austwick Community Network. This facility has created the building as one of the 'hot spots' within the Network Area. Those using the letting facility can be connected to the community high speed, Broadband facility. This connection will be based on a minimum twenty four hours connection and will involve the payment of a connection fee and a fee for the period required. This ICT facility is supported by Grant Aid from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and European Community Funds. Charges for the

use of the Network which has a fast Internet connection are very affordable.