Grant for Hall Improvement

Brigstock WI has used the Hall in Park
Walk for over 97 years. Over those 97
years, the Hall has been used mostly for
WI events. Although small groups have
used it in the past, they have left because
of the lack of facilities; after all, who would
really want to use a hall with no toilet
facilities? All that is about to change
thanks to The Big Lottery Fund.

Following a lot of hard work by committee
members applying for grants, Awards
for All, Big Lottery Fund has granted
£9,580 to the Hall for a sewerage system.
The work will be done by F J Morris
Contracting Limited, Towcester, and will
commence early 2016. Brigstock WI are
grateful to the Big Lottery Fund for making
a dream become a reality and is hoping to
be equally successful in obtaining another
grant from another provider to install the
less abled bodied toilet facility.

Once complete, the Hall will be serviceable
for all the Brigstock community and
surrounding small villages as well
as Brigstock WI. The aim is to hold
workshops with various crafts and social
events for everyone.

2016 will be the year when it can be
used, once more, for village activities to
complement and run alongside the Village
Hall and URC rooms.

Brigstock WI was founded in 1918. Its
inaugural meeting was held in the village
hall, then just a hut, and the very first
committee meeting was in Mauntley
House, which has since been demolished.
The current WI has 44 members but
would welcome more with open arms.

The annual membership fee is £37.50.
For details or to join, please call 01536
373672 or 01536 373987

 
Brigstock WI