A place for our village, since 1924 15 Brook Hill · Little Waltham · CM3 3LN
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From the archive · Updated 3 September 2021

Our Covid response.

The hall’s original updates, practical improvements and community response.

Historical information · These updates describe the hall’s response in 2021. They are retained as an archive, rather than current public health guidance.

The original site’s notice: “We are a SAFE ENVIRONMENT. We look forward to seeing you!”

Our Covid response

Original image from the hall’s Covid archive

COVID-19: Please act sensibly

This virus is still around

UPDATED 3-9-2021

FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND

Covid lost the fight. WE'RE OPEN. We're all on our way back.

In line with government guidance and rulings, we will be fully open once again in all aspects, as outlined below.

(extracted from https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do)


Recent intentions and their progress

PLEASE SEE BELOW for an update on our work to fulfil our promises to our users.

As we are all aware, the threat of the coronavirus is dictating the way we live our lives, at least for the foreseeable future. The effects of this are wide and varied and we all must hope that the situation can be resolved speedily, especially if this will minimise the sad losses of life we are experiencing.

The members of the committee here at Little Waltham Memorial Hall hope that everyone will stay safe and will get through this awful time.

We acted swiftly on the government’s call to close our venue and hope that, by doing so, we have helped to prevent the spread of this callous virus.

As we are now confident that you, our hirers and users, can once again be safe in this public meeting place, we have opened once again. We are obviously keeping a very close watch on all developments in this respect and will take the lead from our government as to any directions we receive.

In the meantime, we have, within the confines of social distancing, made progress with small improvements and other aspects. We hope these will benefit the hall and our users. Trying to make the most of the 'downtime', we have now completed the following tasks:

  • Resurfacing work on the main hall floor - COMPLETED
  • Lighting improvement in the Elliott Room - COMPLETED
  • Filling and levelling the rear grassed area - COMPLETED
  • Improving signage around the building - COMPLETED
  • Updating and improving our internet Wi-Fi facility - COMPLETED
  • Improving our profile on this website - COMPLETED AND CONTINUALLY IMPROVING
  • We have ALSO had a complete lifting and re-laying of the front steps to MINIMISE THE RISK of TRIPS and FALLS
  • We are in the process of having the REAR WHITE WALLS REPAINTED, making the exterior cleaner and more welcoming
  • Internally the TABLE STORAGE has been MADE SAFER
  • We have INSTALLED FENCING and a NEW GATE at the FIRE EXIT from the ELLIOTT ROOM as a safety measure for when the children of the Pre-School return

We have many more tasks to carry out in the future which we hope will improve the facilities for everyone's benefit. They will be listed as projects on our 'About Us' page on this site. That, however, is also currently one of the tasks to be addressed and will be available in the very near future for you to view.