About Memorial Hall Arts & Leisure Company

Registered Charity No.1089233

The Memorial Hall Arts & Leisure Company is a charitable company.

The Company’s sole remit is – to administer and maintain the provision of the facilities at the Memorial Hall for the use by, and benefit, of the local community.

The Company leases the building from the owners – Joint Parishes of Freshwater and Totland.

Historically the building, built by public subscription, circa 1900, as a Drill Hall was in the early 1960’s purchased jointly by the parishes of Freshwater and Totland as a community facility for the two communities.

This joint Parish commitment to the Memorial Hall continues and Parish Councillors from both Parishes serve on the Management Committee.

A major upgrade to facilities at the millennium, Arts Lottery grant assisted, enabled the provision of the Tennyson suite, and a continual programme of refurbishment and renewal is ongoing. The Hall applies for grant funding awards where appropriate.

The Hall is basically run as a not-for-profit establishment, any credit balances being historically placed in reserves and utilised for Hall maintenance.

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