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Village Halls Week 2020

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ACRE’s Village Halls Week will run from Monday 20 January to Sunday 26 January 2020.The campaign is an annual and national celebration of rural community spaces and the people whose time and dedication keep them going. Organised by the ACRE Network, the campaign runs in January and sees a huge variety of events happening across England.

Your chance to get involved:

Share your History: Thursday 23rd January will see halls celebrating ‘Throw back Thursday’, an online trend that looks into the past. To share your hall’s history, simply use your social media account (twitter or Facebook) and use the hashtags #tbt and #villagehallsweek. You could put up old pictures, old flyers, remember significant guests, share an old film or write an article on your hall’s history.

National Open Day: Saturday 25th January 2020 This year halls will be holding open days across all of England. This is a great opportunity to get new trustees, new user groups, enhance your community engagement or even get a visit from your local MP.

For more information visit: https://acre.org.uk/our-work/village-halls-week.php