7 Jul 2021
This summer performing arts company November Club are walking over 120 miles of St Oswald's Way from Hexham to Spittal, stopping at eight communities along the way.
On Friday 23 July they will be in Great Whittington and will bring 'Doorstep Theatre' performed in gardens and on doorsteps of residents....
3 Jul 2021
The coffee morning held today, our first event after lockdown, was a wonderful success. Delicious cakes, good friends, old and new, and even the rain waited until the last table was cleared away. Here are a few photographs to record this memorable event.
21 Jun 2021
Recent events showing a footballer suffering a cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation using a defibrillator during an international football match serve to remind us all that the unexpected can happen at any time and to anyone.
Here in Great Whittington we are very fortunate to have our own defibrillator which is located...
15 Jun 2021
Yesterday’s government announcement that the easing of Covid lockdown restrictions will be delayed until 19 July unfortunately means that the Village Hall BBQ will have to be postponed. Our apologies to everybody who planned to come. This change in plans is due to the rapid expansion of a new Covid...
29 May 2021
The new Village Hall committee (VHC) is pleased to post the first of a series of Newsletters on this website, with news about planned events as the Hall starts to return to normal after lockdown. You can find it under Documents - Newsletters.
We have also posted an important new document...
25 May 2021
We have just received the excellent news that our application to Northumberland County Council to have the Village Hall listed as an Asset of Community Value has been successful.
This decision recognizes that the “current main use of the building … furthers the social interests or social well-being of the local...
6 May 2021
It was Polling Day on the 6th May and Great Whittington Village Hall acted as a polling station just as it has over many years in the past. Normally this would pass without comment but it seems almost a matter for celebration as we start to emerge from lock-down.
A group of...
6 May 2021
New Village Hall committee
The maintenance and activities of the Village Hall are the responsibility of an elected committee. The current committee was elected at an EGM on the 12th April 2021. There is much to do as we emerge from Covid inactivity and the committee has already met twice (by Zoom)...