The Consortium usually meets three times a year in March, June, and October. We try to use a different hall on each occasion and vary the days of the week to try to give everyone the opportunity of attending as many meetings as possible. We have at least one main speaker to talk about issues members have indicated they would like to discover more about. Details of our next meeting can usually be found on our News page about 6 weeks before it is due.

 

 

 

Consortium Ordinary and AGM meeting Thursday 19 June 2025 Whittingham Mem. Inst.

Maureen Blakey and John Beaumont from the hall summarised the hall’s recent history and improvements and Maria Almeida of Thriving Together and Michelle Redfern of the County Council spoke of support provision to the voluntary and community sector.

Agenda for both meetings

Draft minutes of ordinary meeting

The Annual  General Meeting accepted the Draft Annual Report 2024 -25 as well as the Summary Accounts.

Draft Minutes of AGM

The following were elected to office for the next 12 months: Chair: Peter Burnham, Treasurer: May Wilson , Secretary: George Courtice. The following were elected to join them on the Management Committee: Eleanor Phillips and John Grey.

Consortium Ordinary Meeting Wednesday 30 October 2024 Felton Village Hall

We first heard a brief history of Felton Village hall from 3 trustees. Our outside speakers were Fiona Knox of Northumberland Community Energy Ltd and Jon Niblo of North East Youth.   The draft minutes are available here and contain links to various other papers you might find useful. If you have any difficulties downloading  them, they are listed below.

Agenda for meeting

NCEL’s How it Works

Jon Niblo’s presentation

CAN’s 2024 report on youth engagement

Consortium Ordinary Meeting and AGM July 1st 2024, South Charlton Village Hall             The draft minutes of the ordinary meeting can be downloaded here Our main speaker was Marc Johnson of CAN who explained his new role in terms of halls. His presentation can be downloaded here . Information on his Digital project can be found here.. This meeting was then followed by the AGM and the draft minutes are here. as well as the Annual and Treasurer’s Report and the.Summary Accounts.

Consortium Ordinary Meeting and AGM  Tuesday 20 June 2023, Breamish Hall Powburn The draft minutes of the ordinary meeting can be found here.  Jane Pannell’s excellent presentation on the planned Repair Cafe in Wooler (and much more) is provided in full. The AGM followed and you can download the Annual Report for 2022-23  and the  Financial Summary.

Consortium  Meeting Thursday  27 October 2022, Longhoughton Comm & Sports Centre The main speaker was Steph Ellis the Programme Director of Thriving Together Northumberland. She explained its evolution, its achievements and its future plans. The draft minutes can be found here.  This was our first hybrid meeting allowing people to join on-line as well as take part in person.

Consortium AGM & Ordinary Meeting Wednesday 16 June 2022, Longhorsley Village hall  The AGM was immediately followed by the ordinary meeting where we heard from both Andy Dean and Tracey Morgan of Community Action Northumberland. Andy told the well attended meeting about current plans for solar panels and battery storage. Tracey introduced herself to the meeting  as the newish village hall adviser. The draft minutes of the AGM can be found here and the draft minutes of the ordinary meeting here.    The Consortium’s Annual Report for 2021-22 as well as the financial summary are also available.