Join us for an exciting and inspiring event during Village Halls Week 2025 on Wednesday 19 March at the Monk Fryston & Hillam Community Centre. This event includes a visit to a fantastic sustainability project in Monk Fryston. The community project involves volunteers from all walks of life, across a number of groups and organisations. See how they have come together to make a real impact in their community. Discover the community centre’s journey to becoming carbon neutral and learn about the sustainability initiatives at the local primary school.
You’ll also have the chance to meet the teams from IDOX (Grant Finders), Utility Aid (Energy and Utilities consultants) and Allied Westminster (insurance) who will each host a stall with information for you to take away.

Don’t miss out—book your place now and be part of this inspiring community buildings event.

Book your place here.

This month Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall will be among hundreds of village halls across England that will be celebrating the vital role they play in the community and the importance that volunteering has in keeping them operating.

As part of the week-long celebration (17 to 23 March) our Village Hall is holding an ‘Open Day and Buffet Lunch’ on Sunday 23 March between 11am and 1pm. The lunch will include quiches,  sandwiches, sausage rolls, cakes, scones, biscuits and tea and coffee.

There’ll be a presentation on the large screen showing examples of what goes on in the hall every week. And the volunteers that make the hall ‘tick’ will be present to meet residents and answer questions about its operation.

Across England, it is estimated that over 80,000 people regularly volunteer their time with village halls, from those on management committees who oversee the day-to-day use of the building and its finances, to those who organise events and group activities for the benefit of the local community. Here is Topcliffe and Asenby a committee of just thirteen residents organise a variety of events and ensure that the hall – a hub at the centre of the community – is available for everyone’s use.

If you support volunteers in your organisation, join our Volunteer Co-ordinator Network. Connect with others in similar roles and access valuable resources and training.

Join our Community Buildings Network to gain support with managing your community venue. We provide support on issues such as safeguarding, governance plus finance and funding.

Be inspired and refresh your learning by dipping into our range of volunteering resources such as toolkits, policies and role descriptions. We also organise regular training sessions to help organisations support and get the most out of their volunteers.

Hear from groups about their volunteering journeys and see how support from our Community Support North Yorkshire team can help you.

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