About TVH
Tarset Village Hall is a well used and welcoming hall, located at Lanehead, a small hamlet at the southern end of Tarset in the Northumberland National Park.
The hall is owned in Trust for the community and its day-to-day business is run by a Management Committee made up of volunteers from the community. It is a non-profit registered charity and is funded through hall charges, hall fundraising events, running the bar, The 100 Club and associated community grants.
The hall provides a main hall, a meeting room, kitchen, bar and sound and video equipment as well as a community garden. High-speed internet is also available to Hall users. An emergency-only landline located in the meeting room.
The committee usually meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month. Minutes of the monthly meetings are available to anyone who wishes to read them: please contact us via email if you would like copies to be emailed to you. Should you have any matters/issues you would like to raise with the committee, please contact the Secretary in advance.
Committee Members
John Holland - Chair
Sheila Brodie - Treasurer
Simon Coxon - Secretary
Lynne Hood - Bookings
Malcolm Brodie - Trustee
Michael Nixon - Trustee
Ingrid Carr - Trustee
Sarah Watson - Trustee
James Fisher - Trustee
Jacqueline Dodds - Trustee
Andrew Byrom - Trustee
Val Giles - Trustee
Hazel Ions - Trustee
TVH Heritage
The current hall was built in 1931 to replace the previous building which suffered a devastating fire and burnt down in its totality. Sadly, none of the Hall's minutes prior to that period are accessible and it is assumed that they were also victims of the fire.
There were discussions detailed in subsequent minutes (meetings having been held in the local pub, 'The Holly Bush' in Greenhaugh) about rebuilding the hall in stone, but after that proved to be too expensive for the hall's funds to sustain, the current wooden building was raised.
In the last 20 years, the hall has been substantially improved and extended - adding a meeting room, kitchen and small store room to the premises, along with central heating, indoor toilets(!) and disabled access. A gift of additional land was also made to the Hall which has enabled the creation of a community garden and some additional (and badly needed) parking. The community defibrillator (owned by Tarset & Greystead Parish Council) is also located at the Hall.
The Hall is still governed by a Trust deed which was originally set up in 1931 and updated in 1936 - the terms of which (amazingly) are still relevant in today's terms.