Rusper Village Hall

We are pleased to have received funding from Horsham District Council from the Community Climate Fund. This will enable us to replace our current complement of lights for low energy LED units, thus helping to preserve the environment and saving us money too.

We are increasing hire rates by about 4% across the board which is well below inflation, with effect from April 1st. We deferred this decision from September 1st last year in order to more accurately gauge the true increase in energy costs before passing this on to Hall users.

The Rusper Village Hall AGM will be held on Tuesday 15th November at 7:30pm in the large hall.

Fund Raising Open Evening Monday 15th November, 8:00 – 10:00

“The goal is not to win the fight, but to end the conflict, safely and quickly.”

What’s AIKIDO?

Come and find out!

We’re offering a welcome to come along and watch for a few minutes, or join in for the whole evening and participate in a whirlwind tour of this little-known martial art. Everyone is welcome.

• What time?
  The hall will be open from 7:45 and the session ends at 10pm
  There’s no need to stay for the whole evening; visitors are welcome to pop in.
• What to wear? T-shirt and track suit bottoms is fine. We practice in bare feet on the mats.
• What to bring? A drink of water, an optional donation of £5, an open heart and a smile.
• What will you get? Aikido builds resilience, self-confidence, stress management and non-violence as well as physical skills of self-defence, flexibility, quick reactions, balance and strength of body and mind when under physical or verbal attack.
• Who can come?
  Minimum age 14y. We are inclusive and diverse with no religious or political bias. Everyone is welcome.

The session might look something like this, depending on who is present:-

7:45 Welcome
8:00 Bow in – warm up – all
8:15 Knife demo – existing members only
8:25 Defending from a knife attack -7th form kotegaishe -all
8:35 Delicate hand touch- follow & flow; Ki/unbendable arm – all
8:55 2 man lift demo – existing members only
9:00 Bow out/Water break/any questions?
9:05 Kneeling techniques demo – existing members only
9:10 Kokudosa (kneeling) – all
9:20 Handshake attack (1st form ikkyo-take one step in) – all
9:50 Stretch out & breathing to slow/change system – all
10:00 Bow out – all

Two sold-out nights confirmed the Murder Mystery event as a resounding success!

Our Director, Louise Holford-Walker can be seen hard at work with the cast at the Dress Rehearsal:

Our Village Hall has stood for over 100 years at the centre of our community and is available for use by local residents at a very reasonable price. This however means that our income and costs each year are almost the same. There is usually a small surplus which over the years has been built into a contingency fund that allows us to repair or replace items and décor as required.

However we now need to replace most of the roof and estimates show a requirement for approximately £100,000. This sum is way beyond our reserves and we believe needs a fund-raising committee of its own. So our appeal is for volunteers to form this committee and explore all the fund-raising avenues.

The Village Hall is a benefit to the whole community as it hosts Playgroup, School, Evening clubs and weekend social events so please consider offering your support.

Please contact either one of the Trustees Graham Hill, Roland Allen, Clive Dolan or Rozi Wightman or one of our committee members if you would like to offer your help.

The Hall & land were originally donated by to the Village by a very generous benefactors and if there are other major or minor benefactors out there please get in contact.