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A Quality Standards Scheme for Village Halls
In 2007, ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) developed a quality standard scheme for the management of community buildings/village halls, which is called the Hallmark Scheme. ACRE invited CAN to operate this scheme in the county of Northumberland.
The scheme has three stages;
Hallmark 1 assesses whether the hall is complying with the requirements of its Charitable status
Hallmark 2 assesses compliance with legislative issues
Hallmark 3 examines the role of the hall in community and how it interacts with its users and the wider community
CAN see the scheme to be beneficial to halls, in two main ways:
- It provides funders and other organisations interested in halls with a benchmark for a well managed hall
- It gives village hall volunteers confidence that they are running the hall in the correct way.
Participation in the Hallmark Scheme is entirely voluntary.
The Hallmark Scheme is an accredited scheme and participating halls will reach a level of achievement through self assessment and to achieve accreditation will be assessed by two “visitors” who are fully trained volunteers from other halls in Northumberland.
If you/your hall wish to participate in Hallmark (or discuss), please email
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or call, on 01670 500816. On your email could you please give your name, position on the management committee (i.e.Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer or Trustee), your postal address and a contact telephone number.
An entry form and checklist for level one can be found below.
Hallmark 1 Entry Form
Hallmark 1 Checklist
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