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Making sure your hall is insured for firework displays and bonfires

Corporate partners of ACRE, Norris & Fisher (Insurance Brokers) Ltd and Ansvar Insurance have compiled the following guidance to help halls host safe events

Urgent action is needed to tackle fuel poverty in rural communities

We’re adding our voice to a chorus of over 20 organisations including environmental campaigners, local authorities, trade unions and consumer organisations who are united in calls for the government to take urgent action to stop even more people from slipping into fuel poverty.

Marking 100 years of support for England’s village halls

ACRE to hold event celebrating a century of advice and support provided to England’s rural community buildings

Advice for keeping village halls safe this winter

Briefing provides an interpretation of the Government’s new Covid Winter Plan to help those managing community buildings.

Norris & Fisher and Ansvar back ACRE’s Village Halls Service

The sponsorship will help the charity sustain and develop the service so that it is fit for the future

ACRE begins new chapter as it moves to offices in Woodstock, Oxfordshire

The move brings to an end the organisations 35-year association with Gloucestershire from which it has served rural communities and members of the ACRE Network across England since 1987

Revised Information Sheet for opening village & community halls

ACRE’s Information Sheet on Opening Village Halls has now been updated and version 11 is being released today along with a set of Appendices.

ACRE briefing for village halls in anticipation of ‘Freedom Day’

Interim recommendations for village halls on the ending of lockdown restrictions

Without affordable housing, rural communities are at risk of becoming lifeless, dormitory settlements

Phillip Vincent, ACRE’s Communications Manager, blogs for Rural Housing Week 2021 and provides a view on the need for the government to get behind communities and deliver affordable homes in the countryside.

Research reveals impact of the pandemic on village halls

Whilst 3 in 20 village halls supported Covid relief efforts, the majority stayed closed and will need ongoing support and funding to recover