Hello from the Chair of Trustees
Welcome.
On behalf of the Trustees of Ivinghoe Village Hub I am absolutely delighted to announce that the Village Hub revitalisation and refurbishment project has now been completed and we will be welcoming a new local café business to the Hub at the beginning of Sept 2023 as part of our re-launch.
As with many redesign and construction projects, completion has taken way longer than we the Trustees had hoped. Many unforeseen and unforeseeable challenges have kept us on our toes throughout. It has been an interesting learning curve to say the least! As such, I would like to extend my grateful thanks to our dedicated group of Trustees and volunteers, many local charity groups, the local residents who participated in the Community Consultation and last but not least of course, our own Ivinghoe Parish Council, for the very generous support we have received throughout.
This project has in great part been undertaken to make sure that the Hub will now be more financially sustainable than it was in the past. The facilities have been adapted to better suit the needs and wishes expressed by our community. We have set in motion the revitalisation of a community space, a place where we can all meet and support each other. How Ivinghoe Village Hub evolves from here onwards now depends entirely on our community.
It goes without saying that a Charitable Trust such as ours cannot grow or maintain valuable community activities without the support of volunteers with multiple skillsets and the willingness to dedicate even a modest amount of their time to make Ivinghoe Village Hub a place for everyone. So I invite you to read the ‘Revitalisation Plan’ and the accompanying documents and to imagine, with us the Trustees, what kind of Village Hub you would like and what part you might play in that evolution.
We are really looking forward to seeing you at the Hub soon. Please join us for some of our upcoming events and come and pay a visit to The Daisy Chain very soon for coffee and a slice of cake!
Lynne Caulfield
Chair of Ivinghoe Village Hub Board of Trustees.
Ivinghoe
August 2023