A MAJOR roof renovation has secured the future of Llanwarne Village Hall for generations to come.

Trustees of the village hall have secured vital funding from Herefordshire Council’s Community Buildings Capital Scheme, alongside funding from The National Lottery’s Awards For All programme, enabling the former Victorian school’s roof to be replaced – and keeping the building as a viable community asset for residents of Llanwarne and the surrounding parishes.

The grant will also fund works later this year that bring unused rooms back into use.

The investment builds on improvements made since 2020, shaped by resident's views and aspirations for their village hall.

Chairman of Llanwarne Village Hall committee, Jeremy Helme, said: ‘We did extensive research on what residents wanted from their village hall.

“We then secured funding to make that vision a reality, creating a viable and welcoming community hub in a building that urgently needed repair – particularly the roof.’

Essential repairs to the roof were undertaken earlier this year by Llanwarne builder Nick Mitchell – ensuring that the building is now watertight.

Works to create additional multi-use spaces will begin later this year.

Llanwarne Village Hall is run by an active committee as a rural hub with a pop-up pub on the last Friday of every month; regular quizzes and an Old School Café on the first Saturday of every month as well as many other cultural and social events in the space which is available for private hire.

There is still a lot of work to be carried out and the committee are constantly working to upgrade the building to make it a space in which Llanwarne residents can confidently offer a comfortable environment for all kinds of events for our community.

And with the improvements that have been completed the hall is set to remain at the heart of village life for years to come.