About Vicarage Park Community Centre
To develop and improve the VPCC Community Hall for the benefit of everyone in the local community without discrimination by race, religion, gender, age or disability.
Vicarage Park Community Centre Description
Vicarage Park Community Centre (VPCC) was formed in January 2014 by members of the local community in Poulton-le-Fylde. We are raising funds to restore, repair and develop a former Church Hall and turn into a community hub for the benefit of all sections of the local community.
The building has been closed for three years and is now in a very dilapidated state of repair. We need to raise £300, 000 in order to restore the fabric of the hall to a safe and useable standard. Last year marked the Hall’s 90th birthday. It is a much loved Arts and Crafts style building that had been in continuous use since it first opened as St. Chad’s Church Hall in 1925. Before it closed it was the focus for a wide variety of community activities and was quite literally the ‘heart and soul of Poulton-le-Fylde’. We have successfully raised over £30K in our first year with local fundraising but we need more and are determined to try to re-open as soon as possible - we need your support so that we can bring back life and love to the Hall with community services for the old and young, energetic and infirm, those that want entertaining, educating, social interaction, celebrating etc, etc.
Please help and donate to our cause.
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WE HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE NEW POULTON FARMERS' MARKET YESTERDAY - SO WE'RE SHARING SOME OF OUR SNAPS!!!
Hello, everyone, we would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all our stallholders for making the market such a success and to the people of Poulton and surrounding areas for supporting the event. The day started very early with trucks and trailers arriving at the Community Hall to set up their pitches both outside and inside the hall in time for a 9am start.
We were pleased to... welcome back our old friend John Holt, with his quality farm fresh lamb, beef and bacon together local farmer Peter Willacy with his fresh Chicken and Turkey. Our two stalwarts were complemented by other stall holders offering fresh fruit and veg, eggs and honey, fresh fish, cheese and craft baked pies and cakes. We also had a number of local craft makers displaying their creations. Light refreshments were served inside the Hall by Mary Kay and her team and the fabulous Griddle Girls served up hot snacks and bacon barm cakes from their trailer outside in the car park.
This was the first of a regular series of Farmers' Markets at the Community Hall on the last Saturday of each calendar month - except for a special Christmas Farmers' Market to be held on Saturday 21st December. We do hope that you enjoyed the event and the quality of the food on sale - The NEXT FARMERS' MARKET will be on SATURDAY 29th JUNE, please spread the word and ask your friends and neighbours to visit the market to support our local producers and the local economy.
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YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS POULTON FARMERS' MARKET THIS SATURDAY FROM 9AM TIL 2PM AT THE VPCC COMMUNITY HALL!
We are delighted to announce the return of the highly popular and much missed monthly Farmers' Market to its former home at the Community Hall. Our longstanding hall supporter and farmer John Holt will be selling his lamb, bacon and eggs and he has sourced an array of other farm direct food producers including fresh chicken, vegetables & bedding plants, pies & pastrie...s, cheeses and jam and preserve stallholders and more. We are also delighted to have the return of The Griddle Girls serving up their tasty delicious hot food. Inside the hall, we will have specially selected craft/gift stalls and our kitchen volunteers will be waiting to serve teas, coffees and homemade cakes. Every last Saturday of the month except December which will be 21st.
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POULTON BAND FINALE - BOEHMIAN RHAPSODY IN THE VPCC COMMUNITY HALL LAST NIGHT. Thank you to Poulton-le-Fylde Band for a fabulous homecoming concert, under the distinguished leadership of their resident conductor Alexander Webb. It was such a friendly relaxed atmosphere enjoyed with a cup of tea or drink from the bar, served of course by our amazing volunteers. We received lots of lovely comments about the show and of course our beautiful hall and so thank you to our audience for purchasing tickets. We would like to add our congratulations to Andy Cresswell for winning the Bandsperson of the Year award and to young Billy Rook for winning Players Player of the Year award, annouced on stage during the concert by band secretary Neil Jones. Watch this space for a return date later on in the year!
POULTON BAND RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY HALL - LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE £2.00 ON CONCERT TICKETS
We're proud to announce the return of POULTON BAND in concert at the Community Hall on Saturday evening 18 May at 7:30 pm - doors open 7 pm. Licensed Bar - Teas and Coffees - Interval Raffle.
... This is the third fundraising concert for the Community Hall by the Poulton Band. If you were lucky enough to have attended any of their other concerts, you would know that this will be an extra special evening of musical entertainment and not to be missed!
It's your last chance to SAVE £2.00 when you purchase your tickets in advance - £8.00 Advance and Concessions, £5.00 Children or £10 on the Door (Subject to seats being available) Buy your tickets from CONNECT IT and NEW PENNY in Poulton centre or call 07739 626100.
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Tomorrow (Saturday) at the hall, The Seaside Stitchers are hosting a Rag Market with lots of fabulous stallholders. Open from 10.30am and refeshments available ☕️🍰
CALLING ALL VPCC COMMUNITY HALL VOLUNTEERS AND ANYONE WHO WISHES TO GET INVOLVED!!!
Hello, everyone, we are hosting another Volunteer Day at 11 am on Saturday 18th May in the Community Hall on Vicarage Road, Poulton-le-Fylde for a general catch-up and exchange of ideas.
If you can spare some time on Saturday morning, 18th May, for a brief update and an exchange of ideas over a cup of tea or coffee, we would love to see you. We appreciate it's short notice, but your input and ideas are vital to enable us to plan for the future of the Community Hall.
POULTON BAND RETURN TO COMMUNITY HALL ON SAT 18 MAY
This well known local band under the leadership of their distinguished resident conductor Alexander Webb are to make a welcome return to the Community Hall with a specially aranged concert featuring light classical and brass band favourites. The concert will also feature virtuoso solo performances by various band members - it promises to be a very special musical evening so advance booking is recommended to secure your seat....
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW from Connect IT and the New Penny in Poulton centre are you can call 07739 626100 - Prices £8 Advance and Concessions , £5 Children or £10 on the door - subject to space. Table seating, licensed bar, teas and coffes with interval prize raffle. To wet your appetite here's a short video clip from last year's band concert which was held in the Parish Church. The video features the band’s cornet players led by Neil Jones (far left) performing 'Bugler’s Holiday' by Leroy Anderson, arguably one of the most famous trumpet trios’s ever written. - enjoy!!!
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Thank you to everybody that visited our beautiful hall over the weekend. On Saturday we welcomed Marton Operatic Society 🎹🎼🎭with their Spring into Summer concert. A delightful evening with a beautifully sung repertoire from stage and screen. On Sunday, we had a fantastic mix of homemade crafts in our Arts & Crafts Fair. We even braved having our caricatures done! We couldn't put on these events without the help of our volunteers, your support is very much appreciated! ❤️
Here is our VPCC stall, please come and say hello to our lovely chair of the trustees Sarah....here until 2pm.
Arts & Crafts Fair open for business! Come and see our wonderful stallholders.Until 2pm today. Serving bacon barms till 12 noon and then homemade cakes 🍰.
SUNDAY 10AM TO 2PM - FREE EVENT
What fabulous community events Poulton has lined up today!
At our community hall, we have some amazing stallholder's selling their quality arts and crafts supplies, homemade cards and tote bags, the-little-EGG-craft -company jewellery, bath bombs and soaps, candles, knotted driftwood Knott On Wood, artist prints and wall art Loomi Does Doodles and more. In addition, we also have the amazing caricaturist Cartoon Magic Sean Blackpool. Our kitc...hen will be serving bacon barms, homemade cakes and hot drinks.
You can then pop along to see our friends The Friends of Jean Stansfield Park,Poulton le Fylde who are celebrating the opening of the new junior play equipment with a jam packed family fun day.
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ARE YOU READY FOR A MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!
Don't miss this fabulous show with a cast of over 30 singers, it's sure to be a very enjoyable, not to be missed, musical evening!
DATE: Saturday 4 May 2019... STARTS: 7:30 PM - Doors open 7 PM VENUE: Vicarage Park Community Centre, Poulton-le-Fylde FY6 7BE BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT TICKETS: £8 Adults, £5 Children FROM: Connect IT and New Penny in Poulton PHONE: 07739 626100 or email sue.thompson@vpcc-hall.org.uk TABLE SEATING - FULLY LICENSED BAR - INTERVAL REFRESHMENTS - AND RAFFLE FULLY ACCESSIBLE VENUE - NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND PARKING
ABOUT MARTON OPERATIC SOCIETY Established for over 80 years the group specialises in Gilbert and Sullivan and puts on a different show each year at Lowther Pavillion in Lytham. They have a concert group over 30 strong with quite a few new faces along with many varied and beautiful voices, not only working as a close knit team but as soloists etc... in their own right.
On Saturday 4 May the group will perform their touring concert 'Spring into Summer' a show with a 'WOW' factor, that has been impeccably arranged by their very own Andrew Lyons. Everyone in the society has worked extremely hard and the result is of a very high standard indeed. Please come and support them and help raise funds for Poulton's new Community Hall, meet the cast during the interval and have a chat. You never know, you may like to sign up for their next season.
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DIYET & LOVE SOLDIERS AT VPCC COMMUNITY HALL
What an awesome experience last night at the concert by Diyet and the Love Soldiers in the Community Hall. The atmosphere was truly electrifying with the twinkling fairy lights, table candles and Canadian flags. Diyet's lyrics and the bands music transported us across the Atlantic to the Yukon in Northwest Canada where Diyet was born and raised in her native homeland. She performs as a trio, Diyet & the Love Soldiers, with husband ...and collaborator, Robert van Lieshout on guitar and foot percussion and multi-instrumentalist, Bob Hamilton. We've included a couple of snaps and a short video for those who were unable to make it. PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE. Big thank you to the Band for a memorable concert, Sue Thompson our events manager for making it happen, our volunteer crew for serving refreshments and running the bar - and not forgetting Spot on Lancashire for including our venue in their Arts Programme. Pictured in the group snap are; Chris Gannon, - VPCC Trustee, Diyet van Lieshout, Robert van Lieshout, Sue Thompson - Events Manager, and Bob Hamilton.
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