Community buildings
How do we support community buildings?
We offer a range of support for people who run community buildings, including village halls, community centres, church halls, social clubs, and other buildings that are available for hire by groups and individuals.
Have a look at the pages below to find out how we can support you.
Information and guidance service
Roundtable sessions - information and networking to help you run your building more effectively
At our community buildings roundtable sessions, we give a briefing on a particular topic and enable you to share successes, ideas, and challenges with your fellow trustees and managers. Here are the dates and topics for our next two sessions:
- What’s your message? Making social media work for your venue
Tuesday 29 September, 1.00-2.30pm
- Engaging with young people, addressing anti-social behaviour and crime in general
Thursday 19 November, 10.00-11.30am
For all the details and booking instructions see our Networking and Training page.
Training sessions
See our Members' training sessions page for details of our training programme for members. Membership is currently free so find out more about membership and join here. We have two sessions on Martyn's Law coming up so join us for those if you can.
Martyn's Law latest news
See this news item for the latest information on the Martyn's Law anti-terrorism legislation - the Government's official guidance is now available.
Village Halls Week and other national campaigns
We were pleased to join in with this year's national celebration of the impact community venues have on our villages and small towns. It was great to see many of you at the events we put on! If you'd like to stay informed about national campaigns, consultations and similar, you can join the England-wide Village Halls Network. This is organised by our national partner charity, ACRE - see ACRE's website for details of their work on behalf of rural community buildings.
ACRE's news item at the start of Village Halls Week 2026 is here.
