Flamborough Village Hall members’ delight after earning Hallmark recognition

Flamborough Village Hall treasurer Linda James and secretary Audrey Heywood collected the award. Photo submitted

Flamborough Village Hall Committee members were delighted after receiving a Hallmark 1 Award.

The accolade, presented at a recent East Riding Village Hall Networks meeting, recognises that the hall is complying with its charitable status.

Hallmark is a national quality assurance scheme for community buildings.

It aims to support, establish and reward good practice, encourage improvement in established customs and procedures and obtain recognition from other bodies for the standard of management of community buildings.

A spokesperson said: “The award is administered by Action with Communities in Rural England and has been running in the East Riding since 2010.

“Having successfully achieved Hallmark 1, the Flamborough committee is now looking to attain Hallmark 2, which recognises compliance with legislative issues.”