Petition Launched Over Ealing's Historic Victoria Hall

Supporters want to stop the handover' of community town hall venue

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A petition has been set-up by campaigners battling to save Ealing's Victoria Hall.

The Victoria Hall was built next to Ealing Town Hall with money raised through a Victorian crowdfunding campaign. It’s owned by the charitable Trust which was set up in 1893 with the aim of providing a venue for the community and ‘Meetings, Entertainments, Balls, Bazaars, and other Gatherings whether Social or Political’.

The petition, launched by Friends of Victoria Hall (FoVH), is aimed at the Charity Commission, which has just published a draft ‘Scheme’ which would allow Ealing Council to take over the Victoria Hall Trust and sell off its assets as part of the Town Hall property deal

Chair of FoVH, Roger Green said : “We need the Commission to have no doubt about the strength of feeling in Ealing. We’ll achieve this in two ways: firstly, through this petition and secondly by the volume of objections lodged through the Charity Commission website.”

He added: “The next stage in our campaign will be to release details of what local residents should object to in the Charity Commission consultation. There turns out to be so much wrong with the draft scheme that it’s difficult to know where to start. We will publish our guidance in the coming week.”

•             Local theatre group A Wonderful Adventure is to stage a special edition of a family Christmas show to raise funds for the Friends of the Victoria Hall next Saturday (21 December). The perfect cosy festive show for all the family, Twas The Night Before Christmas will be presented at 5pm on Saturday 21 December at The Polygon, St. Mary's Church, St. Mary's Road, Ealing W5 5RH with tickets priced at only £5 each.

 

You can read about the 140-year history of the Victoria Hall here.

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17th December 2019

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