The dates for all the monthly Farmers' Markets to be held in the Ugley Village Hall for the rest of 2024 are now available on the website (see Events) so be sure to put those dates in your diaries.

Photographs of previous events:

We appreciate that there are numerous demands on everyone’s finances, however this is a request for your help for Ugley Village Hall.  As some of you know the main hall is over 100 years old and therefore requires continual maintenance and repairs.  So far this year we have had to spend in excess £10,000 on various items to keep the hall open and this has severely diminished our reserves.

Please visit https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk and register Ugley Village Hall CIO as your nominated charity and install the app, then use it when doing your online shopping. Many of the mainstream retailers support this scheme such as Tesco’s, Ocado, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s plus companies like Booking.com etc.. Ugley Village Hall will then receive a small amount for every purchase made through the app at no additional cost to you.

Many thanks in advance for your support.

The 1st Henham & Elsenham Scout Group hold meetings for girls and boys at Ugley Village Hall at the following days & times:

Meetings are held at Ugley Village Hall during term time, with camps, trips and other activities take place during school holidays.

Records show that our local communities have had a Scouting presence since 1922. Today's enthusiastic and dedicated Leadership team continues to provide Scouting opportunities to local young people, actively engaging and supporting them in their personal development and empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. Scouting is open to both boys and girls from age 6, who can learn skills for life whilst making new friends, having fun, playing games, team-building and trying new challenges.

Beavers meet in their Colonies to hop, skip and jump their way through games and activities, having fun along the way. Cubs have an exciting programme with a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, encouraging them to be creative thinkers, try new things, become more aware of their environment and to become involved in their local communities. Scouts develop and build on the skills learnt at Beavers and Cubs, and take part in a broader range of more adventurous, wide-reaching activities that stretch their capabilities and develop independence.

Scouts of all ages are encouraged to take part in outdoor activities as well as indoor activities, and includes camps and residential experiences. Popular activities include archery, fencing, orienteering, campfires and camping, plus indoor activities such as circus skills, cooking, science experiments and music.

The group's wider plans continue to include hiking, outdoor cooking, camping, swimming, abseiling, cycling and canoeing plus charity work in the community, and we continue to appeal to adults 18 years and above to consider volunteering their time to help us provide Scouting opportunities in our local communities.

Our Joining List is open to children above the age of 5 years:

• Register here

You can contact the 1st Henham and Elsenham Scout Group via email for queries other that the Joining List by emailing:

• 1sthenhamandelsenham@gmail.com

In February, Ugley village hall was visited by BBC Radio Essex.  They were discussing the blue plaque that will be presented to the village hall by the WI of Essex to commemorate Nancy Tennant.

It's a shame that they didn't contact us prior to their visit, as we could have opened the hall and let them in for some hospitality. However, if you are interested in listening, the segment starts after about an hour.  The link is below but you need to log in via BBC sounds:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dyq36z

For a brief history of Nancy Tennant, visit our History page.

Our Events page has been updated with the dates of all farmers' markets for this year. Please diary these dates and also follow our Facebook & Instagram posts for those last-minute prompts.

If you are a stall holder and would like to send us photographs for inclusion, they would be welcome, thank you.

Our most popular public event is, by far, the monthly Farmers Market. Details of dates for these and any other events are published on the Forthcoming Events schedule.