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Upcoming Events
Green Finger Tips Gardening Club – York Cemetery – a talk by Clive Dawson
The next GFT meeting is with Clive Dawson talking about York Cemetery. Sometimes described as "An Oasis in the City" York Cemetery is a lovely 24 acre spot with 28,000 graves, 17,000 monuments and 2 listed buildings. Clive is an acknowledged expert and he will talk...
Commonwealth War Graves Talk – Green Finger Tips Gardening Club
The next meeting of Green Finger Tips Gardening Club is the postponed talk by Paul Bennett from the Commonwealth Graves Foundation Thursday January 16th 2025 at 7.30pm in the Sand Hutton and Claxton Village Hall. This year gets off to an earlier start than usual with...
2025 Greeen Finger Tips Gardening Club Programme Released
Thanks to the stirling work of our stalwart Committee consisting of John Short, Colin Garner, June Garner, Erica Town, Jan Ward, Claudia Fellner and Mike Sherlock we are pleased to announce the release of the Green Finger Tips Gardening Club's 2025 Programme. Details...
South West Ryedale Community Climate Action Group – Launch Meeting
Following successfully obtaining a grant from North Yorkshire Council to expand our local Community Climate Action Group (CCAG), a Launch Meeting of the South West Ryedale CCAG will take place in Sand Hutton and Claxton Village Hall at 7.00pm on Wednesday 20 November...
Pop Up Pub Quiz night – how’s your general knowledge?
Date for your diaries. On Saturday 16 November 2024 the Synolda Arms Pop Up Pub will be opening again at Sand Hutton and Claxton Village Hall for a Quiz night. Craft beer, snacks and soft drinks will be available. Why not get a team together to see if you could win a...
Further alterations to reduce the Village Hall’s carbon footprint
We are delighted to have been able to take another step to reduce the Village Hall's carbon footprint thanks to a generous grant from Ryedale District Council's community grant scheme (now subsumed into the North Yorkshire Council). All the existing lighting in the...
Climate Action Group – Sand Hutton, Claxton and Surrounding Villages
Following the launch meeting of our Group on 26 April 2023 at Sand Hutton and Claxton Village Hall, a small steering group of members of our community have met since then to discuss what recommendations can be made to our community to reduce our carbon footprint....
Solar Panel and Battery Project Completed
We are delighted to report that through a generous grant from Energy for All (Centrica) and Ryedale District Council's Locality Budget (many thanks to Cllr Caroline Goodrick, local North Yorkshire councillor)) we have taken the first step in reducing the Village...
Village Hall gains grants for green initiatives
The Village Hall committee has been working diligently over the past few months to reduce the Hall’s carbon footprint by seeking grants to introduce energy savings measures. We are pleased to report that we have been successful in gaining grants for two projects. Find out more about our plans.
2023 Green Finger Tips Gardening Club Programme
The 2023 Green Finger Tips Gardening Club programme can be found here.
Welcome to our new website
We have been working diligently behind the scenes to build and launch a new website for the Village Hall. Please look at it on a regular basis as new features are posted. The Calendar will provide information about Village Hall bookings. Please let us have your...
