Support our Cause
Belper Community Hall is a Registered Charity (Charity No 1078761) which is run for the good of the local and wider community. All monies made from bookings and activities run at the Hall is returned to the Hall for upkeep and essential maintenance. It’s a difficult job to keep the Hall going, so if you would like to help, Support Our Cause by making a donation, you can do so here.
Ways to Support Belper Community Hall with:
- Make a donation
- Support us by shopping online via EasyFundraising
- Support our Woodland Campaign
EasyFundraising
Would you like to Support Our Cause from the comfort of your arm chair? Belper Community Hall is registered on the EasyFundraising (EF) scheme which is basically a way of giving Belper Community Hall “free money. EasyFundraising is a shopping portal that offers a percentage fee from a huge number of retailers and literally costs you nothing. All you have to do is: Sign up to Easy Fundraising and select Belper Community as your cause at
Once signed up, when you are shopping, visit your retailer via the EasyFundraising website or app (you can download a Donation Reminder on both). You can shop with insurance firms, holiday companies, hotels, electrical suppliers and lots of other types of business, and many big retail names – e.g eBay and Booking.com – will all donate a percentage of whatever you purchase, which can range from 0.5% to 6%.
The next phase of our Community Hall improvement plan
We want to make our Community Hall better for everyone, creating a space that brings people together and makes the most of our wonderful community garden. Our next phase of improvements will focus on creating a new raised seating area at the rear of the hall. This will provide direct access from the hall into the garden, helping us make better use of the outdoor space and allowing us to host larger indoor and outdoor events.
It will also build on the improvements already made during our previous phase, including our new kitchen and external serving hatch, which will make it possible for us to host events such as community food nights.
We’re currently fundraising to make this next phase happen, and we’d love your support.
NEW Gate Sculpture by Local Artist Miles Halpin
A new gate has arrived at Belper Community Hall! We wanted to make the entrance feel special and create a stronger connection between the hall and the community around it, so we invited a local artist to create a unique, site-specific sculpture for the space.
Artist Miles Haplin says; “This gate is very much about community and the function of a Community Hall. The two ‘arms’ reaching upward hold and embrace a space between, like a harbour or vessel ready to be filled. The buds growing within represent the groups and social bonds harboured and sheltered within a community, all connected and growing together. A community is an embrace, where all are held and supported and each part gives the whole its strength. Like roots and branches, these connections reach towards each other and upward and out into the world. This is how a community works, creating its own networked ecosystem that helps itself to flourish. The door is open – come and join in!”
The gate was made possible thanks to donations and fundraising events held at the Community Hall.
Belper Community Land Trust - Help Preserve our Woodland
A piece of land – approximately 3/4 of an acre, adjacent to the rear of the Belper Community Hall – was put up for sale by auction in June 2023 by Derbyshire County Council. This woodland had previously been left in its natural state for over 50 years – flourishing and supporting an ecosystem and microclimate that provides a welcome retreat for dog walkers and families – and which has become an ‘unofficial nature reserve’ loved by many. The land is also used by locals as an unofficial footpath from the A6 to the Belper Cricket, Rugby, and Football Clubs, and the River Derwent, a route which would be threatened if the land is put into private ownership. A fundraising campaign was initiated to acquire the land and preserve it for wildlife and community use. We have made significant progress so far, with a total of £2,570 being raised.