Art and Craft Workshops July -December 2019
We have an exciting programme of workshops led by artists who display work in our Gallery – please book direct with the details given for each workshop.
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LATEST NEWS !!! AGM DETAILS – please scroll down this page for information
Earlams, Styal Community Store receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Mr David Briggs MBE Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire presented the award to our volunteers, congratulations !
We have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
Earlams Store, Café and Art Gallery is an inclusive community enterprise that promotes and provides opportunities for creativity, learning, volunteering and a social focus for the village of Styal and surrounding area.
Representatives from Earlams attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May, along with other recipients of this year’s Award
Earlams is one of 281 charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups to receive the prestigious award this year. The number of nominations and awards has increased year on year since the awards were introduced in 2002, showing that the voluntary sector is thriving and full of innovative ideas to make life better for those
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Winners are announced each year on 2 June – the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. Award winners this year are wonderfully diverse. They include volunteers helping people overcome mental health problems through sport, volunteers using caravans as mobile cafe/information centres in geographically remote locations and another group mentoring children who have a parent in prison.
Earlam’s Chair John Novak says:
“We are very proud of all we have created at Earlams and delighted that our work has been recognised in this way, it pays tribute to the hard work and commitment of our volunteers.”
NOTICE FOR SHAREHOLDERS
The Annual General Meeting of Styal Village Community Store, Cafe and Gallery for year ending 31/07/19 will take place at 7pm on MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2019 in the Cabin at Earlams.
We have emailed the AGM date to all share holders – please let us have your updated contact details if you have not received a notification email for AGM
Management Team Meetings
Styal has had a village store since the 1800’s and the new village store, café gallery which is a community run company and trades as EARLAMS was established by the villagers in 2014 to enhance Styal village life. It helps to create a sense of community that benefits the village as a place to live, work and visit.
