HOTV News
New elected Management Committee
Graham Gleed, chairman of the interim management committee, confirmed the successful election of 5 committee members during a handover meeting on Thursday 13th March 2025. On Tuesday 18th March the full Management Committee held their first meeting during which their...
HOTV update January 2025: what happened, and what happens next?
You may have heard that the last members of the management committee elected in 2024 have now resigned, leaving HOTV with no committee at all. You may be wondering how on earth this happened—and what comes next. The answer to the first question is that the committee...
HOTV Annual Members’ Meeting 2024
The 2024 AMM will be held on Monday 2nd September, at 7pm in the Function Room at the Royal Oak.
Community Hub Group
Link to the HOTV Community Hub Group website
Phase 3 Open Day 16 Dec—Update
We will be holding an open day at the Oak on Saturday 16 December to show the proposed plans to HOTV Members and customers, to discuss the options and to receive comments and suggestions.
HOTV Management Committee
Our appeal for Members to step forward to join the Management Committee has been rewarded with three excellent new nominations: from Trevor Daniels, Tom Duxbury and Emma Simon. Graham our Treasurer is also standing for re-election whereas John Davison and Nick Sloan...
2023 Annual Members’ Meeting
The 2023 AMM will be held on Monday 25th September, at 7pm in the Royal Oak. All Members are very welcome. The agenda can be read here. The principal business will be to fill three or four vacancies on the Management Committee. According to our rules, three existing...
Kitchen improvements and Phase 3
First some excellent news: we have been successful in our application for a grant from Valencia Communities Fund for nearly £16,000 to upgrade our kitchen with new more efficient equipment, including a combi-oven and an induction hob which will be an important step...
Food returns to the Royal Oak
After a long search following the departure of our previous chef, we are delighted to welcome Jenna to our kitchen.
Awards galore!
HOTV has just reaped not one but two awards: the BBC Community Group Make a Difference Award for Somerset, and the Somerset County Council Community Resilience Award.
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