HOTV News
This page to retire
Until recently, HOTV used this website as a depository of information and to publish news associated with the enterprise. Now that HOTV has its own website, everything except the HOTV landing page (under Businesses) is being retired in favour of the new website. Links to the old pages are still available on the HOTV News page, but eventually all of these pages will be removed.
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 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...
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.
Royal Oak: Phase 3
A proposal for rejigging some of the spaces in the Royal Oak to provide improved facilities.
