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United Utilities have informed Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) www.acre.org.uk that they have been in discussions with Ofwat and that in order to qualify for the review of the site area charge, customers must be in one of the following categories:
ACRE, as the umbrella body for the Rural Community Action Network, wants to make sure that these categories are changed to include all rural community buildings such as village halls, WI halls, memorial halls, reading rooms, parish halls. These types of halls play a significant pivotal role in their community, are registered charities under the Recreational Charities Act 1958 and have a definition under the Licensing Act 2003. We have spoken with Church representatives and are reassured that their campaign did not have any intention of excluding any voluntary sector group affected by these charges. Please contact the adviser for your County (click the Find an Adviser tab) who will be collecting evidence of increases in your surface water charges and alert your local MP. http://www.acre.org.uk/communityassets_villagehalls_informationservice.html Note also that the United Utilities categories do not include community centres in suburban and urban areas. If you manage an urban building contact Community Matters www.communitymatters.org.uk Examples of possible increased charge:
Deborah Clarke, Village Hall Information Officer, ACRE. 01285 653477 ext 202
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