Jameston
Community
Association
Working with and for local residents
We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Special General Meeting and the AGM on Friday, March 13th.
More than 80 people came, and delivered a series of unanimous votes that saved the Association... and gave us the heart to keep going.
We wouldn't be here if it weren't for you, and we are so very grateful for all your support.
As soon as we know when the school is leaving the hall, we'll be holding a series of events to find out what you want to see at the hall.
We will see you there
A new era
Supporting our local school and community
It was over three and a half years ago that Manorbier School burnt down, and we offered our Community Hall as their temporary home.
And now the County Council has said that it
is amalgamating Manorbier with St Florence
Primary School.
So our school is closing... although the
official closure process is about as easy to
read as War and Peace... in Hungarian.
It looks like they hope to get things done
by the end of this school year, ready for the
kids to start together in St Florence in
September. But given the speed of things
so far, we'll wait and see.
When the school moved in just after COVID, with just a couple of regular groups using the hall, income was almost zero.
Back then, the future looked far from certain, but one gleam of light in this disaster is the chance it gives us for a fresh look at what we do... rebuild from scratch with events or activities that you want.
We will find out what everyone wants at the hall, bring back things that worked well, let go of the events that lost their appeal, and add new activities and groups.
We're open to all suggestions and ideas, and more than ready to try out things that have not been done before. Anything is possible.
The rent for the school leaves us in a healthy financial position. So we will be able to keep our charges low, maybe with some free trial sessions.
As soon as we know details from the Council, we'll be organising community meetings to identify and plan the activities that you want and will support.
You'll be the first to know
About us
A very long time ago, the Hall was a cottage... until St James Church took it over as a Mission Room, and held services there on a Sunday afternoon, right up to the turn of the 21st Century; the old bell tower is still on the pine end.
Thanks to the foresight, expertise, and fundraising of the original JCA members, they bought the Mission, and it is now our Community Hall.
In the early 2000s, they set up the JCA as an unincorporated charity —a group of locals working together for the community.
But the suggestion has always been to grow into a CIO: a Charitable Incorporated Organisation - making it easier to own property, and to operate more professionally.
In 2025, the Charity Commission approved our application to become a CIO, so we're working on the transition from old to new.
It won't make any difference to the hall users or JCA members, but it will make life more straightforward.
The trustees
The AGM elects the Charity Trustees, and this was the 2026 election.
Chair Ray Hughes
Vice-Chair Richard Hughes
Secretary & Treasurer Jane George
Other trustees Kai Furlong Andrew John Nicola Hughes
Marie Hamnett Graham Willcocks
Our activities
The regular coffee mornings are a great way for everyone to get together and keep in touch.
Andrew and Julie are hosting the next one at the Emmanuel Church... usual place and time (April 4th)
Giving up the hall to save the kids, teachers, and the community from any further trauma came at a high price.It meant we could not run our activities and events for almost four years.
We did what we could to support groups and events in other local venues, and we supported events for our community wherever we could.
In 2024 and 2025, we supported the senior citizens' festive lunch at the Giraldus Centre to the tune of £500, and gave £300 to support the Luncheon Club's Christmas meal.
Then there was the children's party in 2024 and lashings of sweets for the kids at Christmas 2025.
We've tried to keep in touch with our community through the regular and popular coffee mornings at the Emmanuel Church.
And looking ahead, we are pressing the Director of Education to find out when they plan to complete the process.
As soon as we know, we'll be setting up those community-wide events to identify and plan the activities that our residents want and will support.
Over 80 people turned up to the Special General Meeting on March 13th. It was called by 11 JCA members to discuss the current situation and to move to hold a properly constituted AGM.The meeting unanimously requested Ray Hughes to run a General Meeting, which took place after the SGM.That meeting received reports on the way forward for JCA and on the finances, before conducting elections for officers and trustees and re-running the proposals from last year's AGM
This is where we post important documents, like AGM minutes and the constitution.Click the icon and the document opens.
JCA Constitution
Get in touch
Our email address
Drop us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
JamestonCommunityAssoc@gmail.com
JamestonCommunityAssoc@gmail.com