Bellsquarry Village Hall

11/06/2026

For info

10/06/2026

Exciting news! We will soon be launching our new website to make booking the hall easier for everyone. Our regular hall users are getting a sneak preview so if that’s you please check your email for details 👀

05/05/2026

Tuesday afternoons in the hall. X

22/04/2026

A wee reminder.General info . Nameless texts 🤦🏻🤦🏻

31/03/2026

Important changes to Bellsquarry Village Hall

As of 1st April 2026, West Lothian Council are no longer responsible for the running of Bellsquarry Village Hall. As a committee, we have been working hard to secure the future of the hall with as little disruption to our regular hall users as possible.

To allow us to do this we have set up a new Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation - Bellsquarry Hall (SCIO). The old Bellsquarry Village Hall Association has been wound down and all assets transferred to the new SCIO. As such, we are now leasing the hall from the council and are fully responsible for the day to day running as well as all of the health and safety, compliance, insurance and energy costs.
While we have been dealing with the bookings and payments for many years, the other responsibilities are new to us and we are on a steep learning curve.

As a hall user, you shouldn’t notice too much of a difference to your lets but we would ask that you bear with us if any issues do arise.
There is a new folder in the foyer of the hall, please sign in add the details of your classes/attendance. This information is required as a condition of our lease and will be used to calculate the value of community benefit provided by the hall which is then offset against any rent we are due.

We will keep you updated with anything else you need to be aware of but in the meantime please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank You 😊

29/03/2026

19/01/2026

Starting in February x

17/01/2026

You will be seeing a lot of posts like this over the coming weeks and months as most community centres in West Lothian are going to be run by the council. We know that the management committee at Murieston worked really hard to find a solution and we’re sorry that it didn’t work out. It’s great to hear that their efforts will continue for the community and we wish them well for the future.
For many reasons, our position at Bellsquarry is different and the management committee will still be running the hall going forward. There will certainly be changes and there are still plenty of unknowns but we are positive that we can make it work. Please keep an eye on the page for updates.

IMPORTANT NEWS!

West Lothian Council have intimated to us that they will be running Murieston Village Hall from 1st April 2026. All bookings for April or later must be made directly with the Council. We will post further information on the Council booking process if we find out more at a later date.

This is in common with 32 other community centres in West Lothian as part of a Council policy approved last October by the Council executive. Despite our efforts to suggest more cost-effective working and a Council promise of engagement, our proposal fell on deaf ears and was not discussed further after initial presentation to the Council.

For Murieston Initiative, we will no longer have involvement with Murieston Village Hall after 31st March but our charity will continue with our objective to benefit the residents of Murieston with efforts to advance education and to assist in the provision of recreation facilities.

15/01/2026

Wondering what’s on in the hall? Here’s the current schedule, hopefully there’s something there for everyone. Please contact individual class leaders for more details about their sessions.