Coronavirus update: Public Events Cancellations

Following yesterday’s announcement by the Government discouraging all but the most essential of social interactions it will come as no surprise that we have taken the responsible decision to cancel our public events programme until at least the end of April while the UK population follows the strict guidelines set out to help slow down the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

 The four events immediately affected are as follows:

 The Cowes Giant Boat Jumble (29^th March)

• Northwood House Members Talk (1^st April)
• Volunteering Coffee Morning (4^th April)
• The Isle of Wight Art & Garden Fair (10^th/11^th April)

We will be in touch with exhibitors directly to offer full refunds over the next few days or to carry forward bookings to a relevant event scheduled in the future.

We will contact businesses and customers with private bookings of Northwood House for meetings, weddings, parties and other events up to 30^th April to discuss the situation directly and help to make alternative arrangements if we mutually feel it’s necessary, depending on the nature and potential contact risk posed by the event.  We will be assessing the national and local situation on an ongoing basis and will be in touch with our other customers shortly who have bookings beyond this period to review the potential options if it looks like the issues will persist in to the second half of the spring.

Under these unprecedented circumstances, we can only offer our apologies for the disappointment and potential disruption that is likely to occur in the next few weeks, but we will continue to work to the latest government guidelines, taking our responsibility as a venue where people gather seriously. The house will remain open during this period with all necessary virus-safeguarding procedures in place and will continue to take bookings and enquiries for future events as normal.

For further information please call the Northwood House Office on 01983 293642.

Darren Cool

General Manager

Northwood House Charitable Trust Co Ltd

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