Bramley, not to be confused with Bramley in Hampshire, is a village and civil parish about three miles south of Guildford in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, south east England. Most of the parish lies in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Bramley Village Society (BVS) is a charity with a remit to maintian and improve Bramley's material and social fabric.
08 April 2024
If you have ever visited the BVS website you may have noticed that there is a list of ‘issues’ relating to amenities in Bramley; see some examples of current or past issues above. No prizes for guessing where they are! Resolving these issues does depend on who is responsible; often either Surrey County Council, Waverley Borough Council, or the Bramley Parish Council. In some cases, it comes down to the community to resolve the issue. In such cases the BVS committee tries to address the issue itself, ideally with help from volunteers.
This is only one of the functions of the BVS. The Society was founded in 1973 after there was disquiet about plans for several quite large developments in the village, with little apparent concern or opposition from officialdom. This is still one of the primary reasons for BVS to exist, i.e. to act on behalf of residents in situations where the official bodies are unable or unwilling to do so.
However, for some years now we have been saying that our activities are currently somewhat limited due to a lack of committee members. Unfortunately, the situation has not improved with the passing of time and several committee members now feel that it is well over the time by which they should retire so they will not be continuing on the committee following our next AGM in June. Essentially, this means that the BVS will no longer be able to continue as an active Bramley organisation unless we get some new blood on the committee (not that our committee meetings are either long or bloody!).