ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
BRIGHTON, HOVE
& WEST SUSSEX
DEAF CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
THE TOP HOUSE PUB
10TH
JULY 2012
Present: Kim Thompson
Peter
Phillips
Louise
Simpson
June
Garner
Gill
Davison
Bella
Austen
Anna-Marie
Bennett
Julie
Phillips
Carolyn
McCabe
Wilf
Bridges
Tina
Bridges
Richard
Austen
Jan
& Paul Penkert
Seamus
Nugent
Welcome by Kim –
Thank
you for coming along to our 16th Annual General Meeting, good to see
you.
As we
stated in our invite we had decided to the cost to keep the AGM small this year
due to financial costs so hopefully we won’t keep you too long.
I don’t need to
introduce the Committee to you as you are all aware who we are!
This has been my
second year as Chair and it has been another successful year.
Since last April
through to this April we have once again tried to organise events that cater to
all ages, not always an easy task. But
we I think we managed it with some being firm favourites such as the Spectrum, holiday
and Chuckle Bros and a very popular trip to see The Lion King in London.
As always we are
still on the lookout for more committee members, so if any of you fancy
rejoining the Committee we would love to have you back!
Finally I would
just like to say a big thank you to the rest of the committee who have helped
me keep my head above the water and for their time, hard work and support over
the past year.
Treasurer
Treasurer’s Report
Our charity is run solely by volunteers, who give up a
tremendous amount of time from their busy home and working lives. They
organise, as you have heard, a wide range of activities. The funding of these
activities is raised mainly from special fundraising events at various times of
year.
After the success of
the signed song performances in the spring we decided to try it again. It
proved to be another success raising people’s awareness, whilst raising £544.
The London 10k run has
grown in popularity with 25,000 entrants and more than 30,000 spectators. Our
team for this year was Bev Benfell, Nichola France, Jackie Denyer, Dan Simpson,
Paul Simmonds, Carl Phillips, and trying to keep up, me! The Team of seven
managed to raise a fantastic £1741. Which was a great achievement as it was
definitely a first for some. A special thank you to Jackie Denyer - she stepped
in at the last minute, after Sarah Maynard had had to drop out through injury.
Sarah determined to do
her bit for the Group ran The Great South Run in October and raised £197 for
us.
The final fundraising
event of the year is a fantastic opportunity for many of our members to get
involved and join in the Christmas spirit with the Xmas Carol Signing. This has
been a great success as it gives members the opportunity to join in locally
with other members, have fun, raise money, and sometimes to freeze for a great
cause. Their great efforts raised £878 this year.
We have also received
many kind donations from businesses and private individuals over the course of
the year. These are all very much appreciated as they do help us to offer a
wide range of activities and help to our members.
The fundraising and
donations totalled just under £5500. This is a fantastic effort by the few
people who put themselves out to give something back to the Group. As the
membership increases it is all the more important that members make the effort
to support us so we can continue to subsidise and organise events, and offer
support where we can. So it just remains to say a big thank you from the Group
for the efforts made in the past and for continuing to volunteer and support us
in the future.
THANK YOU
Peter Phillips
ELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Kim seconded by Carolyn McCabe
Peter seconded by Tina Bridges
Louise seconded by Julie Phillips
Rest of the committee agreed to stay.
Louise asked if anyone interested in joining. The committee emphasised the need for
new members to the committee.
AOB
- Anna-Marie hopes to hold a
‘cream tea’ to raise funds for the group later in the year.
- Julie suggested holding a
meeting to welcome new members into the group.
- Kim suggested approaching
Springboard to get new members involved and maybe a committee member or
member to go along once a term. There
was then much conversation about how to reach other families with deaf
children in West Sussex.
- Jan Penkert suggested a
100 Club.
- Possible trip - Go-Karting
at Deers Leap, East Grinstead
