Annual General Meeting held on 10 March 2010
Our Chairman, Lady Nichols, welcomed everyone. The organiser, Ann Soanes, gave her report in which she said that in the past 12 months two of our wonderful volunteers, Bill Beavis and Sally Main, had died. They are both very sadly missed. Neville Thomas, who had been both a duty officer and driver, and latterly a client, had also passed away as had Dick Neil after a long illness, bravely borne. Our thoughts were with their families.
During the year we received 173 calls from clients. This was 47 more than the previous year and were mainly requests for transport to surgeries, dentists, physios, opticians and hospitals. We received a grant from the Parish Council which helped us to arrange with the Red Cross for Year 6 of St Paul’s School to be given a First Aid course. This had been very successful and so Care have again applied for a further grant for the present Year 6. Waitrose of Rickmansworth chose us to be one of their three charities in April and members were urged to shop at Waitrose and support Care. We have also applied for a small grant from Hertfordshire Community Foundation. If successful we would like to arrange for mini buses, with tail lifts, to take some of our more disabled and housebound clients out for a drive, followed by tea. The tea party, which we held last year, complete with a table magician, was a great success. Ann ended her report by thanking all the volunteers for the tremendous support she had received. Vic Archer, our Treasurer, presented his financial statement after which he invited questions. He was thanked for all his work for Care in keeping our accounts in order. Mark Jarrad has agreed to be Care’s Independent Adviser for the coming year. The election of officers and management committee took place with Lady Nichols as Chairman, Tony Cornell as Organiser, Vic Archer as Treasurer and Jacqui Taylor as Secretary. Sue Ellis is retiring having been Secretary for the past ten years and Ann Soanes is also retiring having been Organiser for the past three years. Lady Nichols thanked them both very much for all their hard work. The date for the next Annual General Meeting is Wednesday 23 March 2011.