## **EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS ACTION GROUP** 

A ROTARY/INNER WHEEL PARTNERSHIP Registered charity no. 1168765 

## **EVAG Report 2022** 

Emergency Volunteer Action Group is a hybrid organisation of Rotary and Inner Wheel and other volunteers. We respond to callout by local authorities in Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire in the event of civil emergencies. We continue to attend both internal and external training courses to keep up with developments. We have our own small store which holds essential response equipment, and we also issue flood prevention gear free of charge, to households in danger of flash flooding. 

EVAG has been involved with 3 significant happenings this year 

## **Friday 18 Feb 22** 

Storm Eunice arrived and caused much damage in the West Country. 

Trees uprooted, Electricity and WIFI disrupted. Many rural villages cut off. 

EVAG responded to callout by Local Authorities. Visited houses to identify vulnerable people. 

## **March 22** 

EVAG responded and gave much assistance to Bridgwater Rotary Club. Some £200k of donated medical equipment loaded into giant transporter and sent to Ukraine. 

## **May 22** 

Invited by local authority to participate actively in large civil exercise involving all the blue light and voluntary organisations. This was a simulated burning ship off the coast at Watchet and EVAG helped run the evacuate on centre. 

Our EVAG board members and trustees have attended training courses with the ‘blue light’ first responders, at which the emphasis is upon cooperation and teamwork amongst the emergency services ad voluntary organisations. 

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## **Covid** 

Covid forced us to hold most of our regular meetings via ZOOM, but thankfully the most recent was our first face-to-face for over a year. 

## **Finances** 

The financial summary is shown below. It ca be noted that we paid the SCV £6296.04 as they, a fellow Rotary charity and managers of our logistics, undertook to carry out the purchasing plan, using grants to buy materials for donation to flood-prone area – domestic flood packs. The decision was made, to delay most of the purchases and to transfer the money, minus that which had been spent on flood pack additions and PPE, back to EVAG. 

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|---|---|---|---|---|
|**EVAG ACCOUNTS**|||||
|**DATE**<br>**TRANSACTION**<br>**DEBIT**<br>**CREDIT**<br>**BALANCE**|||||
|**16.10.2**<br>**0**|**Balance brought forward**|||**659.36**|
|**13.11.2**<br>**0**|**rRotary grant for packs etc**||**3148.02**|**3807.38**|
|**18.11.2**<br>**0**|**Somerset Prepared Grant**||**3148.02**|**6955.40**|
|**6.1.21**|**Paid to SCV for purchases**|**6296.04**||**659.36**|
|**22.7.21**|**Catering cost - film**|**35.00**|||
|**28.7.21**|**Banner cost - film**|**70.00**|||
|**2.8.21**|**Hall hire - film**|**18.00**||**536.36**|
|**16.8.21**|**Labels for flood packs**|**102.00**||**434.36**|
|**4.10.21**|**SSE grant**||**987.51**|**1421.87**|
|**1.11.21**|**cheque 100012**|**199.08**||**1222.79**|
|**14.1.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**1217.79**|
|**5.2.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**1212.79**|
|**8.3.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**1207.79**|
|**5.4.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**1202.79**|
|**4.5.22**|**Rita's tabard**||**10.00**|**1212.79**|
|**6.5.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**1207.79**|
|**9.5.22**|**SCV FUNDS**||**5976.53**|**7184.32**|
|**5.6.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**7179.32**|
|**14.6.22**|**Simeon Kit**||**20.00**|**7199.32**|
|**26.6.22**|**Pat's Kit**||**20.00**|**7219.32**|
|**6.7.22**|**Bank charges**|**5.00**||**7214.32**|
|**18.7.22**|**Carol Kit**||**10.00**|**7224.32**|



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**£987+5976.53= £6963.53, grants received, ring fenced for kit purchases AVAILABLE FUNDS = 260.79 Income in 2021: £987.51 Expenditure in 2021: £6720.12** 

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||**EVAG ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2021**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**DATE**|**TRANSCTION**|**DEBIT**|**CREDIT**|**BALANCE**|
|1.1.21|**OPENING BALANCE**|||**6955.4**|
|22.7.21|Paid to SCV for purchases of flood packs etc.|6296.04||659.36|
|28.7.21|Catering cost - film|35.00||624.36|
|2.8.21|Banner cost - film|70.00||554.36|
|16.8.21|Hall hire - film|18.00||536.36|
|4.10.21|Lebels for flood packs|102.00||434.36|
|4.10.21|SSE grant received FOR FLOOD PACKS||987.51|1421.87|
||**CLOSING BALANCE**|**6521.04**|**987.51**|**1421.87**|
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||**SUMMARY**||||
||**INCOME**|**987.51**|||
||**EXPENDITURE**|**6521.04**|||