Minutes of the AGM held on 17 November 2022 at 2pm (via Zoom)
Present: Diane Smillie (Acting Chair), Miriam Baird, Vivienne Pike (Treasurer), Judy Clay, Sally Nelhams (Charity Organiser), Jill Butterworth, Barbara Studholme, Louise Foster
Apologies: Jade Gibson, Mike Conefrey, Eddie (WSIM).
Welcome - Diane welcomed everyone to the meeting, especially Jill and Barbara.
Minutes of last AGM held on 10 March 2022 - These were approved. There were no matters arising.
Status of the Charity, what has happened since the last meeting and what is planned – report from Diane.
There had been three Trustee meetings. We had received around £8,000 of funding from the Lottery Community Fund.
A coffee morning had taken place at the Unitarian Church in Kendal. The location was good, but it had not been very busy.
Hilary Widall had resigned as Treasurer and Vivienne Pike had taken on the role of Treasurer.
We are continuing to look into whether to design a certificate for members to display. Diane welcomed Jade as a Trustee.
We still needed more Trustees, and despite advertising, we had not had any interest. Sally had set up a #Just Giving’ fundraising page for the charity.
Diane had resigned as Chair.
Financial position – report from Vivienne Pike, Treasurer.
We had received Grants from the Lottery Commission and McCarthy and Stone.
The coffee morning and several funeral collections had also raised funds.
South Lakes Dementia Community Registered Charity Number 1174741
Just Giving had added just over £600.00 to the account.
The only outgoings were the Charity Organiser’s wages and the room hire at Abbot Hall Social Centre for the Hubs. There was also a small fee for having the bank account.
The bank balance was £9,587.46.
Appointment of Chair, Secretary, and Trustees - Despite advertising, no-one had stepped forward to offer to become a Trustee or Chair. There were no specific rules in our Constitution and so a ‘roving’ Chair’ was suggested as a solution. Miriam was happy to chair meetings, but there were further responsibilities such as bidding for grants and representing us at meetings etc, which needed to be addressed. It was agreed that Diane would no longer Chair meetings. It was essential that we found more help for the charity and perhaps lay out a job spec of what was expected of the Chair and Secretary.
Update from the Charity Organiser – Report from Sally Nelhams
Face-to-face Hubs had resumed. Some had been better attended than others, but all had been well supported by service providers.
Rural Hubs – We had been to some of the Ambleside Hubs, the Kirkby Lonsdale Charter market and to Arnside with the local PCSO
Other Activities – A coffee morning at the Unitarian Chapel raised £180.00.
Dean Gibson School held a cake bake in June and raised £166.00.
Sally had attended a ‘Living Well in Later Life’ event at Carus Green Golf Club, organised by Home Instead. It provided a good opportunity to network with other organisations.
We had attended Kendal Market with Home Instead.
Diane and Miriam gave a presentation to the Kent Estuary Mission Community in September.
Funding – We had applied for and received grants from the Lottery Community Fund and McCarthy and Stone.
Dean Gibson School held a cake bake in June and raised £166.00.
A Just Giving Birthday fundraiser (friend of Sally’s) raised around £600.00
Heron Hill Care Home were planning a golf day and have nominated us as their chosen charity.
We have had some donations from funeral collections.
Christmas Tree Festival – we will have a tree and the theme is ‘Waste into Wonderful’
South Lakes Dementia Community Registered Charity Number 1174741
Social Media/Marketing – ongoing.
Dementia Friends Training Update – Miriam Baird
Miriam had held eight sessions this year, mainly virtually. More than 80 people from all over the country attended. The sessions were interactive and received good feedback. More face to face sessions were planned. Sessions were free, but it was suggested that a donation could be requested.
Dementia Friends had lost volunteers as the roles had changed from ‘Champions’ to ‘Ambassadors’ and had more of an awareness raising and fundraising focus.
It was suggested that a certificate could be awarded to those who undertook training and they could be promoted by using an email sign-off too.
More promotion of the sessions was needed, perhaps by the memory service. It was important that people had more access to support once they had received a dementia diagnosis.
7. Date of next members meeting - Thursday 16 March at 2pm – Miriam would chair.
A Trustee meeting was arranged for Thursday 8[th] December at 11 am
8. Any other business - It was important to encourage more Trustees.
Joint events with other organisations were suggested, and they should be encouraged to getting involved with our charity.
South Lakes Dementia Community Registered Charity Number 1174741
INCOM E
| Personal donations/M.J. Baird Events | £545.75 |
|---|---|
| Personal donations/Just | |
| Giving | £634.91 |
| KDLPCC SPEC Xmas Trees | £271.04 |
| GRANT | |
| S | |
| Cumbria Community | £7,840. |
| Foundation | 00 |
| McCarthy Stone | |
| Foundation | £500.00 |
| INTER | |
| EST | £0.00 |
| £9,791. | |
| TOTAL | 70 |
| EXPENDITURE | |
| Bank Charges | 37.1 |
| Hub venue | |
| charges | 220 |
| KDLPCC SPEC Xmas Trees Refund payment | |
| error | 128.84 |
| Marsh Insurance | |
| 2022 | 502.9 |
| Salarie | |
| s | 6545.73 |
| Trustee | |
| expenses | 143.88 |
| £7,578. | |
| TOTAL | 45 |