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Wenvoe Playgroup CIO
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 7th February
6:30pm
Here in the Playroom
AGENDA
Minute5 of 2021122
Report on year 2022123
Questions
Election of Officers
Any other business

AGM REPORT Se
tember 2022-Au
ust 2023
Successful fundrdising events were held throughoutthe year. In-house Christmas and Easter Concerts
and individual photogrdphs. The group held their annual Christmas Fayre & an evening event was
open to the whole community. The Santa run was not the success that it was the first year, so we
decided not to continue moving forward.
The group were successful in March 2023, to be offered a grant of just over £ll.000 from the Early
Years in the Vale of Glamorgan. This was to apply a soft surfoce to the concrete area in the rear
garden. Following this, we were successful with a smaller grant to replace the external notice board
which had been removed a few years ago, dilapidated. due to bad weather.
Planning ahead, in the Spring term of 2023, we made a decision to cancel the breakfast club, due to
the school offering FREE breakfast to all. Over this financial year, the school gradually opened up
their FREE breakfast club and this left us with very low numbers, which depleted coffer5. From
September 2023, breakfast club was remgved.
One staff member was on Maternity from March 23. 50 HMRC are holding monies ofjust UNDER
£3,000 from our accounts this financial year.
2 new staff joined our team in the Spring term. Ellen is working towards a qualification in her own
time and Jess has been employed as an apprentice, working with support due being under the age of
18.
We would like to thank parents lan and Sam Oakley for providing fruit free of charge for the
play8roup and to the parents who provided u5 on times Wlth much needed, not to mention costly,
kitchen towels and tissues.
We have many volunteers in the community who sUPPOrtthe group and would like to thank Darren
Bellarny for keeping our website up to date.
Our plan this year was to add Sandra as a second Rl for the group to access paperwork required bv
Care Inspectorate Wales. However. Russell advised at the end of Summer, as soon as Sandra was
accepted as Rl he would have to resign due to his work tommitment5. (This took place in November
2023, a new financial yearl.
Moving fornvard..
We will continue to fundraise in-house and will assess our fees for 2023 10 2024 to ensure they
reflect daily operational costs, rBther than ￿lyIng on fundrnising. We have endured rising tosts with
Minimum wage rise in April 23, pension fees rising. along with a rent increase from our landlord.
Another Minimum pay rise from HMRC is set for April 2024. Welsh Government haven't raised its
price per hour in the past year, with no plan to do so for the immediate future.

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