## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/10/2021 Period start date To 30/09/2022 Period end date**
**Charity name: Friends of the X112**
**Charity registration number: 1184865**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 The object of the CIO is to provide
of the charity as set out transport facilities in the Furness
in its governing Peninsula and South Lakes area
document for
people who have special need of
such facilities because they are
elderly, poor or disabled, people
with
young children or those living in
isolated areas where there are no
adequate public transport
facilities
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Provision of a bus service, X12, No
1.19
activities in relation to 11 and X7 services in South
those purposes for the Lakeland via our current
public benefit, in contractor who delivers this
particular, the activities, service for us using our Section 22
projects or services permits. As agreed with the Traffic
identified in the Commissioner
accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All Trustees are aware and make
whether the trustees decisions based on guidance
have had regard to the issued by the Charity Commission.
guidance issued by the This is noted in any meeting
Charity Commission on minutes and all Trustees
public benefit understand the need to adhere to
our charitable objects and
purpose.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **We do not currently offer grants.** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
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We do not currently invest
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
Our volunteers have organised
Para 1.38 some coffee mornings at St Mary’s
Contribution made by Church Hall in Ulverston and
volunteers where possible, lunches at
Rampside. Our volunteers
(including Trustees) work hard to
raise funds with events, from our
Standing Order donation scheme
(delivering leaflets and
promotional literature) and
applying for grants suited to our
charitable objects.
We held a fashion show to raise
funds and a number of smaller
events for lunches/coffee etc
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
Our Transport Manager, Belinda, is
in charge of day to day
management (as per Traffic
Summary of the main Commissioner’s requirements) of
Para 1.20
achievements of the our bus services. Despite low
charity, identifying the numbers of passengers, the routes
difference the charity’s have been used by residents and
work has made to the tourists visiting the area. We
circumstances of its commenced the routes in June
beneficiaries and any 2021 following successfully
wider benefits to society obtaining our Section 22 permits
as a whole. in the previous financial year,
contracting our service provider
(Blueworks) and contracting our
Transport Manager, Belinda.
Passengers like the 16 seater low
floor buses which suit elderly
residents who find it hard to climb
into a coach or get in and out of a
minibus. They would otherwise
have to pay for taxis as none of
our routes have any other public
transport options available to
them.
We have managed to run several
coffee mornings, raffles, quizzes
and other small events.
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**We spent £15000 BSOG grant on the purchase of a bus during the this financial year, with a view to purchasing two buses in total. For exclusive use on our routes. We have other notable grants which were used towards our Transport Manager’s invoices, permits etc and to help promote the routes. Some funds are retained for next year as we expand the route and look to further vehicle purchases.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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We aimed to start delivery of our
three bus routes (two permits as
Achievements against Para 1.41 the X12 and 11 are one route for
objectives set our purposes) and achieved this in
the summer of 2021. It has,
pardon the pun, been a long road
to get here and we are delighted
to have launched our service.
We failed to achieve larger grants
from Lottery funds, James Fisher
Performance of Foundation and some local funding
fundraising activities Para 1.41 bodies as they have experienced
against objectives set increased applications due to the
pandemic. We did however gain
funds from the Coniston 14,
Hadfield Trust and Cumbria
Community Foundation. Sue, our
fundraising Trustee did an
amazing job with her applications
over the year.
Not applicable
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 We have £29744 in funds at the
financial position at the end of the financial year, to help
end of the period operate our service.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Reserves are held with projects in
policy for holding mind and to fund future services.
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £29744
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **BSOG grant £15k**
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BSOG grant £15k
The charity’s principal County, Distric and Parish Council
sources of funds Para 1.47 Grants 4,025
(including any
Coniston 14 1,000
fundraising)
Hadfield Trust 3,000
Barrow Conservatives, Ireleth
Dance Group 535
Cumbria community Founcation 7,000
Events held locally 925
Individual Legacy Donation 300
Interest on account balance 28
Individual Donations 1,000
Standing Order Scheme and
fundraising events plus bank
4,588
interest
Investment policy and
objectives including Para 1.46
any social investment
policy adopted
Lack of volunteers to do the day to day
work, increasing difficulty in obtaining
A description of the Para 1.46 larger grants which are not restricted
principal risks facing in their use to prevent them being used
the charity to cover operational costs of delivering
the charitable objects and bus service.
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution adopted 26 [th] May
document 2019
(trust deed, royal charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees are appointed/elected at
methods including details the AGM and or co-opted during
of any constitutional the year if required or as new
provisions e.g. election to Trustees become available.
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity trustees will make
available to each new charity
Policies and procedures trustee, on or before his or her
adopted for the induction Para 1.51 first
and training of trustees appointment:
(a) a copy of the current version of
the constitution; and
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest
Trustees’ Annual Report and
statement of accounts.
(a) The 'Friends of the X112 may
appoint up to 12 charity trustees.
The charity’s (b) Any appointment must be
organisational structure Para 1.51 made at a meeting held according
and any wider network to the ordinary practice of the
with which the charity appointing body.
works (c) Each appointment must be for
a term of [three] years.
(d) The appointment will be
effective from the later of:
(i) the date of the vacancy; and
(ii) the date on which the charity
trustees or their secretary or clerk
are informed of the
appointment.
(e) The person appointed need not
be a member of the appointing
body.
(f) A trustee appointed by the
appointing body has the same
duty under clause 9(1) as the
other charity trustees to act in the
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way he or she decides in good
faith would be most
likely to further the purposes of
the CIO]
We have a Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer plus our regular
Trustees.
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Friends of X112
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1184865
number
Charity’s principal 1 Woodhill Cres, Rampside, Barrow-in-Furness LA13
address 3QE
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year
1 Loraine Birchall Chair
2 Roger Harris Treasurer
3 Linda Friday Secretary
4 Anne Hall MBE
5 Janette Jenkinson
6 John Eyre Vice Chair
7 Susan Jenkinson
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Accountant** Stephen Leonard
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Loraine Birchall **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair of Trustees
**Date**
**Charity Name Friends of X112**
**No (if any) 1184865**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period end date 30/09/2022
0110/2020 **To** 01/10/2021
**For the period from**
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
to the nearest funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
ccc BSOG Grant - 15,000 - 15,000
County, District and Parish Council grants 4,025 - - 4,025
Coniston 14 1,000 - - 1,000
Hadfield Trust 3,000 - - 3,000
Barrow Conservatives, Ireleth Dance Group 535 - - 535
Cumbria Community Foundation 7,000 - - 7,000
Events held locally 925 - - 925
Individual Legacy Donation 300 300
Interest on account balance 28 28
Standing Order Scheme and fundraising Individual Donations 1,000 1,000
events plus bank interest 4,588 - - 4,588
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 22,401 15,000 - 37,401
(see table).
- - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 22,401 15,000 - 37,401
A3 Payments
Expenses from Fundraising Events 324 - - 324
Bus Signage 1,389 - - 1,389
Bus contract Payments 24,181 - - 24,181
Transport Manager Costs 1,280 - - 1,280
Bus Insurance 941 - - 941
- - -
- - -
Public Liability Insurance 150 - - 150
- - - -
Sub total [ 28,265 ] - - 28,265
A4 Asset and investment
Bus 15,000 - 15,000
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] 15,000 - 15,000
Total payments [ 28,265 ] 15,000 - 43,265
Net of receipts/(payments) [- 5,863 ] - - - 5,863
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 35,607 - - 35,607
Cash funds this year end [ 29,744 ] - - 29,744
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|**Section B Statement**|**of assets and liabilities**|**at the end of the period**|**at the end of the period**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**|**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Cash in building society account
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**29,744**
**-**
**-**
**29,744**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK
|OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|||**funds**|**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**|**liability relates**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on|Signature|Print Name||
||Loraine Birchall
Roger Harris|Loraine
Roger|Birchall
Harris|
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CC16a
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**Last year to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**11,153 11,153**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval 30/03/2023 **30/03/2023**
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/10/2021 Period start date To 30/09/2022 Period end date**
**Charity name: Friends of the X112**
**Charity registration number: 1184865**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 The object of the CIO is to provide
of the charity as set out transport facilities in the Furness
in its governing Peninsula and South Lakes area
document for
people who have special need of
such facilities because they are
elderly, poor or disabled, people
with
young children or those living in
isolated areas where there are no
adequate public transport
facilities
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Provision of a bus service, X12, No
1.19
activities in relation to 11 and X7 services in South
those purposes for the Lakeland via our current
public benefit, in contractor who delivers this
particular, the activities, service for us using our Section 22
projects or services permits. As agreed with the Traffic
identified in the Commissioner
accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All Trustees are aware and make
whether the trustees decisions based on guidance
have had regard to the issued by the Charity Commission.
guidance issued by the This is noted in any meeting
Charity Commission on minutes and all Trustees
public benefit understand the need to adhere to
our charitable objects and
purpose.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **We do not currently offer grants.** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
**----- Start of picture text -----**
We do not currently invest
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
Our volunteers have organised
Para 1.38 some coffee mornings at St Mary’s
Contribution made by Church Hall in Ulverston and
volunteers where possible, lunches at
Rampside. Our volunteers
(including Trustees) work hard to
raise funds with events, from our
Standing Order donation scheme
(delivering leaflets and
promotional literature) and
applying for grants suited to our
charitable objects.
We held a fashion show to raise
funds and a number of smaller
events for lunches/coffee etc
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
Our Transport Manager, Belinda, is
in charge of day to day
management (as per Traffic
Summary of the main Commissioner’s requirements) of
Para 1.20
achievements of the our bus services. Despite low
charity, identifying the numbers of passengers, the routes
difference the charity’s have been used by residents and
work has made to the tourists visiting the area. We
circumstances of its commenced the routes in June
beneficiaries and any 2021 following successfully
wider benefits to society obtaining our Section 22 permits
as a whole. in the previous financial year,
contracting our service provider
(Blueworks) and contracting our
Transport Manager, Belinda.
Passengers like the 16 seater low
floor buses which suit elderly
residents who find it hard to climb
into a coach or get in and out of a
minibus. They would otherwise
have to pay for taxis as none of
our routes have any other public
transport options available to
them.
We have managed to run several
coffee mornings, raffles, quizzes
and other small events.
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**We spent £15000 BSOG grant on the purchase of a bus during the this financial year, with a view to purchasing two buses in total. For exclusive use on our routes. We have other notable grants which were used towards our Transport Manager’s invoices, permits etc and to help promote the routes. Some funds are retained for next year as we expand the route and look to further vehicle purchases.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**----- Start of picture text -----**
We aimed to start delivery of our
three bus routes (two permits as
Achievements against Para 1.41 the X12 and 11 are one route for
objectives set our purposes) and achieved this in
the summer of 2021. It has,
pardon the pun, been a long road
to get here and we are delighted
to have launched our service.
We failed to achieve larger grants
from Lottery funds, James Fisher
Performance of Foundation and some local funding
fundraising activities Para 1.41 bodies as they have experienced
against objectives set increased applications due to the
pandemic. We did however gain
funds from the Coniston 14,
Hadfield Trust and Cumbria
Community Foundation. Sue, our
fundraising Trustee did an
amazing job with her applications
over the year.
Not applicable
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 We have £29744 in funds at the
financial position at the end of the financial year, to help
end of the period operate our service.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Reserves are held with projects in
policy for holding mind and to fund future services.
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £29744
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **BSOG grant £15k**
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BSOG grant £15k
The charity’s principal County, Distric and Parish Council
sources of funds Para 1.47 Grants 4,025
(including any
Coniston 14 1,000
fundraising)
Hadfield Trust 3,000
Barrow Conservatives, Ireleth
Dance Group 535
Cumbria community Founcation 7,000
Events held locally 925
Individual Legacy Donation 300
Interest on account balance 28
Individual Donations 1,000
Standing Order Scheme and
fundraising events plus bank
4,588
interest
Investment policy and
objectives including Para 1.46
any social investment
policy adopted
Lack of volunteers to do the day to day
work, increasing difficulty in obtaining
A description of the Para 1.46 larger grants which are not restricted
principal risks facing in their use to prevent them being used
the charity to cover operational costs of delivering
the charitable objects and bus service.
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution adopted 26 [th] May
document 2019
(trust deed, royal charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees are appointed/elected at
methods including details the AGM and or co-opted during
of any constitutional the year if required or as new
provisions e.g. election to Trustees become available.
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity trustees will make
available to each new charity
Policies and procedures trustee, on or before his or her
adopted for the induction Para 1.51 first
and training of trustees appointment:
(a) a copy of the current version of
the constitution; and
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest
Trustees’ Annual Report and
statement of accounts.
(a) The 'Friends of the X112 may
appoint up to 12 charity trustees.
The charity’s (b) Any appointment must be
organisational structure Para 1.51 made at a meeting held according
and any wider network to the ordinary practice of the
with which the charity appointing body.
works (c) Each appointment must be for
a term of [three] years.
(d) The appointment will be
effective from the later of:
(i) the date of the vacancy; and
(ii) the date on which the charity
trustees or their secretary or clerk
are informed of the
appointment.
(e) The person appointed need not
be a member of the appointing
body.
(f) A trustee appointed by the
appointing body has the same
duty under clause 9(1) as the
other charity trustees to act in the
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way he or she decides in good
faith would be most
likely to further the purposes of
the CIO]
We have a Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer plus our regular
Trustees.
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Friends of X112
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1184865
number
Charity’s principal 1 Woodhill Cres, Rampside, Barrow-in-Furness LA13
address 3QE
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year
1 Loraine Birchall Chair
2 Roger Harris Treasurer
3 Linda Friday Secretary
4 Anne Hall MBE
5 Janette Jenkinson
6 John Eyre Vice Chair
7 Susan Jenkinson
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Accountant** Stephen Leonard
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Loraine Birchall **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair of Trustees
**Date**