## **NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS** **Head Office: ARC Centre, 312 London Road, Romford, Essex RM7 9NH www.nawc.org.uk email: nawc@btconnect.com Tel: 07701 394320** ## **Registered Charity Number: 273397 Patrons: None acting at present** ************************************************** ## **NAWC** - Is a Registered Charity with member clubs nationwide - Acts as an intermediary with Government Departments regarding resolutions debated - at the Annual Conference. - Issues information regularly to member clubs - Provides an advisory service to its members. ## **OBJECTS OF NAWC** The objects of the Association shall be to advance education and to provide facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for women without distinction of political, religious or other opinions. ## **These objects are achieved by;** ACTIVITIES carried on within the clubs, from the practice of various crafts or taking part in choirs, drama, listening to speakers on a wide range of subjects in order to broaden interests and to stimulate women to take up further education. Outings are arranged to theatres, exhibitions and local industries, social events are also organized to suit all tastes. REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS of clubs hold regular meetings which give local support and also provide each member with further social contacts. AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE is held at which resolutions put by member Associations and Single Clubs are debated. Resolutions are of national importance, and many pieces of legislation have been passed over the years in which NAWC feels its voice has been instrumental. MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to attend Weekends Away and one Day Workshops run or financed by the organization and held in various parts of the country. COMMUNITY AND CHARITY WORK within the scope of the Association’s Aims and Objects, is encouraged and there is a real growth of friendship between club members, which results in the development of community spirit. **The CONSTITUTION is the Governing Document of the organisation, which each club** 1 **must agree to abide by before being accepted in Membership** ## **NATIONAL OFFICERS 2022/23** ## *** Elected Positions** *** CHAIRMAN: 2018)** **Mrs Chris Burton (from September** **HON-TREASURER: September 2022)** **Mrs Maureen Harwood (from** ## *** VICE CHAIRMEN:** **Mrs Joan Bramley Mrs Mary Bird Mrs Linda Starkey** ***************************************** ## **ACCOUNTS EXAMINER:** Daniel Breen: 68 The Drive, Chase Cross, Romford, Essex RM5 3TR **BANKERS;** National Westminster Bank plc, Tavistock Square (A), PO Box 83 Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JA Barclays Bank plc Business Direct, Leicester LE87 2BB *************************************** **THE TRUSTEES** are appointed annually from the members of the Finance and General Purposes Committee: Mrs Chris Burton (from September 2016) Mrs Mary Bird (from September 2013) Mrs Joan Bramley (from January 2013) Mrs Maureen Harwood (from September 2002) Mrs Linda Starkey (from September 2017) *************************************** 2 Dear Members Welcome ladies to our 2023 conference, and how lovely to be in historic Stratford Upon Avon. Thank you everyone for being here. Since last year, we have seen King Charles 111 crowned, and I know many of our clubs joined in with celebrations in honour of the event. Maureen Harwood our Treasurer, along with her husband Derrick, who many of you know, was in fact lucky to have a place outside Buckingham palace on the day. Three NAWC lunches were also held across the country in honour of the occasion. One at Haydock with the North West ladies, one at The West Midlands Gold club, and one in London, at the Royal Albert Hall. The London lunch also included a tour which was interesting, and we received excellent feedback. All the ladies that attended enjoyed themselves. Myself and Maureen attended all three lunches, and it was lovely to spend time with members, and catch up with friends. The NAWC committee have been having regular meetings as usual over the last year, and have been keeping an eye on things. We did as we reported last year lose some clubs during the pandemic, but many of our clubs are going strong and in fact have some new members. As always the year ahead may present some challenges but the committee and staff will do our best to move forward, and we look forward to upcoming carol concerts later in the year. Promoting ourselves needs to be top of our to do list, so we can encourage more ladies out there to join our wonderful association and help keep our numbers up. Fundraising also would help our coffers, and we have our Grand draw this autumn so if you can all encourage your fellow members to support this by buying some tickets that would be appreciated. All that remains is to wish you a Happy Conference, and happy & successful year within your clubs Chris 3 ## **EXECUTIVE COMMITEE** The Executive Committee is the governing body of NAWC on which every local Association has an elected representative and the Single Clubs have four appointed representatives. During the Coronovirus pandemic the meeting of the Executive Committee which usually met in London each May was cancelled. It was then reinstated to a Zoom meeting instead for those who could attend back in July 2021, the committee was at conference 2022, and a further zoom meeting was also held in March 2023. With fewer associations now, zoom is a more viable option at present. ## **CHAIRMAN Chris Burton** Following South East Essex, North Warks, & East Herts closure, the three remaining associations delegates and the single club reps for the period 1[st] April 2022-31[st] March 2023 were as follows: ## **EXECUTIVE DELEGATES** HERTS LEA VALLEY ASSOC Sandra Batty LIVERPOOL & DISTRICT ASSOC Pat Blair SELNEC ASSOC Barbara Hampson Also in attendance at such meetings on line would be: NATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN HEAD OFFICE STAFF HON TREASURER SINGLE CLUB REPS AND ANY OBSERVERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. ## **SINGLE CLUB REPRESENTATIVES** : REGION 1 REGION 2 Joan Bramley Mary Bird REGION 3 REGION 4 POSITION VACANT Janice Bayliss 4 ## **MEMBERSHIP** As was reported last year, due to the Covid pandemic we lost around 750 members in 23 Clubs and some associations also finished. At present we have approx.1500 fully paid up members in 48 clubs ## **INSURANCE SCHEME** All current clubs belong to the NAWC scheme. There have been no claims within the past 12 months. Each year we look around and negotiate to get the best renewal price. ## **STAFF FOR 2022/23** ## **Part-Time Staff at Head Office:** CLAIRE DONNELLY Tuesday to Thursday (Flexible working) National Secretary JACKIE CLARK (Tuesday & Wednesday) Admin officer PAULINE CHITTICK - Accounts Thursday only ## **Honorary Promotional and Information Officer for the North West** Pat Blair, MBE, JP (based in Liverpool) ## **Promotional Officer for the South:** Chris Burton – Copperbeech Club ********************************************************************************************** ************ ## **FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE** The Committee act as Trustees to the Association and met regularly during the past year to examine the income and expenditure of NAWC together with estimates for the future. Meetings in 2022/2023 were held via ZOOM and also at Head Office. Continuing to hold some meetings over ZOOM platform does save the association some money with officer travel costs. CHAIRMAN Chris Burton HON TREASURER Maureen Harwood 6 VICE-CHAIRMEN: Joan Bramley Mary Bird Linda Starkey ## **REPRESENTATIVES OF NAWC AT MEETINGS OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS 2022/23** No meetings for any other organisations or charities have took place over the last 12 months. ## **STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE COMPRISING OF THE NAWC OFFICERS** The committee usually meet in April to consider and decide upon resolutions submitted according to the guidelines laid down concerning acceptability. All resolutions to be accepted have to be: 1. Of National Importance 2. Not been discussed at Conference in the previous 5 years 3. To be worded correctly In 2022 no resolutions came forward from clubs or associations, so head office researched four that went forward to conference. No changes were needed to the standing orders over the last 12 months. CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE MEETING WAS HELD AT HEAD OFFICE IN AUGUST 2022. ## **NO CONSTITUTION CHANGES WERE NECCESSARY** **RESOLUTIONS** THAT WERE ACCEPTED AND SENT POST CONFERENCE TO THE RELEVENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTEMNTS: 1. To impose sterner fines on anyone selling e-cigarettes, known as vapes, to a minor, plus, to introduce that any outlet selling vapes requires a licence 2. To keep cervical screening to 3 years and not extended to 5 years 3. To intervene to stop banks, building societies, retail outlets, restaurants, cafes, public transport etc from imposing a cashless policy on their patrons. 4. To grant care workers the salary that reflects the work that they are doing 7 CHAIRMAN: Chris Burton Honorary Officers ## **EDUCATION COMMITTEE** No national weekend away was held in 2022. ************************************************************************* The summer 2022 competitions were agreed as: **Individual Craft** – “a handmade soft toy any sixe any medium. **Individual literary** – “What I would do if I had a Gap Year Now” (no more than 2000 words) **Club Entry** – .Six Handmade Birthday gifts *************************************************************************** Head office helped to fund two **workshops** for Herts Lea Valley association, one in April 2022, and one in March 2023. Reports below by Maureen Harwood. ## **Saturday 2nd April 2022** 52 ladies from Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Kent and Essex came together for the first HLV workshop since 2019. Held at Capel Manor, Enfield. Four classes were again on offer: **Kokedamas** the Japanese art of a hanging basket. **Steam Punk** back by popular demand. Linda Starkey, a Vice-Chairman of NAWC took this class. The ladies made a small wall plaque using a pre-cut base and decorating with various bits of metal then painting silver. **Voile flowers** , this was a lovely craft and a present for Easter. Then **Easter Cup Cakes** with Sybil Hammond. Lunch was on offer in the on-site restaurant or you could have brought your own sandwiches, Capel Manor were very flexible on this. A very enjoyable Saturday. **Saturday March 18th 2023** Once again we were able to hold our Workshop at Capel Manor and as usual we had been given a discount and with the grant from Head Office we were still able to run the day at a very reasonable price. Fabegi𝑒́ eggs, Paper sculpture, Jewellery and Clock Cards were on offer and as always members chose two classes. Some 8 of the ladies who made the hedgehogs in the Paper Sculpture class have taken this skill back to their clubs and made a club night of it. Lunch was at 12.30 and ladies had a chance to eat and take a look at the magnificent gardens and animal centre. CHAIRMAN: Chris Burton Honorary Officers ## **FUND-RAISING PROMOTIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING** **&** ## **FUND RAISING:** Most branches of NAWC raise money for many good causes but NAWC as a registered Charity in its own right, relies heavily on the goodwill of members to raise funds to keep the organization viable. The total of monies raised in the **Grand Draw** after payment of prizes, cost of printing and lottery registration was £737.80 for 2022/2023. The **Home Counties Festival** of Carols and Christmas Songs took place in December, and made a profit of £405.00 for 2022/2023. **The Autumn Fund-Raising Appeal** Due to lockdown and not meeting for a year we decided to continue with The Marie Curie charity, the proceeds of which were split equally between the charity and ourselves unless otherwise stated the amount as at the end of March 2023 was £165.00 To date the Marie Curie donation stands at £638.50 **SALES OF STOCK GOODS AND PUBLICATIONS – 2022/2023** ||APRONS|30| |---|---|---| ||ASSORTED PENS|103| ||CALENDARS|79| ||CALCULATORS|28| |
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1| 9 **Monies raised at NAWC Meetings** : through raffles, etc. at NAWC events including conference, executive meetings, weekends away, lunches etc. and totaled approx. £650.00 for 2022/2023 **The Liverpool Carol Concert/lunch** made a small loss of £109.35. CHAIRMAN: Chris Burton HONORARY OFFICERS AREA REPRESENTATIVES FROM: EAST HERTS, HERTS LEA VALLEY, LIVERPOOL, SELNEC AND SOUTH EAST ESSEX ASSOCIATIONS and interested members ## **PROMOTIONAL** . At the last zoom executive meeting it was agreed that we must make promoting ourselves a priority. ********************************************************************** ## **78[th] ANNUAL CONFERENCE** **The Conference was held in September 2022 at the Marriott Hotel in Waltham Abbey.** Conference started on Thursday evening with a welcome by our Chairman, and a lovely dinner. Maureen Harwood then hosted musical bingo with the songs of Abba, a sing along naturally took place. Friday we were joined by 51 day visitors from the local area in Hertfordshire, and there were many stalls and craft items for sale. All our usual raffles and the guess the weight of the cake and contents in the jar went down well. The conference itself started with our banner parade and a morning reading, the resolutions from Head Office then followed. All passed. **The conference Competition** was a handmade piece of jewelery. The afternoon session was our AGM, and then after the coffee break, we had a speaker. The day closed with raffles and thanks, and there was 78 in attendance. ********************************************************************* 10 ## **LUNCHES HELD DURING SUMMER 2022** ## **LUNCH AT THE WEST MIDLANDS GOLF CLUB - Held with a good attendance** ## **LUNCH AT HAYDOCK GOLF CLUB – Held with a good attendance** **A London event could not be sorted out in 2022** ## **CAROL CONCERTS – 2022** Two concerts were held in December. The first in London at The Salvation Army Hall in Oxford street, and although there was good attendance with over a 100 ladies, we could certainly take more ladies and their friends. The discussion of moving the event to a Saturday afternoon took place to help encourage better attendance next year. A wonderful concert took place, with the band and readers and choir. The Liverpool concert took place at the Adelphi hotel, and there was a two course Christmas lunch on offer for those who wanted it prior to the concert. A lovely afternoon was had, with Chris Burton the NAWC chairman in attendance, and Jay and the choir. ********************************************************************************************** ************* ## **NAWC Circulation and News & Views** We restarted News & Views in the second half of 2022, and due to the cost of printing it has been decided to publish only twice a year but the look is very professional as outside printers are producing the booklet for us. Head office removed the large photocopier we had 2 years ago in order to save office costs. The reports however that we have had back from members have been very favorable, but we do need more reports and articles from the clubs. 11 Various email newsletters have been sent to contacts, and we do as much by email as possible now, and only post to those club secretaries etc that are not on email. Twice a year there will be a post mail out to all, which will contain the news & views and various other NAWC information, and a Christmas card to all clubs in the winter season. ***************************************************************** ## **FINANCIAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDING** **MARCH 31[ST] 2023** 12 liidtpendeDt E¥aMil￿￿'S Ropon Nalional AS$￿{all0n of Women's Club5 On •¢¢ou•i• Iw ** y•ar 3P March 2023 ch#￿ n(p IV a•yl or tnMt••• •nd char*y's lW¥kn's*tr￿j¢r kJi ye¥ ￿)der 144 Aci 2011 IthE ￿02r￿.￿4￿.nY '.0 st¥e **uir• Tr.*etg r.rffl•#) my •*LPth' B*•isof knd•pe•d•ni Ms, waK ¢*i.'eo ￿1.7 VA*" %¥ry"x L)1*¢..th￿ GweD x*¥* na CUt￿Y"l￿9 aty m,Atywk TV. tiir. •wJ maiws SL'.4 ULI I I IM si•.¢m￿l I•4th'pm￿.ts "u 4¢¢%4￿ *r.￿ (￿LY￿s or¢ comp e4 r" IT￿. ( D•*: Z21QW2023 L¥1￿. Cc4kw fioTr Rw¢otd.F55eY RP45 3TR 13 **2022/23 RECEIPTS** **£** |**Donations**|**1,339**| |---|---| |**General fundraising**|**165**| |**Monies raised**|**18,249**| |**Fees**|**32,244**| |**Bank and reserve account**|| |**interest**|**279**| |**Net Vat**|**2,603**| |**Refunds**|**492**| |**Stock sales**|**484**| |**Other**|**-**| |**Total receipts**|**55,856**| |**PAYMENTS**|| |**Wages**|**29,437**| |**Equip,**|| |**repair,rental,maintenan**|| |**ce**|**1,604**| |**Events**|**15,083**| |**Refund conference**|**11**| |**Rent,rates,Water**|**8,560**| |**Postage,(Phone now on**|| |**BT)Telephone,**|**1,885**| |**Refund**|**-**| |**Insurance**|| 14 |**Stationary etc**
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**Cash Balance 2022/23**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
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Reserve account
Barclays Premium Savings
Petty Cash
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Furnishings and equipment
Stock|**2,895**
**1,401**
**335**
**38**
**1,005**
**66**
**2,021**
**64,340**
**72,928**
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**1,401**
**335**
**38**
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**66**
**2,021**
**64,340**
**72,928**
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**64,445**
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**233**
**50586**
**72928**
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Ladybirds
CLOSED CLUBS/ASSOCIATIONS

PERSONAL DONATION
Personal Donations were received from: Chris Burton
Maureen Harwood, Joan Bramley, Mr Lendrum

GENERAL FUNDRAISING
Conference (inc.Janice/Claire’s/ goods/bonus ball/
personal donations)

Midlands Lunch raffle

NAWC/Marie Curie Fund Raising
£100 raised 50% to NAWC
TOTAL RAISED as of 31stMarch 2019
|50.00
50.00
104.40
664.81
470.00
660.00
110.00
50.00
£ 2,159.21| |---|---| ## **REPORT FINISHED** 21