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2024-02-29-annual-report

SAINTFIELD HERITAGE SOCIETY Trustees Annual Report for the period 1 April 2023- 29 February 2024 NIC 100445 The objects of the Society are to f oster interest in all aspects of the history of Sa intf ield and its surrounding districts. includingthe geography, folklore. customs, dialects and place names of the area. to organise lectures by experts in thevarious fields. to arrange field excursions to places of interest; to provide facilities for study groups; to unearth 8nd document new or existing information and to encouragethe preservation of objects which may be in danger of destruction. The Trustees continue to be aware of their obligation to have regard to the Public Benefit requirement of the Charity Commission lor Northern Ireland: duringthe yearthe following activities were carried out: TALKS PROGRAMME September 2023 - Belfast and the slave trade October 2023- 1,000 years of the Strangford ferry November 2023- Shadowing Miss Grimshaw January 2024- Blair Mayne and his SAS war diaries 1941-45 February 2024- Cancelled due to weather conditions FINANCE The financial position of the Society was as indicated in the Annual Accounts which were examined by R Savage & Co, Accountants, Saintfield TRUSTEES The trustees duringthe year were as shown in the Annual Monitoring Return. The above report was agreed by the Trustees Chairman Secretary