ANNUAL MONITORING RETURN
FOR DUNSFORD ARTS & CRAFT GROUP
1st Jan to 31st Dec 2019
The Charity is known as Dunsford Arts & Craft Group
2. Charity Commission Number is 100804
3. The Group's purposes are;
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to reduce rural isolation within the older community and to
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to provide community recreational facilities for older people in Dunsford and the surrounding area
4. The Trustees - Management Committee - as at 31 Dec 2019 are;
Babs Bassett - Chairperson
Bridie Fitzsimons - Vice Chairperson
Kathleen Gill - Secretary
Naomi Rooney - Treasurer
Rosemary Wilson - Assistant Secretary
Lily Kennedy
Anne Liggett
Eileen Milligan
Adele Rea
5. This report is for the Financial Year 1st Jan - 31st Dec 2019
- We meet each Thursday morning between 10am and 12pm
During the year, the group organised a varied range of speakers, workshops and activities. These activities are directly linked to the group's purpose as noted at point 3 above;
JAN- Safe and Well Talk
- Decoupage (3 weeks)
FEB - Decoupage
- Exhibition of Decoupage in Ballymote Centre
APR - Art Tutor
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AGM
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Easter Holidays (2 weeks)
APRIL/JUNE - Walking Group (weekly)
MAY- Art Tutor (3 weeks)
- Meet & Greet session for members participating in Cross-Community 'Peace 1V' Tapestry
Story Telling session relating to Tapestry. Stories to be put on to 2 tapestry panels.
JUNE - Chair-based movement (3 weeks)
JULY - Holidays (2 weeks)
AUG - Annual Sale/Coffee Evening
- Tapestry embroidery stitch workshop (5 ladies)
SEPT - Outing to Ring Of Gullion/Markethill
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Tapestry embroidery stitch workshop (5 ladies)
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Macmillan Coffee Morning
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Big Lottery Funding Training - 2 members
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Macmillan Coffee Morning
OCT - Outing to Cinema to see Downton Abbey
NOV - 2 Tapestry panels delivered for 5 ladies to complete over the next few months
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Cheque presentation to local representative from Macmillan
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Talk about eye care and how falls happen because of a range of eye problems
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5 ladies begin work on Tapestry panels (weekly until completed)
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Christmas Crafts - 1 class
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DEC - Tapestry
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Outing to St George's Market / Hillmount Garden Centre
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Micro Grant meeting - 2 members
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Christmas Lunch - Lobster Pot, Strangford
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Christmas Holidays (2 weeks)
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The group always has regard to the Commission's Public benefit whereby;
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the purposes of the group are demonstrated and are beneficial to all members
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the public benefits are for a group of ladies who meet weekly and those benefits are never to provide private benefits to individuals
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Our Financial position is strong;
Our Opening Balance at 1st Jan 2019 was £ 949.72
Our total income was £3620.25 Our total expenditure was £3914.30 Closing balance at 31st Dec 2018 was £ 655.67
- The group has no funds in deficit
SIGNED Rosemary Wilson
DATED 8th May 2020
ASSETS
Laptop
Printer, ink cartridges and paper
4 steel cupboards
Desk with chair
2 filing cabinets
40 chairs
9 large tables plus 3 small tables
Notice board
Sewing machines
Sewing machine tables
Overlocking machine
Knitting machine
Projector
Screen
Projector table
Shredder
Table top easels
Belling Cooker
40 China beakers
Assorted crafting materials e.g. wool, embroidery threads, knitting needles, crochet hooks, sewing needles, sewing threads, fabrics, etc
LIABILITIES
Payment to Dunsford C of I Church for use of hall
Electricity
Heating oil
Insurance