Trustees Report Year End August 2019 Another year has gone by and our fundraising Committee has been working extremely hard to raise essential funds to support and complement our school in its efforts to provide an excellent learning environment despite budget restraints affecting all areas of the education system. We have been a Registered Charity since September 2015. Our registered charity organisation name is Ballymacrickett Fundraising Committee and our Northern Ireland Charity Number is NIC102182. As a charity we want to advance the education of pupils of Ballymacrickett Primary School and Nursery Unit. We organise family, friendly community events which, in turn develop collegial relationships among our committee members, parents and school staff. Our goal is to generate money for additional educational resources for the school. Our fundraisin this ear has been sourced from a variet of events including a Movie Night, Tea and Coffee at Events, Christmas Fair, Easyfundraising, Ballot, Bob-A-Job and Fun Night. In turn these said events generated money to spend (see Income and Expenditure). A number of our ro'ects and s ends were on Essential Classroom Resource; an amazing Musical Instruments, Reading Books, Transport to Pantomime for the entire school, Sports Day Medals, School leaver rewards, P5 Novels, Maths Resources and Sacramental Expenses. The Public Benefit of our events heighten the profile of our primary school, raises moral among the teaching and support staff therefore attracting more applicants for positions as they arise. Thi5 in turn gives our children excellent support and an amazing opportunity to benefit from the extra funds to get essential teaching resources and trips not currently affordable or available in the school's education budget, in turn providing each child with the most enriched experience possible. Our Charit is based at Ball direct beneficia of the fundraisin address is also the school. macrickett Primar School Scro Road Glena which is the ondence Our fundraisin bank account corres Our Committee is made up of a combination of staff from the school and parents both male and female and are known as Trustees.
Everyone on the committee is a volunteer and in a non-paid capacity. We have 10 tru5tee5 in this current year and they are.. Chairperson - Michelle Doone Deputy Chairperson- Bernadette McGrandles Secretary- Danny Mulholland Deputy Secretary- Alison Brankin Treasurer- Betty Campbell Deputy Treasurer- Gemma Stewart and Sharon Heatley, Joe Mulholland, Amanda Crossen and Grainne Mallon. Our structure for smooth running of the committee includes an AGM and at least 4 to 5 meetings within the school year. Minutes of meetings are kept. Due to recent and current cuts in the Education Budget and strains on the school's finances, the committee furnish parents and staff at the beginning of the school year with a detailed information leaflet advising them of the AGM date, the previou5 year's financial information, planned events for the current year and a note welcoming new members and a request for volunteers to help run/organise events. We had our AGM this year on 12th November 2019. All our new members of the committee {Trustees) receive a copy of our Charity Constitution which informs them of the purpose of the charity how we carry this out, membership, meetings, AGM and monies. All our monies are held in a Charity Bank Account / Community Account with Barclays Bank. All our cheques must be signed by 2 people; these trustees are appointed and are registered with Barclays Bank. Currently we have 3 people who are registered with the bank. D. Mulholland B. Campbell Trustee Trustee