The Causeway Yarnspinners
Trustees. Report January 1 st to December 31st 2017
About the Charlty
The Trustees of the Causeway Yamspinners are pleased lo submit their Annual General Report
and Accounts for the period January to December 2017. The Yamspinners meet once a month
on the second Monday from 2pm to 3.30pm to share all sorts of different categories of stories
Through our members we have received invitations lo entertain other organisationsl The
tradition of the oral word still has a place in tOda￿S fast changing world. We do also share
promoting of related events locally and Ihrouthout the Provin￿.
Venues
Mostly we have met in the Melhodist Hall. Coleraine, and here are the other places we have
been invited to, some for our monthly meeting, some as extras.
Rothesay Court Sheltered Housing for the second tirn8
Agherton Grange for a second visil
Coleraine Library with Liz Weir (Nl Libraries. Storyte118r-in-Residence
Garvagh Diamond Club (about 50 attending!)
Castlerock Community Association
Kilrea Wl
Coleraine Probus Club
Our June outing was a guided tour of Seamus Heaney country, lunch at the SH HomePlace
Caf8, Bellaghy, followed by a self4Juided lour of the exhibition. Our December outing was lo
have lunch at sto￿Ont, where we also had a guided tour and an interesting 45 minutes with
MLA Claire Sugden.
Membership
Apart from occasional drop-ins and a large number for the writer Tony Macaulay in July, our
attendance 15 around the 10 to 14 per meeting. This ensures the Yamspinners have a strong
core. To ensure "new blood., drop-ins are encouraged, and we are always looking for new
members. Usually 6 to 8 metnbers have gone to the ptaces we have been invited as
entertainment. Our members are aged between 60 and 90. although people of any age are
welcome.
Activities and Skills Development
As always, members are encouraged lo develop their skills in storyrtellin￿remln1scIng at their
own pace and with their own choices. Throughoul the year it has been inleresting to see these
processes develop. Each month we choose a theme. Again there is a wide range of skills being
employed in wrtting imaginary or real evenl stories, personal experiences, telling funny
anecdotes, reciting all sorts of poems, and of course good listening skills. Something for
everyone. Through being invited lo take storytelling to different communty groups, members
have been growing in confidence.
Our speaker￿workShOP trainers were".
Jan8 Talbol who led us through different ways to remember and lo use stories.
Tony Macaulay sharing his stories, books arKI observations on life, growing up and living
in Belfast.
Eugene Kielt talking about Seamus Heanevs life and poetry.
George Murphy telling stories and singing.
MLA Claire Sugden explaining the W0￿1ngS of Stonnont.

Financial Report
Our income this year was in the fonn of donations from our membership and donations were
gratefulty received from Kilrea Women's Institute and Castlerock Communty Association. We
raised £793.20 in total. Expenditure included Storyrtellers, w0￿hopS and an outing to th8
Home Place in Bellaghy
Trustees
The trustees this year were Chrisline Tumer, Mick Tumer, Maud Steel, Colurn Mccloskey.
Marjorie Geary and Pearl Hutchinson and w8 thank them for their efforts this year.
Signed
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