ST. PATRICK'S FLOWER ARRANGING CLUB ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS st Forthe period ending 31 August 2023 SL Patrick's Flower ArrallgiD8 clu Re¢[ed Charity in Northern Ireland (Number: NIC103335)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING st 31 AUGUST 2023 The trustees of St.Patrick's Flower knanging Club. lisled atthe back of Ihe rewi, have pleasure in submitting theirreport arKI accoLmis for the period 1° September 2022 to 31 August 2023. CLUB OBJECTIVES The purpose of the Club as set out in our Constitutron ispUbf education In the art of Ilower arranging and related subjects. wlthout distlnctlon of age, gender, disability both physal and mental, sexual orientation. nationality. ethnic identity, dass. marital status. political or religious opinion, ill health. financial hardship or other disadvantage. within the Banbrtdge and Craigavon areas, (hereaftercalled the.area of publicbenefrf..) Thetrustees of SLPatrick's Fh)wer ArraNJing Club confirm thatthey have complied with their duty under the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) regarding the Public Benefrt. Toachieve this, the Club provides Opptunty for allpeople. and arealways seekiThJwBys in which theycan offerall members. tutotirwJ and general assistance to enable them to reach their goals. Theclub has a membership payTnenL enables people from the abovecouncil areas o arein financial hardship, OptUn to paydass feeson a pay as YDU attend basis. The keyobjecttves this season was to provide avarietyofdasses gearedspecifically towardsTradibonal Fbwer and ContemFM)rary Flower Arranging. Thesection below specifsfjru aChieven in thepasiyear dearly Klentifies the beneftts that people have attained during the reporting period. The Club will always treat their members with respect arKI ensure theyhave every opportunty to gain benefits SLKh asskills. experierKe andconfidence in the artof Flower Arranging. ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PERIOD ENDING 31°AUGUST2023 (1) Thts year has been successful year. Many of ourmembership continue to fall thin the clinicallyvulnerable or extremelyclinicalty vulnerable category. As a resultthe Club has maintained Covid 19 Healih and Safety p¥cIr& which detemined thatthe premises we usecould enough tables to safelytutor24 people.
(2) Weheld18dasses withanaverag8 attendarts of 8(B6. (3) We had one verysuccessful demonstration held durtng the season presented (4) In Febnwy wc held a fiuKlrniscr coffee nN)rnin8 for African Adventures to help a membets gr¥ndchild to 80 kn Afiica's to reach English and help build a school (5) We celebrated the Kings CoroDation on the 28 April WAth a tea party and demonstrdtion on how to make a kings Crown (6) Three Club outings V4Bre aanged throughoui the ar. In O(knber 2022 to visit McKnighYs garden to see aubjmn foliage. In Decemb8r 2022 we visited Coleman's garden center. In June 2023 we visited the Secret Garden in DurKlonald. All outings were follow by bjrth in a local tsstaurant COVERNING DOCUMENT ANDCONMTUTJON The C)Jbis unincorporated and isgovemed by a constitutlon adopted14 November 2014 and lastamerKled on1 September 2017. The Club is run entirely by its members. M*hopaya membership fee. Asof 31" August 2023the Clubhad amèmbetship of 22. SELECTION OF TRUSTELS Ahl> MANAGEM Theclubis managedby a Committee.vththnSFstS of al ts apWlnted1nte8s. The Committee meets at least fourtimesduring the year. However. on occasK)ns other issues mayarise,whlch requireadditsonal meetiS. Within the year ending31stAugust 2023 fourmeetingswere held.Attendance at these meetings was asfollows: Fullattendance: Maureen Daly. RosemaryAllen, MargaretDoaK,VJvienCoffey wdLlndaWoods Margarel Best attended 3 of the 4 meetings
The structures of themeetiTrJs a asfollov•S: (a) Thechairperson provmles anoverview of progress to date. of the tsrgets setat the Annual General Meeting. (b) TheTreasurer Fxesents thelatest accnts arKI these are discussed relatnieto the forecast specifEd at theAnnual General Meeting. (c) The Secretsry wovths an overvlew oflhemeetiros. (d) The meetiThJlsthen opento allmembers to discuss anyother relevant busirtss Issues within Ihe Club. (e) The Chairperson summarises thelssues raised at the meetiro andthen closes the meeting. The Annual RepcYtarKIStalement of Acownts willbeapproved bYtheTrUSt arKI presented to the members at the Annual General Meeting. MINI Charity Name: St. Patrick's Flower Arranging Club Charity Number: Registered Charity in Northem Ireland NIC103335 Club Address: 51 Main Street Donaghcloney Craigavon Co. Armagh BT66 7LR Charity Trustees as at year ending 31" August 2023 Miss Maureen Catrine Daly Mrs Margaret O'Neill Mrs Margaret Ann Doak Mrs. Rosemary Allen Mrs Wwien Coffey Mrs Margaret Best Mrs Linda Woods Chairperson wChaI[person Treasurer Secretsry Member of Committee Member of Committee Member of Committee
Safeguarding Trust Members St. Patrick's Flower Arranging Club Isopen to members of all ages and there arevulnerable people within the current membership. Four members of the Club. have attended a Safeguarding Trust seminar and havebeen checked by Access Nl. All four member5 have been accepted and r1Ved Certificates acknowledging this. The Club declares thatwe are satisfied thatwe have made the necessary checks required to safeguard all our beneflanes. Banking The Club initLally used the Sanlander Bank. 21 Marketstreet, Lurgan, Crabavon. BT66 GAA However, asour Club aims to seekfUrKIi from sources such as Halifax Foundation for Northem Ireland and TADA Rural Support Network In the coming year, It was agreed by the Trustees thatwe should use Danske Bank. The ClubAccount has now beenchanged to the Bank on the 20 Septeml*r 2017. Danske Bank. 39 Marketstreet Lurgan Craigavon BT666AB Insurance Broker Alfred J. Gallagher Metropolttan Buildlng 29-31Alfred Street Belfast BT28ED The above Insurerisused by DorAghdoney Parish. The insuran covers SL Patiid¢s Church Hall. Donaghcloney Parish, which is used by St. PatricSes Fbwer ATr8nging Club. The Club Is very appreciative of the Parish, not onlyfor offeringthe use of the Hall. but addingthe Club into the overall Insurance Cover, whilst they are in the Ham. Signed: Maureen Daly ClubChairSQn.