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2023-05-31-annual-report

F o o o o o STPABANE RDA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY 31st. MAY 2023 A wwm to al (xr 3 Amual G8wal MeelirKJ ￿1th is bac lo its usu4 slot al the May. Ckn last AnNal G￿1 Meeting was held on Wedn8sd8y, 28th Sopt8mtr. 2022 had alrea(ty started new schod year tKI ￿kS eather on Wednesday. 14° Seplembw, 2022 80 it was rather surreal! We t￿an this past yew in a strw Fxj￿tK￿ than the wevious year as we more farnili th all the new le(J'slaiion requir￿, we had enlist￿ a m(Ye helpèrs lo replace those wtr h8d18ft aft8r the pandemic Yds OV8f afKI we had fr#)st of wpls from as before so everythi￿ has been runnirKJ quite smoothly. Crf the 3 new helpers in SeNwnb8r, 1 drwd ￿1 8ft8r only her fi(st SeSSK￿ due to a cataract operation ￿1th, unftytunately, was rnt SUC¢8S8ful. The other 2 stayed the cwrse, . though internfft￿Iiy, as they both have ytyjng children are sometim8s off sdK￿. Ttw, mid November, 2 mLKe very welc£ne new hel￿r5 arrivwj are very much s￿ying cuJrs8. ArKI, 2 weeks ago. an0tr￿r new helper tumed ￿. This tm'ThJs ryjr lotsl nurnber of tr￿p￿s to 14 rMJld ewh tmjt ￿ stsm lo 8xpand ow of th)n't make it ￿ a particxlar week. The h. h8sI n￿nber cl atten￿ Yds 11 C￿ 14 Septembér, 2022 rK)t until ts 3 May. 2023. The numtr of atteThJ88s was 6 cffi the 8° March of ttms year. Wo alwa>s have to ded￿t 3 frrxn those numbers as Julie is coach. and Kathleen and rn￿1 are not physically able to th in the arena. So ￿CaSIonally, wo hav8 hal to rely ￿ Kno(kn slafl. acxxxnpany the wp'ls, lo mako up the number3 rnquired. We are still operatirKJ with just 2 tmjt aftw many rI￿thS d searthing for anolh suiiable ￿y, Julie has finalty b68n suCc￿s￿l. H(Yever, l(Y just d(￿'t have enough helpèrs to fidd 3 kw. We al80 had a visit by (￿r 'tK68' Mwina Kithey on Wednesday. 28 Septwnber, 2022 (sam8 date as AGM) examiwj sc¥ne tsir Grade 1 Test. She was **ll satisw that all We W 8amwrked Decwnb8r kn a lesser Christmas Pty- ￿ games in the a￿a. just a nofmal RDA s8SSiCffi tmrt S￿rta arrive to harKI (xrt we￿ts. But, it tumed into wite a livdy affa"d.! Juli8 haj mad8 a weat affC￿ to area (xtsKle

aMa, Bwno and Jonnie ￿re kitt8d Iho and h8lw8 er8 8180 ￿￿talAY a￿r￿]I The almos￿e vtas bu1￿1 We h&J a kxKJ break d 6 wks wxl r8sum&J w￿r￿daY, 11 JarAw, 2023 The Winning of 2023 was rather txtsy as ￿ had kn renew txxh ￿ Fi￿t Aid and Sale9uardin (x)ur5es which have to do Overy 3 yearyJ. The fi￿1 Ald CA￿• to( t4ac• c Thursday 12 January. 2023 arKI ts Safeguardirg Thix8day, 16. Fo￿uary. 2023. Instr￿1￿ fr￿n RDA HQ also had to r8F4ac• 7 d Lwr ri(rYJ hats by January 2023 to ¢¢￿I￿n to new regulatKYK8. We we fcxlunate in that all 7 hats wwe stKwed by 2 loc tMiness8s as. agam, have boen atAe lo do Iwthisir¥J this past year. Ar#J that trfings LLS i1•10 811 thmv finxial I'm IKW wr treawrer danfy. Next ￿Eek, the f June, will b8 last bel(Ke We will have a small awards (f8mony to ￿lch an invitat1￿ io parents has b88n extwthd. We triad this (w befix8 but ￿ pents so ￿ Just have to wait WKI 8eo. That ladi8s. 18 8 twief suffffiary cl Strth RDA 9rwp l(Y the year. I W I haven't anythiw or an￿0 t￿1. Last. lyjt r￿t W my thars to eath of you. Anne c $￿tary and Maura treasurw. for w irw ￿ C£rrfni￿ to Strabkn RDA bKau8e thout you we just c￿ldn't fur￿￿. Thank y￿. Date . CHAI,£RE£ SO￿,

fy o o o o o Nornially th• Gro￿ vthld r•éMd lunds elth•r throu8h • Bae P•ck at ASOA or a foyer collectlon, and also Irom coll•ctkn boxes In local sh Th• fflaln probl•ms that th• sroup Is f•cl•¥ thls y••r Is • lack of volunt••rs and need for fvndrnlslly to fKllltate the nmnln$ of the you Volunteers have been encouraged to use The Easyfvndlry App when shoppln£ onllne and • percentap Is don￿￿ to the youp. All volunt••rs and coxhes cofflpl￿ th• Enhanced Acc•ss (N.1.) ch•ck. Th• Group has a Chlld Protectlon /Safe8uardln¢ Polky. updated annually and most volunteers have an upto4ate Flrst Aid C•rtlfKat•. Th•f• is always a nomlAated First Ath at each Iwon. The youp has fvffill•d th• functkn In •cc¢Yd•nce ¥dth th• CoTrstftutlon and at am tlmes has adhered to the Cornmlsslon's yldance on Publk Benefft and has met the obllsatlons In rryard to above. Signed: Mra. Awll Polloc