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 G1 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 tan this past yew in a strw FxjtK 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 internfftIiy, as they both have ytyjng children are sometim8s off sdK. Ttw, mid November, 2 mLKe very welc£ne new helr5 arrivwj are very much sying cuJrs8. ArKI, 2 weeks ago. an0trr new helper tumed . This tm'ThJs ryjr lotsl nurnber of trps to 14 rMJld ewh tmjt stsm lo 8xpand ow of th)n't make it a particxlar week. The h. h8sI nnber 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 dedt 3 frrxn those numbers as Julie is coach. and Kathleen and rn1 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 rIthS d searthing for anolh suiiable y, Julie has finalty b68n suCcsl. 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 aa. just a nofmal RDA s8SSiCffi tmrt Srta arrive to harKI (xrt wets. 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 ar]I The almose vtas bu11 We h&J a kxKJ break d 6 wks wxl r8sum&J wrdaY, 11 JarAw, 2023 The Winning of 2023 was rather txtsy as had kn renew txxh Fit Aid and Sale9uardin (x)ur5es which have to do Overy 3 yearyJ. The fi1 Ald CA• to( t4ac• c Thursday 12 January. 2023 arKI ts Safeguardirg Thix8day, 16. Fouary. 2023. Instr1 frn RDA HQ also had to r8F4ac• 7 d Lwr ri(rYJ hats by January 2023 to ¢¢In 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 an0 t1. Last. lyjt rt W my thars to eath of you. Anne c $tary and Maura treasurw. for w irw C£rrfni to Strabkn RDA bKau8e thout you we just cldn't fur. Thank y. Date . CHAI,£RE£ SO,
fy o o o o o Nornially th• Gro vthld r•éMd lunds elth•r throu8h • Bae P•ck at ASOA or a foyer collectlon, and also Irom coll•ctkn boxes In local sh Th• fflaln probl•ms that th• sroup Is f•cl•¥ thls y••r Is • lack of volunt••rs and need for fvndrnlslly to fKllltate the nmnln$ 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