Park Sixty Plus Group Annual General Meeting th 7 September 2023 at Ipm Chairperson's Report Good afternoon everyone you are all very welcome to the Annual General Meeting of the Park 60+ Club. We were delighted to welcome everyone back to our luncheon club after a lovely Summer break. We offer our condolences to the family of Martha Deeney, one of our long term users of the luncheon club and Committee Members. We also would like to take this opportunity to thank Caroline Lynch who has retired as Secretary of Park 60+ Club. Caroline has been invaluable to our organisation over the last few years and we wish her every success for the future, In Caroline's stead, we would like to welcome Barry Mccabe who is the new Development Officer of the Learmount Community Development Group and who we will be working closely with throughout the year. Barry will introduce himself and give an overview of his plans in his new role at the Learmount Community Development Group, As usual our AGM gives us an opportunity to give an overview of our activities over the past year. Throughout the past year we have participated in numerous activities such as reminiscing, arts and crafts, armchair aerobics not forgetting our bingo, and Boccia etc. We had a lovely finish to our club when we closed for the summer months. We had our Summer outing to Cookstown. We had tea and scones at the Ponderosa, followed by some shopping in Cookstown and then a Tea Dance in the Hub in Cookstown. This was was all finished with a lovely dinner at the Ponderosa on the way home.
We would like to thank the Learmount Group and the CARE Project who are funded by the National Lottery Community Support Fund for supporting our Group through funding for activities and meals. Through the Big knit Project the group raised £88. This project has been going for a few years and continues to do well. Rosslyn from Age Nl helps us to manage this project which involves members of the group knitting hats to be put on the tops of juice bottles. As well as our own members of the club knitting the hats we also have local people from outside the group who contribute hats as well. Thank you to those who are involved in this project. Since Covid, we have been using the services of Alison O'Neill who provides a weekly lunch of soup and sandwiches. We would like to thank Alison for providing us with a hot lunch every week. Unfortunately due to other commitments, Alison has had to step away from the Luncheon Club. In her place, we have recruited Nicola Johnston who provides us with a lovely hot lunch each week. At this stage I will continue with the thank yous. Firstly Easilink for providing the transport and their drivers for the kindness they show to the members that use the service. We would also like to thank the Learmount Community Development Group for their support and assistance with administration funding etc and thank Barry for taking over where Caroline has left off. I would like to thank our volunteers who help out tirelessly each week. Lastly I would like to thank Eddie Kerlin for maintaining our finances and providing us with signed, end of year accounts. Eddie carries out this service free of charge which is a great help to the group. I will finish off by thanking you all for attending the club and supporting each other by turning up every Thursday to ensure our club is kept vibrant and interesting for all members. Thank you.
Election of committee if we are happy enough to retain our current committee members. Can we have a proposer and seconded. Election of Park Sixty Plus Group committee members: Election of members remained the same as the previous year with the exception of Martha Deeney who passed away and Caroline Lynch who retired from the position. Position Chairperson Proposed Sarah Coll Seconded Rosie McGuinness Sarah Coll Angela McGilligan Jean Mccloskey Karen O'Kane Sarah Coll Vice Chair Angela McGilligan Rosie McGuinness Angela McGilligan Secretary Barry Mccabe Treasurer Barry Mccabe Mary Cartin Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Kathleen Doherty Rosie McGuinness Proposed by - Mary Hasson Seconded by - Lawerence Brown