Galbally Friends Fund
Annual General Meeting
Secretary's Report
20" May2026
Committee Members:
Paddy Begley (Fundraising Off icer)
PauLine Bowman (Assistant Secretary)
Fergal KeLly (PR & Advertising)
Katrina Loughran (Joint Chairperson)
Plunkett Mccrory (Fundraising Officer}
Roisin McNulty (Secretary & Joint Chairperson)
Francis Mcveigh (Treasurer)
Introduction
Welcome everyone to the Annual General Meeting for Galbally
Friends Fund. 202512026 has been another busy year for the
group thankfully, with the group profile being raised through a
variety of fundraisers, as well as internal promotions in the past
year. The group have met on 13 occasions in this period. At these
meetings we signed off applications. agreed support for
fundraisers as well as meeting with families and groups who had
recently donated funds. We also met with the recently appointed
parish priest, Fr Slater. We wanted to convey to Fr Slater the aims

and objectives of Galbally Friends Fund within the local
community, and to seek advice from him as to the support the
local clergy can give to the group.
Since our last AGM held on 21st May 2025 up to today's date, we
have supported 7 applications as well as 3 Christmas payments.
Activities
Our first donation on 27105125 came from a group of residents in
a care home that Paddy was working in at that time. This
donation was for £150.00.
A donation was made by The Kerr FamiLy on 25107125. following a
fundraiser in memory of their mother and wife, Anne. They kindly
donated £2000 .00 to the charity.
Craig from Peak Fitness ran a very successful fundraiser on 2nd
August 2025 and raised the amount of £6,589.00.
A donation of £1.000 was donated by a Local parishioner on
03108125.
Lettie Donnellyvery kindly raised £1,120 for Galbally Friends
th
Fund, by asking for donations in lieu of gifts for her 90 birthday.
Lettie met with the group on 16th December 2025 to present this
donation.
We received a donation of £1,000 from a local businessman in
Lieu of Christmas presents.
We as a committee, are eternally grateful to all who contributed
to GalbaLly Friends Fund in this period, and we are delighted to

know that the charity is receiving such solid support from our
community.
On 17h December 2025. the group launched its own awareness
video. This had been the group's ambition for severalyears, and
this video encapsulated the aims and objectives of the charity
perfectly. The video was launched on all social media platforms
and was widely viewed and shared across alL outlets. We have no
doubt that this video raised the group's profiLe and its aims. I
wouLd Like to take this opportunity to thank our committee
member Paddy Begieyfor the massive undertaking of putting this
together. Also. thanks to the production team. actors and the
scriptwriters for their professional approach and last but by no
means least, thanks to Paddy's family for allowingthe recording
to take place in their home. We are very grateful to you all for this
fantastic production.
As weLI as the video. we continued to raise and promote the group
through social media. We had 26 Posts on Facebook and 8 posts
on Instagram in this period.
Aims & Objectives
Our aims and objectives for 202612027 remain the same as on
previous years. We will continue to support our local community
with funds raised by the community. We will actively support the
group's promotion and raise its awareness when possible.