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                   GRANT OF £100 BY WITHAM CARNIVAL ASS. TO OUR FUNDS

Our picture is of Gus Tod  (Our Chairman) receiving a grant from Witham

Carnival  Assoc. at the presentation party on Saturday 9th November

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FAT Old Dad ……. the band who provided the music for the charity’s New Year’s Eve fundraiser for 10 years until 2011 …… are supporting the charity themselves through a share of the profits from their own 30th Anniversary Celebration.

The dinner dance is being held in the Centennial Suite of Colchester United’s Weston Homes Football Stadium on the evening of November 8

Tickets will cost £20 and if you would like to get your name down nice and early to ensure you do not miss out on a great night that also boosts our funds, contact our secretary Ray Hardisty. Email ray.hardisty@btopenworld.com or ring 01206 545062

Our weekly recording is now available to hear by clicking on the “LISTEN” button above right.

Trustees have decided to make 2013 a year when we concentrate on promoting the services of the charity. Fundraising events, including annual street collections, are being shelved so volunteers and supporters can concentrate on spreading the ‘Use Us or Help Us’ message as widely as possible. First steps involve requesting church magazines, parish council newsletters and community publications to print an article in one of the first three months of the year explaining what the charity does and how it can be helped.