© PATHWAYS SAWSTON DISTRICT DISABILITY FORUM
No matter what part of Cambridge or Cambridgeshire you are from please feel free to make suggestions as to what and where the disability meetings should be .
Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend who can make some positive contribution ... or whom needs help or assistance.
If you need help getting to a meeting please let us know. If you can’t attend a meeting but would like your voice heard just contact us.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend our meetings and choose to become members.
Disability is not
compulsory !
Monthly meeting at the
Sawston Free Church -
for more information
Monthly meeting at the
Sawston Free Church -
1st Tuesday of every month
This is our venue for regular meetings
for more information
Annual General Meeting at the Sawston Free Church 2009
Pathways
Minutes 5th May AGM
Those present: Shirley & Stan Matthews, Dave Percival, Frances Brownlie, Joy & Arthur Dockerill, Gill Cooper, Frances Mitton, Anne Dunn, Jill Riley (Owl), Bill Bolch, Betty Norfolk, Mary Gilmour, Chris Ingham (John Huntingdon Trust), Joe & Lillian
1) Apologies from: Bronwyn Percival, Jenni Sinclair
2) Minutes; Minutes from last years AGM were read and passed.
3) Chair’s Report: There has been a lot of sickness among our members. Last year we lost Betty Bolch and Margaretta Harrison.
We have improved our lunch meetings with the club being able to partly fund and at times fully pay for lunches and we have taken trips to garden centres.
The disability awareness project in the village is moving forwards with a few shops displaying the certificate. Bugeons was good at first but is unfortunately getting worse with leaving displays in the aisles.
The membership is growing slowly although we must make the group more open to carers.
For the future we will apply for funding to take a coach trip to the coast for the day.
We hope to make the meetings more of a social occasion with the Chair, treasurer and secretary meeting before the monthly meeting to organise and make decisions which would then be put to the rest of the group.
Thankyou to everyone who has helped in any way and to those who supply the coffee.
4) Treasurers Report: The balance is quite healthy and we have been able to subsidise
meals and pay for taxis on outings. We have made money on the Strawberry Tea, Christmas
late night shopping stall and the Huntingdon Trust have kindly helped with funding.
We also were given money from BBC Cambridge. The current funds stand at £1,213-
5) Election of Officers: Joy Dockerill nominated Dave for Chair, Arthur Dockerill
seconded. After a vote Dave Percival was re-
6) Job Sharing – Betty volunteered to organise the lunches.
Dave will arrange the agendas.
Gill will see to distribution of posters.
Frances will supply telephone numbers of every member to Gill and Betty.
7) Dave will purchase a Dictaphone to use at meetings for the minutes.
8) Gill and Dave will organise the fund raising activities. (Cambridge Rag Week, CVVS, Craft Fayre 13th June Free Church)
9) Social Events – money has been applied for to hire a wheelchair accessible coach for a trip to a London theatre to see a musical.
The aim is to invite more speakers to the meetings.
Dave will look into the possibility of a picnic on Orchard Park in the summer. Members were asked to let Dave know what they would like as social events and he will try to arrange them.
The Audley End trip is arranged for Thursday 9th July for 11 people.
10) Attracting new members – ideas suggested were: Radio Cambridge ‘What’s on’, Cambridge Evening News, Posters,
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday 2nd June 2.00pm meeting Sawston Free Church
Thursday 28th May, Lunch, 12.30pm John Barleycorn, Duxford
Thursday 9th July Audley End
Tuesday 2nd March, Meeting at Sawston Free Church 200pm. Talk from Mary Gilmour
Tuesday 16th March, Lunch at Jade Fountain in Sawston. 12.30pm
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st March Book stall sale at Scotsdales Garden Centre.
April meeting postponed due to Easter Holidays
See more at the Diary & Dates page.