Hi all. We had a smaller meeting (about 15 of us) than usual last Wednesday, probably due to the Bank Holiday. This gave us a chance to get into a bit more conversation and a couple of the topics arising were where we’re heading on guest speakers and future fundraising?

On the first subject, I’m throwing it open to the group as a whole. We are used to having our Chairman to make the contacts and arrangements to get people to the group. We’ve enjoyed many, varied visits in recent years and it’s time to share this activity out among the group and see what we can achieve. Please have a think about your contacts, be they work, family or social and see if you can see an opportunity to set up a visit to talk to the group on one of our monthly meetings. I’d say budget for about 30 minutes to a maximum of an hour between the hours of 8.00pm and 9.30pm to give the group time to settle in, and not to make too late a finish. I’ve had a bit of a think and offer this list of possible types of visit to think about:

• Musician (short performance)
• Poet or storyteller
• Arts and Crafts
• Hospital staff from relevant departments
• Wellness coaches
• Cooking and Food prep
• Armchair Aerobics

Please drop me a line, or give me a ring if any likely ideas come up.

On the second topic, please don’t forget we’re always on the lookout for raffle prizes to use at regular meetings or special gatherings such as the Christmas Raffle. My local, the Archer in Wolstanton has kindly agreed to have us as their charity of the month for May and towards the end of May we’ll be holding a raffle in the pub. I’d like to take a few decent prizes along so if you can get anything (not booze please!) it would be much appreciated. I’ve approaches Salter in Manchester to see about getting a Soup Maker. Maybe you could talk to your local supermarkets and shops to see if they’d donate anything to us? If you get lucky, get in touch with me and I’ll collect from you.

Happy hunting, stay well, and I’ll see you all in June.

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