We wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year We welcome new members Winnie Washbourne , Bob &  Marie Lemmon who attend on Tuesdays and Thursdays . 
Since the last newsletter we have held two fundraising events .The open coffee morning with craft stalls on the 16th November raised £213  The  Christmas raffle of donated prizes on Tuesday made £89, Thursday £94 and the cake raffle ,won by Brenda M King , £43 , a total of £226.  We thank every one for their support. A special thank you to all those who helped in the kitchen to prepare and serve the excellent Christmas lunches .                           Our City college student ,Imogen, has not been able to attend recently because of ill health . A new student, Miranda  Smith, should start on the 9th January

ACTIVITIES
Thursday 4th  January                        11.20 am  EXTEND     CHIROPODY
 
Tuesday 9th January                            Edna and Freddie sing CHIROPODY
  
Thursday 11th January                        Free Entertainment Day
 
Tuesday 16th January                          11.20 am  EXTEND  
 
Thursday 18th January                   CHIROPODY David and Giovanni
                                                      11am    Committee Meeting
       
Tuesday 23rd January        CHIROPODY Tami Lloyd of Wiltshire Farm Foods
  
Thursday 25th January                         11.20 am  EXTEND   
                     
Tuesday 30th January                          Gill  A handicrafts demonstration
 
 
Thursday 1st February      CHIROPODY  Barbara Miller  Norwich  Cathedral
 
 Tuesday 6th  February                        CHIROPODY  Musical  Memories
 
 
A reminder that if the day centre has to close because of bad weather, or other reason,
you will be informed by a telephone call. If you do not get a phone call the centre will
be open and if we provide your transport it will be coming, but it is sometimes late.
If you are unable to attend day care for any reason please leave a message on 01603 865839, preferably before 8.30am.  
If you think you may have an infectious illness please do not attend day care as you may pass your condition on to other vulnerable persons

We welcome new members Agnes Smith who attends on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Brenda M King who attends on Tuesdays.
We thank Imogen for attending to members finger nails on Tuesdays.  
We are looking forward to the open coffee morning on Thursday 16th November which will have craft stalls and our usual cake sale and raffle.
We hope to arrange for the schools to visit us again in December. 

Tickets will be on sale for the Christmas cake raffle and our other Christmas raffle of donated prizes. We thank the Taverham Lions club for their generous donation which allows members a free Christmas lunch. 

​Please note that we will close for the Christmas break on Thursday 14th December 2017 and open again on Thursday 4th January 2018 

We welcome new member Elsa Roberts who attends on Tuesdays.  Lynn, our manicurist, last visit to the day centre will be on Thursday14th September. We thank her for the time she has spent looking after our members finger nails and we will try to find another manicurist to take her place .
The Annual General Meeting  approved reports given by the chairman, co-ordinator and treasurer.   We welcome Edward Bradley as the newly elected committee member.  Resulting from comments raised at the AGM members are asked to complete a members survey form.  Members should give scores of 1 to 10 and to give the reasons for their score. It is the reasons that will help the management team to make the correct decisions concerning the operation of the daycentre. 
Menu choice forms have been distributed for the outing to  Bawdswell garden centre on the 19th September. 

We welcome new member Joyce Edwards and new volunteer Gillian Semmence. Ron and Pat Beall, Ray Walker and Joan Johnson have left the day centre. It is with sadness I record the recent death of Jimmy Dunn. We will all miss his cheerful, helpful  ways.
There are still numbers available for the bonus ball lottery, with a weekly prize of £25. This fund provides money for things not covered by our general fund. For details please speak to a staff member . 
The Annual General Meeting will be at 1.30 pm on the 10th August.  An agenda item is Any Other Business which is your opportunity to discuss any issues that you have concerning the functioning of the day centre .
The next outing is to  Bawdswell garden centre on19th September. This outing will be subsidised by the grant from the One Stop Shop Carriers For Causes Grant.

We should soon receive a generous grant from a scheme known as One Stop Carriers for  Causes    A thank you letter has been sent to the One Stop  shop in Victoria  Road. An application was made in  March to fund the extra minibus for the April outing . We were recently informed that a larger grant has been awarded that will allow us to greatly subsidise the next three outings .  This did require new budget proposals forms to be completed .   We wish a good outcome for Paul as he undergoes several weeks of hospital treatments. We will be missing Judi  Timbers as she returns to part time paid employment.

April was a good month for fund raising. The coffee morning with auction, raffle and cake sale made a total of £226. Tesco,  Drayton, donated £125 from their in store Easter raffle, which was used to subsidise the outing to  The Plough Inn. Our Easter raffle raised £75. 
A preliminary examination of our accounts for the financial year ending 31st March 2017 indicates that there was only a small surplus of income over expenditure.  This was mainly due to reduced income from Norfolk County Council Adult  Social  Services. The next committee meeting will discuss the possibility of a small rise in the charge for attendance  at the day centre. A reminder that the centre will be closed for it's summer break on Tuesday 27th June and Thursday 29th June .

​The present membership of the day centre is Tuesdays 33, Thursdays 37, with 22 members attending on both days.
We welcome a new volunteer staff member Judy Timbers who will help us on Tuesdays. We also welcome Susan Rackham, Patricia Widlake, Jean Woodhouse, Ron and Pat Beale who have recently become members .
To help us provide enjoyable entertainment please pass on any comments to a member of the staff. 
We are looking forward to the outing to  The Plough at Marsham on Thursday 20th April. Menu choice forms have been distributed . This event is being subsidised by Tesco Super Store using the money from their in-store  Easter raffle.   We are very grateful for their support .

Some changes in staff were agreed at the  recent committee meeting.    For reasons of ill health Roger has resigned as a paid staff member.  We are pleased that he will remain as  Treasurer  and a Trustee and hopes to continue as a volunteer.  Liz will reduce her hours  and will now be responsible for financial matters.  Glenis has been appointed as  Administrator to assist the coordinator by keeping records and providing all the required forms and documents.  Brian will be  arranging the entertainment. The days that the  centre will be closed for the summer break have been changed to the 27th and 29th June.