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Reference Information
about the Sovereign Disabled Swimming Club
Annual Report : Links :
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Extracts
from our
Annual Report
2010/2011
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The Club
benefits the community by providing recreational swimming facilities for
disabled people at Motcombe Pool, Eastbourne.
Club swimming sessions are held on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4.15 pm and
our pool hoist is available for public use throughout the week.
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Chairman's
Review
This has been a year of growth for our swimming club
with an increasing number of regular swimmers and new volunteer helpers.
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Over
the last year we have had 49 swimming sessions, a Fun Walk, a barbeque,
held a Grand Draw, danced at the Christmas Party, raised funds together at
the “Win a Car” raffle in the Arndale, taken part in a Quiz Night and
competed in a Fun Gala.
This is quite an achievement for a small club and shows that our members
enjoy our social activities almost as much as our weekly swimming
sessions.
The maintenance bill for the club hoist at Motcombe has been steadily
increasing and this year we have had the added expense of replacing the
column. This was a huge worry as an additional £1000 was going to be hard
to raise.
Our fundraising is dependent on club members and I was
not sure there was much more we were capable of doing. However, two new
fundraising ventures have come our way both of which have proved to be
very successful.
Rowena Gausden, Chairman
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Members gather by our poolside hoist.
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Income and Expenditure
2010/11
Our own fundraising activities and membership subscriptions are
again the mainstay of our income.
Events such as the annual draw, sponsored seafront fun walk and barbeque
are opportunities for many of our members to participate in, enjoy and
also help the club stay afloat.
The vast majority of our expenditure is the cost of hiring Motcombe Pool
and maintaining the poolside hoist, which this year needed the hoist
column replaced at a cost of £1,090.
Over all, our expenditure exceeded income by £1,410.24 but, although our
capital reserves make us financially sound, the whole of our CAF account
will be required when our hoist needs replacing in a few years time.
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Club members enjoy the Summer Barbeque.
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Membership
Club membership numbers have increased this year and, by the year end,
reached 92, comprising 67 full members, 22 associate members and 3 active
volunteer helpers.
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