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Extracts from our Annual Report 2010/2011	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.
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.
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	Members gather by our poolside hoist.
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.	Club members enjoy the Summer Barbeque.
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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