Registered Charity No. 803103
The Tracy Trust
Report 2018 - 2019 to the Parish Council
I am pleased to tell you that the Tracy Trust is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its inception and is commemorating this event with a lunch party in October for its members. The past year has had its ups and downs. Sadly we lost 8 members of the Trust and we extend our condolences to the families and friends of those who have died.
We have managed successfully to negotiate the intricacies of GDPR and every member has now expressed his or her contact preferences.
The charity continues to make available established activities and services:
· a meeting place, twice a week, with activities and refreshments;
· a fortnightly bus service to local shopping centres;
· subsidised chiropody services;
· financial help for personal alarms, TV licences, medical, dentistry & optical care;
· help with transportation to medical appointments; we have a good number of volunteer drivers all of whom have been DBS
checked;
· an annual Christmas party and Christmas vouchers;
· a summer tea party which was introduced last year and proved most enjoyable, with an informative talk at the start of the
event on a topic of interest to our members;
· a weekly, gentle exercise class which has proved extremely successful and is currently fully booked.
At this moment, we are in the process of setting up some new initiatives:
· a bereavement counselling service with an experienced professional;
· outings during the summer months to local garden centres;
· a Christmas-time visit to a garden centre or local Christmas market;
· a ‘men’s shed’ - dependent on interest in such a venture among our male members.
This year, we have welcomed two new officers to the Trust - Helena Makowski as Secretary and Rainer Struck as Treasurer to replace Mr Brian Fenn after many years of loyal service to the Trust.
Mrs Gail Hurst has also come on board as a Trustee and she arranges transportation to medical appointments among other duties. Mrs Barbara McNeillie has also joined our group of dedicated committee members.
During the course of this year a new website for the Tracy Trust has been set up where details of the Trust’s activities, services and general information can be found. The address is www.thetracytrust.co.uk
Finally we would like to take the opportunity of publicly thanking Mrs Diana Saunders and Mr Brian Fenn for the huge amount of time and effort they have put into the Trust and its activities over many years, and to wish them both every happiness in the future.
We have managed successfully to negotiate the intricacies of GDPR and every member has now expressed his or her contact preferences.
The charity continues to make available established activities and services:
· a meeting place, twice a week, with activities and refreshments;
· a fortnightly bus service to local shopping centres;
· subsidised chiropody services;
· financial help for personal alarms, TV licences, medical, dentistry & optical care;
· help with transportation to medical appointments; we have a good number of volunteer drivers all of whom have been DBS
checked;
· an annual Christmas party and Christmas vouchers;
· a summer tea party which was introduced last year and proved most enjoyable, with an informative talk at the start of the
event on a topic of interest to our members;
· a weekly, gentle exercise class which has proved extremely successful and is currently fully booked.
At this moment, we are in the process of setting up some new initiatives:
· a bereavement counselling service with an experienced professional;
· outings during the summer months to local garden centres;
· a Christmas-time visit to a garden centre or local Christmas market;
· a ‘men’s shed’ - dependent on interest in such a venture among our male members.
This year, we have welcomed two new officers to the Trust - Helena Makowski as Secretary and Rainer Struck as Treasurer to replace Mr Brian Fenn after many years of loyal service to the Trust.
Mrs Gail Hurst has also come on board as a Trustee and she arranges transportation to medical appointments among other duties. Mrs Barbara McNeillie has also joined our group of dedicated committee members.
During the course of this year a new website for the Tracy Trust has been set up where details of the Trust’s activities, services and general information can be found. The address is www.thetracytrust.co.uk
Finally we would like to take the opportunity of publicly thanking Mrs Diana Saunders and Mr Brian Fenn for the huge amount of time and effort they have put into the Trust and its activities over many years, and to wish them both every happiness in the future.
