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2012 EU Year of Active Ageing 2012 is the EU Year of Active Ageing. We will be embarking on a number of initiatives throughout the year to promote this but if you have any ideas for activities to celebrate this during the year then please let us know.
Cheques have been saved In case you are unaware, the Payments Council confirmed last month that their plan to phase out cheques by 2018 has been cancelled - which is certainly good news for many of you who were concerned at how the abolition of cheques would affect you.
CPSA 2011 winners - from l to r: Sarah Pye (Judge’s Award), Marjory Drummond (Watercolour), John Barker (CSRF Chairman/ Judge), Guy Warrington-Brown (Best in Show - friend pictured), Paul Baden (Sculpture) and Andrew Cooper (CPSA Chairman)
Winner of the Tom Money Medal(Judge’s Award) Sarah Pye (right with CSRF Chairman/Judge John Barker
The 2011 CPSA Art Exhibition National Chairman John Barker was the guest of honour and judge at this year’s Civil and Public Service Artists 2011 Exhibition at the Banqueting House in London. John had the unenviable task of picking four winners from a very impressive field of artistic talent. The 2011 Winners The Margaret Butler Cup for Best in Show - Guy Warrington-Brown for Sketches in Spain The CSIS Plate for Best Watercolour - Marjory Drummond for On the Shore of Loch Duich The Tom Money Medal (Judge’s Award) - Sarah Pye for Vista Verde VI The HSBC Plate for Best Sculpture - Paul Baden for Thames For more information on the CPSA visit their website at www.artatcpsa.org.uk
E-Newsletter Be Careful! If you are planning to write a will then be very careful about how you go about it as it has come to our attention that there are some companies out there that charge much more than others. Always shop around to get the best quote before agreeing to anything. We will be running an article about best practice for will writing in a future issue.
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Since launching this initiative earlier this year we’ve had many members sign up to receive our regular e-newsletter, which is full of the latest news from headquarters and our national group network. You can sign up to receive it very easily by visiting the home page of our website at www.csrf.org.uk and entering your email address in the box marked ‘Email sign up’. Once you’ve clicked to confirm you will see a confirmation message on screen that says ‘you have successfully signed up for the newsletter’. If you experience any problems trying to sign up then contact Belinda Stalker on 020 8691 7411 or email: belinda.stalker@csrf.org.uk