Fence Club 2020 year book

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Fence Club

Annual Review 2019/20

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Contents 3 - Chairman’s address 4 - List of members and Wall members 5 - New members and dates 6 - Letters from charities 8 - Guidelines for financial donations and Mission Statement 9 - AGM 11 - AGM Dinner 13 - Chairman’s curry night 14 - Wall Members Lunch 16 - Christmas Ball 18 - Hong Kong Football 22 - Toy Fair Party

Special thanks to Michael Angel for the photography and Toys ‘n’ Playthings for the production of this review

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CHAIRMANS ADDRESS

A Year of Two Halves

The current Chairman Mr. Philip Richardson ‘Panzer’ end of year Address

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t seems an age since Ian passed over the chain of office to me last November, back then none of us could have foreseen how we would have to adapt and live with Covid 19 in 2020. Despite the unusual and different world we now live in, I have thoroughly enjoyed my term of office.

My year as Chairperson kicked off last December in London with the annual Curry Night, thank you to Ian Edmunds for a great fun filled night.

This was followed by the Wall Members Lunch which I had a little too much fun at, as I have little recollection of the event but have been informed that it was a very successful day.

Then it was on to the main event of the year- The Christmas Ball this time with an Irish twist. I hope that everybody enjoyed the night as much as I, my family and guests did – from the Irish dancing troop to Irish trad band - the dance floor was packed all night long and the bacon butties at the end of the night were well earned. A very special thanks to Ian Dayus for organising such a fantastic evening – from attending the food tastings to organising the entertainment and also a big thank you to John and his team at Premier for the organising of the table decorations.

Next up was The Hong Kong football tournament where the lights shone bright, stands were almost full and some Ronaldo wannabes displayed their best football tactics and moves. Not only did we have fantastic attendance but most importantly we raised a shed load of money for the club. A very special thanks to David B. Joe and Sharon Ford from Character Options for all their hard work raising sponsorship. Thank you also to the team at Toymaster for

producing the programme and John Langley for all his efforts organising the logistics in Hong Kong for this event.

We were not to know that the Toy fair party was going to be the last event where we would all get to meet up at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel which was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Due to the pandemic, with heavy hearts we have had to cancel all further events this year such as The Spring Dinner, Golf Outing and Annual dinner.

However, the committee has continued

The Hong Kong football tournament where the lights shone bright, stands were almost full and some Ronaldo wannabes displayed their best football tactics and

thank my fellow committee members for their help, dedication and support during the year and a huge thank you to all our members who continue to go above and beyond to raise funds in these difficult times and a special mention to Steve Wells and Derek Scott for participating in the Great London Bike Ride. I look forward to seeing you all in the flesh hopefully in the not to distant future, in the meantime take care and stay safe.

Go raibh maith agat, Slán Panzer

to hold regular zoom meetings and keep in touch with one another and planning for when we come out the other side and all meet up again.

On a final note, I would just like to

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Members List Simon Anslow Committee Member David Bramford Assistant Charity Secretary & Vice Chair John Baulch Nicola Bergot David Bottomley David Bowman Mark Collinson Graham Canning Andrew Carley Peter Cassidy Simon Cox Clive Crouch Ian Dayus PC Social Secretary Ian Faulkner New Member Paul Fogarty Committee Member Graham Gardiner Andrea Gornall Gary Grant Stuart Grant New Member Jon Gregory John Hutt Steve Ireland

Clive Jones PC Secretary Kevin Jones PC Richard Keel PC Andrew Laughton Francesca Lisle New Member Dave Martin David Martin Gerald McKay Philip Morris Mark Naish Jonathan Nurse Linda Osborne Simon Pilkington Roger Robinson Nick Saunders Derek Scott Nigel Seary Jacqueline Taylor-Foo James Triptree PC Steve Wells PC Assistant Secretary Steve Wilks Mary Wood

Wall Members Jim Andrews Michael Angel Robert Anslow John Athwal Alan Baxter Richard Body Peter Brennan Peter Brown Malcolm Cook Bill Cornelius Bill Dowle Roger Dyson Keith Elmer Ciaran Fitzpatrick Brian Gray David Howard Denis Horton John Howson

PC Honorary Member PC PC Honorary Member PC Treasurer

PC Honorary Member PC PC PC Honorary Member PC Committee Member PC PC Commitee Member

Joe Kissane Richard Levy David Lipman Michael Loveland Malcolm Naish Alan Munn Sir Torquil Norman Michael Nunn Peter Otley Terry Padgett Mike Redfern Philip Richardson Jon Salisbury Geoff Smith Ken Wallman David Welsh Peter Woods Ronnie Yaffe

PC Charity Secretary Honorary Member

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Chairman PC Honorary Member

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New Members Stuart Grant Stuart began his Toy Trade career at David Halsall Ltd. He then joined The Entertainer running the Gadget Shop which was then sold to WH Smith. he is a Director of The Entertainer and is involved with the Grant Foundation, the family charity.

Ian Faulkner After University Ian joined theRoyal Navy as a junior officer.

Nearly 30 years ago he joined the family firm which he now owns with his wife Susan. They represent many companies such as Frankie Lisle Mattell, MV Leisure Frankie is the MD of a licensing and sales agency and Vtech. – Lisle Licensing & Creative Product Solutions.

The licensing business represents several brands such as Masha and the Bear, Tetris and Superzings.They also represent a variety of innovative products & companies including PDT the manufacturer of consumer electronics.

As a business they sell to both retailers and distributors.

Diary Dates 2020/21 Dates to be advised as and when we can meet in person

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Donations in a Here are just a few of the kind words from those that benefited by the actions of the Fence Club. Money raised making a real difference!

We would like to thank The Fence Club for very kindly supporting us again this year with the incredible donation of £2,000.

This will enable us to continue offering Siblings Club activities to the 100 families we support.

Julia’s House are so grateful for the grant from The Fence Club Trust.

The House Mates’ session are our sessions in the local community and as such are currently postponed due to Covid-19. The team are planning for what support our families might need after this period of self-isolation, however long it may be.

Parents of children with life-threatening conditions are terrified at this current time and our home care support, together with play, helps them not to feel so alone.

We are so thrilled you can support us to reach children with life-threatening conditions and families that are desperately in need, more so now than ever.

I am writing to send the sincere thanks of everyone here at Children’s Hospice South West to you all at The Fence Club Trust Fund for your continued support. We are so grateful for the generous grant of £2,691 which will enable us to purchase a full set of replacement hoist slings at one of our hospice sites.

As we all face trying and uncertain times ahead, CHSW will no doubt be even more reliant on the ongoing generosity of supporters such as yourselves.

THANK YOU, once again, for helping us to make the most of short and precious lives.

THANK YOU to The Fence Club for the fabulous donation of £2,000 in support of our Puppet Therapy Project.

I would like to wish the Trustees all the very best for the good work they do.

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I am writing to express our thanks to the Trustees of The Fence Club for the very generous donation of £2,500 which will purchase specialist wheeled chairs for children with profound disabilities who attend our specialist school, Langside.

We are so very grateful for the continued support of Langside School from The Fence Club Trust. Your support is making a huge difference to the lives of children who, without Langside, would not be able to attend school.

Thanks to you the children will be able to learn and receive vital therapies and support to aid their development.

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n action THANK YOU for your grant of £1,881. This generous donation has helped us further our work in supporting seriously ill children living with epilepsy across the UK. We really appreciate your support.

TOGETHER we can empower seriously ill children to lead a marvellous life.

I have just received confirmation that The Fence Club has approved a grant of £1,160 to purchase 2 x stackable plinths.

This was great news to start the day!

On behalf of The Children’s Heart Federation and Trustees I would like to offer a heartfelt thank you to the trustees of The Fence Club Trust Fund for their generous donation of £1,540.

This means that we can provide the support and services that make a real difference to heart children and their families.

We would like to THANK YOU for your most generous donation of £2,805 in response to our appeal to you.

Your continued support of our charity is very much appreciated; we simply could not continue our work without it.

THANK YOU for the wonderful news that The Fence Club Charity Committee has allocated a grant of £2,460 for equipment and instruments for our ‘Sounds Wild’ Project.

We are very grateful for your support which will provide opportunities for children with severe and profound learning difficulties to enjoy music-making in the natural environment

I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for the fantastic £3,600 donated by The Fence Club to enable us to help many children on their end of life journey.

We are extremely grateful for the continued support of organisations like The Fence Club that allows us to continue caring for local lifethreatened children.

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Guidelines for financial donations The Fence Club will support the following:• Helping ‘disadvantaged’ children up to the age of 14 and their families • Projects where the Fence Club can make a big difference, with a small amount of investment, including building projects to enhance the environment for the children • Applications from organisations based in the UK & Ireland • Requests that come via or on behalf of a registered charity or community organisation • Recomendations from Fence Club Members subject to an audit from a GPC member • Donations to an individual not registered as a charity which are specific to a life enhancing need e.g.

Converted tricycle for a severely handicapped child will be subject to an audit by a member of the GPC before the application is presented to the GPC The Fence Club will not support the following;• Donations to organisations concerned with animals • Donations to fund-raising charities • Overseas applications • Any form of advertising in souvenir brochures for a charity dinner or any goodwill advertising messages in any other sort of publication • Scout/Guide/Playgroup fund-raising activities as they are not specific to children with either disability or disadvantaged needs • Funds for adult charities • Salaries for charity employees or care assistants

All donations must be supported by the majority of the GPC. All applications will be considered at the Quarterly GPC Meetings.

Charity Mission Statement ‘To raise money predominantly from, but not limited to, Fence Club Members, their associated companies and others; and to distribute the money raised to disadvantaged & disabled children’s charities.’

Methodology A limited number of events and other fund-raising activities will be held annually to include, but are not limited to, the following:• Hong Kong Football Tournament - every other year • Fence Club Golf Day • Christmas Ball • Various raffles & auctions

The allocation of funds The role of the General Purposes Committee is to allocate money to the most deserving charities and to coordinate the fund-raising events with assistance from the Fence Club Membership

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2019 AGM More money raised, more fun had, Ian handed over his chain of office to Philip, while Malcolm Naish and Michael Angel received their honorary membership!

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2019 AGM

AGM Dinner

Fine food and drink accompanied by Simon Cox singing Fly Me To The Moon, sung so many times now they’ve reached Mars!

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Chairmans Curry Night The Curry Night is a great way to Kick off the Festive season and this year was no different.

Good food, good drink (possibly) & good times!

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Wall Members Lunch The Wall Members Lunch provides the opportunity for members to catch up with our retired members and really does kick-off the Festive season in fantastic style

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The Christmas Party The event of the year, Fence Clubbers and their guests raise a huge amount of money while having a great time doing it!

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2020 Hong Kong Foo

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Toy Fair Party

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This is what Chairman Philip does during lockdown!

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