Welcome to December's Newsletter
The Next Meeting....
The next REA Andover and Winchester Branch meeting will be held on Mon 18th January 2021 within the comfort of your own homes via the Zoom application.
An email, as usual, will be sent to you all on the 4th January.
The AGM will commence at 1430 hrs and the Branch Monthly Meeting will commence straight after.
The committee meeting will commence at 1345 hrs.
ZOOM Instructions from the British Red Cross
COVID-19 News as at 2nd December:
Please see the Local Restriction Tiers & Social Distancing
Chairman's Message....
“ Dear Fellow Members, Guess and Families,
The Branch continues to function due to the hard work and enterprise of your Committee, whom I thank on your behalf.
My intention is to hold our AGM via Zoom In January and I would ask that as many of you as possible join the meeting. If the numbers joining the meeting are not sufficient for the meeting to be held then we will have to delay the AGM until we can meet in person. I would welcome hearing your views on this intention.
The Xmas dinner has been cancelled and planning is in place for it to take place as a lunch around Easter with details TBC.
As we move to the end of what has been a very different and unsettling year for us all I would like to wish all a Merry Xmas and a happy, safe and prosperous New Year.
Regards
Phil
Branch Chairman”
Members Messages....
If any member has any information or messages they wish to share in the monthly newsletter, please contact Graham via Email
Branch Subs....
Dear All Members,The following subscriptions are:Subs for Life Members& Associate Members £10:00
Friends of the Branch £5:00Due to the current climate it would be best suited to process a BACS (bank transfer) payment if you are able to do so. Otherwise please write a cheque and post it to myself by the end of the month.
Ray FieldTreasurer
Vacancies within the Branch....
Standard Bearer position is currently available > Thank you to Reginald Cushion for your commitment and support to the Branch over the past 9 years!
Welfare News - Birthdays / Social / Family of Members / Departed Friends....
On behalf of branch members I have sent REA Christmas Cards to several ex members wishing them well.
Unfortunately, our branch secretary, Sgt Graham Barnes, along with his wife and children, had contracted the dreaded Covid 19! The good news however, is that they appear to be recovering.
Reg Cushion – Reg tells me that he now has a stair lift fitted at last. This will make a big difference to Reg and Eileen’s circumstances and I’m really pleased for them. It is also Reg's Birthday on the 27th December, Happy Birthday from us all.
I’ve not had a reply from Eric Littler so can’t give a progress report on him. I can say however that the last time I heard from him he was out of hospital and feeling a little better.
I’m not aware of any other welfare issues affecting branch members which tells me we are either a healthy lot generally, or we are a resilient and self-sufficient bunch. A bit of both maybe!
Stay Safe everyone.
Scott Campbell
Welfare
Branch Events....
Christmas Function - TBC in the new year.
REA HQ Events Diary....
The following events of interest for 2021 have been notified to HQ REA however due to COVID 19 these could change:
Please see this link for the Events of 2021.
REA Gibraltar Weekend 14-17 May 2021
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