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TAKE HEART

agm June 2022

Chairmans Report:

As a result of annual trip and the sponsored walk in
the ongoing 2021, however, we appreciate the need to
restrictions keep our members/trustees/volunteers
within the and patients/families safe during this time
hospital due of social distancing and shielding/self-
to the Covid isolating.
pandemic,
and the Despite covid the Trustees have managed
requirement to meet either virtually (challenging some
to keep safe, of our technical computer skills!) or off
this years AGM hospital site. Thank you to Paul/Steph
Kaufman and to Alec/Edith McLean for
has been held
with social their hospitality opening their homes for
distancing in place meaning reduced us to meet face to face when we were
capacity. Although this meant we were not able to. Our Trustee Paul Kaufman also
able to extend the attendance to include managed to put on the annual quiz which agm
always goes down well and this was
our members this year, we are pleased
to be able to communicate our annual enjoyed by those attending. I would like
reports from myself as Chairman and our to thank all our Trustees for their support
Treasurer’s report via this newsletter and over the last year and it was good to see us
the charities website. still working well together and being able
to support requests to benefit patients and
The last year has been another staff.
challenging one for the charity given the
ongoing restrictions put in place by the I would like to take this opportunity to
say a special thanks to our IT man, Bill
government and hospital to manage the Stevenson, who continues to look after our
covid pandemic. It is disappointing that,
in recent months, we have not been able website since he stood down from being a
to re-open our stall in Jubilee or hold our Trustee. This has been invaluable in being
afternoon teas but we have managed to able to continue to communicate with our
members.
distribute newsletters to our members.
Thanks to Trevor/Pauline Thompson for Trevor Thompson has done an amazing
their help putting address labels on over job managing the Take Heart office,
3,000 envelopes before packing the often remotely, and undertaking the
newsletters. We also had to cancel our administration tasks along with our

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