<font face="arial"><font color="red"><b>THANK YOU</b><br></font><p>
<big>A HUGE thank you to Alison Anscombe, Debbie Westmore and everyone else who was involved for their hard work with the Christmas Fayre last weekend.</big><p>We raised <b>&pound;3400</b> for project funds which will pay for some ongoing bills such as our insurance premiums, repairs to some of our equipment and purchasing some new things for use on Friday evenings.<p>
After raised around &pound;20,000 for the youth project over the last 6 years, Alison has decided that she would like to generously give someone else a chance to organise the fayre! We are really grateful for all of her hard work over the years. It is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we would be very interested in hearing from anyone who would be interested in helping or leading the organisation of the fayre next year.  Alison is happy to do some handover so you would definately not be starting from scratch, please do contact us if you would be willing to help out in any way.
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<font face="arial"><font color="red"><b>THANK YOU - AGAIN</b><br></font><p>
It was a good week for our finances, as we also received a refund from the tax man of just over <b>&pound;2500</b> due to parents allowing us to claim back gift aid on your subscriptions. Thank you to all parents who have taken the time to complete gift aid declarations for us. However, this could have been even more! If you have not yet completed a gift aid declaration, and you are at least a basic rate taxpayer, please click <a href="http://www.nmyouth.org.uk/giftaid2.php">here</a> to complete one for the youth project. We can claim money back at no additional cost to you.
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<font face="arial"><font color="red"><b>FEB HALF TERM ACTIVITIES - ANY INTEREST?</b><br></font><p>We are planning on running two activity days over Feb half term, however before we pay any deposit money would like to check if anyone is interested! PLease let us know if you would be intersted in either or both of the below. We know that several members are away for this holiday.<p>
Both of these days would be full day activities starting at 9am so we can look after your children whilst you are at work.<p>
<ul><li><b>Thur 15th Feb - Climbing Day</b> - travelling by train down to London for an extended session at Westway Climbing Centre, the largest indoor climbing centre in the country! Open to all members<p><img src="http://www.nmyouth.org.uk/images/2018climbing.jpg" width=800>
<li><b>Fri 16th Feb - GEEKFest</b> - travelling to Kent to go to GeekFest - a great day out if you are a fan of consoles, computer games, minecraft or other creative/technical activities. Open to year 6 and older.<p>
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