President Roxanne attended Medway and Maidstone’s AGM Dinner held at Oliver’s Restaurant in Rochester on 9 April.
The AGM was hosted by Janet Hughes (Governance lead) prior to the dinner and all business matters dealt with efficiently. It was an opportunity to reflect on the past year and all that had been achieved through the efforts of members.
Roxanne spoke about the work we hope to do as a Region on the Rail Safety project with Adam Downing from South Eastern Rail. In addition to working with Sarah Jacoby (CEO) from Comfort Cases UK to help by sewing bags for toiletries and knitting ‘Barry the Sloth’ cuddly toys to go in rucksacks provided to each child going into care.
Roxanne also presented Carol McKeough with her 25 year long service certificate. Carol is the club’s Safeguarding lead and has played an active role previously at Region as the Safeguarding Officer and on the SIGBI Safeguarding Network reviewing policies.