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SOUTHBOROUGH AND KANIV ASSOCIATION
President: Colin Bothwell, Southborough Town Mayor

NEWSLETTER NO. 14
September 2009

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday, 3rd October 2009

Starting at 7.30pm

Grand Charity Cabaret.

At Christchurch Hall, Southborough
At the modest price of £6.50
Which includes fish and chip supper and entertainment
(B.Y.O. drinks)
The Grand Draw will be drawn at this event.

Please contact Colette Marsh for more information and tickets


This Year’s Project


School Number 6 in Kaniv is situated alongside an important road running from the town centre towards the Taras Shevchenko Museum and Memorial (see Tanya’s article in Newsletter 13) which during the year attracts thousands of visitors to the town as well as many residents of the locality. The school is celebrating a special anniversary this year and has embarked upon an ambitious
environmental project to create an attractive garden including an outdoor classroom, at the front of the school. One aim is to encourage those passing along the road and the parents of the pupils to be inspired by the idea of creating something of beauty in their home environment, having seen what the school has achieved.

Those attending the A.G.M. agreed that this project was one we should support and so our fundraising this year is largely aimed at helping fund this though we are mindful also of continuing to help the elderly people needing welfare assistance to see them through the winter months. Members of the Kaniv and Southborough Association (K.A.S.A.) are working to help deliver these two projects.

Cabaret Evening

Our 40 minutes of entertainment will include dancing by a group from the Cannon School of Irish Dance and a variety of other acts for your pleasure and amusement. Please complete the return slip with your supper choice and return it to Colette by 30th September. With Christmas in mind we will have items for sale and the Grand Draw will be made to conclude the evening.

Grand Draw

The Promoter is very grateful to those who have already sent in money and counterfoils. If you haven’t done so yet please please remember that all ticket counterfoils need to be returned by September 30th. It will be possible to buy tickets at the Cabaret Evening.

The Quiznite

This was a new venture for us and made for an enjoyable evening. Special thanks to Mike Bailey for the idea and for all he did to ensure the evening was a success. We have some lessons to learn from this occasion and we will put those lessons into effect next time.

Visits to Kaniv

Sadly there were no responses to the article in the last Newsletter on this subject. However now is the time to be thinking about 2010 because airfares are cheaper the earlier bookings are made. May and September are the favoured months for visiting Kaniv so if you might be interested in going then phone Mike Handcock on 01892 528495 to discuss possible dates and other details.

To develop the friendship visits between us are of vital importance. It has been a great pleasure in the last few years to welcome visitors from Kaniv and it is to be hoped that several of our members will experience for themselves the pleasure of a visit to Kaniv during 2010 – a warm welcome awaits you there.

Membership Matters

At the end of 2008 S.A.K.A. has 51 paid up members. At present we have 43 members with we hope another 5 who have not yet renewed their £3.00 annual subscription but may do so as a result of this gentle reminder.

We welcome as new members Paddy Moran, Greg Clark and Audrey and Bob Constable and feel sure they will gain pleasure and satisfaction from belonging to an organisation that seeks to develop friendship between the people of Southborough and its surrounding area and Kaniv in Ukraine.

Announcements

Congratulations to Anya Shafor who spent a fortnight as a visitor from Kaniv last year. She will marry Slava on Saturday 12th September. We wish Anya and Slava much happiness in the future and a lovely day for their wedding.

Our best wishes go to Jancis Wilson and Dorothy Clements and we hope they will continue to recover well.

Jackie Prance will be retiring as Secretary as from January 2010 and we are now in need of a replacement, are there any typists with just a little time to spare who could help?

Comments, suggestions and contributions to these Newsletters gratefully received.
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Autumn Soiree

Name……………………………………………………………Number of tickets ………………….

Supper Choices

Cod and Chips………………………

Sausage and Chips…………………..

Veggie Burger and Chips……………

Please reply to Colette Marsh

SOUTHBOROUGH AND KANIV ASSOCIATION
President: Colin Bothwell, Southborough Town Mayor

NEWSLETTER NO. 14
September 2009

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday, 3rd October 2009

Starting at 7.30pm

Grand Charity Cabaret.

At Christchurch Hall, Southborough
At the modest price of £6.50
Which includes fish and chip supper and entertainment
(B.Y.O. drinks)
The Grand Draw will be drawn at this event.

Please contact Colette Marsh for more information and tickets


This Year’s Project


School Number 6 in Kaniv is situated alongside an important road running from the town centre towards the Taras Shevchenko Museum and Memorial (see Tanya’s article in Newsletter 13) which during the year attracts thousands of visitors to the town as well as many residents of the locality. The school is celebrating a special anniversary this year and has embarked upon an ambitious
environmental project to create an attractive garden including an outdoor classroom, at the front of the school. One aim is to encourage those passing along the road and the parents of the pupils to be inspired by the idea of creating something of beauty in their home environment, having seen what the school has achieved.

Those attending the A.G.M. agreed that this project was one we should support and so our fundraising this year is largely aimed at helping fund this though we are mindful also of continuing to help the elderly people needing welfare assistance to see them through the winter months. Members of the Kaniv and Southborough Association (K.A.S.A.) are working to help deliver these two projects.

Cabaret Evening

Our 40 minutes of entertainment will include dancing by a group from the Cannon School of Irish Dance and a variety of other acts for your pleasure and amusement. Please complete the return slip with your supper choice and return it to Colette by 30th September. With Christmas in mind we will have items for sale and the Grand Draw will be made to conclude the evening.

Grand Draw

The Promoter is very grateful to those who have already sent in money and counterfoils. If you haven’t done so yet please please remember that all ticket counterfoils need to be returned by September 30th. It will be possible to buy tickets at the Cabaret Evening.

The Quiznite

This was a new venture for us and made for an enjoyable evening. Special thanks to Mike Bailey for the idea and for all he did to ensure the evening was a success. We have some lessons to learn from this occasion and we will put those lessons into effect next time.

Visits to Kaniv

Sadly there were no responses to the article in the last Newsletter on this subject. However now is the time to be thinking about 2010 because airfares are cheaper the earlier bookings are made. May and September are the favoured months for visiting Kaniv so if you might be interested in going then phone Mike Handcock on 01892 528495 to discuss possible dates and other details.

To develop the friendship visits between us are of vital importance. It has been a great pleasure in the last few years to welcome visitors from Kaniv and it is to be hoped that several of our members will experience for themselves the pleasure of a visit to Kaniv during 2010 – a warm welcome awaits you there.

Membership Matters

At the end of 2008 S.A.K.A. has 51 paid up members. At present we have 43 members with we hope another 5 who have not yet renewed their £3.00 annual subscription but may do so as a result of this gentle reminder.

We welcome as new members Paddy Moran, Greg Clark and Audrey and Bob Constable and feel sure they will gain pleasure and satisfaction from belonging to an organisation that seeks to develop friendship between the people of Southborough and its surrounding area and Kaniv in Ukraine.

Announcements

Congratulations to Anya Shafor who spent a fortnight as a visitor from Kaniv last year. She will marry Slava on Saturday 12th September. We wish Anya and Slava much happiness in the future and a lovely day for their wedding.

Our best wishes go to Jancis Wilson and Dorothy Clements and we hope they will continue to recover well.

Jackie Prance will be retiring as Secretary as from January 2010 and we are now in need of a replacement, are there any typists with just a little time to spare who could help?

Comments, suggestions and contributions to these Newsletters gratefully received.
.
Autumn Soiree

Name……………………………………………………………Number of tickets ………………….

Supper Choices

Cod and Chips………………………

Sausage and Chips…………………..

Veggie Burger and Chips……………

Please reply to Colette Marsh

Grand Charity Cabaret

Southborough & Kaniv Association is proud to present a Grand Charity Cabaret (with a traditional Fish and Chip Supper)

Saturday, 3rd October at 7.30pm

The Day Centre Hall, Christ Church, Broomhill Park Road, Southborough.

At the old-fashioned price of £6.50. Included in this price will be various artists to entertain you, your Fish and Chip Supper, drawing of prizes for our Grand Draw. All proceeds will support our initiatives to help needy pensioners and support educational projects in Kaniv. We look forward to seeing you there. Tickets from Colette Marsh on 01892 525042.

GRAND DRAW
Star Prize
Return Channel Crossing DOVER-CALAIS
for a car and 5 persons with SEAFRANCE

OTHER PRIZES INCLUDE: A Family ticket – donated by Pantomime Productions – for “Dick Whittington” at the Royal Victoria Hall, Southborough and
a signed shirt donated by tennis star Elena Baltacha

MANY OTHER PRIZES TICKETS £1

Draw to be made on October 3rd 2009
Order your draw tickets in advance from Mike Handcock on 01892 528495
SAKA Promoting friendship between Southborough and Kaniv in Ukraine

SAKA Newsletter 13

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The SAKA Quiznite

Southborough & Kaniv Association

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The SAKA Quiznite

An evening of fun with a blended mixture of trivia and skill!

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Saturday, 18th July 2009 at 7.30pm
Day Centre Hall, Christ Church,
Broomhill Park Rd., Southborough

Tickets £5 each, includes light refreshments.
Order now from Mike Handcock on 01892 528495


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Southborough & Kaniv Association

Notes from the AGM

Annual General Meeting – 20

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February 2009

 

The following are extracts from the Annual General meeting, held on

Friday, 20

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February 2009 at The Ark, Gallards Close, Southborough.
 

Chairman’s Report – Mike Handcock

Membership

– during the year our membership increased to 51 from 46.

Communications

– One way of doing so is to keep in touch with members and this I believe we have done through the medium of our Members Newsletters. During the year we have produced 4 editions and I’m very grateful to those who contributed articles, to those who delivered them locally. There were also a couple of Chairman’s letters, so we kept in touch. Moreover we now have a website, so we are reaching out beyond our membership and hopefully, in due course, this will bring us more members.

Activities

We are a working organisation and it is good to provide a variety of activities to raise money for our Projects to help people in Kaniv and this is what we’ve tried to do. Our policy is to give good value for money and I believe this is much appreciated by those who attend our events. We started the year with our Dinner on the 11

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January and this was a very pleasant occasion attended by 30 people. This event is not a fundraiser, but the raffle we held did help towards our expenses. That was followed by a Beetle Drive in April, which was great fun. A new venture was the Open Gardens event held in mid-June and we were very grateful to those who opened their gardens, four in all, to members and friends – a great deal of preparation work goes on for an event like this, but it made for a very enjoyable afternoon and the weather being fine was an added bonus. The cream-teas at the Prances, the final garden of the tour, was what most especially made this a financial success and we hope to get other volunteers to offer their gardens this year.

The BBQ and Fete was less successful last year and the Committee will consider how such an event can be bettered this year. It certainly wasn’t a failure, but we clashed with the Olympic Game's day when Britain won a fist full of medals so perhaps some who might have come were glued to their television screens. We will give some more thought to this event to try and make it more irresistible to the general public.
There were some splendid prizes in the Grand-draw and I’m grateful to those who sought and secured some of the prizes. Financially it didn’t do quite as well as in 2007, but it was still our single most successful activity and thanks to everyone who bought or sold tickets. The draw itself brought our Summer Soiree to a close. Again we needed to be grateful to members of the Bidborough Dramatic Society and the Magpies from Paddock Wood who supported the event and to the church community at Christchurch which enabled us to use their hall for this popular event.  In September we shared a stall with SHDOFA, a the Southborough Society Exhibition.

Project 2008

– So all this activity enabled us to send £1,500.00 to Kaniv for the aid and welfare of elderly, poor people. I will talk more about this after the interval, but in this report I need to confirm to you that it was a most worthwhile and much appreciated Project and one of which we can feel quite proud. It has changed lives and may well have saved lives so that is very satisfying.

Visits

– In August, Anya Shafar, a 20-year-old University Student, spent a fortnight here, living with Colette and Bob Marsh and being taken on various visits by them and other SAKA members. She enjoyed her stay and was a very welcome visitor – we hope she will come again. The day following her return to Ukraine I set off for my first visit to Kaniv since 2004. ( reported earlier on this website)

Committee

– Lastly I want to say a big thank you to the Members of your Committee who work so hard, have been an excellent team and who are the inspiration of all that has been achieved. Thankfully they are all prepared to stand again and I hope you will support their nominations. Two disappointments I must mention applied to our failure to find anyone willing to take on the mantle of Honorary Treasurer; and neither were we able to find anyone willing to take over the role of Youth Representative so we didn’t have a young person’s contribution to our deliberations. So I’ve mentioned a few disappointments in what was actually a pretty good year, we’ve worked hard, we’ve had fun and in doing so we’ve raised £1,500.00 for some elderly folk who have suffered greatly in the past. That sum represents far more in goodwill and caring than in actual monetary terms so thanks to everyone for your efforts. That concludes my report.

 

Secretary’s Report – Jackie Prance

The secretary commented that much of what she had planned to say was covered in the chairman's report.  She continued - I can’t say often enough that we are and will be very grateful for any contributions of information, articles or adverts for future Newsletters and of course for our now fully operational website. Hopefully these will look even more professional as improvements such as more photos and better graphics are added and we all get more expert and practised. Any ideas for improvements to the website or any of our other communications would be very welcome.

 

Treasurer’s Report – Mike Handcock

Copies of the balance sheet and statement of income and outgoings were distributed.
 

Election of Committee.

We had received the following nominations for officers and committee members:-
Chairman – Mike Handcock
Vice Chairman – Bob Marsh
Secretary – Jackie Prance
Events Organiser – Colette Marsh
Membership Secretary – Mike Bailey
Publicity Officer – Brian Dobson
Committee Members – Trevor Poile and Ann Nolan.
No other nominations had been received. All were approved unanimously

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Financial Scrutineer

. It was unanimously agreed that David Coward should continue to be our Financial Scrutineer.

 

Subscriptions. It was

 unanimously agreed that the subscription for 2009 to be retained at £3.00 for an adult, family membership to be £6.00 and young persons in full-time education to be entitled to free membership provided written permission to belong is given by their parent(s) or guardian(s).

Constitution It was

unanimously agreed that Item 2 of the Finance Section of the Constitution should be amended to read “The Funds of the Association will be maintained by the Hon. Treasurer and examined at the end of each financial year by an Authorised Independent Scrutineer appointed at the AGM”.

Future Programme and Targets for 2009.

Mike Handcock gave a talk on his trip to Kaniv in 2008 and his meetings with various people there. After discussion with the Mayor of Kaniv and representatives of KASA, Mike Handcock suggested that a good project for 2009 would be to give money for seeds, plants and tools to the Children of School No. 6 in order that they could make a garden on land between their school and the main road to Kaniv, close to the river Dneiper. This would improve the appearance of the approach to Kaniv and hopefully seed the idea of flower gardens.

 

Proposed date of next AGM - 10

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February 2010