Redway Runners AGM 2 May 2017 19:30 to 21:00
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Redway Runners AGM 2 May 2017 19:30 to 21:00 Contents Chair’s Comments (Martin Lawrence) ................................................................................................ 3 Year 5 – in review .......................................................................................................................... 5 April 2016 .................................................................................................................................. 5 May 2016 .................................................................................................................................. 5 June 2016 .................................................................................................................................. 5 July 2016 ................................................................................................................................... 5 August 2016 .............................................................................................................................. 6 September 2016 ........................................................................................................................ 6 October 2016 ............................................................................................................................. 7 November 2016 ......................................................................................................................... 7 December 2016 ......................................................................................................................... 7 January 2017 ............................................................................................................................. 8 February 2017 ........................................................................................................................... 8 March 2017 ............................................................................................................................... 8 Facts and Figures ......................................................................................................................... 10 New members ......................................................................................................................... 10 Number of paid members ........................................................................................................ 10 Club communications .............................................................................................................. 11 Runners per week .................................................................................................................... 11 Membership retention............................................................................................................. 12 Club end of year by numbers ................................................................................................... 13 Beginners Groups ........................................................................................................................ 13 Zero to Hero Programme ............................................................................................................. 15 Page 1 3 May 2017 2016/2017 programme ............................................................................................................ 15 2017/2018 programme ............................................................................................................ 15 Cross Country .............................................................................................................................. 16 Club Runs .................................................................................................................................... 17 Clothing ....................................................................................................................................... 17 Charity of the Year ....................................................................................................................... 17 Club Trips .................................................................................................................................... 17 Treasurers Report ............................................................................................................................ 19 STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2017 ......................... 19 Accruals & Creditors .................................................................................................................... 20 UKA Membership update ................................................................................................................ 21 Appendix ......................................................................................................................................... 22 1 - Independent Examiner’s Report – on club accounts ................................................................ 22 2 - Charity of the year nominations 2017/2018 ............................................................................ 22 Ride High ................................................................................................................................. 23 The Henry Allen Trust .............................................................................................................. 24 Open Door MK ......................................................................................................................... 25 Milton Keynes Hospital Cancer Services Department ............................................................... 26 Helen and Douglas House’s ...................................................................................................... 27 Willen Hospice ......................................................................................................................... 28 Thrombosis Uk ......................................................................................................................... 29 Mind ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Page 2 3 May 2017 Chair’s Comments (Martin Lawrence) Well that time again when look back over what has been achieved by Redway Runners over the last 12 months, and every year it is really hard to know where to start, but one of the things that for me is most important are that we have the clubs four principles at the heart of everything that we do and they are: Fun Social Value for money and Benefit of the runners Guess whatever we are doing in the club we must be doing OK, with lots of positive comments and the club is continuing to grow all the time, who would ever have envisaged when we first tried to get 10 people to join us in the venture to start a new running club for Milton Keynes we would find so many people like what we do as a club. Some numbers: 1,475 people have started Redway Runners beginners group with 591 in the last club year an amazing number 468 of our club members have joined via our beginners groups We have ran 47 beginners groups In the last year we have led 1,146 runs in the club (over 3 runs a day to choose from) Anyway over the last year the areas I am probably, most pleased with are the new things we have done in the club and the key ones for me are: Club clothing shop moved on-line First Redway Runners Festival of Running Newport Pagnell Carnival Club runs – New Sunday/Thursday morning Step Up, Explorer run, Trail Finder and Mondays to Mercedes Summer of Fun Charity Football Match Treasure Hunt run Support for runners Virtual run MK 50 birthday activities, 50 Icons run, club kit Affiliated with South of England Athletics Club completed our first year in league one of the cross country and we stayed up As well as this we have continued to do the things we have done successfully before and grown the club with Club trips in the UK and overseas Club socials Cross Country, which has really taken off during the last season Page 3 3 May 2017 New runs have been introduced Beginners group have flourished within the club, we held 8 courses and 400 people started running with us Club events, like Furzton relay and team events, like OU relay Zero to Hero Programme 2 Charity activity So what will be new for 2017 MK50 Celebrations Treasure Hunt run Awards and Recognition event Canal fun run Socials Events Team Events Zero to Hero re-launch Anyway, none of what we do would be possible without so many people that help all around the club, I would especially like to thank the club committee, all the run leaders we have everyone who helps out in so many ways and those that just turn up and run – you are who we all do it for. But we do not only achieve so many miles between us we have also left a legacy which includes: Between us we raised over £4,142 for Haemophilia Society and if we get this matched again that means over £8,000 raised by the club for our charity of the Year Helped out with significant resource for a number of events in Milton Keyes, most notably the Milton Keynes Marathon and half in May Donated a large amount of food and sweets to the Milton Keynes Foodbank at Christmas. So all in all the last year has been a great running year and next year we will run Milton Keynes again. Of course do not know how we will develop in the future and if we will continue with the amazing growth we have seen but as long as we all