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Next Issue - 8th April Volume 3/14 Deadline for Articles - 27th March - March’s Edition of 2014 - Inside The Newsletter This Month Contents Page 27 - Blackpool Irish Music Trip 2 - Editorial 29 - London Trip 3 - Website 30 - Anderton Boat Lift - Weekend Trip 4 - HASSRA & HASSRA Leeds Information 31 - Overnight Mystery Trip 5 - AGM Information 32 - Ski Trip to Andorra 10 - Member Benefits 34 - Spot the Shakespeare - Answers 13 - Theatre Events Broadcast in Cinemas 35 - Spot the Films - Answers 14 - Harrogate Spring Flower Show - Offer 36 - Famous Bunnies and Hares Quiz 15 - Harlem Globetrotters Ticket Offer 37 - Club Contact Details 16 - Theatre Ticker Offer 38 - Club Activity Programme 17 - Cheltenham Festival and Stratford Upon Avon Trip 39 - Climbing and Bouldering Club 18 - Sports Relief 40 - Wine Club Adverts 19 - March in March 42 - Rambling Club 20 - Lent Series 2014 45 - Angling Club 21 - UK Foodbanks 46 - Golf Club 22 - Ride For Rewards 47 - Y&H Adverts 25 - Book Events Dates 50 - Cinema Vouchers for HASSRA Members 26 - HASSRA Leeds Community Choir 51 - The Forum Adverts 56 - Booking Form and T&C See the HASSRA Leeds Website at www.hassraleedsnewsletter.com Enjoy Everyone!!! Produced by Phil Hepworth Congratulations to Brian - Inside - Dickinson and Pete Knowles for winning February’s Quizzes! - February Quiz Answers - - Events Dates - - New member benefits - - Lots of ticket offers - - Theatre Offers - Details of - Club Adverts - AGM Inside! - Reviews - Please Contact Phil On: 0113 2324456 All articles for inclusion in The Newsletter should be sent to: the.newsletter@ WWW.HASSRALEEDSNEWSLETTER.COM hotmail.co.uk 1 March News This issue of the Newsletter is obviously Nidderdale Valley (try saying that on St as mad as a March Hare – what with all Patrick’s Day!). See page 42 and they the offers we have now included for the have other rambles and days out too for year. Look out for the ski trip, the later on in the year. Anderson Boat Lift trip (what!! that’s got to be mad!), the good food trip, the And lets not forget Mother – yes its London trip, and the Blackpool trip. We Mothers Day (or Mothering Sunday) on have obviously gone mad for 2014! Trips 30 March, and if you haven’t picked all from page 27. those daffs up from your walk in Nidderdale (don’t pick wild flowers like Speaking of mad, remember the 15th that anyway!), then why not try a bottle of March, or as the soothsayer has said wine. Oh and look there’s a Wine Tasting ‘Beware, beware, the ides of March’. in York on the 27th – just in time. This Looking ahead what do HASSRA Leeds ones run by the Wine Club – see page think you should be aware of this March 40 for more. – well there is Sport Relief on 21 March – definitely something to be aware of if you And lastly, don’t forget we spring forward want to avoid a good time, and make this month. Yes it’s March, it’s spring, so sure that others don’t have one too! See we leap suddenly into full blown British page 18 for more. Summer Time on March 30. How are you going to note having one less hour – why And then there’s St Parick’s Day (17 not save time / money and have a go at March) – we don’t have anything planned our quiz for a bit of easy money!!! (Joke!) but I suspect you could certainly take Brian Dickinson and Pete Knowles did advantage of the facilities in The Forum last month and both won £30. The quiz to recover afterwards, or one of the of the this month is a March Hare/Rabbits Quiz member benefits might speed you up on page 36 – why not have a go! again – maybe a commando fitness session, a spot at a health spa, or even And finally I have to inform everyone that just a slice of nice cake. See Forum news the HASSRA Leeds Board of on page 51 and member benefits from Management Annual General Meeting is page 10. now on March 5. And what about the lovely daffs I hear Alan Shaw you say?? They are another reminder Chair – HASSRA Leeds that we are in March, a month of spring Communications Committee and growth. Can’t see them you say, well why not go on a ramble, oh and guess what the Rambling Club have a March ramble on – this ones to Ripley and the 2 HAS S R A Leeds Website http://www.hassraleedsnewsletter.com What can we do better? Please send any feedback to: [email protected] 3 HASSRA and HASSRA Leeds Are you retiring soon? Did you know that you can still be a HASSRA member after retiring? Full HASSRA Membership If you work for DWP or DH you can have a small amount a month deducted from your wages to pay for membership, your fee will be: £1.80 a month (£21.60) Type 1 Membership If you are a contractor working for DWP or DH at Quarry House applying for Membership, your fee to join will be: £21.60 Type 2 Membership If you are already a member of another HASSRA Club and wish to also be an associate member of HASSRA Leeds, your fee to join will be: £18.00 Type 3 Membership If none of the above apply – if you are being sponsored to be an associate member by a current HASSRA Leeds full member, your fee to join will be: £33.00 (or £5 if under 16) APPROVED LIST FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP - Members of other HASSRA clubs - NHS workers from local hospitals (Not GP practices) - Police - Fire Service - Other civil servants working in Leeds - Partners, family and friends of qualifying Type 1 members - Students of the College of Music - Staff “employed” in organisations occupying the Quarry Hill site (e.g. BBC; West Yorkshire Playhouse staff; College of Music) 4 HASSRA Leeds AGM On Thursday 13 March 2014 at 16:30 in Woodpecker Bar, The Forum, Quarry House 1. Motions to the AGM Motions from members must be submitted in advance & in writing, together with accompanying notes to fully explain the reasoning behind the motion, by 11 March at latest. Please send either by email to [email protected] or by post/courier to Isobel Todd, Room 3E10, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UA. 1. Attendance and Voting All HASSRA Leeds Members (full, retired or associate) can attend and participate at the AGM. 1. Apologies Anyone wishing to formally record apology for non-attendance should do so via returning the attached slip To: Isobel Todd Room 3E 10 , Quarry House I would like to tender apologies that I will be unable to attend the AGM on Thursday 13th March 2014 Contact Name.................................................................................................................. Room Number/Location or home address................................................................... Single Activity Club (if appropriate)............................................................................... 5 Nomination for the HASSRA Leeds Board of Management Name................................................................................................................................................... Room/Location................................................................................................................................... Phone Number......................................................................................................................……….. Signature of Nominee................................................................ We confirm that we are HASSRA Leeds members & wish to nominate the above person to serve on the BOM in the following position (*please delete as appropriate) : *Chair *Secretary *Treasurer *Ordinary Board Member Nominated by: 1. Name....................................................................................................................................... Room/Location....................................................................................................................... Phone Number........................................................................................................................ Signature................................................................................................................................. 2. Name....................................................................................................................................... Room/Location....................................................................................................................... Phone Number........................................................................................................................ Signature................................................................................................................................. 6 WANTED......... Willing Helpers for HASSRA Leeds Do you want to be involved? Our AGM will be on Thursday 13th March 2014 @ 16:30 in the Woodpecker Bar, Quarry House. We will be looking for members who wish to help run the Club. Listed below are the areas where your help is needed. If you have an interest in one of these areas and would like to share your skills with us, please send your completed nomination form to Isobel Todd, Room 3E10, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UA by 11th March at the latest. Nominations received will be used in the election process at the AGM. Trips & Events Fancy having a go at organising a couple of trips in the next 12 months? If so read on. By joining the Events Committee you will 1. Meet once a month to discuss a programme of activities and agree subsidies within guidelines issued by the HASSRA Leeds Board of Management. 2. Help organise a couple of trips or events for our members - this will involve: a) Liaising with travel companies for prices/itinerary/adverts. b) Being the contact point for cheques, issuing