Cardiff and Caerphilly Annual Members Meeting for

October 2010 – September 2011

Apologies to be recorded

Branch Charter

Core Roles

• Branch Co-ordinator

• Treasurer

• Membership Co-ordinator

• Parent Support Co-ordinator

• PSA Link

Core Role: Branch Coordinator(s)

Outgoing - Jo Powell Incoming – position vacant

Core Role: Treasurer

Current – Emma Thomas

Financial Report 01.10.10 - 30.09.11

Cardiff & Caerphilly Branch has generated £3,856.74 for NCT.This figure is made up of the ‘General Reserves’ surplus figure for

the year, £197.44, plus the total ‘UK Office Contribution’, £3659.30.

• Breastfeeding Counselling expenditure relates to expenditure incurred by Boobiful Babies & the Breastfeeding Support Tutor Group along with any other expense from the Breastfeeding Counselling students. This expenditure has remained pretty much the same as last years.

• Committee Costs appear massively down from last year. Last year £845, this year £146. However, HO added a new line to the account “Parent Support” which has incurred £874.24 worth of expenditure. Although the majority of this spending has been achieved through grants with the Caerphilly group etc, any committee costs for any activity supporting parents generally has been put through the new Parent Support line rather than Committee costs as it was last year.

• Fundraising Unfortunately this year the total of our fundraising has decreased..... by £8.64!!! A fantastic effort - a total of £5028.57, totally driven through the NNS’s. (see full treasurers report)

• Unfortunately the only other fundraiser this years ended in a deficit (Jan 11 Clothes Swap -£158.72), & our other attempt at a Spring Ball had to be cancelled due to lack of response.

• Newsletter profit is down this year at £307.18. Last year made £1037. Revenue generated from advertising sales has continued to increase (see full treasurers report).

• Postage costs remain as erratic as ever (see full treasurers report). Volunteers are key to this success. Printing costs have seen a dramatic increase over the last 3 years - almost doubling per issue. Increase in colour advertising requests?

Core Role: Membership Coordinator

Outgoing – Dominique Mortlock Current – position vacant Steve Arnold

Membership numbers at 30th September = 292 households

= 536 members

Core Role: Parent Support Coordinator(s)

Current – Clare Coan (Local coffee groups)

Outgoing - Rachel Williams(central coffee groups and welcome ‘speed bump’ evenings)

Current – position vacant

Core Role: PSA Link

Current – Miranda Webb

Enquiries Bookings Becomemembers

members%

464 335 178 53.1%

Branch Volunteers

Over 40 individuals have volunteered over the year

(Including core roles already mentioned)

Plus numerous •newsletter deliverers•helpers at Nearly New Sales•coffee group hosts

‘Bumps and Babies’ Coffee Mornings

Cafe Junior – 1st Monday of the month

Funtastic, Caerphilly 4th Wednesday of the month

Moved to

Caerphilly leisure centre,

Wednesdays fortnightly

Local Coffee Groups

3 groups running weekly or fortnightly

attended by 2 -10+ parents

Llandaff North & Whitchurch – Friday MorningsThank you to Lucy Ronchetti.Current contact Natalie Sayer

Rhiwbina & Heath – Friday afternoonsCurrent contacts Clare Coan and Sian Williams

Ystrad Mynach Current contact Bonnie Navara

The following groups are no longer running. Thank you to all the contacts for all their efforts

Pontcanna & Canton - Elise DavisonSplott & Pengam green –Gina EdwardsThornhill –Rachel WilliamsRoath, Penylan, Cyncoed – Anne Marshall

Met 6 times

Fundraising

Nearly New Sales4 each year – November, February, May & September

Total profit over the past year = £5028.57

Nearly New Sales committee•Rachel Rundle•Liz Cridland•Ruth Young•Alastair Stewart•Jessica Harrison•Michelle Downe•Helen Johns

Thank you to the following volunteers who are no

longer continuing:

Anne Twomey, Bronwen Bird, Jan Price,

Daphne Evans, Marnie Morgan (Publicity)

Fundraising events team Thank you to Kate Grand who has stepped down from this role

Current – position vacant

Newsletter

4 newsletters per yearThis year’s profit = £307.18

Revenue generated from advertising sales has continued to increase (see full treasurers report).

Editor

Thank you to Sara Ridley who

took on this role for part of the

Year.

Outgoing – Diana Milne

Current – position vacant

Article, feature writer

and Advertising Rep

Liz Mullen

Newsletter distribution organised by : Bethan…

Thank you to Swati Sunder and Sarah Wiggin for their work on the newsletter team.

Volunteers are needed in particular to help cover•Coffee Groups Feature•NCT Regular Events Feature•NCT Calendar•NCT ads

Publicity officerCurrent – Ruth Young

Quarterly Publicity Mailings

Postage costs remain as erratic as ever (see full treasurers report).

Volunteers are key to this success. Printing costs have seen a

dramatic increase over the last 3 years - almost doubling per

newsletter issue. Increase in colour advertising requests?

Enquiries Outgoing – Alison PowellCurrent – position vacant

Number of telephone enquiries: approx 35Number of email enquiries: approx 35

Web Editor - Kit Naylor

New webpages are up and running

New facebook page

Campaigning

Llandough Midwife Led Unit

Antenatal Support

• Antenatal Classes & RefreshersCardiff branch provided 50 courses (including 2 Refresher courses)

Supporting 300 women and their partners

• Relax, Stretch and Breathenew classes held at John Lewis

• Welcome evenings for new parents-to-be3 events

Sharon Naylor

Antenatal Teacher (Excellent Practitioner)

Assessor (qualified September 2011)

EP Liaison 1W - supporting NCT Practitioners across PSA1W

(South Wales)

Maternity Services Rep – attending Labour Ward Forum (UHW)

Links with Health Visitors and ‘Action for Children’

Involved in raising awareness of Public Consultation

on Llandough Midwife Unit

Often attending branch Bumps and babies groups,

and Welcome evenings

Jo Powell

Antenatal Teacher Maternity Services Rep – attending MSLC and Parent Panel at Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Gwent

Links with Caerphilly birth centre, Nevill Hall and Royal Gwent Hospitals

Outgoing Branch CoordinatorAttended Welcome evenings andCaerphilly Bumps and babiesOrganised Book club meetings

Marilyn Wills

Antenatal Teacher Valley Cushion Hire Agent – 10 hires this year over 132 daysAttends Nearly New SalesInvolved with the Public Consultation on Llandough Midwife UnitMaternity Services Rep attending 10 different forums in NHS andNCT

Student Antenatal Teachers

•Sheila Littleboy – has completed Level 4 work and

taught first course•Miranda Webb – since 2010 has completed over half of

Level 4 work, helped with newsletter distribution•Diane Glews

Breastfeeding Support

Congratulations to Clare Coan who qualified as a Breastfeeding Counsellor in September 2011

Emma Pearce moved to West Wales during 2011 but still returns to run Breastfeeding sessions as part of Antenatal Courses

Breast pump hire – held by Clare Coan

Student Breastfeeding Counsellors

•Sarah Appleton-Jones•Nicci Bevan – transferred to Monmouth branch•Cath Mapstone•Dani Sapsford•Heather Trickey – currently on Time Out, working as

Research manager at Head Office

Peer Supporters (in addition to those training as BFCs)

Anne TwomeySara KnowlesAnna DaviesSarah Jones

Boobiful Babies meets weekly in Llanishen

Regional Event

NCT Practitioner sessions: Critical Appraisal Skills ProgrammeBreastfeeding researchBreastfeeding update

Thank you

Future plans

Region Day June 23rd 2012 for all volunteers

2020 tour Wales event 4th Feb 2012

More Book Club dates

More Welcome ‘Speed bumps’ Evenings

Raise internet profile

Ensure ongoing social supportWith more volunteers we can make this happen

How to get involved

• Volunteer tonight Speak to a committee member tonight Sign up with your details on our clipboard Take away our contact details for later Come along to any of our events Register your interest in Volunteering athttps://babble.nct.org.uk/~forms/2ndpart/Volunteer_Registration/