We are looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday for our AGM.
We have a number of things to vote on: election of your committee members and your president, and the accounts. Before that, we will have a summary of the last year from Sally.

After the business is done, we have a chance to chat whilst we prepare for the main fundraising opportunity of the year, the Hampton Christmas Event.

For Blind Date with a Book: There are bookmarks to make, labels to write, and books to be wrapped.

For the Jigsaw in a Bag: we have 100+ bags made already! If you have jigsaws to donate or you took some kits to sew into bags, please bring them to Tuesday night’s meeting.
Thank you.

We will need some help at the Christmas event, which is on Sunday 7th December. If you can spare us an hour of your time, please sign up on the rota sheet. Another thank you.

See you Tuesday.

On Tuesday, we look forward to welcoming Mark Wolfe from the RNLI.
Our nearest lifeboat station is in Teddington, close to the lock. The RNLI operates four lifeboat stations along the tidal reaches of the Thames (Tower, Chiswick, Gravesend and Teddington). 

Manned by volunteers, the RNLI stations operate 24 hours a day!

https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/teddington-lifeboat-station

Still to come in 2025:

November – Our Annual Meeting – review of the accounts, president’s report, election of officers. In addition we will make bookmarks and wrap books for our BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK fundraiser.

December – Mince pies and a quiz from Chris.

We are looking forward to welcoming the incredibly talented Tortor Smith to our meeting next week. Talking about winning awards for Hot Mess, their animated film, raising awareness of ADHD and, their next exciting project. Find Tortor on Instagram to learn a bit more, @animatortor, or Google Hot Mess Animation.

Do let friends and family know that visitors can join us for just £2, which gets them their tea and cake as well as our fantastic speaker.

Please bring your own mug if you are able. This one small act helps us to reduce our contribution to landfill!

Raffle tickets are £1. Thank you to Gwen, and Colleen, who always manage to rustle up some super prizes.