On June 9th 2021, we gathered online to celebrate the hard work and commitment over the last year, as we have continued to show resilience and determination through the Covid19 Pandemic.
We also held our AGM
Click the link to read our 2020/21 Annual Report.
On June 7th 2019, we gathered at our Station Street headquarters for a Wine and Cheese social. We also held our AGM to celebrate the great things we have accomplished over the last 12 months.
Click the below link to read our annual report for 2018/2019.
One June 9th 2018, our youth members and their parents gathered at St Michael’s Church for an “impromptu Gang Show” and our AGM. We were treated to around 20 minutes of entertainment from the sections who put on sketches and sang songs for us.
Following the show, we held our AGM and this was rounded off with a Q+A about the upcoming Chamboree camp.
Click the below link to read our annual report for 2017/2018.
For our AGM event this year we aimed to link up with St Michael’s ECO group and make a contribution to the wider community by raising funds for Water Aid as well as our own group.We raised a total of £118.74 between the two charities.
The challenge – part 1 (45 mins)
Each section was given a standard size plastic mug. They filled this with water in the churchyard, and then carried the water carefully along a set route, making sure not to spill any, and on arrival back at the churchyard had to carefully pour the contents into a measuring container. Route: Down Churchside, up Backwallgate, along Mill Street, across Market Place.
Sponsorship of the event was via sponsor forms issued about a month before. Sponsorship was based on the total number of millilitres the section successfully transfers into their measuring vessel.
The winner of the challenge is the section who gets the most water in their vessel. It is not a race against the clock. The vessel will be different depending on age groups.
Well done to the senior section who carried the most water!
Following the challenge, we held our AGM in the church and then enjoyed a Barbeque tea on the church lawn outside.
The AGM report for 2016/17 can be downloaded here:
About Water Aid…
Imagine life without water flowing freely from a tap. Imagine waking up at dawn and spending up to six hours fetching water for your family’s needs. One in eight people worldwide do not have to imagine this life – it is their reality. In rural Africa women often walk for up to ten miles to fetch water. The tragedy is that, having spent somuch effort reaching a water source, the water itself is often dirty, polluted and unsafe to drink.
The daily burden of collecting water prevents women from working and children from going to school. Worse still, diseases like diarrhoea and dysentery caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation result in the deaths of 5,000 children every day. WaterAid believes that access to safe water and sanitation underpins health, education and livelihoods, and forms the first, essential step in overcoming poverty.
£15 is enough for WaterAid to enable one person to gain access to a lasting supply of safe water, sanitation and hygiene education, so imagine the impact your walk could have!
Our 2015/16 AGM was held at the hall on Station Street and was linked to the grand opening of the refurbished hut. We were joined by the Mayor of Macclesfield and the local MP who assisted with cutting the ribbon to open the hall.
Following the opening, parents and visitors toured tables showcasing the activities the sections had done during the year, and then the group held the AGM business. The afternoon was rounded off with an archery have-a-go on the back lawn.
The AGM report can be downloaded here: