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Autumn

  2013

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From The Chairman Rana Plaza DisasterFirst on the scene and now helping to re-integrate the injured into society, CRP’s work for the victims of

the Rana Plaza uilding collapse has een an inspiring e!ample of care and professionalism" #reating

paralysed patients, making and fitting prosthetics, and providing physio treatment have een the main

tasks" $i! months on from the collapse, CRP is now focusing on vocational training so that patients have

the skills to find new jos"

• %%% patients were registered with CRP for treatment - &'( )n Patients and &'* +ut Patients"

• +f the %%% patients, &' need some form of ocational #raining"

• . small numer of )n Patients are still at CRP"

 

/enerous financial support came 0uickly from sources across the world and CRP was ale to treat all

these patients free of cost" .t the same time CRP’s normal activities have continued without

interruption"

• +ver 1&%2,222 has een donated to CRP through ## specifically for the treatment of Rana Plaza

victims 3 raised in various ways from individual donations to concerts, 4ring and uy’ sales and4ucket collections’"

• +ther donations from 5angladeshi donors and other worldwide sources e!ceed 1%22,222" )t is

likely that any money not needed for immediate treatment costs will e put towards improvingmedical facilities"

 #he CRP staff has worked tirelessly and with great success to give a etter life to so many of the victims"

4 ’

rom our Treasurer, Michael Woodley

  $peaking at the ./6, he stated that 2&7&% had een a

good year, with higher income 81&%',2229 than ever efore" #his had een helped y alerie’s inspirational visit to the

:;, and the hard work of many supporters" <e noted that

.dministration costs remain close to = of income, mainly

ecause of the generosity of supporters, who cover many

e!penses themselves"

  +ne third of the income came from fundraising events of

all types, whilst 1%',222 was donated for Restricted Funds

for specific projects"

<e pointed out that /ift .id increases all 0ualifying

donations y *=, and had contriuted 1&&,'22 to income

in 2&-2&%" He urged those who were eligible tosign up for it.

  <e noted that ## donations still amount to a significant

>= of CRP’s annual income, which has grown now to 1

million" #here is much more income generation at CRP itself

Please note the change in the Gift

Aid declaration.

) confirm ) have paid or will pay an

amount of )ncome #a! and7or Capital

/ains #a! for each ta! year 8' .pril to *

.pril9 that is at least e0ual to the

amount of ta! that all the charities or

Community .mateur $ports Clus

8C.$Cs9 that ) donate to will reclaim on

my gifts for that ta! year" ) understand

that other ta!es such as .# and

Council #a! do not 0ualify"

!isting declarations will remain

"alid# but please ensure that a new

Gift Aid form# a"ailable from the

Administrator# is completed if $ou

change $our name and%or address

or $ou cease to pa$ ta!. &ew Gift

Aid forms and en"elopes '(ellow)

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2013 Annual Supporters Meeting –

Brian Woodgate, Administrator, reports

  Fifty-three #rustees, memers and supporters

were present at our annual supporters’ meeting"

.fter an e!cellent 4light’ curry lunch, provided y

6okhtar <ussain, ?aphne @oolnough and helpers

, the Chairman welcomed all present and outlined

the latest news on CRP’s response to the RanaPlaza tragedy" #his took place only &km from the

main CRP compound in $avar"

Ro 6arini, <ead of ?evelopment of :; $port,

e!plained the project that is now eginning

etween :; $port and CRP" #he aim of the

partnership is to help develop good sports

facilities at CRP and to provide training to enale

CRP staff to ecome coaches" #he hope is that

this will enale CRP to uild up capacity that will

lead to eligiility to 0ualify for the Rio

Paralympics" Ro’s hope was that y this timene!t year there would e etter coaches at CRP"

6ichael @oodley, 5ryan @hitty, 6argaret

<akim and Fahmida 5egum stood down as

 #rustees" 6ichael @oodley and 5ryan @hitty

were re-elected and Aick Back and <elen

6ortimer were elected" @endy 5est, 6argaret

<akim and 6r 6" ." Rashid were co-opted as

 #rustees" 6r Rashid lives in $olihull and is

already helping ## with fund-raising in the

5irmingham area" #he Chairman e!pressed

thanks to Fahmida 5egum for her work andsupport during her term as a #rustee"

  #he Chairman thanked the editor of the $pring

Aewsletter for producing it and .rea Co-

ordinators for distriuting it" <e also thanked

 #heresa ;eefe and Chris <all for their work

updating the news shown on the ## wesite -

www"valerietaylortrust"org"

  essie Flowers and Philomena Commons gave

very interesting presentations aout their time at

CRP during recent months and their impressions

!n"itation to the Annual Supporters#

Meeting  Dou are all invited to the 2&E .nnual$upporters’ 6eeting which will e heldon *aturda$ +,th -a$# /+0 at *t. Paul1sCommunit$ Centre# Rossmore Road#2ondon# &3+4 4&5 at.// pm"

Fundraising *nippets

 #he #rouadours, a group of talented friends, wererought together y @endy 5ests daughter, ?ulcie"

 #hey first came to the ancient Church <ouse inCrowcome, $omerset to sing for CRP in &GG*" #his

year ?ulcies &% year old daughter 6addie joined themsinging and playing the violin"

.s always oyce <alliday and ean /reswell did thespade workH

 #he resultI 1,**& plus gift aid for ##" 6agnificentH

6666666666666666666666666666666666+n $aturday &Eth $eptemer, )ain @hitty and a team

of %2 volunteers helped to collect 7+48, for ## with

a can7ucket collection prior to kick off at the Rangers

v" .rroath footall game at )ro! $tadium 8<ome of

/lasgow Rangers Footall Clu9"

 #hanks to $arwar <assan, Ross /allagher and /len

6c/hee for coordinating the volunteers and to all the

volunteers for kindly helping out on the day"

-an$ than9s to all our supporters who ha"e

R:TAR( ;&TR&AT;:&A2 A3ARD F:R <A2R;

TA(2:Ralerie #aylor has won the Rotary )nternational award" $he received a custom-designed trophy and :$J

&22,222 as prize money" #he money, presented y award sponsor Richard Klman, is to help CRP take

forward her humanitarian causes even further" )n the Citation, the award committee said, L<er work

restoring the lives of the paralysed here in 5angladesh is truly unparalleled" $he has great compassion

for the neglected memers of 5angladesh’s society"M

 #his year’s award was announced y #he +ne Project, a scheme conceptualised and founded y