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The Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd (DCFA)


NEWSLETTER
 April - May 2011
                                                                                                    Spare Food is Share Food!
7 Whimple Street, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2DH Mobile: 07745819828 (text only) Email: saudigeoff@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://dcfa.webs.com


            FOREWORD BY THE CHAIR                                                         EDITORIAL COMMENT
Dear Friends and Supporters,
                                               rd
Yes! We did start trading on Wednesday, 23 February 2011
                                                                          I  NTERNET Links. If you’re reading this on-line and come
                                                                             across words with blue lettering that are underlined, then
                                                                          you can click on these links and be taken directly to another
with short-date milk and about ten local organisations have               site for more information on that particular topic. Put your
signed up to receive this. Teething problems are being                    cursor over the link, hold down the Control (Ctrl) Key and
resolved and with our Volunteers overseeing this, we’re                   click! Ed.
pleased to report that all seems to be going well!
In March 2011 we spread our wings and held an external                                            DCFA NEWS
meeting at Exeter with the purpose of setting-up a hub there
and with the intention of Exeter Working Group working
alongside DCFA in Plymouth. A further meeting has been
                                                                          F  UNDRAISER. This is a time-consuming occupation but a
                                                                             very important one for us. We are looking for someone
                                                                          who has experience in this field of expertise to help us in a
arranged.                                                                 voluntary capacity. Interested? Please contact Geoff
                                                        th
Another external meeting was held on Tuesday, 12 April                    (details at the top of the page).
2011, this time in Truro. Again, a further meeting will be held
to take this project forward in Cornwall.
None of this could be achieved, without the hard work of our
Trustees and Co-opted Members to our Board most of whom
                                                                          M      AKING LOCAL FOOD WORK. Mary CONWAY and
                                                                                 Geoff READ attended a Training Day at the Halcyon
                                                                                                                          th
                                                                          Neighbourhood Centre in Plymouth on Thursday, 17 March
are able to give their professional advice.                               2011. The theme of the day was How to Set Up a Buying
We’re desperately in need of funding to enable us to have our             Group in Your Community. This was a very informative and
own permanent premises from which we can receive and issue                enlightening day, and both managed to undertake more
food produce. If anyone or any organisation can help us with              networking!
a monetary donation, then of course this would be warmly
welcomed. The sooner we have our own storage, the sooner
we can expand our enterprise by supplying more food                                            DCFA MEETINGS
produce.
Recently, I was fortunate to be invited to attend an Awards
Ceremony at the Holiday Inn in Plymouth for the Drake
                                                                          A    PRIL 2011. Our April 2011 Meeting was an external
                                                                               Introductory Meeting to Cornwall and was held at
                                                                                                      th
                                                                          11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 at Diocesan House,
Foundation Spirit of Community Awards. I was accompanied                  Kenwyn, Truro. We should like to thank the Truro Diocese
by Esme GOSS, our Milk Volunteer Coordinator. Whilst DCFA                 for their generous hospitality.
didn’t win any of the major awards we were pleasantly
surprised and honoured to receive a Certificate of Significant
Achievement.
Thank you all for your support and have a Happy Easter!
                                                                          M      AY 2011. The next DCFA Board Meeting will take
                                                                                                                  rd
                                                                                 place at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 in the
                                                                          Theatre Royal. If you have anything you wish the Board to
                                                                          discuss then do please contact Geoff.
Christine
Christine REID
Chair
DCFA Board of Trustees

The Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd. (DCFA) is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee.
Registered Company No. 07419679.
Registered Charity No. - DCFA is recognised by HMRC as a Charity for tax purposes under Reference XT27083.
Members of :                                                                                           Our Funder:
NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) – Membership No. MEMBERVC/13004,
PTSC (The Plymouth Third Sector Consortium),
The Small Charities Coalition,
And Volunteering England – Membership No.1278747.                                                               … And Voluntary Donations.
F   UTURE MEETINGS. All meetings are scheduled to start at
    10.30 a.m. but are subject to change at short notice.
                                                                        A WORD FROM WENDY CHAPMAN
                                                                                         A DCFA Trustee
           th
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
-       General Board Meeting
        (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church)                 W      HEN I was invited to write a few words for this
                                                                          Newsletter, anyone who knows me well will tell you
                                                                   that I was somewhat overwhelmed and tinged with a hint of
           th
Tuesday, 5 July 2011                                               trepidation. To see my words in
-       General Board Meeting                                      print is scary! However I am
        (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church)                 nevertheless thrilled to be asked
                                                                   to do so.
           nd
Tuesday, 2 August 2011                                             I became involved with DCFA as
-       General Board Meeting                                      soon as the word was out that a
        (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church)                 meeting was going to be held to
           th
                                                                   discuss what could be done with
Tuesday, 6 September 2011                                          spare food which had nothing
-       General Board Meeting                                      wrong with it and was destined to
        (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church)                 be thrown away. When I was asked if I had views or ideas on
           th                                                      how best to use this food and milk, you can probably guess my
Tuesday, 8 November 2011                                           response. Well... as Project Manager of the Shekinah Mission
-       Annual General Meeting                                     Drop-in Centre of course I had... and Wow!           What an
        (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church)                 opportunity! And now I’m a Trustee of DCFA too.
           th
Tuesday, 6 December 2011                                           Let me fill you in on a little about myself. My name is Wendy
-       General Board Meeting                                      CHAPMAN and I’m the Project Manager for the Shekinah
        (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church)                 Mission Drop-in Centre in Plymouth. I’ve been involved with
                                                                   Shekinah since its inception and opening in December 1992.

A    NNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011. Our AGM will be
                       th
     held on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 and we’re already
looking for one or two Guest Speakers. Can you help or do
                                                                   This came about after four years of dedicated prayer by a small
                                                                   group of us. Our excitement was hard to contain as we saw
                                                                   God’s plan unfolding; from a place in Bath Street... to the
you know someone that can? Please contact Geoff (details           provision of food... volunteer’s... staff... finances... and so the
at the top of Page 1).                                             list grows and grows and is still growing! He blessed us with a
                                                                   new building and our prayers are still being answered.
                                                                   I’m married to Gary and have two grown-up daughters, Lisa
                                                                   and Kelly who’ve both blessed us with grandchildren Lennon
 WOULD YOUR ORGANISATION BENEFIT                                   (aged three) and Darcy (aged three months). They take up a
             FROM A                                                lot of my spare time. Spare time? What’s that?
 TALK & POWERPOINT PRESENTATION?                                   Gary and I worship at St. Paul’s Church in Stonehouse, and for
                                                                   my part I’m an active member of the PCC. During my rest time
                                                                   or quiet times, I like going for walks, reading and swimming...
 Are you a school, a charity, a faith group                        these are at the top of my list! However, I’ve never mastered
  or some other organisation needing to                            all three at the same time yet!

        know more about DCFA?                                      DCFA is just starting to show signs of what could realistically be
                                                                   achieved, by providing struggling charitable organisations
 We will come to you and five a brief talk                         whose finances are severely overstretched, with free and
 and PowerPoint Presentation to tell you                           wholesome food so enabling needy and vulnerable people to
                                                                   access good, healthy balanced diets.
             about our work.
                                                                   Finally, readers, wherever and whomsoever you are, we do
           Just contact Geoff...                                   need your support! For more information on this, especially if
            contact details at                                     you feel you can help in anyway, do please contact Christine
            the top of Page 1.                                     REID (Chair) or Geoff READ (Company Secretary). The Contact
                                                                   details are at the top of Page 1.
                Book now!
                                                                   God Bless!
                                                                   Wendy Chapman




                          Contact the DCFA Newsletter Editor at DCFA... details at the top of Page 1.
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FRESH MILK                                                                OTHER NEWS
A   n Update. You’ll be aware that DCFA commenced
    trading in mid-February albeit in a very small way.
DCFA is currently accepting deliveries of short-date fresh
                                                                         C    OMMUNITY Alive Falmouth 2011


milk from Wisemans Dairies every Wednesday morning at                    Date:                  Saturday, 21st May 2011
the Salvation Army Congress Hall.            The following
                                                                         Time:                  10 a.m. – 16 p.m.
organisations in the Plymouth area are currently registered:
                                                                         Place:                 The Moor Falmouth & Falmouth
About Time                                                                                      Methodist Church
Age Concern
Amber Initiatives                                                        Entry:                 Free
Befriending Consortium
DCRS                                                                     Organiser:             Community Alive Falmouth Team
(Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support)
Elder Tree Visiting & Befriending Service                                Contact:               Lorely     (01326) 317587
FROST
(Friends & Residents of Sutton Trust)                                    Links:                 energy,
Gilead Foundations Charity                                                                      networking,
Oasis Centre                                                                                    falmouth,
Plymouth FoodBank                                                                               community
Plymouth MIND
                                                                                         st
(Oasis Wellbeing & Mental Health Support                                 Saturday, 21 May 2011 sees the second annual community
Centre)                                                                  Networking event held on The Moor, Falmouth Methodist
 Plymouth Refuge                                                         Church and other venues to celebrate all that Falmouth has to
(Plymouth Domestic Abuse Service)
Salvation Army:                                                          offer.
Congress Hall                                                            This year we are dedicating the event to Energy issues... from
Devonport Morice Town                                                    Anaerobic Digesters to Befriending Schemes, from Electric Cars
Open Door Cafe                                                           to Dance Groups, etc. Whether energy for power, inspiration
Shekinah Mission
                                                                         or support we wish to celebrate what Falmouth has to offer
                                                                         from organisations, businesses and individuals.
We should like to say a big Thank You to Ms. Esme GOSS who,
                                                                         We are hoping that you may be interested in joining us to
together with her Team of Milk Volunteers rise early to
                                                                         promote your activities and make partnerships.
organise the whole process and record the issues. Esme has
been ably assisted by Mr. George TRICKER and Mr. Ron
SANDFORD. We thank them all very much for their time and
efforts! Since we started trading we have issued 2,734 litres of
                                                                         I   VYBRIDGE Comings & Goings.

                                                                         Barn Dance at EST Ivybridge, Saturday, 14 May at 7.30
                                                                                                                                th
good quality milk. At (say) 60 pence a litre this represents an
                                                                         p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Live Band and Caller, Bar and Hog
overall saving to our Receiving Organisations of £1,640.40 so
                                                                         Roast. Tickets priced at £6 and must be purchased in
far. Not a bad start we think!
                                                                         advance. Please telephone the Centre on (01752) 690 200
                                                                         for further information.
       DCFA NEEDS ITS OWN PREMISES!
                                                                                                                                     th

H    ELP Please! DCFA could do oh... so much more if only
     it had its own premises in a central area of Plymouth!
Do you know of somewhere... an empty warehouse or shop
                                                                         Donkey Summer Fair at EST Ivybridge, Saturday, 18 June
                                                                         from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Demonstrations, Games & Stalls,
                                                                         Inflatables, BBQ, Donkey Carriage rides
that we could utilise? DCFA could then start accepting the               and much, much more! Fun Family Dog
food produce that local producers have promised to supply                Show from 2 p.m. Free entry and
us!                                                                      parking. For more information, please call
                                                                         the centre on (01752) 690 200.
                   DCFA FUNDRAISING                                      Car Boot Sales at EST Ivybridge on:

D    CFA was fortunate to receive a small monetary award
     from the Church Urban Fund to set us up and to get us
going. We now desperately need people who have experience
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                                      Sunday, 26th June,
                                                                                      Sunday, 24th July,
                                                                                     Sunday, 21st August, and
in fundraising to help us submit our bidding applications to kick
                                                                                     Sunday, 25th September.
start us into getting our own premises, our own equipment
and to provide cash for our running costs. Can you help us?              The timings have yet to be confirmed!
Do please get in touch!




                                Contact the DCFA Newsletter Editor at DCFA... details at the top of Page 1.
                                                                                                                                          3
P  LYMOUTH HEROES ARE HONOURED at Glittering Gold
   Star Awards. This article was published in the Plymouth
                      th
Herald on Wednesday, 9 March 2010:                                                         THIS SPACE
PLYMOUTH’S unsung heroes and heroines have been
                                                                                      COULD HAVE BEEN USED
recognised and celebrated at an emotional awards ceremony.                                  TO PLACE
Winners of The Herald & First Devon and Cornwall’s Gold
Star awards enjoyed the limelight as they were honoured at
                                                                                          YOUR NOTICE!
a dinner at The Duke of Cornwall Hotel recently.
The ceremony, attended by the Lord Mayor Councillor Mary                               Why not contact the Editor?
ASPINALL and Lady Mayoress Kate ASPINALL, highlighted
the actions of a range of individuals who were presented
with an engraved glass trophy.
These included a brave ambulance worker, an 81-year-old
fundraiser who helped form the Plymouth branch of RNLI,
three carers and a woman who rallied around to ensure a
mother-and-son had the trip of a lifetime after a tragic year.
Others included a volunteer who dedicated his free time to
Welcome Hall, a man who strives to help refugees despite
suffering illness himself and a dynamic duo of women who
bought the community together to aid a family devastated

                                                                                                                 Come
by a fire.
Bill MARTIN, editor of The Plymouth Herald, said: “We take
great pride in recognising those who go the extra mile for
others; those who cope admirably with adversity and those
who set an example to their peers through their selfless
                                                                                                                 join us!
actions.
For the fuller version of this article, please visit:
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Plymouth-heroes-honoured-
glittering-Gold-Star-awards/article-3309470-detail/article.html
                                                                                   DO YOU WISH TO BECOME A
                                                                                       FRIEND OF DCFA?

                                                                                   Go on-line, download the
                                                                                Application Form, complete the
                                                                                 details and submit it to Geoff.



                                                                                    DO YOU WISH TO
                                                                                 VOLUNTEER WITH DCFA?

                                                                                Go on-line, download the
Photograph courtesy of Christine REID, enhanced by Kanda P.

             Geoffrey N. READ and the Gold Star Award!
                                                                             Application Form, complete the
                                th
                      Tuesday, 8 March 2011                                   details and submit it to Geoff.
   "I work as part of a Team and so I’ll accept it on behalf of that
                              Team."



                                   Contact the DCFA Newsletter Editor at DCFA... details at the top of Page 1.
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DCFA April - May 2011 Newsletter

  • 1. The Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd (DCFA) NEWSLETTER April - May 2011 Spare Food is Share Food! 7 Whimple Street, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2DH Mobile: 07745819828 (text only) Email: saudigeoff@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://dcfa.webs.com FOREWORD BY THE CHAIR EDITORIAL COMMENT Dear Friends and Supporters, rd Yes! We did start trading on Wednesday, 23 February 2011 I NTERNET Links. If you’re reading this on-line and come across words with blue lettering that are underlined, then you can click on these links and be taken directly to another with short-date milk and about ten local organisations have site for more information on that particular topic. Put your signed up to receive this. Teething problems are being cursor over the link, hold down the Control (Ctrl) Key and resolved and with our Volunteers overseeing this, we’re click! Ed. pleased to report that all seems to be going well! In March 2011 we spread our wings and held an external DCFA NEWS meeting at Exeter with the purpose of setting-up a hub there and with the intention of Exeter Working Group working alongside DCFA in Plymouth. A further meeting has been F UNDRAISER. This is a time-consuming occupation but a very important one for us. We are looking for someone who has experience in this field of expertise to help us in a arranged. voluntary capacity. Interested? Please contact Geoff th Another external meeting was held on Tuesday, 12 April (details at the top of the page). 2011, this time in Truro. Again, a further meeting will be held to take this project forward in Cornwall. None of this could be achieved, without the hard work of our Trustees and Co-opted Members to our Board most of whom M AKING LOCAL FOOD WORK. Mary CONWAY and Geoff READ attended a Training Day at the Halcyon th Neighbourhood Centre in Plymouth on Thursday, 17 March are able to give their professional advice. 2011. The theme of the day was How to Set Up a Buying We’re desperately in need of funding to enable us to have our Group in Your Community. This was a very informative and own permanent premises from which we can receive and issue enlightening day, and both managed to undertake more food produce. If anyone or any organisation can help us with networking! a monetary donation, then of course this would be warmly welcomed. The sooner we have our own storage, the sooner we can expand our enterprise by supplying more food DCFA MEETINGS produce. Recently, I was fortunate to be invited to attend an Awards Ceremony at the Holiday Inn in Plymouth for the Drake A PRIL 2011. Our April 2011 Meeting was an external Introductory Meeting to Cornwall and was held at th 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 at Diocesan House, Foundation Spirit of Community Awards. I was accompanied Kenwyn, Truro. We should like to thank the Truro Diocese by Esme GOSS, our Milk Volunteer Coordinator. Whilst DCFA for their generous hospitality. didn’t win any of the major awards we were pleasantly surprised and honoured to receive a Certificate of Significant Achievement. Thank you all for your support and have a Happy Easter! M AY 2011. The next DCFA Board Meeting will take rd place at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 in the Theatre Royal. If you have anything you wish the Board to discuss then do please contact Geoff. Christine Christine REID Chair DCFA Board of Trustees The Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd. (DCFA) is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered Company No. 07419679. Registered Charity No. - DCFA is recognised by HMRC as a Charity for tax purposes under Reference XT27083. Members of : Our Funder: NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) – Membership No. MEMBERVC/13004, PTSC (The Plymouth Third Sector Consortium), The Small Charities Coalition, And Volunteering England – Membership No.1278747. … And Voluntary Donations.
  • 2. F UTURE MEETINGS. All meetings are scheduled to start at 10.30 a.m. but are subject to change at short notice. A WORD FROM WENDY CHAPMAN A DCFA Trustee th Tuesday, 7 June 2011 - General Board Meeting (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church) W HEN I was invited to write a few words for this Newsletter, anyone who knows me well will tell you that I was somewhat overwhelmed and tinged with a hint of th Tuesday, 5 July 2011 trepidation. To see my words in - General Board Meeting print is scary! However I am (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church) nevertheless thrilled to be asked to do so. nd Tuesday, 2 August 2011 I became involved with DCFA as - General Board Meeting soon as the word was out that a (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church) meeting was going to be held to th discuss what could be done with Tuesday, 6 September 2011 spare food which had nothing - General Board Meeting wrong with it and was destined to (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church) be thrown away. When I was asked if I had views or ideas on th how best to use this food and milk, you can probably guess my Tuesday, 8 November 2011 response. Well... as Project Manager of the Shekinah Mission - Annual General Meeting Drop-in Centre of course I had... and Wow! What an (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church) opportunity! And now I’m a Trustee of DCFA too. th Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Let me fill you in on a little about myself. My name is Wendy - General Board Meeting CHAPMAN and I’m the Project Manager for the Shekinah (Plymouth Catherine Street Baptist Church) Mission Drop-in Centre in Plymouth. I’ve been involved with Shekinah since its inception and opening in December 1992. A NNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011. Our AGM will be th held on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 and we’re already looking for one or two Guest Speakers. Can you help or do This came about after four years of dedicated prayer by a small group of us. Our excitement was hard to contain as we saw God’s plan unfolding; from a place in Bath Street... to the you know someone that can? Please contact Geoff (details provision of food... volunteer’s... staff... finances... and so the at the top of Page 1). list grows and grows and is still growing! He blessed us with a new building and our prayers are still being answered. I’m married to Gary and have two grown-up daughters, Lisa and Kelly who’ve both blessed us with grandchildren Lennon WOULD YOUR ORGANISATION BENEFIT (aged three) and Darcy (aged three months). They take up a FROM A lot of my spare time. Spare time? What’s that? TALK & POWERPOINT PRESENTATION? Gary and I worship at St. Paul’s Church in Stonehouse, and for my part I’m an active member of the PCC. During my rest time or quiet times, I like going for walks, reading and swimming... Are you a school, a charity, a faith group these are at the top of my list! However, I’ve never mastered or some other organisation needing to all three at the same time yet! know more about DCFA? DCFA is just starting to show signs of what could realistically be achieved, by providing struggling charitable organisations We will come to you and five a brief talk whose finances are severely overstretched, with free and and PowerPoint Presentation to tell you wholesome food so enabling needy and vulnerable people to access good, healthy balanced diets. about our work. Finally, readers, wherever and whomsoever you are, we do Just contact Geoff... need your support! For more information on this, especially if contact details at you feel you can help in anyway, do please contact Christine the top of Page 1. REID (Chair) or Geoff READ (Company Secretary). The Contact details are at the top of Page 1. Book now! God Bless! Wendy Chapman Contact the DCFA Newsletter Editor at DCFA... details at the top of Page 1. 2
  • 3. FRESH MILK OTHER NEWS A n Update. You’ll be aware that DCFA commenced trading in mid-February albeit in a very small way. DCFA is currently accepting deliveries of short-date fresh C OMMUNITY Alive Falmouth 2011 milk from Wisemans Dairies every Wednesday morning at Date: Saturday, 21st May 2011 the Salvation Army Congress Hall. The following Time: 10 a.m. – 16 p.m. organisations in the Plymouth area are currently registered: Place: The Moor Falmouth & Falmouth About Time Methodist Church Age Concern Amber Initiatives Entry: Free Befriending Consortium DCRS Organiser: Community Alive Falmouth Team (Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support) Elder Tree Visiting & Befriending Service Contact: Lorely (01326) 317587 FROST (Friends & Residents of Sutton Trust) Links: energy, Gilead Foundations Charity networking, Oasis Centre falmouth, Plymouth FoodBank community Plymouth MIND st (Oasis Wellbeing & Mental Health Support Saturday, 21 May 2011 sees the second annual community Centre) Networking event held on The Moor, Falmouth Methodist Plymouth Refuge Church and other venues to celebrate all that Falmouth has to (Plymouth Domestic Abuse Service) Salvation Army: offer. Congress Hall This year we are dedicating the event to Energy issues... from Devonport Morice Town Anaerobic Digesters to Befriending Schemes, from Electric Cars Open Door Cafe to Dance Groups, etc. Whether energy for power, inspiration Shekinah Mission or support we wish to celebrate what Falmouth has to offer from organisations, businesses and individuals. We should like to say a big Thank You to Ms. Esme GOSS who, We are hoping that you may be interested in joining us to together with her Team of Milk Volunteers rise early to promote your activities and make partnerships. organise the whole process and record the issues. Esme has been ably assisted by Mr. George TRICKER and Mr. Ron SANDFORD. We thank them all very much for their time and efforts! Since we started trading we have issued 2,734 litres of I VYBRIDGE Comings & Goings. Barn Dance at EST Ivybridge, Saturday, 14 May at 7.30 th good quality milk. At (say) 60 pence a litre this represents an p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Live Band and Caller, Bar and Hog overall saving to our Receiving Organisations of £1,640.40 so Roast. Tickets priced at £6 and must be purchased in far. Not a bad start we think! advance. Please telephone the Centre on (01752) 690 200 for further information. DCFA NEEDS ITS OWN PREMISES! th H ELP Please! DCFA could do oh... so much more if only it had its own premises in a central area of Plymouth! Do you know of somewhere... an empty warehouse or shop Donkey Summer Fair at EST Ivybridge, Saturday, 18 June from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Demonstrations, Games & Stalls, Inflatables, BBQ, Donkey Carriage rides that we could utilise? DCFA could then start accepting the and much, much more! Fun Family Dog food produce that local producers have promised to supply Show from 2 p.m. Free entry and us! parking. For more information, please call the centre on (01752) 690 200. DCFA FUNDRAISING Car Boot Sales at EST Ivybridge on: D CFA was fortunate to receive a small monetary award from the Church Urban Fund to set us up and to get us going. We now desperately need people who have experience   Sunday, 26th June, Sunday, 24th July,  Sunday, 21st August, and in fundraising to help us submit our bidding applications to kick  Sunday, 25th September. start us into getting our own premises, our own equipment and to provide cash for our running costs. Can you help us? The timings have yet to be confirmed! Do please get in touch! Contact the DCFA Newsletter Editor at DCFA... details at the top of Page 1. 3
  • 4. P LYMOUTH HEROES ARE HONOURED at Glittering Gold Star Awards. This article was published in the Plymouth th Herald on Wednesday, 9 March 2010: THIS SPACE PLYMOUTH’S unsung heroes and heroines have been COULD HAVE BEEN USED recognised and celebrated at an emotional awards ceremony. TO PLACE Winners of The Herald & First Devon and Cornwall’s Gold Star awards enjoyed the limelight as they were honoured at YOUR NOTICE! a dinner at The Duke of Cornwall Hotel recently. The ceremony, attended by the Lord Mayor Councillor Mary Why not contact the Editor? ASPINALL and Lady Mayoress Kate ASPINALL, highlighted the actions of a range of individuals who were presented with an engraved glass trophy. These included a brave ambulance worker, an 81-year-old fundraiser who helped form the Plymouth branch of RNLI, three carers and a woman who rallied around to ensure a mother-and-son had the trip of a lifetime after a tragic year. Others included a volunteer who dedicated his free time to Welcome Hall, a man who strives to help refugees despite suffering illness himself and a dynamic duo of women who bought the community together to aid a family devastated Come by a fire. Bill MARTIN, editor of The Plymouth Herald, said: “We take great pride in recognising those who go the extra mile for others; those who cope admirably with adversity and those who set an example to their peers through their selfless join us! actions. For the fuller version of this article, please visit: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Plymouth-heroes-honoured- glittering-Gold-Star-awards/article-3309470-detail/article.html DO YOU WISH TO BECOME A FRIEND OF DCFA? Go on-line, download the Application Form, complete the details and submit it to Geoff. DO YOU WISH TO VOLUNTEER WITH DCFA? Go on-line, download the Photograph courtesy of Christine REID, enhanced by Kanda P. Geoffrey N. READ and the Gold Star Award! Application Form, complete the th Tuesday, 8 March 2011 details and submit it to Geoff. "I work as part of a Team and so I’ll accept it on behalf of that Team." Contact the DCFA Newsletter Editor at DCFA... details at the top of Page 1. 4