The wonderful Fran Croft (ex club member), is recovering from a serious bout of Meningitis, and has needed to take a break from the Board of Management at the Club. Fran has done unbelievable hours and diligence in the Treasurer’s role over the past 6 or so years and it has been hard. She has also been the ‘go to’ person for any questions over the past 15 years. She deserves enormous gratitude and a place in the pantheon of Shewsy hero / ines from everyone with an interest in the club. Thanks Fran – see you soon!
Likewise Robin Brooke-Smith and Chris Conway have served the Board of Management for what feels like a millennium. Both have retired from the board. Huge thanks to both of them. Sean Duncan, long standing member of the Club’s Members group has also decided to retire. Many thanks to him too. The relationship with the school is as good as ever it was and this is in no small part due to them. Brilliant people, substantial contribution. Recorded. Thank you all SO much. We will thank you face to face in due course.
Mark Turner, head at the school, is also on his way, though not till July 2018. I think it fair to say Mark had his doubts when he first encountered the club, but he has become a fervent supporter, delighted that we have made the Social Studies courses such a valuable educational component of the school curriculum. He recently raised more than £7500 for the Medic Malawi charity and the Shewsy club. Thanks Mark!
John Hutch
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The Halloween party went really well once again this year and the help from local volunteers was a great help especially decorating the club and preparing the party food.
Over 50 young people attended on the night aged from newborn to 11 and a great day was had by all.
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John Dumbell is in post and underway as our new team leader and I have already seen how big are his shoulders. The place is booming and John is loving the job he describes ‘It is with great pride I take on ….one of my long term aspirations’. Back him folks, lets back him. He is a ‘Pied Piper’ in the Everton district and it is a wonder to behold how many folk know and love him dearly. We are in good hands I promise you.
Dave Breo left us at the end of July and we gave him a great send off. He will stay in good touch and is making his way back in the world of ordinary work. He will miss us and we will miss him. He has been a great influence over the past 7 years. He is a great communicator and that’s where he needs to be next… teaching or preaching. Thanks, man. When you spot the next big slogan ‘Real Men…..like flowers, don’t carry knives can do this’ etc etc…. that will be Breo’s creation.
My old mate Julian Charley, warden and neighbour at the Shewsy from c. 1975-1987 died recently and there was an amazing thanksgiving service for him in Malvern. I couldn’t make it, but old work colleagues from here did attend. The collection came to the Shewsy as a donation.
I have some great ‘stick’ stories I can tell against Julian (which he has laughed at) but seriously…. what a wonderful piece of work Julian and Claire delivered in Everton. See you soon Jules, we will laugh and delight in the privilege of doing some time together in Everton.
John Hutch
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In addition to Thursday night project night, we have introduced an ‘Inbetweenagers’ group for young people in school years 6,7 and 8. This was done in consultation with local families when we noticed there was a number of young people who had grown out of junior club but didn’t feel comfortable or confident enough to make the step up in o seniors. So far this has been a great success – averaging 25 young people – per session all of whom are engaging positively. We have since registered in excess of 120 members whose postcodes map from Everton, Aintree, Knotty Ash, Fazakerley, Walton, Maghull, Bootle and even the Wirral. This tells us that our reach has considerably broadened, although the majority of members are still within walking distance.
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The Shewsy is participating in Tesco’s Bags of Help local community grant scheme during the whole of February. The scheme uses the money raised from the 5p bag levy inTescostores to fund thousands of community projects across the UK.
The Shewsy is participating in the scheme during February and anyone can vote for the Shewsy by using a token in one of the participating shops. To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value and you will then receive one token per transaction which you can use to cast your vote.
Please see below a list of all the stores taking part in the voting on our project. Feel free to share this list of stores amongst our supporters and within the local community.
If successful we could receive up to £5000, so please let everyone know!
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John’s blog 2: Couldn’t manage without the Management
/in Blog, Frontpage Article /by shadmin99The wonderful Fran Croft (ex club member), is recovering from a serious bout of Meningitis, and has needed to take a break from the Board of Management at the Club. Fran has done unbelievable hours and diligence in the Treasurer’s role over the past 6 or so years and it has been hard. She has also been the ‘go to’ person for any questions over the past 15 years. She deserves enormous gratitude and a place in the pantheon of Shewsy hero / ines from everyone with an interest in the club. Thanks Fran – see you soon!
Likewise Robin Brooke-Smith and Chris Conway have served the Board of Management for what feels like a millennium. Both have retired from the board. Huge thanks to both of them. Sean Duncan, long standing member of the Club’s Members group has also decided to retire. Many thanks to him too. The relationship with the school is as good as ever it was and this is in no small part due to them. Brilliant people, substantial contribution. Recorded. Thank you all SO much. We will thank you face to face in due course.
Mark Turner, head at the school, is also on his way, though not till July 2018. I think it fair to say Mark had his doubts when he first encountered the club, but he has become a fervent supporter, delighted that we have made the Social Studies courses such a valuable educational component of the school curriculum. He recently raised more than £7500 for the Medic Malawi charity and the Shewsy club. Thanks Mark!
John Hutch
Happy Halloween party
/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99The Halloween party went really well once again this year and the help from local volunteers was a great help especially decorating the club and preparing the party food.
Over 50 young people attended on the night aged from newborn to 11 and a great day was had by all.
John’s blog 1: Thanks to staff – old and new
/in Blog, Frontpage Article /by shadmin99John Dumbell is in post and underway as our new team leader and I have already seen how big are his shoulders. The place is booming and John is loving the job he describes ‘It is with great pride I take on ….one of my long term aspirations’. Back him folks, lets back him. He is a ‘Pied Piper’ in the Everton district and it is a wonder to behold how many folk know and love him dearly. We are in good hands I promise you.
Dave Breo left us at the end of July and we gave him a great send off. He will stay in good touch and is making his way back in the world of ordinary work. He will miss us and we will miss him. He has been a great influence over the past 7 years. He is a great communicator and that’s where he needs to be next… teaching or preaching. Thanks, man. When you spot the next big slogan ‘Real Men…..like flowers, don’t carry knives can do this’ etc etc…. that will be Breo’s creation.
My old mate Julian Charley, warden and neighbour at the Shewsy from c. 1975-1987 died recently and there was an amazing thanksgiving service for him in Malvern. I couldn’t make it, but old work colleagues from here did attend. The collection came to the Shewsy as a donation.
I have some great ‘stick’ stories I can tell against Julian (which he has laughed at) but seriously…. what a wonderful piece of work Julian and Claire delivered in Everton. See you soon Jules, we will laugh and delight in the privilege of doing some time together in Everton.
John Hutch
New Inbetweenagers club
/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99In addition to Thursday night project night, we have introduced an ‘Inbetweenagers’ group for young people in school years 6,7 and 8. This was done in consultation with local families when we noticed there was a number of young people who had grown out of junior club but didn’t feel comfortable or confident enough to make the step up in o seniors. So far this has been a great success – averaging 25 young people – per session all of whom are engaging positively. We have since registered in excess of 120 members whose postcodes map from Everton, Aintree, Knotty Ash, Fazakerley, Walton, Maghull, Bootle and even the Wirral. This tells us that our reach has considerably broadened, although the majority of members are still within walking distance.
Fundraising with Tesco
/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99The Shewsy is participating in Tesco’s Bags of Help local community grant scheme during the whole of February. The scheme uses the money raised from the 5p bag levy in Tesco stores to fund thousands of community projects across the UK.
The Shewsy is participating in the scheme during February and anyone can vote for the Shewsy by using a token in one of the participating shops. To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value and you will then receive one token per transaction which you can use to cast your vote.
Please see below a list of all the stores taking part in the voting on our project. Feel free to share this list of stores amongst our supporters and within the local community.
To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the tesco website here: www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/
If successful we could receive up to £5000, so please let everyone know!
Annual Report
/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99We have recently published our Annual Report and accounts for the year ending March 2016. You can read them here.