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Closing date: 12 February 2010

Corporate Community Investment & Cohesion UnitCommunity Services

Area Committee Fund Application Form 2009/2010

Guidance notesPlease answer allquestions as fullyas possible,as applicationsare judged solelyon theinformationyou provide.

ORGANISATION DETAILS

Name and address of your group/organisation (& contact name & address ifdiffer~mt):

PensionersAloneAt Christmas(ChiswickGroup)c/o Pauline Hart

194 Southfield Road

Chiswick

W4 5LD Tel: 02089943648

What are the main activities of your organisation:

We are an independently run registered charity which provides a Christmas DayParty for 60 senior citizens and 20 volunteers.

We also organise a Summer Tea Party every year in June for 60 local senior citizensand 20 volunteers.

Date organisation started: 25th December 1984 (this will be our 25th year!)

Is your organisation a registered charity?

Do you have a constitution?

Yes / No-Yes / No

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Please specify one criteria category under which application submitted. (Refer to theenclosed list of qualifying criteria):

Projects and events for older people.

Projects that promote self help, volunteering, community and user involvement.

Titleof theprojectforwhichyourequirefunding:

Pensioners Alone At Christmas (Chiswick Group)Registered Charity: 801569

Proposed date(s) of the project/event:

25th December 2009 - Christmas Day

June 2010 - Summer Party

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Please indicatewhich area the proposed project/eventwill take place: (See the attachedmap for the CommitteeBoundaries). Tick the appropriateboxA - West Area Committee 0 D - Isleworth& BrentfordArea Committee 0

B - Central Hounslow Area Committee 0 E -Chiswick Area Committee ~C - Heston & Cranford Area Committee 0

Approximately how many people will benefit from this project:

At least 80 people for the Christmas Day Party, and 80 people for the Summer TeaParty, so 160 people in total will benefit.

Please give a full description of the proposed event/project:(continue on a separate sheet ifnecessary)

Twenty five years ago, when the first Pensioners Alone at Christmas Party was held,Pauline Hart did not dream that a party could give so much happiness to so manypeople.

Many senior citizens found themselves alone because their families had movedaway. Christmas has always been a time when people enjoy getting together butmany were now alone. Since 1984 a special Christmas Day party has beenorganised for elderly residents who would have otherwise spent the day alone.

Each Christmas we meet many new volunteers and guests to enjoy the day with.Volunteers are asked to attend from 12.00pm until 5:30pm and jobs includeassisting with food preparation, looking after the guests during the party, serving tea,washing up etc.

We also collect guests from their homes and return them at the end of the day.

We hire minibuses to enable us to collect people as many use wheelchairs andwalking frames. We cook a wonderful traditional Christmas dinner for our guests andvolunteers and give all guests presents to take home.

Pensioners Alone At Christmas (PMC) is an independently-run registered charity,funded by donations from local businesses such as Singapore Airlines and PositiveThinking, and organised by volunteers.

We plan to make our 25th Christmas Day Party special.

The party starts at 1.30pm and finishes at 4.30pm at Chiswick Day Care Centre,Bridge Street, Chiswick W4 5UF

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How do you know there is a need for this project?

As we are an independently run local charity there is always a need to fund raise.The more money we have to spend, the better the party can be and the more partieswe can hold in the future.

Without local funding, we would not be able to produce this great event.

Please state the detailed timetable for planning the proposed project/event:

Planning for the Christmas Day Party starts in September each year during aCommittee Meeting. We meet to decide the planning of the party including designingand sending out invitations and volunteers letters, food ordering, presents for guests,transport and mini-bus drivers, activities or entertainment such as Carol Singing andGuess How Many Sweets In A Jar.

We then hold a second Committee Meeting in November to check everything is ontrack and any additional plans or ideas are raised.

We then arrive at the Chiswick Day Support Centre where the party is held, onChristmas Eve to setup the building for our party and take delivery of the food. Weprepare the gift bags, and organise the furniture so we can accommodate more inthe dining area.

On Christmas Day, the committee start work at 1Dam with the first job being puttingthe 8 Turkeys in the oven! We then spend the day working with local volunteersorganising car drivers to help transport the guests to the Day Centre, assisting withfood preparation, serving tea, chatting to the guests and washing up.

Our day finishes around 7pm after we have taken the last guests home, returned themini-buses we hired from the local Community Transport branches, and made surethe Day Centre building is left clean and tidy.

Are there any particular sections of the community who will benefit?

Senior Citizens in Chiswick, anyone who is on their own for Christmas of any age,either as a volunteer or a guest.

Some local residents in sheltered housing do not leave their units, we provide themwith a Christmas Day Party with a delicious Christmas Dinner and a present to takehome.

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Will you market this project? Yes / No

If yes, how will you do this?

We advertise for volunteers on the Chiswick W4, Acton W3 and Hammersmith W6website. We were previously listed in the Hounslow Council HM Magazine.

To contact the guests, we will be sending invitations to sheltered units aroundChiswick such as Jessop House, Homecross House, The Maltings, Meadowcroft,Melody Court, Whittingham Court and also local Chiswick churches such as ChristChurch Turnham Green, Chiswick Christian Centre, etc.

Pauline has a good contact in the Chiswick Social Services who also spreads theword and invites new guests.

Who (other than the contact name) will work on the proposed project?

Committee Members and local volunteers.

Committee Members are:-

Pauline Hart (Chairperson)Julie Matthews (Treasurer)

Leanne Hart (Secretary)

Bob McKeown

Barbara Street

Joan Barber

Carolyn Courage

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

INCOME

Do you have any other sources of income to fund this project?

If Yes, please give details:

Yes / No

Income Source:

Donations from Local Business - Singapore Airlines £ around 400

Income Source:

Donations from Local Business - Positive Thinking £ around 300-400

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EXPENDITURE

What will be the total cost of this project? fO~ C{-/-I<I5.lMlI-s. MY &£ry£ 1,500

Pleasegive a breakdownof the costsfor this project.

ITEM

(eg. Printing

COST

£100)

Food and Drink from Waitrose

Presents

£800

£200

Crackers/ tablecloths £150

Kitchen equipment

Mini-buses for transport

£100

£150

Stationary/ envelopes/ stamps/ printing £100

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How do you intend to continue to fund the project after the council's grant ends?

Continued donations from local businesses such as Singapore Airlines who havesupported us over 25 years, local business Positive Thinking.

Also local people in the community support us via the Chiswick W4 website.

Do you currently receive any funding from Hounslow council? Yes 1No

If yes, please describe what is for

NIA

Amount £ Department

Amount of funding requested from the Area Committee Fund (maximum £ 500)

£ 500

Signed?~ t\-QAT Date: 26/11/2009

Print Name: PAULlNE HART

Position: CHAIRPERSON

Please return this form to:

Corporate Community Investment & Cohesion UnitCommunity ServicesLondon Borough of HounslowCivic CentreLampton RoadHounslow TW3 4DN

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