Finance
Gift Aid
Question : How can you effortlessly raise money for Mothers’ Union funds?
Answer: Easily by signing up to Gift Aid.
• To do this you must complete a form which can be obtained from auntiejuliee@hotmail.com ( Gift Aid Secretary – Julie Davies)
• You must personally pay income tax (or capital gains tax) at least equal to the amount we will reclaim. If you are a higher rate taxpayer you can claim relief through your self assessment form.
• However, if in future your circumstances change and you no longer pay income or capital gains tax you should notify us as soon as possible.
• If you change your name or address at any time again please notify us as soon as possible.
• You can cancel the declaration at any time by notifying us, and it will not apply to any donations (including your subscriptions) you make on or after that date or such later date that you may specify.
• Finally you do not need to go through your Branch Leader or Treasurer but can sign up individually by completing the form and returning it to Gift Aid secretary.
Let’s see how many people will take up the challenge.
Administration
LLANDAFF DIOCESE MOTHERS’ UNION COUNCIL MEETING October 2024
Our Annual Diocesan Council meeting was held once again at the Clayton Hotel in Cardiff.
The Council meeting began with an opening worship led by Revd Sandra Birdsall. Following a short address by the Diocesan President on the highlights of the past year, she thanked the outgoing Trustee Board for their superb work in developing Llandaff MU in all areas of work. The results of the elections for the Trustee Board to serve in the next Triennium were announced.
Informative and interesting updates were given by Sheila Jones Treasurer and our Unit Coordinators, Jean Starr (Finance & Administration) Lowrie Washington Jones (Action & Outreach) Raye Saunders (Communication) and Margaret Jones (Faith Development).
Midday Prayers were led by Margaret Jones.
Following an enjoyable lunch, our guest speaker was the Very Revd. Dr Jason Bray, Dean of Llandaff who entertained us with the story of his life and faith journey. Mothers’ Union looks forward to working with Jason in the coming years.
Mr Dave Kitchen, author of ‘The Bible in Ten’ gave us a short, stimulating address about his book and he is available to give talks to branches.
We had very informative presentations from Pauline Redwood, branch leader of St David’s Neath; Josie Bolton, branch leader of Llantrisant branch who have achieved the Gold Award of the RISE UP challenge. This was followed by Liz Jones, Llantwit Fardre branch leader who gave a talk on the ‘Grange Project’ supporting young people in supported accommodation.
It was so good to see so many members enjoying fellowship and meeting once again in lovely surroundings.
