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• 7 Apr 2021
BACK THEN: leaders, trustees and staff of Teesdale Day Clubs in 2019 as the charity marked its 25th anniversary
THE Association of Teesdale Day Clubs has enough money to keep the organisation afloat until August 2022, the annual meeting was told.
During the coming months, trustees aim to source new funding and cut back on their reliance on grants.
Treasurer Annie Dolphin told the meeting finances during 2020 were more complex than usual due to the higher number of smaller grants and the challenges of the pandemic.
“Income was a jigsaw of Covid emergency grants, standard grants, donations and bank interest,” she said.
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24 Dec 2020
HUGE BOOST: GSK site manager Elizabeth Rowbotham and Unite representative Terry Richardson and GSK staff member Russell Collins were delighted to hand over the hefty cheque to Teesdale Lions’ Graham and Sharon Walker TM pic
A LOCAL charity has been given a bumper Christmas £20,000 donation by kind-hearted pharmaceutical giant that would normally have funded Christmas parties.
Teesdale Lions Sharon and Graham Walker were left momentarily speechless when they were presented with the bumper cheque by GSK in Barnard Castle on Thursday.
Lions president Mrs Walker said: “We didn’t know how much the donation was going to be and we’re just absolutely amazed at the amount.
23 Dec 2020
WINNERS: School staff and pupils jumping for joy after winning a Christmas Tree trail with their handcrafted decorations. They are pictured with Teesdale Lions’ very own Santa Claus, Bob Danby, and Sharon and Graham Walker TM pic
A TEESDALE primary school that created handcrafted decorations for its community tree has won a top prize.
Staff and pupils of St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Barnard Castle, were jumping for joy when they were awarded first place in the Teesdale Lions festive competition to brighten up the town.
Children and their family, as well as staff members, carefully created their own decorations for their tree, which they had on show in the school grounds. Teesdale Lions president Sharon Walker said: “We’ve been really delighted with the number of people that got involved and it has been amazing. The trail has been really successful and we’re really grateful to all the businesses and individuals that have donated prizes for this.�