We are the Mayor's charity!
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It is an honour to announce that we are the chosen charity of the Mayor of Eastbourne for the coming year 2009/10. The support of Eastbourne's Mayor, Cllr Greg Szanto, over the coming year will help enormously in raising funds and raising awareness of MS. This will be Cllr Szanto's second term of office as Mayor and he explained that he chose us for a number of reasons - one being that his father had MS. He added:
"I have always been impressed by the dedication to the MS cause shown by chairman Bernard Curtis and secretary Margaret Barrett, together with the many other volunteers who give their time to help people with the condition."
We have been fortunate that during the past year Margaret and I have already enjoyed the support of the Mayor at some of our events and he has shown a great deal of interest in our work. As his chosen charity we will really be able to raise the profile of our Centre and of the work carried out by our Community Support Team.
Bernard Curtis (Chairman)
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Our Ian receives Achievers Award
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Congratulations to our Vice-Chairman Ian Westgate on being given the 2009 Eastbourne Achievers Award for 'Supporting those with Disabilities'. Really well deserved. Ian is not only our Vice-Chair, he is also Chairman of the Eastbourne Access Group and a leading member of the Disability Involvement Group (DIG) working with the Borough Council. Ian is also dedicated to improving the parking situation in our town for disabled folk - and not forgetting that he writes the information pages for 'Mainstream' every month! p> "I am personally delighted that Ian has received this recognition as I am aware of the amount of hours he puts in every week on behalf of the disabled folk in our community. He is a true champion of the disabled and I have the honour of working with him on many projects. His dedication is an example to all of us and we are all very proud of him". Bernard Curtis (Chairman) |  |
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