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WELSH

BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY

(www.welsh-bs.co.uk)

23, St Mary’s Close,

Briton Ferry,

Neath,

West Glam,

SA11 2JU

Tel 01639 - 770296

e-mail:-r.francis77@ntlworld.com

20/01/09

Press Release

‘Awards for All Wales’ grant for local group.

 

The Welsh Budgerigar Society has recently received a grant of £4079 for the Society to purchase a Trailer to transport their staging, two Laptops and Two Printers, from the lottery-funded grants programme, ‘Awards for All Wales’.

The trailer will greatly assist with the movement of the staging and will reduce the heavy lifting by 50% and will save the cost of hiring a van each year. The laptops and printers will assist in running the shows and will cut down on stress to the officers running the show. They will also be used to encourage members to get used to using computers, and will be used to train members on the use of the various packages used by the Welsh Budgerigar Society to run their shows.

Chairman, Dominic Avo stated that these items will be of great assistance to the Welsh Budgerigar Society for years to come and will encourage other members to get involved and use the equipment. The process was fast and easy and I would definitely recommend the Awards for all Wales grant programme, and would like to thank the Welsh Budgerigar Society secretary, Bob Francis, for all his work in applying for the grant.

The photo shows Welsh Budgerigar Society secretary Bob Francis (center) being presented with the Cheque at a recent Budgerigar Society Finance meeting at the Budgerigar Society offices in Northampton. The cheque was presented by Mr George Booth, (right) Chairman of the Budgerigar Society and Mr Dave Hislop, (left) Vice Chairman of the Budgerigar Society. They urged other societies to follow suit and apply for grants for themselves.

Bob Francis takes over the Presidency of the Budgerigar Society in May 2009 from Geoff Capes, the former World’s Strongest man. The first time someone from The Welsh Budgerigar Society Area has done so since 1976 when Mr Carl Fulgoni, a local business man from Wenvoe, Barry, had the honour

For further information on the Welsh Budgerigar Society then please visit our website:- www.welsh-bs.co.uk or contact the Secretary on 01639 – 770296

Notes to the Editor.

For more information about the Awards for All Wales scheme, and details of other groups who have received grants in the Area please contact the awards for All Wales team on 01686-611740, or visit their website :- www.awardsforall.org.uk

If you have any sister papers then please feel free to use this press release in those publications also.

 

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

R.Francis

(Secretary & Treasurer)