Branch Chair’s Report
I’m writing this piece to you having just returned from Babble Live! 2016 which is NCT’s
annual event bringing together volunteers, practitioners and staff from all over the
country for a series of workshops, seminars and social events as well as the AGM.
As I sat listening to people talking about the amazing things that NCT volunteers are
achieving and how they came to the NCT, I reflected on my own NCT story. As with
most of you, I started with antenatal classes when pregnant with my eldest, over 5
years ago.
When he was 6 months old, I decided my brain was ready for a challenge to help me
transition back into the workplace and volunteered to organise our branch’s first ever
Cheeky Monkeys’ Tea Party. Fast forward to now and I’m proud to be the coordinator
for such a successful and active branch.
I am well aware that our branch is only successful due to the fantastic team of
volunteers we have.
Our Nearly New Sales – if you made it to our latest one on 1st October, I hope you
found plenty of bargains! – don’t run themselves and, on the day, we are lucky to
have over 30 people giving up their time to make sure we maintain our reputation for
quality. I’m pleased to welcome Katharine to the team as our new Nearly New Sale
Coordinator and she’ll shortly be working on our next sale in March 2017.
We also have new additions to our Social Groups: Samantha will be taking over
Crawlers and Explorers at MFA from January, when Claire moves on. A big thank you
to Claire for being such a welcoming host! Gabrielle has taken on hosting our Walk
and Talk group as well as becoming our new Social Groups Coordinator. Rebecca
joins us to breathe new life into our Bumps and Babies group – keep an eye on our
Facebook page for all the latest developments here!
We’re also saying thank you and goodbye to Julia, who has done a fantastic job in
keeping all our Social Media running over the last 2 years.
We welcome Sarah who has kindly agreed to take over.
There are a few other roles we are looking to fill at the
moment, should you be interested in giving some time
(whether it be a couple of hours a week, or for the day at
our next Nearly New Sale), you’ll find more info on pages
17-18 or feel free to drop me an email.
Sarah Mackay
Newbury & District NCT Branch Coordinator
[email protected]
NCT Newbury & District
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