Category: Monthly meeting

  • Smooth transfer of power as QPARA Chair steps down after three successful years

    Janis Denselow delivered her final Chair’s report to warm applause and congratulations from a packed QPARA Annual General Meeting on Thursday and welcomed her successor Virginia Brand who will take the Chair at the next meeting on 8 December.
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    She Tweeted: Thank you ALL for the fab flowers. It’s been a great 3 years as QPARA Chair. Still big challenges ahead! We are def up for them!

    Although stepping down as Chair, Janis will continue to be an active QPARA member and will be supporting Virginia as she takes on her new role.

  • QPARA agrees £1000 donations to seven groups supporting the local community

    At our meeting on Thursday night we agreed to donations of £1,000 each to seven local groups, organisations & charities.

    Here is the list of groups with links to their websites:

    1. Ark Franklin Primary Academy – Building raised timber planting boxes in the school garden

    2. Brent Centre for Young People  – Cost for 2 young people to undergo Adolescent Exploratory Therapy

    3. Friends of Salusbury School – Providing more green and Astroturf areas in the playground

    4. Queen’s Park Junior Singers – Contributing towards cost of making an audio recording of The Happy Prince

    5. Real Action – Teacher training costs (1 teacher) to give Butterfly Literacy training to volunteers

    6. Salusbury World – Mini bus hire & petrol for the annual outing and contribution towards the Winter party for 90 refugee children

    7. Shakespeare in the Squares – towards the production costs of performing Much Ado About Nothing in Queen’s Park in Summer 2016

    QPARA is a not for profit organisation. If, at the end of each financial year there are surplus funds, we invite applications for donations from these from local charities, groups and not for profit organisations in line with our aims to support the local community.

  • Join us for our monthly meeting on Thursday 10th March at 8pm

    St Anne'sVenue: Rotunda of St Anne’s and St Andrew’s church, Salusbury Road

    Refreshments will be available from 7.45pm.

    Agenda

    1. Apologies
    2. Police Report
    3. Applications for QPARA funding from charities and local groups 
    4. Minutes – matters arising from meeting held on 11 February 2016 – Action Committee Reports
    5. Councillor’s update
    6. Main topics (focused discussions) for forthcoming meetings