A social group for disabled adults
in the Bedford area
FLAG Bedford
Friendship Link and Action Group
Registered Charity No. 1165681
Ten Pin Bowling
Eat n’ Bowl, St Neots - 13th Feb 2014
AGM - Pizza Supper
Priory Methodist Church - 10th Apr 2014
Duxford Air Show
24th May 2014
Quiz Night - Buffet
Priory Methodist Church - 31st Jul 2014
Science Museum & Natural History Museum
4th Sep 2014
Halloween Bingo - Meal
White Horse Pub - 30th Oct 2014
Christmas Meal
Priory Marina - 10th Dec 2014
This was FLAG’s second visit to the Eat n Bowl in St Neots. We found a different coach firm, Chambers, so gave them a
try. Apart from the time it takes to get us all strapped in, which is always the case, the coach was great and the driver,
Phil, was excellent. The 32 FLAG members arrived at the venue, got a drink, split into five groups and played the first
game. My wheelchair packed up working for a while which is my excuse for finishing last on the first game. It may also
have been that certain of my opponents had some very lucky shots.
After working up an appetite we sat down to a basket meal. My Cheese-burger and Chips were
really tasty. It was time for the second game, came third, but no strikes. I think everyone had a
good time. Running a bit late we bundled onto the coach and headed back to
base. A big thank you to all our volunteers who
were as always a great support.
31 members attended this year’s AGM which was chaired for the first time by Laura
Peggs. She began by welcoming us all to the meeting.
Tracey Brightman, our Treasurer, gave a review of FLAG’s Annual Accounts.
Reserves have fallen over the year by £1931 to £4143, however we are due to
receive funding of £4545 from the Harpur Trust to be used over the next two years.
Finances are good.
Dylan, our Administrator, gave a report on last year’s events
namely:
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AGM 2013 - 11th April 2013,
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Naidex Exhibition - 1st May 2013,
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Thames River Trip - 15th July 2013,
•
Bingo Evening - 26th Sept 2013,
•
Halloween Karaoke - 31st Oct 2013,
•
Christmas Meal - 12th Dec 2013,
•
Ten Pin Bowling -13th February 2014.
After the AGM we tucked into a delicious Pizza and Salad from the Honeycrust Bakery. As usual our great gang
of volunteers were on hand to help serve the food and drinks. Our two youngest volunteers, Amy and Holly, did a
wonderful job selling raffle tickets, raising £52 towards future FLAG events, thank you everyone. And then the
highlight of the evening, so he tells me, was Dylan, who sang a few songs from his fabulous repertoire. I hope
you all enjoyed a great evening of chat, food and singing with fellow FLAG members.
AGM
As a volunteer the first trip I went to was Duxford with the other members off the group.
We went to the Duxford air show by coach. I was enabling a lady to get around the air
show, unfortunately she had to cancel so I teamed up with Simon when we arrived.
Simon and I enjoyed the day very much especially going inside Concorde and lots of
other planes, Simon was very knowledgeable about all the planes, especially the Spitfire and the Hurricane
as his father had been in the forces. My knowledge of aircraft was greatly improved that day by Simon. We
had a great spot for seeing all of he air show. What a wonderful day we all had. Looking forward to the
next trip as a volunteer.
Bernadette Frisby
20 FLAG members attended the Halloween Bingo event at the White Horse pub. We started off with two games of
Bingo, the numbers were expertly called by Becky, who filled
in for the pub landlord Nigel who was on holiday. We all then
enjoyed a meal of Sausage, Chips and Beans followed by a
delicious Chocolate Pudding.
Several members entered into the spirit of the evening by
coming in Fancy Dress. Becky was our judge for the evening
and picked Alma (the Devil) as the winner with Nicola (a
Witch) in second prize. I was third (a pumpkin), although
some people thought I had just been tangoed. Other Fancy
Dressers were Laura (a Vampire), Joy (a Ghoul), Susan (a
Witch) and Gordon (a skull designed cape).
After the raffle, as it was getting
late we just had one final game
of Bingo. I think everyone
enjoyed the evening and once
again a big thank you to the
volunteers who helped out.
Tracey Brightman
On a bright and beautifully sunny morning on the
4th September, 23 very excited members of FLAG
boarded the coach looking forward to a day out in
London to visit the Natural History & Science
museums. All transport arrangements went
smooth and we arrived at the Museums in good
time.
After vacating the coach, members split up going
their separate ways to their preferred Museum.
Some members went to both the Science Museum and the Natural
History Museum as they were within walking distant of each other.
The highlights of the day for Kerry were going up the escalator into the
earth crust and on to the earthquake simulator, Kerry also could not stop laughing at the two
skeletons sitting at the dining table, she thought this very funny. Members had refreshments in
the Museum restaurants and cafes. Gordon and other members recommended the food. We all
then met back at “Dippy” the Diplodocus Dinosaur skeleton and made our way back to the
coach.
What a fabulous day out!
Thank you to Laura Peggs for organising her first solo trip for all the members.
What a splendid Christmas Party our members enjoyed on the 10th December at the Priory Marina
Restaurant. 29 members attended the party night, and the atmosphere was great as the drink flowed and
the food was good. Everyone appeared to be in the party mood enjoying themselves. Members would like
to give a big thank you to the Committee and Linda for all the hard work they did in organising the night.