Background
We were active in one form or another for many years until 2011. We are a registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 1102495) and received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services in 2005 for providing support, social and educational opportunities for people with all types of disabilities in West Somerset. We were lucky to be able to operate from The Seahorse Centre, the local day centre for disabled adults run by Somerset County Council.
As an organisation we were completely independent and run by a purely voluntary committee who received no payments whatsoever for their services. We were funded by grants from as many sources as we could find. Our members also raised funds for the organisation through raffles, coffee mornings, barbecues, and any other opportunity that arose.
We met monthly at The Seahorse Centre, except for August and December, when we were on holiday.