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Organisation Prior to the 2011 AGM, a new Board of Trustees was elected consisting of; Chairman:
The Dowager Countess of Clarendon We
have an Executive Committee, which meets at least three times
a year and consists of a minimum of seven Presidents including
the Ex-Officio members: Other Presidents are elected by the Committee as ordinary members. Ordinary members retire by rotation after serving for three years and are not eligible for re-election, unless appointed as Officers, for a further three years. The Executive Committee publish a full report each year. For a copy of the latest Annual Report click HERE For a flyer that goes with the Report click HERE |
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We employ only one person, a part time secretary, who works from home. Our only other expenses during the year, apart from incidental running costs, are the hire of the rooms for the three days of our annual Packing Week and the hire of a room for our AGM, to which all our Presidents and Vice Presidents are invited. Expenses are supported by an annual subscription from each President paid by Standing Order, under Gift Aid if applicable, to the Hon. Treasurer. The following is a brief description of three of our major groups. The Royal Group was formed in 2002 after the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. It is currently run by Mrs Daphne Clarke and is supported by the many friends and associates who contributed to both the individual Royal Groups before they were amalgamated. The Scottish Group Mrs Clare Russell started the Scottish Group of Queen Mary’s Clothing Guild in 1986. The Group grew from 20 knitters in the first year to over 700. In 2007 Mrs. Russell sadly decided to stand down as President of her group, during these ten years over 100,000 garments had been distributed to a variety of Scottish Charities. In 2009 when a legacy from one of Mrs Russell’s knitters was left to The Guild it was decided that income from this wonderful gift would be used to specifically buy garments for Scottish Charities nominated by the Scottish Presidents, currently there are 6 Presidents operating in Scotland. The Schools Group Schools have been involved with The Guild for many years. They used to be run from within Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mothers Group. When The Royal Group was formed in 2002 Mrs Rachel Parry took over the responsibility for the schools and so The Schools Group was formed. Each year some of
the schools, such as Manor House and Heathfield St. Mary’s
bring pupils to St. James’s Palace to help during Packing
Week before all the garments are distributed to our client charities.
Schools contribute in a variety of ways, some by fundraising
and others by the children collecting or making garments themselves
for us. We provide a Schools Pack, see How to Help Page, which
includes useful information if your School would be interested
in joining our Charity. Mrs. Parry is also happy to visit any
school to talk about the Guild. To view the Guild Prayer click HERE For information on How to help click HERE |
