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It wasn’t until the latter part of 2004 that I was able to give 100% to Crazy Hats. Much progress had been made. A great amount of money had been raised and the overall total was continuing to rise. However, almost all the administrative tasks were carried out at home – in my one-bed- roomed flat. Initially, this worked well but with more and more events and dates being added to the calendar, space was becoming an issue – my ‘own’ space and a lack of space for the ever-growing piles of paperwork, as well as the boxes of pin badges and all the Walk paraphernalia. Days before our third and fourth Walks, I had a job finding my bed!
In 2005 I had to have a hysterectomy so was out of action for a while (but not long!) which gave me quality time to think hard about the way Crazy Hats was moving ahead.
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At the time we had a very small committee but now felt we should be more organised and professional, especially as the Breast Clinic at Kettering General had approached us asking if we could fund a piece of new equipment for them, costing approximately £10,000. The reality was that, if we agreed to their request we were now going to have to spend some of the Charity money – public money – but leaving the initial £20k raised and pledged, securely banked. To do this, we knew we had to look at the legal issues this entailed.
Heather offered her house to host a meeting and together with Marilyn, Angelina, Heather, her friends Pauline and Julia, Graham, Laura and Angie (who I had worked with at school) and myself, we held the first ever Crazy Hats official meeting, (with minutes being taken) and where it was unanimously agreed we should be seen to be spending some of the money. In addition we felt the time was right to set up our own independent bank account so that we could access funds in order
to make such donations. Pauline offered to act as Treasurer having had vast experience working with the Cats Protection League; Heather became our Chair. I was declared the Executive Fundraiser and the others willingly offered their services in whatever way they could. Marilyn was still working in school but volunteered her services as a trained secretary and shorthand typist. The committee steadily grew and grew – there was never a problem in recruiting people!
More importantly, it was discussed and unanimously agreed we should
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