The Friends are mostly current and former parents of MCSBC members.  The Friends organisation is run independently of the Boat Club with the charitable aim to support the young rowers of MCSBC.  The Friends is a registered charity (no. 1120581).

Committee

The Friends Committee is as follows:

Chairman:	Liz Watkins
Trustees	Beth Rogers(Secretary) Allard van der Horst (Treasurer) Zoe Crossley Clare Knapman Sally Chilton
All committee members can be contacted via

Events

The Friends provides significant financial and practical support to MCSBC throughout the year.  However, activities are focused around three events:

• Annual MCSBC fund-raising event (held in March)

• Midsummer Regatta (held on the last Saturday afternoon in June)

• AGM & Social Event (held on the last Saturday evening of January)

The events are intended to be fun and social as well as raising funds for the club.

Grants

Grants of funds are made regularly to support the activities of MCSBC.  Please contact Pam Hole for details of the most recent donations.

Donations

Donations to the Friends of MCSBC are eligible for Gift Aid.  A Gift Aid declaration needs to accompany such donations.  A copy of this declaration is available here.

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If you are interested in becoming more involved with individual Friends functions or the Committee, please e-mail Pam Hole and he will pass this onto the Secretary of the Friends.