Please Note

Due to an increase in running costs, we have had to increase our mileage price for the minibuses to 80p per mile. Session charges remain the same at £16. Group Membership Charges

New Group Membership: £20.00 for the first year

Renewal of Group Membership: £17.50 per year

Individual membership will be free however; individuals must register with The Goole GoFar

18 th June – First Sea Lord At GoFar – Fundraiser

Admiral Sir Jonathon Band came to the Gofar to give a talk about “what the Royal navy does today”

The event was very well attended and raised over £200. Our thanks go to the First Sea Lord and his team for taking time out of their busy schedule to visit us. Also thanks go to Goole.com, Tesco Hetty Walker and Colin Brett for their kind donations and to everyone one who supported us on the night. Photo of 1SL on disk

26 th June 4 th Annual General Meeting

At this years AGM, Jim Green stood down as Chair due to health reasons. Our thanks go to Jim for all he has done since the project was established. Martin Crossland was elected as Jim’s replacement. Frank Bryars was elected as Vice Chair. All other trustees remained the same. Martin will stay on as Treasurer until a suitable replacement can be found. Should you wish to become involved with the GoFar, please contact the office.

30 th June

Tesco have kindly donated £500 to the GoFar. Martin, Christine and Andy were invited to take part in the “Refresh” celebrations at the Goole store. Our thanks go to Steve and all the staff at Tesco Goole

Duke of York Community Initiative Award

On Wednesday 10 th October, four members of the GoFar team, Christine Dales, Andy Smith, Frank Bryars and Henry Rendle attended the awards ceremony at the Ivanhoe Centre in Conisbrough. They were there to collect their Community Initiative Award from the Duke of York, in recognition of they work they have done for the people of Goole and the surrounding area’s. Christine Dales the groups Development Officer said, “To have the quality of our work and its community benefits recognised by this prestigious award is a real boost.”

Honorary Volunteer

Bobby Ball has agreed to become an “Honorary Volunteer” with the Gofar. Andy has had the honour of knowing Bobby for a little while, and when he met up with him recently in Blackpool, he explained what we did at the Gofar.

Bobby (and Tommy Cannon) have their own charity helping an orphanage in Vietnam, which he explained takes up a lot of his time, but he would be happy to become an honorary volunteer with us, as he thinks the work we do is fantastic.