Addlestone Community Association

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & TRUSTEES

Photograph taken at the Official Opening of the New Community Centre on December 8th 2005.
Standing, from left: Ted Percey, Bob Edney, Malcolm Smith, Brian Bowles, Albert Kitchenside, Brian Harmer,
Edwin Genet, Dave Strike, Harold Gribble (deceased March 2008), Vic Gale, Ron McKay, Norman McKay and Mike West.
Seated, from left: Mrs Shelagh McKay, Mrs Eve Cross, Mrs Pamela Gaskin, Mrs Monica Kitchenside and Mrs Jean Edney.
(Photograph by courtesy of John Cox, Chertsey Camera Club, a section of the Association.)

The Addlestone Community Association (ACA) was formed in 1948 and the Community Centre in Station Road was opened in 1968, it was replaced by a new Centre in September 2005. The Association is administered by a General Committee which elects an Executive Committee to run the Centre and manage the affairs of the association on a day to day basis. It is also responsible for planning the maintenance of the centre, obtaining estimates for any necessary work, and overseeing the running of the sections and giving advice as required. The Executive reports back to the General Committee at meetings which occur quarterly.

The regular activities of the Association are organised by two Committees, Entertainments and Summer Fair, together with the nine sections. Additionally there are about twenty local groups that are affiliated to the Association. The interests of the sections range from Keep Fit to Stamp Collecting and they meet at the Centre on various days of the week.

The sections in their turn report to both the Executive and the General Committees on their affairs. They support the running of the Centre with a financial contribution each year. Each section raises the monies for their contribution in many different ways, including subscriptions for section membership, raffles, dances, shows, etc. Other funds come from public hire of the halls, public entertainment, Addlestone Summer Fair, 200 Club and Grant Aid, which has to be applied for each year, from the Runnymede Borough Council.

All members of the Executive and the General Committee are volunteers, as are members of the committees and the officers of the sections, and spend a great deal of time and effort into ensuring that the Association runs smoothly.

As well as activities at the Centre, the Entertainments Committee organise an annual programme of coach trips and short breaks for members of the Association.

As a member of the Association you are able to participate in all these activities and would be welcome to stand for election to the committees. New blood and fresh ideas are always sought to ensure that the Association can continue to fulfill its objective of providing a service to all members of our local community.

A bi–monthly news magazine "The Addlestonian" is published and distributed to members.

Further general information on membership of the Association and activities of the various sections is given below, further details on individual sections can be obtained from their secretaries. It is a condition of membership that members of sections must be members of the Association.