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Mrs Joan Kirby, Hitchin Senior Citizens Welfare Committee, thanked the Chairman for the opportunity to address the Committee and gave a verbal presentation regarding their grant application.

Audio recording – 47 minutes 15 seconds

Councillor Richard Thake declared a Declarable Interest in that he was the Council’s representative on the Hitchin Senior Citizens' Welfare Committee. He advised that he would listen to the presentation but would take no part in the debate and vote regarding the grant application.

Mrs Joan Kirby, Hitchin Senior Citizens Welfare Committee, thanked the Chairman for the opportunity to address the Committee and gave a verbal presentation regarding their application for grant funding as follows:

·                Mrs Kirby gave the background of the association;

·                The Friendship Club was the only remaining club that used Helping Hands busses;

·                It was a lunch club with 30 members;

·                Income was spent on rent and the transport to collect members;

·                Membership fees would be increased next April;

·                They were requesting a grant of £2,000.

The Chairman thanked Mrs Kirby for her presentation.