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ANNOUNCEMENT 12 DECEMBER 2024

Monday, 16 December 2024

Dear members,

Jai Jinendra and Jai Shree Krishna

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1 - MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORMS FOR 2025 -

WE WILL SOON SEND YOU ANOTHER EMAIL WITH A UNIQUE LINK FOR YOURSELF TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025. 

THIS LINK WILL OPEN A WEB PAGE WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP DETAILS THAT YOU CAN REVIEW AND AMEND AS NECESSARY. 

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR YOUR RENEWAL. 

THIS EMAIL WITH YOUR PERSONAL LINK WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ON WHAT TO DO.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2 - PAYMENTS BY CARD

NVK HAS SECURED FACILITIES TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS BY CARD-CONTACTLESS AND CHIP AND PIN. PLEASE NOTE THAT FROM THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PAY BY CARD. SO IF YOU HAVE STILL NOT RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025 AND ARE LOOKING TO PAY ON THURSDAY YOU CAN BE OUR FIRST MEMBER TO PAY BY CARD. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INSTANT RECEIPT BY E-MAIL OR BY SMS. YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE DONATION PAYMENTS BY CARD. 

1. Please note that we are closed on Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day - due to Christmas holidays. Please pass this message to those members that are absent.

2. We will meet on Thursday 2 January 2025, as usual. Please make a note in your diaries.

3. Next Thursday 19 December, last Thursday of this year, we have arranged carol singing by singers from Harrow Methodist Church.

4. A LAST gentle reminder to everyone that if you are looking to renew your membership fee for 2025 by CASH or CHEQUE you only have this Thursday 19 December to do so. 

FAILURE TO PAY FOR RENEWAL OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY 31 DECEMBER 2024 WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP AND ITS BENEFIT.

However, if you are looking to pay by BANK TRANSFER, the last day for transfer is Tuesday 31 December. Bank details are as follows:

BANK : HSBC

ACCOUNT NUMBER - 12152525

SORT CODE - 40-46-09 

Please remember to put your membership no as reference.

5. Donations

  • £60 for Chaas for the month of March from Chandrakantaben Jaikishan Parmar. Many thanks on behalf of the Kendra.

6. Today's afternoon programme: we had our third Medical Seminar on Dementia/ Alzheimer by Dr. Abhishek. Shashtri - Consultant Psychiatrist from Brent Memory Clinic. Kusumben Punater welcomed and introduced the team and informed members that many persons are suffering in silence as they do not want to talk to anyone about their medical problems. This talk on Dementia will be very informative on health awareness

Dr. Shashtri, with the aid of Projector and Slides gave a detailed talk on what is Dementia, its early signs of some of the symptoms and how to take action with GP. There was complete silence and many members had stayed behind to take part in this very informative and educative talk.  
 
There was a Question and Answer session and some members took part. One member even narrated her own experience with how she dealt with her own situation.
 
After Dr. Shashtri's talk, there was a brief information by Debbie from the Dementia Hubs Project Brent on how to get support on Dementia with their experienced team if anyone needed it (they were the Winner Team of of the year - Brent Social Care Awards  2023 )
 
The programme was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. A Vote of Thanks by Prafulbhai Shah on behalf of NVK and the Programme Committee was given to Dr. Shashtri, Debbie and also to Nazia Ali and her team from Brent Health Awareness.
 
President- Vinod Parekh spoke a few words on how such medical programmes are helping our membership.
 
7. Dementia Slides - Given the popular demand for the presentation slides to be circulated, the slides have been attached to this announcement.

8. Wats app registration - 147

9. Today's attendance - 198 (194 members +3 guests + 1 carer=198) + 5 hall staff = 203 

10. Dishes used - 214

11. Food ordered - 190 (PS- CORRECTION. Food ordered for Thursday 5 December was for 200 people and not 190 as stated in previously).

12. Proceeds from the sale of food - £33