As chair of the Whitmore Reans Welfare Centre, I write to thank you wholeheartedly for the generous and much needed donation made by the James Beattie Charitable Trust.

As you are aware, piecemeal donations cover the month-by-month running costs of the Centre-except for the rent, which is of course £3,600 a year. Thus the Trust’s most welcome donation will ensure that the Centre survives for at least another year, during which time we will naturally continue to seek other sources of funding.

I should be most grateful if you could pass on our thanks to all of the Trustees, all of whom are welcome to visit the Centre.

Rob Marris

Management Committee Chair.