Wreath Laying at the Menin Gate

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CRA members may be interested to know that we have been given permission by the Last Post Association, Ypres www.lastpost.be/calendar to lay a wreath at the evening ceremony at the Menin Gate at 8pm on Wednesday 19th October.

Messers Fuller, Groom, Crick and Millen will attend during this year's pilgrimage to locate the remaining 28 ex-pupils of CCF who are commemorated in that area.

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"Growing People" - A Charity worthy of your support.

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Surely one of the purposes of an "Old Boys Club" is to support old friends from our cadet days - especially in charitable endeavours.

John Cliff  runs Growing People - a horticultural therapy project for people with mental health issues. The project is in with a chance to secure £6,000 from Natwest bank via an online and phone vote. This process is only open until the 24th October so if you feel able to support John in this way, please act quickly.

To vote on line

1. Go to http://communityforce.natwest.com/ and click on the ‘Register’ link at the top of the page;
2. Enter your name, email address and password in the form provided;
3. You will receive a confirmation email sent to your inbox. Click on the link supplied in this email to confirm your registration; (if you do not receive an email phone Helpline 0800 2100 246 and they will verify your registration);
4. Log in on the site, entering your email address and password;
5. To vote:

• Click on the Projects Tab
• Click on ‘List’ (blue button)
• Click on ‘by project name’
• Enter Growing Friends in the search box and click on the magnifying glass. When the entry appears click on ‘Read more’
• Tick the ‘I accept the NatWest Community Force Voting Terms and Conditions’ box;
• Click on the “Vote for us” red button.

To vote by phone

1. Contact phone the helpline 0800 2100 246 and leave your name and telephone number
2. They will phone back to validate your details and take your vote. (Your call may not be returned until after the closing date but your vote will still count)
3. Minicom line 0800 0155 545

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CRA AGM

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The CRA AGM will be held at Southover on the 17th November 2011
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The CRA - Now on Twitter

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Not content with a website, a blog and a Facebook page, you can now follow news updates from the CRA on Twitter.

Just search  CRA_Dpdate or follow the link.
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Christ's College to be an Academy from September

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I am pleased to be able to confirm that the Secretary of State has agreed an Academy Order for Christ’s College Finchley.

This is a major milestone in the school’s development. Subject to governors being content with all legal and financial issues surrounding the conversion the school can become an Academy on September 1st 2011. Head and Governors have been working hard on the process, ensuring that everything connected with the transfer of land buildings and staff to the new Christ’s College Finchley Academy Trust is done properly and goes smoothly. We want to be certain that the school is placed in the best possible position as it faces this next chapter in its development. Further updates will be posted on the website as the conversion process unfolds this term.

G Tucker

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CRA Dinner 2011

The 2011 CRA Dinner was a great success. A full report will follow in due course - but here are some images. As always, click on an individual image for a larger version but if you would like a full resolution copy for printing at home, please email me.

The 2011 CRA Dinner

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The 2011 CRA Dinner will be held at Southover on the 3rd June.

The usual letters and emails will be going out shortly - but make a note in your diary and please make every effort to attend this year. You can save a great deal of administration time (and postage costs) if you download the invitation letter directly from the CRA website at www.c-r-a.org.uk

If you were at the 2010 dinner you will know that the change of caterer allowed us to achieve sensible timings so that member with great distances to travel were not inconvenienced (and more local members could spend more time at the bar).

Our innovation this year is the ability to pay by Paypal which may be more convenient for some members. Simply email dinner@c-r-a.org.uk for a Paypal invoice.

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