CAS NEWS
The first of the SCRUFFS annual dog shows was held on Saturday 21st May at the Pavo Real Restaurant in Competa. The event was well attended with some 49 dogs being entered into the various classes.The event raised a total of 1875 Euros towards Cas Funds.
The winners were as follows
CLASS DOG OWNER
Puppy-6months Zeb Jo James
Puppy+ 6 months Peggy Lizzi
Best 6 Legs Gioverni Nicki
Best Trick Spike Sue
Best Rescue/Cas Bobbie John
Pedigree Bitch Tia Sandra
Child Handler Noah Amy
Rescue/Cas bitch Vicki Linda
Fancy Dress Gracie Rachel
Best in Show Vicki Amy
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PHOTOS OF THE WINNERS THEN PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE www.casnerja.org
The Mayor of Competa attended the show, donated and presented a special Trophy to the reserve Best in Show Class
Cas would like to thank our main Sponsor Streetwise Magazine and the other sponsors
Piccadilly Clothing R&R Builders - Torrox
Pavo Real Competa
Der Fressnapf Pet Shop - Torrox Costa,Taurus Real Estate - Competa Western Kennels - Competa, Brian & Yvonne Newsham, Joyermoba SL
Our thanks also Linda Jarrett, Lynne Sherratt and Linda Rane who worked so hard to make the day a success and the Judges Linda Jarrett, Terry Weston and Sandra
A REMINDER
The CAS Silver Ball to celebrate our 25th year will be held on Friday 10th June at the Caves Restaurant in Maro Tickets are still available at 35 Euros each from the Cas Office 952523607 or Mike on 952526312. Book a table of 10 or more and receive one ticket free. Ticket includes a pre dinner drink, canapes, 4 course meal with wine and liquors. Entertainment with Andy Time and DJ Mark Peters of Global Radio
CAS NEWS UPDATE
Just to keep you all posted!
The last few weeks have been horrendous. We have available at the moment 52 puppies. You can imagine the difficulties we have, nowhere to put them. We are reliant on our fosterers and the goodwill of the people who find them. Please bear with us.
We are managing to find homes but that does not happen overnight. Added to this problem we have the day to day abandonados still coming in. Due to lack of funds we are not kenneling the dogs but again relying on goodwill and our fosterers.
The finnancial situation is still fraught. We have moved most of our dogs from the kennels. Our overseas parners have worked miracles and we are eternally grateful. However everyone is working hard to raise more money. The recession has dried up most of our donations.
We have fourteen dogs to home urgently before June 1st so please look at our website www.casnerja.org Bob is cuurently looking after these dogs-All contact detaila are on the website. We also have a large selection of older dogs. All left behind when their owners left them behind.
Sue is doing an amazing job with the cats. Contact 691706434/952531587. She ie rehoming many kittens and older cats. We also need people to care for the cats and dogs waiting to travel to the UK. Remember it is six months from the date of the rabies blood test before they can travel to the UK. It is best to get an animal prepared even if you think you will never go back to live in the UK. Sometimes fate takes a hand.
We are always wanting more helpers for the Office, Car Boots, and people to transport animals to the airport to catch their flights for their overseas new homes.
Please call me WENDY OR RICHARD ON 952037095 if you can help
The last few weeks have been horrendous. We have available at the moment 52 puppies. You can imagine the difficulties we have, nowhere to put them. We are reliant on our fosterers and the goodwill of the people who find them. Please bear with us.
We are managing to find homes but that does not happen overnight. Added to this problem we have the day to day abandonados still coming in. Due to lack of funds we are not kenneling the dogs but again relying on goodwill and our fosterers.
The finnancial situation is still fraught. We have moved most of our dogs from the kennels. Our overseas parners have worked miracles and we are eternally grateful. However everyone is working hard to raise more money. The recession has dried up most of our donations.
We have fourteen dogs to home urgently before June 1st so please look at our website www.casnerja.org Bob is cuurently looking after these dogs-All contact detaila are on the website. We also have a large selection of older dogs. All left behind when their owners left them behind.
Sue is doing an amazing job with the cats. Contact 691706434/952531587. She ie rehoming many kittens and older cats. We also need people to care for the cats and dogs waiting to travel to the UK. Remember it is six months from the date of the rabies blood test before they can travel to the UK. It is best to get an animal prepared even if you think you will never go back to live in the UK. Sometimes fate takes a hand.
We are always wanting more helpers for the Office, Car Boots, and people to transport animals to the airport to catch their flights for their overseas new homes.
Please call me WENDY OR RICHARD ON 952037095 if you can help
NEWS FROM CAS
WE NEED A VOLUNTEER
Cas is looking for a person who would be prepared to distribute our monthly
posters and event sheets to the shops and bars who display them mainly in
Nerja. This volunteer would only have to give up 2/3 hours of their time
once a month on a day of their choice
If you think you can help please contact Richard on 952037095 or 659458020
A REMINDER
Tickets (10 Euros) are now on sale at the Cultural Centre Box Office for the 60,s music show, a part of our celebrations to mark our 25th Anniversary. Come along and enjoy a great evening out
SCRUFFS COMPETA 2011
The first of the annual Scruffs dog shows will be held at the Pavo Real Restaurant on Saturday 21st May wirh registration commencing at 1.00pm and judging from 2.00pm. Entrance is 5 Euros per dog per class
CLASSES
1. Puppy ( 6-12 months) 2. Best 6 Legs 3. Pedigree Dog 4. Best Trick
5. Rescue/Cas Dog 6. Sausage Roll Race 7. Pedigree Bitch 8. Child Handler
under 12 . 9. Rescue/ Cas Bitch. 10. Fancy Dress
There will be Cups and Prizes in all classes. A Grand Raffle, Stall and Barbecue
COME ALONG AND ENJOY A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
CAS 25th ANNIVERSARY BALL
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE. DON'T MISS THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENING
Cas is looking for a person who would be prepared to distribute our monthly
posters and event sheets to the shops and bars who display them mainly in
Nerja. This volunteer would only have to give up 2/3 hours of their time
once a month on a day of their choice
If you think you can help please contact Richard on 952037095 or 659458020
A REMINDER
Tickets (10 Euros) are now on sale at the Cultural Centre Box Office for the 60,s music show, a part of our celebrations to mark our 25th Anniversary. Come along and enjoy a great evening out
SCRUFFS COMPETA 2011
The first of the annual Scruffs dog shows will be held at the Pavo Real Restaurant on Saturday 21st May wirh registration commencing at 1.00pm and judging from 2.00pm. Entrance is 5 Euros per dog per class
CLASSES
1. Puppy ( 6-12 months) 2. Best 6 Legs 3. Pedigree Dog 4. Best Trick
5. Rescue/Cas Dog 6. Sausage Roll Race 7. Pedigree Bitch 8. Child Handler
under 12 . 9. Rescue/ Cas Bitch. 10. Fancy Dress
There will be Cups and Prizes in all classes. A Grand Raffle, Stall and Barbecue
COME ALONG AND ENJOY A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
CAS 25th ANNIVERSARY BALL
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE. DON'T MISS THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENING
CAS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Cas AGM was held recently at the Nerja Club Hotel in Nerja.Wendy Thorne was elected as President, Richard Thorne as Treasuer and Vera Newing as Vice President.All other committee members were re-elected to serve for another year.
Set out below are the comments made bt the President and the Treasurer'
Good afternoon
Thank you for coming today. Before we start I will ask Diana to give you the Membership details.
I don’t think I need tell you that this has been a difficult year both financially and administratively wise. I am sure you all heard that the difficulties within the committee arose from whether it was viable to transfer our Society into another. The committee voted against and there was of course a fall out.
Since then we have consolidated ourselves and increased our homing rate to around 40/60 dogs a month going to Holland, Germany and here in Spain.
To ease the financial position we are trying to move most of our dogs from kennels to foster accommodation. We are totally dependent on our fosterers and are extremely grateful to them. We have around 60 foster families not all operational at once. Some come for the summer some for the winter, so it is always fluid.
The cats are still needing attention. Mike feeds in places everyday. Sometimes running gauntlet of the gardeners. Heike and Hilde are also long term feeders on Burriana ,Supersol area and around the Nerja club Hotel. We have had support from Sue Baldwin our official Cat Woman and Maureen of Xana.Both have been very generous with financial help for the cat spaying programme. Sue’s rehoming record is excellent even though she is inundated with tiny kittens.
The website is vital to our homing success and it currently being revamped, so please be patient.
We are exceedingly lucky to have Mike O’Brien fundraising for us. He must be the best finder of sponsors in the area. Thank you Mike.
Richard works tirelessly on the accounts. Hopefully the recession will ease and our donations will come back again.
One of the main areas for concern is the lack of committed helpers. We need younger folk for the airport runs to get the dogs abroad and of course people to run the small village markets and anyone with ideas for fundraising.
We the Committee would like to thank you all for your support in these difficult times and if you have any questions please come forward during any other business
WENDY THORNE
Good afternoon
You will all have received a copy of the Audited accounts for the year ending 31st
December 2010. I think I should explain in case it is not clear why our accounts
showed an operating Balance of over 42000 Euros. This was due to the fact that the
sale of our office was Completed on the 31st December and the way in which the
transaction was undertaken with the Notary ie part cash and part offset against our
debt
These funds were therefore paid back in early January to clear our Debt with our Vet.
If you strip out the income received from the sale of the office you will note that in
2010 despite all the efforts made we only raised 65000 Euros against 96000 in 2009.
In the first 3 months this year we raised 14600 Euros.
We are therefore still in a very precarious financial position and the outlook is very
concerning. Suffice it to say the effects of the current economic climate continue to
effect us with very limited donations being received and a downturn in support for our
fundraising activities.
I don’t propose to go over all the discussions we had at the EGM in October but
suffice it to say that since then we have made every effort to reduce costs. We have
stopped placing any more animals in kennels, other than overnight emergencies and
rely heavily on our fosterers. The number of animals in kennels have been reduced
but not to the level that is manageable financially and we have to continue our efforts
to move animals out of kennels, if we are to survive. This has proved to be much
more difficult than expected particularly with the larger and older dogs who no one
seems to want. As Wendy has explained we are still homing 40/50 dogs per month but
we have close to 200 animals on the website at any one time and as the website these
days is the main contact with the public ,those wanting an animal have a very wide
choice.
We are currently up to date with our vet bills and these have been reduced to around
800 Euros per month but need to be reduced further. This is proving difficult with the
demands placed on us by the general public who more often than not if you don’t
agree to help just dump the animal, which then ends up back with us.
We are also up to date with the rent payments on the office.
We are however not up to date with our kennels bills and this debt will increase until
more are rehomed. In my opinion if we can continue to reduce the number of animals
in kennels to an acceptable level then we will be able to repay this debt during the
course of this year and the whole situation becomes manageable.
Mike our main fundraiser is doing everything he can to raise money but the truth is
that apart from our four main annual functions, Scruffs and the big dinner dances
which are well attended and still produce substantial funds it is proving very difficult
to run monthly fundraisers due to the financial climate. As with Donations
sponsorship if available is half what is was 2 years ago.
Our main regular income is currently being obtained from the four car boot sales we
now run in Nerja, Trapiche, Almuncar and Torrox. These are doing very well and you
will have noted that we raised 17000 Euros last year. Ideally we should operate more
car boots in different locations but it is a question of finding people to run them.
We have revamped the shop and sales are improving but need to increase further.
To summarize and without being negative Cas is in a very difficult financial position
and it is difficult to see how currently matters can be improved within the current
framework. If we can get the majority of animals out of kennels then I believe the
finances are manageable and this is the key. Beyond that we need more people to
fundraise for us. Too often people come forward but when they find out what is
involved they don’t appear to be prepared to make the commitment.
If anyone has any question on the 2010 accounts then I will try and answer them for you now
Richard Thorne
Income and Expenditure Account
Year Ended 31st December 2010
Income € €
Membership Subscriptions 3,214
Collection boxes 5,618
Donations, adoptions and sponsors 6,880
Advertising (newsletter, trailer, Web) 300
Miscellaneous 1,533
Float Returns 425
17,970
Fund Raising
Events (Fairs, Dinners, Quizzes etc) 24,345
24,345
Sales
Car Boot 17,007
Calendars, Books & Cards 2,981
Clothes 2,774
Bank Interest 0
22,762
Sale of Premises 79,999
79,999
Total Income 145,076
Direct Costs € €
Kennel Fees 45,780
Veterinary Fees 42,910
Cost of Trips (coach hire/catering/entertainment) 3,445
Pet Food/Care 2,891
Telephone (mobiles & landline) 2,889
Bank Charges 86
Car Boot Site 376
Car Fuel 817
Floats 439
99,634
Administration & General Overheads
Printing, Stationary, Postage 1,865
Insurance 156
Advertising
Electricity, Water, Community Fees 121
Office Sundries, Repairs and General 353
2,495
Total Costs 102,129
Net Operating Balance for Year € 42,947
NB. The operating balance shown included funds of 42000 Euros received from the sale of the office completed on the 31st December.This was used to clear our debt and paid out in early January 2011.
Set out below are the comments made bt the President and the Treasurer'
Good afternoon
Thank you for coming today. Before we start I will ask Diana to give you the Membership details.
I don’t think I need tell you that this has been a difficult year both financially and administratively wise. I am sure you all heard that the difficulties within the committee arose from whether it was viable to transfer our Society into another. The committee voted against and there was of course a fall out.
Since then we have consolidated ourselves and increased our homing rate to around 40/60 dogs a month going to Holland, Germany and here in Spain.
To ease the financial position we are trying to move most of our dogs from kennels to foster accommodation. We are totally dependent on our fosterers and are extremely grateful to them. We have around 60 foster families not all operational at once. Some come for the summer some for the winter, so it is always fluid.
The cats are still needing attention. Mike feeds in places everyday. Sometimes running gauntlet of the gardeners. Heike and Hilde are also long term feeders on Burriana ,Supersol area and around the Nerja club Hotel. We have had support from Sue Baldwin our official Cat Woman and Maureen of Xana.Both have been very generous with financial help for the cat spaying programme. Sue’s rehoming record is excellent even though she is inundated with tiny kittens.
The website is vital to our homing success and it currently being revamped, so please be patient.
We are exceedingly lucky to have Mike O’Brien fundraising for us. He must be the best finder of sponsors in the area. Thank you Mike.
Richard works tirelessly on the accounts. Hopefully the recession will ease and our donations will come back again.
One of the main areas for concern is the lack of committed helpers. We need younger folk for the airport runs to get the dogs abroad and of course people to run the small village markets and anyone with ideas for fundraising.
We the Committee would like to thank you all for your support in these difficult times and if you have any questions please come forward during any other business
WENDY THORNE
Good afternoon
You will all have received a copy of the Audited accounts for the year ending 31st
December 2010. I think I should explain in case it is not clear why our accounts
showed an operating Balance of over 42000 Euros. This was due to the fact that the
sale of our office was Completed on the 31st December and the way in which the
transaction was undertaken with the Notary ie part cash and part offset against our
debt
These funds were therefore paid back in early January to clear our Debt with our Vet.
If you strip out the income received from the sale of the office you will note that in
2010 despite all the efforts made we only raised 65000 Euros against 96000 in 2009.
In the first 3 months this year we raised 14600 Euros.
We are therefore still in a very precarious financial position and the outlook is very
concerning. Suffice it to say the effects of the current economic climate continue to
effect us with very limited donations being received and a downturn in support for our
fundraising activities.
I don’t propose to go over all the discussions we had at the EGM in October but
suffice it to say that since then we have made every effort to reduce costs. We have
stopped placing any more animals in kennels, other than overnight emergencies and
rely heavily on our fosterers. The number of animals in kennels have been reduced
but not to the level that is manageable financially and we have to continue our efforts
to move animals out of kennels, if we are to survive. This has proved to be much
more difficult than expected particularly with the larger and older dogs who no one
seems to want. As Wendy has explained we are still homing 40/50 dogs per month but
we have close to 200 animals on the website at any one time and as the website these
days is the main contact with the public ,those wanting an animal have a very wide
choice.
We are currently up to date with our vet bills and these have been reduced to around
800 Euros per month but need to be reduced further. This is proving difficult with the
demands placed on us by the general public who more often than not if you don’t
agree to help just dump the animal, which then ends up back with us.
We are also up to date with the rent payments on the office.
We are however not up to date with our kennels bills and this debt will increase until
more are rehomed. In my opinion if we can continue to reduce the number of animals
in kennels to an acceptable level then we will be able to repay this debt during the
course of this year and the whole situation becomes manageable.
Mike our main fundraiser is doing everything he can to raise money but the truth is
that apart from our four main annual functions, Scruffs and the big dinner dances
which are well attended and still produce substantial funds it is proving very difficult
to run monthly fundraisers due to the financial climate. As with Donations
sponsorship if available is half what is was 2 years ago.
Our main regular income is currently being obtained from the four car boot sales we
now run in Nerja, Trapiche, Almuncar and Torrox. These are doing very well and you
will have noted that we raised 17000 Euros last year. Ideally we should operate more
car boots in different locations but it is a question of finding people to run them.
We have revamped the shop and sales are improving but need to increase further.
To summarize and without being negative Cas is in a very difficult financial position
and it is difficult to see how currently matters can be improved within the current
framework. If we can get the majority of animals out of kennels then I believe the
finances are manageable and this is the key. Beyond that we need more people to
fundraise for us. Too often people come forward but when they find out what is
involved they don’t appear to be prepared to make the commitment.
If anyone has any question on the 2010 accounts then I will try and answer them for you now
Richard Thorne
Income and Expenditure Account
Year Ended 31st December 2010
Income € €
Membership Subscriptions 3,214
Collection boxes 5,618
Donations, adoptions and sponsors 6,880
Advertising (newsletter, trailer, Web) 300
Miscellaneous 1,533
Float Returns 425
17,970
Fund Raising
Events (Fairs, Dinners, Quizzes etc) 24,345
24,345
Sales
Car Boot 17,007
Calendars, Books & Cards 2,981
Clothes 2,774
Bank Interest 0
22,762
Sale of Premises 79,999
79,999
Total Income 145,076
Direct Costs € €
Kennel Fees 45,780
Veterinary Fees 42,910
Cost of Trips (coach hire/catering/entertainment) 3,445
Pet Food/Care 2,891
Telephone (mobiles & landline) 2,889
Bank Charges 86
Car Boot Site 376
Car Fuel 817
Floats 439
99,634
Administration & General Overheads
Printing, Stationary, Postage 1,865
Insurance 156
Advertising
Electricity, Water, Community Fees 121
Office Sundries, Repairs and General 353
2,495
Total Costs 102,129
Net Operating Balance for Year € 42,947
NB. The operating balance shown included funds of 42000 Euros received from the sale of the office completed on the 31st December.This was used to clear our debt and paid out in early January 2011.
RESIDENT'S DAY NERJA
The Town Hall have postponed this Sunday's event due to the the forecast of heavy rain.
The event will now take place on Sunday 10th April commencing at 11.am in the square above the underground car park adjacent the Town Hall. Cas will have an information stall and a bar serving Hamburgers and Hot Dogs.
Come along and see us and the entertainment
The event will now take place on Sunday 10th April commencing at 11.am in the square above the underground car park adjacent the Town Hall. Cas will have an information stall and a bar serving Hamburgers and Hot Dogs.
Come along and see us and the entertainment
CAS NEWS
MAIN SPONSOR OF SCRUFFS COMPETA 2011
SATURDAY 21st May
SCRUFFS COMPETA 2011
At the Pavo Real Restaurant. Registration 1.00pm. Judging 2.00 pm
10 Classes. Entrance 5 Euros per dog per class
1. PUPPY 6-12MTHS
2. BEST 6 LEGS
3.PEDIGREE DOG
4.BEST TRICK
5.RESCUE/CAS DOG
6. SAUSAGE ROLL RACE
7.PEDIGREE BITCH
8. CHILD HANDLER UNDER 12
9. RESCUE/CAS BITCH
10. FANCY DRESS
BEST IN SHOW
Cups & Prizes in all classes. Many Stalls Barbecue & Grand Raffle
A FUN DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT LINDA JARRATT 620566402 OR EMAIL lindasjarratt@yahoo.co.uk
URGENT HELP NEEDED
Have you any spare Kennels or Travel Boxes you would be prepared to donate. Please contact Wendy 952037095
Nerja's Residents Day is being held on Saturday 3rd April. Helpers are needed. Please contact Wendy 952037095
We also need more helpers for Scruffs Competa 2011 detailed above. If you could help please contact Linda
Once again we need more people to transport dogs to Malaga Airport for their flights to Holland and Germany. If you can help contact Wendy 952037095
CAS NEWS
CAS SPECIAL EVENTS
25th ANIVERSARY SILVER BALL
FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 7.00PM
NERJA CAVES RESTAURANT
CANAPES, COCKTAILS
3 COURSE MEAL WITH WINE & LICQUORS
Music with MARK PETERS & ANDY TIME
Tickets 35 Euros (Tables of 10 or more 1 place free)
For further info contact Mike 952526312
SCRUFFS (Dog Show) COMPETA 2011
Saturday 21st May
Pavo Real Restaurant
Stalls available. Sponsor a Class
We need more helpers for this event. If you would like to help Tel Richard 952037095
CAS TRIP
SPECIAL TRIP IN CONJUNCTION WITH COSTAS GROUP TRIPS
CHRISTMAS IN BENIDORM·
Depart Nerja 0900 & Almunecar 0930 on THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER
· Return on Wednesday 28 December
· Staying at HOTEL BEST WESTERN VICTORIA ( A 4* HOTEL)
· We are staying on a half board basis (b’fast and dinner); dinner includes wine and water; a “special lunch” on Christmas day; an entertainment program; a pic-nic lunch on the day of departure.
· Christmas church services available as an optional extra.
· An optional visit to a famous “vaudeville show “ at the BENIDORM PALACE… details not yet available.
This holiday, 7 days/6 nights, will cost euro 375 per person; the single room supplement is not yet available. The trip will be run with a minimum of 20.
To book please call Sean Brown 958 640 948 or email brownseasand@terra.es
CHRISTMAS IN BENIDORM·
Depart Nerja 0900 & Almunecar 0930 on THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER
· Return on Wednesday 28 December
· Staying at HOTEL BEST WESTERN VICTORIA ( A 4* HOTEL)
· We are staying on a half board basis (b’fast and dinner); dinner includes wine and water; a “special lunch” on Christmas day; an entertainment program; a pic-nic lunch on the day of departure.
· Christmas church services available as an optional extra.
· An optional visit to a famous “vaudeville show “ at the BENIDORM PALACE… details not yet available.
This holiday, 7 days/6 nights, will cost euro 375 per person; the single room supplement is not yet available. The trip will be run with a minimum of 20.
To book please call Sean Brown 958 640 948 or email brownseasand@terra.es
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