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Caravan ‘group’ shares workload
DDMC CAMPING and Caravanners, hard on the heels of changing their name from “section” to “group,” have decided on a new structure to spread the hard work of organizing rallies and developing activities.
“Our camping and caravan rallies are renowned as friendly events and we want to do everything possible to ensure a proper welcome and maximize the involvement of everyone attending.”
said Janet Scammell, Group Treasurer.
At the AGM, held during the Forest of Dean rally in September and attended by DDMC Chief Executive Ed Passant, it was decided to split the work involved in the previous role of “Section coordinator.”
Volunteer marshals would be appointed for each rally and a new
post of “Group Representative”, responsible for external liaison, is to be created.
The Group Representative will be elected by a ballot of all Caravan and Camping Group members later this year.
Janet Scammell and Heather Watts were unanimously elected as Treasurer and Secretary respectively.
Provisional Rally dates for next year are as follows:
Stowford Meadows, Devon: 8-22 May
Holme Pierrepoint, Notts: 3–19 July
Banham Zoo, Norfolk: 4-8 September.
Death of a friend
THE FORMER Labour MP and Vice President of the DDMC, Lewis Carter- Jones, has died aged 83.
The son of a miner, Lewis was born in Gilfach Goch in the Rhonda Valley and entered Parliament in the Wilson government in 1964. He rapidly became a passionate advocate of the rights of disabled people, memorably describing councils that refused to build access ramps as creating “imprisonment without trial”.
He chaired the committee for research into apparatus for disabled people from 1973-80, and even after retiring from
Parliament in 1987 he remained active on a variety of issues affecting disabled people. He received a CBE in 1995.
Lewis was a staunch friend of the DDMC, most recently being a strong advocate of our “The Three Point Turn Project,” supported by the Big Lottery Fund. Our sincere sympathy goes to his widow, Pat.
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