Meeting with Ministry of Social Development

Dear Members – it’s been some time since my last blog, and my apologies for this,

sometimes there are not enough hours in the day!

I wanted to communicate to you all that on the 25th June I had an audience with H.E.

Osama bin Saleh AlAawi along with Under Secretary Mr Ziad Adel Darwish of the

Ministry of Social Development. As you may be aware the British Club falls under the

jurisdiction of the Ministry of Social Development as a NGO (Non-Government

Organisation)

The meeting took place at the offices of H.E. and I attended the meeting with the

Executive Positions of the Executive Committee; myself as Chairman, Tariq Salman

Executive Secretary, Simon Thomson Treasurer and Mr Abdulrahman Abulfath in his

capacity as the Liaison to the Ministry.

The meeting was introductory and very positive, H.E. was very proactive and keen to

understand how his office can help the British Club and what support we would

require. I gave H.E. the position of the Club now, what my aspirations for the club are

and what we want for the Club going forward. I told him about the recent renovation

of the Belgrave Bar and the children’s playground area.

I felt that the meeting was extremely positive and that we have support with what we

are trying to do with keeping the Club moving in the direction of an upward trajectory.

We ended our meeting by presenting our 90th Anniversary commemorative pin.

Hope you all have a good summer and hope to see you all in the Club.

Thanks

Mark