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Year ahead – “growth”

Joel, March 9, 2010

Well the dust has settled after OCD Week, and here at the OCD Action office we are all gearing up for the year ahead. Having poured over hundreds of evaluation forms, I think it is fair to say that the week was a success and looking at the extra media coverage we were able to get ( thanks to all our media talkers and media volunteer ) it seems like we made some progress in telling the world about OCD. It was especially heartening to see our awareness champions putting on their own events, I think that sometimes this is the most effective way to spread the OCD message; face to face in the community. It is something that we hope to do much more of for OCD Week 2011.

So what have we got planned for 2010-11? The main theme for the financial year ahead will be “growth”. We need to expand our services to reach more people, we need to get our message out to more people, we need to increase our network of volunteers and increase our influence as a charity.

All this is going to need funding , and although we are now recruiting a full time fundraising manager, we are going to need our volunteers, friends and members more than ever. – given how many people so generously gave their time and support during OCD Week – I am confident that we can do it.

Joel