I feel the time is right to let you know how the appeal is progressing and to thank you all for your support and encouragement which has kept us on track during the past 6 months.

Working Committee
We now have a small working committee of people who are able to make a commitment to practical help in many ways, both inside and outside Ty Encil Carreg as well as offering legal and business expertise and professional advice.

· The Rev’d Nick Hawkins has now moved to live at Bryn Mor, Llangwnadl. He will act as general secretary for the project and bookings secretary for all retreats, group and individual, to Ty Encil Carreg.
· The Rev’d Andrew Jones, Llanbedrog, who is our Area Dean, is vice chair.
· The Rev’d Emyr Owen, Nefyn, has now taken his place as Officer for Spirituality  on the Executive Committee of the Bardsey Island Trust  and he is now Chair of what was known as the Chapel and Retreats Committee and is now the Committee for Spirituality for Bardsey Island.

Company Registration
We are now a registered company, limited by guarantee. We are registered as Carreg Trust Ltd and our registered number is 4544822 Registered in Wales.

Charitable Status
Our application for Charitable Status is ready to be submitted to the Charities Commission. Once this application has been accepted, we will be able to reclaim the tax on all gift-aided donations.

Donations
To date we have raised £5500 through direct giving from individuals, church groups and parish fund-raising. We have had donations from the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church and other ecumenically based groups.

Publicity
We have had publicity through articles in the Church Times, the Church in Wales’ Tourism Tidings, and interviews on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Wales. [And of course our new Web Site!]

Any suggestions for future fund-raising will be gratefully received.

Programme for 2003
We have made a number of bookings for group retreats.
We have set aside weeks for individual retreats and details of these can be found on this site.

If you know anyone who might be interested in supporting this project, please send contact details to:

The Director of the Carreg Trust Ltd:
Rev’d Evelyn Davies at Ty’r Offeiriad, Aberdaron, Pwllheli, Gwynedd. LL53 8BG