MSDC Factsheet

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, M.S.D.C. has produced this Fact Sheet in order to explain who we are and what we do:

What is the M.S.D.C?
The M.S.D.C. is a group of spiritually minded people formed in 1999 and is based in Maidstone, Kent. We want to encourage people who are interested in life after death, and/or their own spiritual development, to come to our Centre and investigate further in as many ways as we can provide for them, without any pressure being put upon them.
We meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month to experience and enjoy a spiritual demonstration, usually performed by a medium. We also meet on the 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings of the month. In addition to this there are Workshops, Saturday Specials Events, Evenings of Clairvoyance, Meditation Mornings with Healing, Psychic Fairs with Healing and Alternative Therapies, Psychic Suppers, Circles, Healing Courses and Coach Trips.
We are a non-profit making group.

The M.S.D.C. Team
The M.S.D.C. is led by Marian Reader who is assisted by a regular group of volunteers, commonly known as the Management Team. The tasks performed by the group include:

arranging and booking events, both regular and special
producing each 6 monthly programme, having it printed and sending it to all members.
writing and keeping the website up to date.
preparing the hall/room for events, including chairs, pa, refreshments etc.
taking bookings and admissions for events
promotions and advertising
managing a library of spiritual books available to members
managing ‘Friends’ donations, accounts etc.
providing help and advice on spiritual and psychic matters where appropriate/needed
managing the development, meditation and healing mornings
managing and providing fledgling evenings, often a budding medium’s first chance to perform in public

All work is done voluntarily. The volunteers receive no special privileges (e.g. priority booking for events, trips etc.) and spend many hours of their own time, both on the day of the events, and also in between, including facilitating numerous courses.

Friends of the M.S.D.C.
The M.S.D.C runs a scheme where a £10 annual donation will give you reduced admission fee for events (including workshops) – we are calling donors ‘Friends of the M.S.D.C’ . ‘Friends’ will also receive the Programme before other people can obtain it, and access to the M.S.D.C. library.

Income Received
The M.S.D.C receives its income from the following:

Expenditure
The M.S.D.C. expenditure is dependent on the income received and all money received is spent on the following:

hall/premises rental for events, courses and workshops
promotions / advertising
refreshments- free of charge at all events. (tea,coffee,sugar,milk,biscuits & purchase of cups)
mediums
workshop and course instructors
supporting the library
Various necessary equipment i.e. P.A. system, urn, electric fan, large storage cupboards.
printing of programmes and postage.
cartridges for computer and packs of paper for notices, leaflets etc.
diary & necessary books for record keeping/ticket numbering etc.
raffle tickets and most prizes.
upkeep and space for the website.

A ‘float’ of money is kept by as some mediums and premises require payment in advance (mainly for important events).
As previously stated the M.S.D.C. is a non-profit making group any money remaining at the end of the year is donated to charity. These have included the following:

Demelza Childrens’ hospice
Trinity Foyer (local sheltered housing for disadvantaged young boys)
Donations to charity in memory of members passed to spirit
Guys Hospital (Ronald McDonald House)
Ellie’s Fund (equipment for a hospital following Ellie’s passing)
Donation towards a wheelchair for a pupil at Maplesden Noakes
Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund
Asia Earthquake
Harry Edwards Healing Centre
Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
Marie Curie Nurses
Aurora Village via Tsunami Appeal we bought and furnished a bungalow for one family and helped them financially thereafter in conjunction with Jan Linch’s appeal

Oxfam
Heart of Kent Hospice
MS Society
Salvation Army
Convoy of Hope
Crossroads (charity for carers)
Save Dogs in India
Weald of Kent Hospice
Smile Train
The Wisdom Hospice
Cancer Research
Tsunami Orphans appeal
Sri Lanka Tsunami appeal

Achievements and Thank Yous
As a team we are proud and privileged to have helped many people who have needed comfort and support as well as having encouraged and developed many other individuals on their spiritual journey. This has included supporting many mediums who are now household names at the early stages of their career (Tony Stockwell, Colin Fry, etc.) and also given development support and first opportunities to many mediums currently on the ‘circuit’.
We would also like to thank those who attend our events, who also often assist with those tasks previously mentioned above, asking for nothing other than the chance to help encourage our world to become a more spiritually minded place in these often troubled times.
Finally, it is important to emphasise once again, that all work is performed voluntarily by the Team, completely unpaid and often unsung, and the M.S.D.C. would not be able exist without this.