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Saturday, 22 November 2008 01:04

Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society (MSAS) is a registered charity its objects being:

"the advancement of education for the public benefit in astronomy and its associated sciences."

The Society is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as charity 1064103 .

We were formed in 1978 and have been working to promote astronomy since then. If you would like to know more about how we began and how we have developed over the years, take a look at Our History.

We became a registered charity in 1997. We are an unincorporated association governed by our Constitution and Rules and managed by an Executive Committee. Copies of our recent Annual Reports are available online or can be downloaded.

Charities Online Accounts Award 2009We managed to scoop top prize in a national competition which recognizes best practice in the online publication of charities’ annual reports and accounts.The Charities Online Accounts Awards are sponsored by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; the aims of the awards are to: increase transparency, reward best practice in financial accounting, and raise the standard of web-based annual reports and accounts.

Our Mission statement summarises our philosophy and describes briefly how we go about advancing education in astronomy and its associated sciences for the benefit of the public.

A section of Skylark rocket which took part in the British Space programme has been on show in the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough libraries (South Yorkshire), along with a display of all our activities.

Its all to celebrate the International year of Astronomy 2009 check out our events calendar for more details.

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