Minutes of The Macfarlane Trust National Support Services Committee NSSC Special Meeting 28 November 2011. Includes discussion on developing the disbursements and other application opportunities and issues that had arisen in the office. Discussion includes application of the retained reserves restrictions on disbursements the potential risk to the Trust if a policy to apply the reserves for charitable purpose is not agreed oral discussion to develop disbursement and other application opportunities issues that had arisen through the office including bereavement payments to families who have lost a widow of the Trust or financial assistance towards schemes that they can pay into increasing the benchmarks for primary beneficiaries who have a decrease in their income due to loss of wages etc additional payments for households who experience a decrease in their income due to being on sick leave and additional discretionary topup payments for those dual infected with HIV and HCV as they suffer increased health problems and costs and any other business.