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Committee Roles

Members of the committee are responsible for managing the organisation.

Each volunteer must be willing to read and abide by the Organisations

o Constitution (the rules that outline how the organisation operates)

o the Policies and Procedures so they have a mutual understanding of necessary requirements (eg: for Health & Safety, Safeguarding Children and Young People)

An AGM is scheduled for May 2009 and anyone interested must nominate themselves ready to be voted on board by the members. Dependent upon role certain checks may need to be made.

Please write to

Donna Nevill at 50 Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, Crawley. Sussex, RH10 5HB

please note that this address is confidential

You can also use our contact form

Please outline your possible interest and contact details so we can send you an application form.

1. Co-Secretary

We are looking for a volunteer with internet access and the ability to communicate this way as required. This is estimated to be an average of 2 hours a week; ideally at least every few days but at times convenient to the individual.

The person would be required to attend committee meetings that are held every 2 to 3 months which are based in Crawley for at least 2 hours usually evenings.

The person will work with the organisation’s Secretary to ensure that

• All correspondence is appropriate
• All correspondence is suitably chased up and logged for monitoring purposes within a recommended timescale

2. Minutes Secretary

We are looking for a volunteer with internet access and the ability to communicate this way as required. This is estimated to be an average of 2-3 hours a month to keep up to speed with the communications at times convenient to the individual.

The person would be required to attend committee meetings that are held every 2 to 3 months which are based in Crawley for at least 2 hours usually evenings.

The person will work with the organisation’s Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer to ensure that

• All correspondence is logged in the form of minutes
• All meetings are suitably recorded
• Draw up/revise action plans that accurately reflect the minutes and current status of the organisation

3. Membership Secretary

We are looking for a volunteer with internet access and the ability to communicate this way as required. This is estimated to be an average of 20 minutes 3 to 4 times a week to keep up to speed with any membership enquiries at times convenient to the individual.

The person would be required to attend committee meetings that are held every 2 to 3 months which are based in Crawley for at least 2 hours usually evenings.

The person will work with the organisation’s Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer to ensure that

• Data protection is adhered to at all times
• All enquiries are responded to and summarised
• An accurate database is kept form family and affiliate members

4. Grants Coordinator

We are looking for a volunteer with internet access and the ability to communicate this way as required. This is estimated to be an average of 1 hour every 2 weeks to keep up to speed with any grant application requests at times convenient to the individual.

The person would be required to attend committee meetings that are held every 2 to 3 months which are based in Crawley for at least 2 hours usually evenings.

The person will work with the organisation’s Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer to ensure that

• All grants that we apply for are copied for our records and files appropriately
• All enquiries/requests for more information are responded to
• In the event of any awards made that we are adhering to the grant requirements and communicate back with the funder at the correct time with our evaluations

5. Collection Box Administrator

We are looking for a volunteer with internet access and the ability to communicate this way as required. This is estimated to be an average of 2 hours every 2 to 3 months at times convenient to the individual.

The person would not be required to attend committee meetings.

The person will work with the organisation’s Secretary and Volunteers who already collect the money from the collection boxes to ensure that

• All money collected is suitably recorded to be supplied to the treasurer
• Each collection box is traceable throughout its life
• Each supporter is traceable from initially housing a collection box
• If time permits this role would hope that the volunteer would sustain more support in the community by arranging businesses etc to house more of the collection boxes