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About the Foundation |
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Memorandum of Association |
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Articles of Association - including amendments adopted at the Annual General Meeting held on 20th October 2004 |
The area of benefit within which the Foundation carries out its charitable works is situated within the London Borough of Newham and comprises West Silvertown and its environs. It includes Britannia Village developed in a partnership between the former London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) and Wimpeys, the Peabody Trust and the East Thames Housing Group, who together were the initial sponsors of the Foundation. However, the Foundation's area extends beyond the Village and, while enjoying some flexibility, may broadly be described as that part of Newham which is bounded by the River Thames to the south and west, North Woolwich to the east, and Victoria Dock Road and Royal Albert Way to the north.
The Foundation was incorporated with broad objects which in summary are:
* Relief of need, hardship and distress
* Protection and preservation of health
* Advancement of education and learning including vocational training
* Public education in the Arts
* Provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure-time occupation
* Promotion of high standards of planning, architecture and social provision
* Preservation, protection, development and improvement of the physical
and social environment.
Within these objects, the Foundation sees its central purpose as engaging the existing and emerging resident and business communities to work together to further the interests of the area and build a real sense of community from which all will benefit.
Pursuant to these objectives the Foundation in May 2007 took over the ownership and running of the Britannia Village Hall
Management
of the FoundationThe Foundation is managed by a Board of Trustees (regarded as directors for company law purposes) all of whom give their time absolutely free. The Board is structured so as to give opportunities for representatives of local residents, local community and voluntary organisations and local businesses to serve on it and it also includes representatives of the initial sponsors of the Foundation. With the facility also to co-opt a small number of additional people whose positions/skills are such as to strengthen the expertise available, the Foundation seeks to ensure that it has the range of experience to enable it to shape its priorities effectively so that its work makes a real difference in meeting the aspirations of local people. See below for more details of the Board Structure and the present Trustees.
The Trustees see the Foundation as “belonging” to the local community and they very much welcome applications for membership from local residents, voluntary and community organisations and businesses. There is no upper limit on the number of members the Foundation may have and the Trustees would like to achieve a situation where the vast majority of local people have joined.
There is also associate membership for those who, while not living or working in West Silvertown, nevertheless wish to support the Foundation.
There is a one-off joining fee of £1 for individual
membership, £5 for voluntary and community organisations, £10
for businesses and £5 for associates. In addition, an annual subscription
is payable each 1st April as follows:-
All members receive the annual report of the Trustees and audited accounts of the Foundation and have the right to attend, speak and (except for associate members) vote at general meetings, in particular the annual general meeting which is held in the autumn. Except for associate members, they may also stand for election as a Trustee at the annual general meeting to serve within their category of membership, the term of office being from year to year.
Application FormTo obtain an Application form for membership right
click the icon to the left and use the "Save as" or "Save
Target As" command to download the form to your hard drive.
Send the completed form with the joining fee to the Foundation Secretary,
West Silvertown Village Community Foundation, Olive Cottage,
Station Road,
St Margaret's at Cliffe,
CT15 6AY Telephone: 0870 850 8402 Fax: 08715 227008 Note: The form (23kb) is in Acrobat .pdf format and to see it you will need an Acrobat Reader. This can be obtained free of charge by clicking the "Get Acrobat Reader" icon. |
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The current structure of the Board (maximum fourteen, minimum seven) is as follows:-
The present trustees are:Chair Mel Lamb Deputy ChairAndrea Miller Chan Elected Resident of privately owned propertyJune WelcomeElected Peabody Trust ResidentSimon Keeping Peabody Trust nomineeJanet Goulton London City Airport - Elected Business RepresentativeAlan Robinson Elected Resident of privately owned propertyRos Garcia East Thames Housing Group nomineeRose Graves Co-opted – local residentThere are currently vacancies for an elected ETHG resident, a representative of the voluntary and community sector and four further co-optees |
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Foundation SecretaryJohn Parker Managing ConsultantsJohn Johnson |
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Click below for the latest approved and audited accounts of the Foundation (465kb). For security reasons the signature of the Company Secretary and the Chairman of the Founbdation have been erased from this copy. They are in .pdf format and to view them you will need an Acrobat Reader. This can be obtained free of charge by clicking the "Get Acrobat Reader" icon.
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Annual Accounts - year ended 31st March 2007 |
Page last modified:10th February 2008
On
this Page:
* Setting up
* Constitution
* Area of Benefit
* Objects
* Management
* Membership
* The Trustees
* Administration
*Latest Accounts
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* Britannia Village Hall
