Mary Ward House Conference Centre

OPAAL AGM

Mary Ward House Conference Centre 5 – 7 Tavistock Place, London. WC1H 9SN

Minutes of the AGM Tuesday 20th September 2016 Attendees

Shaben Begum Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance Andrew Booth Chair, OPAAL Angela Broadbridge OPAAL Development Officer Sherry Chudyk Sandwell Advocacy Janet Cullingford ICANN Dorothy Hodgkinson OPAAL Trustee Sanchita Hosili British Institute of Human Rights Louise Hughes Age Cymru Anne Iliffe LAMP Colette Isaaks OPAAL Trustee Irene Kohler SWAN Advocacy Judith Lindley LAMP Betty Machin OPAAL Treasurer/Beth Johnson Foundation Pat McCarthy KPAIS Marie McWilliams OPAAL Development Officer Charlotte Moretto OPAAL Trustee Kath Parson OPAAL Chief Executive Sarah Reed Many Happy Returns Eileen Rudden Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees Tanisha Reynolds Wayside Community Centre Julie Ridley University of Central Lancashire Jane Snape Beth Johnson Foundation Kim Taylor OPAAL Trustee Valery Uche Homesight UK Gerry Wadham SWAN Advocacy Oma Watkins Age UK Volunteer Juanita Williams Sandwell Advocacy Catherine Wood OPAAL Trustee Debbie Woodward OPAAL Admin Support Officer Apologies Mariano Kaminski Age UK Derby & Derbyshire Kate Mercer Kate Mercer Training Kath Curley Beth Johnson Foundation Natalie Morris Former OPAAL Trustee Barbara Poole People’s Voices Lizzie Sturm Advocacy in Barnet

1 1. Welcome

Andrew Booth welcomed and thanked everyone for attending. There were 6 apologies.

2. Minutes of AGM September 2015

Pat McCarthy attended last year’s AGM but wasn’t listed as attending. This will be amended accordingly.

The minutes of the AGM held on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 were accepted as an accurate record.

3. Matters Arising

There were no matters arising.

4. Trustees Report

This was covered in Kath’s opening comments; the Trustee report was included in the packs for the AGM. Andrew gave a brief overview on the complex case data analysis. Data has been provided to Macmillan and Ernst & Young for them to provide stats to OPAAL for financial & social return on investment. Further work is required to simplify the data for layman’s use.

5. Financial Report

Betty presented the financial report to 31 March 2016. The auditors reported no issues with the accounts. The accounts have been signed off by the Chair & Treasurer.

The accounts are looking very positive for OPAAL.

The accounts were proposed by Janet Cullingford, seconded by Colette Isaaks.

6. Election of Trustees

Amendment to OPAAL Constitution:

OPAAL have recently lost 4 Trustees over the year and now only have a small board of 7.

It is proposed that OPAAL amend the constitution to allow for the Chair and the Treasurer to remain at OPAAL for a further year if they wish to do so.

Proposed by Louise Hughes and seconded by Pat McCarthy.

Nominations of officers and members:

Officers

Charlotte Moretto has been nominated for the role of Chair. This was proposed by Colette Isaaks and seconded by Andrew. The role is effective from 20th September 2016.

Betty remains as Treasurer until 2017 or until a new person is appointed.

2 Catherine Wood has been nominated for the role of Vice Chair. This was proposed by Dorothy Hodgkinson and seconded by Betty Machin. The role is effective from 20th September 2016.

Ordinary Members

Kath Parson advised that Natalie Morris, Sue Hobbins, Jonathan Tobutt and Wendy Nash have stood down this year.

Eileen Rudden has been nominated as a Trustee. This was proposed by Kim Taylor and seconded by Janet Cullingford.

7. CEO Report

Kath is grateful to the Chair for remaining as an ordinary Trustee for a further year and also grateful to the Treasurer for remaining in her role for a further year.

OPAAL have an exciting year ahead with meeting current project commitments, supporting our members and expanding our membership. We will also be looking to recruit new Trustees in 2016-2017.

8. Closing Remarks

As outgoing Chair Andrew thanked Kath and the OPAAL staff team as without the relationships within the team OPAAL wouldn’t succeed.

Andrew also thanked the OPAAL board for their commitment to OPAAL and for offering OPAAL an outlook outside of the sector.

The future must be to deliver better and more advocacy for all ages. Process does get in the way and takes us away from our day jobs. We need to be more open to sharing good work and having pilots leading to projects.

Andrew thanked the members for attending the AGM and their engagement on the day. Andrew is looking forward to continuing as a Trustee with OPAAL and closed the meeting.