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| TRUSTEES REPORT |
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| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2007 |
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| Risk
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| Directors consider the management of risk to be good practice,
and have built it into the business planning process. The Risk Management
Register has main risks identified and the actions needed to minimise their
impact. |
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| The Service Level Agreement with Dacorum Borough Council (DBC)
represents both a strength and a weakness. Whilst providing stability to the
Centre’s financial situation, it has been recognised that over-reliance
on one funder is also a risk. Funding has been guaranteed 2005 - 2008,
although the level of that funding cannot be assured. The necessity to
diversify the funding base was considered to be a priority issue in the risk
management process. In this
report year, funding from Dacorum Borough Council represented 65% of the
total, which was considered to be a good result in terms of accessing
external funding. Negotiations to take over new premises began in this year
with the opportunity to move into Town Centre premises previously occupied by
the Dacorum Information Centre. |
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| Organisational
structure |
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| The Volunteer Centre currently has 7 Directors who meet at
quarterly intervals, with sub-committees / working groups set up for
particular projects as required. The Manager / Company Secretary and
Assistant Manager sit on the Board but have no voting rights. |
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| Day to day responsibility for the provision of services rests
with the Manager and Assistant Manager. The Manager is responsible for
ensuring that key performance indicators for the various funders are
met. The Manager is also
responsible for the supervision of the staff team and the development of
individuals in line with good practice.
The Chair and Vice Chair give supervision to the Manager. |
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| The Centre holds Volunteering England’s Quality
Accreditation (November 2005) and it renewed the Investor in People Award in
March 2007. Investing in Volunteers assessment began in this report year. |
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| Related
parties |
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| In so far as it is complimentary to the charities objects, the
Centre is guided by local, county, regional and national policies and
initiatives. |
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| Relevant
initiatives to the period of this report were: - |
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| Hertfordshire Local Area Agreement 2006 - 2009 has volunteering as a stretch target with rewards
if targets are met. |
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| Volunteering England’s “Building on Success”
Strategy which relates to modernising volunteering
infrastructure and ensuring its sustainability. |
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| ChangeUp/CapacityBuilders:- a framework to
build capacity and improve infrastructure for the Voluntary and Community
Sector. This was implemented at a countywide level through the Hertfordshire
Infrastructure Consortium. |
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| Dacorum Management Services Organisation.
The feasibility of setting up an organisation to combine back office
functions of 8 local charities continued to be discussed. |
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| Dacorum Borough Council’s Community Plan.
The Community Involvement Forum (Chaired by the Volunteer Centre Manager)
feeds into the Local Strategic Partnership, which has responsibility for the
revision of the Dacorum Community Plan. |
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