Name
The organisation is constituted as an unincorporated association with the
name Community Support.
Aims and Objectives
- To help build a strong community.
- To provide resources for use by other community and voluntary groups.
- To prioritise support for disadvantaged groups in the community.
- To support community initiatives and good practice in community
development.
- To operate within appropriate catchment areas, prioritising Stockwell, North
Lambeth, and surrounding areas.
- To promote equal opportunities, in provision of services and in the
employment of staff and volunteers.
- To operate as a non-profit making body, with the charitable purpose of
promoting community development.
- To employ staff, make funding applications and manage premises, in the
furtherance of the above aims and objectives.
Membership
Membership is open to all organisations and individuals who support our aims
and objectives.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM shall elect a Management Committee with a maximum of 10 members. The
Management Committee shall, at its first meeting, appoint a Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer, and other officers as appropriate.
Quorum
The quorum for the AGM shall be 6 or one quarter of the current membership
whichever is the less. The quorum for a Management Committee meeting shall be 3
or one quarter of the current membership.
Amendments to this Constitution
This constitution can only be amended at an AGM or a general meeting called
for that purpose. Members must be notified 14 days in advance and supplied with
copies of the proposed amendments.
Audit
The accounts shall be audited independently at the end of the year, and
approved audited accounts submitted at the AGM.
Dissolution
The organisation can be dissolved at a General Meeting called for that
purpose. Members must be notified 28 days in advance. There shall be no quorum
for this meeting. All liabilities must be properly discharged, and assets
disposed of to organisations within the community sector.