Membership Forum
Following approval of NCB's
governance restructuring and new constitution at the AGM on 26
November 2009, NCB now has a fully constituted Membership
Forum comprising representatives of NCB's members, networks,
councils, fora and other partners.
The Forum functions as an advisory body to NCB and to its
Board of Trustees. Its primary focus is to strengthen member
engagement with NCB, to provide a link between trustees and the
wider membership and to advise the Board on policy development and
strategic direction. Forum members have the right to
self-nominate for the 5 Forum-nominated trustee vacancies as they
arise each year. The Forum chooses its own chair
and appoints the chair and two further representatives to
NCB's Selection Committee, responsible for trustee
selection and for the oversight of all Forum and
trustee appointments, co-options and elections.
The Forum meets twice a year, in addition to the AGM, and
had its first formal meeting on 29 April 2010. Forum
representatives discussed a long list of possible public policy
priorities for NCB for 2010/2011, identifying those with greatest
support among Forum members and giving NCB a steer as to what the
Forum felt should be the top five for development and proposal to
the Board of Trustees.
At the April meeting, the Forum also appointed its Chair, Sally
Jenkinson**, and two representatives on NCB's Selection Committee,
Jolanta Lasota and Cecile Wright. Representatives also agreed
to set up a networking site for communication and consultation with
the various "constituencies" and this will be in place before the
Forum's next meeting on 21 October. If you would like to
contact one of your representatives in the meantime, please email
us on forumreps@ncb.org.uk.
Here is a list of your representatives on the Forum, including
their nominating organisation where appropriate:
Local
authorities
Marie Janaway, Enfield Children's
Trust
Alison Robinson, West Sussex Council
Health
Paul Cutler
Voluntary
organisations
Sally Jenkinson**, The Children's Trust
Pauline Walmsley, Early Years
James Wetz, Caspari Foundation
Lisa Wheeler, Children's Links
Professional associations and
multi agency organisations
Jolanta Lasota*, TreeHouse
Evelyn Saunders, APAC
Catherine Todd, Wandsworth Sure Start
Universities and other
educational institutions
Shirley Allen, Middlesex University
Keith Cranwell, University of Greenwich
Jane Murray, University or Northampton
Cecile Wright*, Nottingham Trent
University
Individual members
Alison Arnfield
Alan Gurbutt
David Lane
Claudia Megele
Rosemary Roberts
Young NCB
Sophie Elliott
Chris Flynn
Amrita Ghosh
Grace Gurbutt
Heather Knowlayne
Hamza Modi
"Passported" former
trustees
Mike Shooter
Kate Wall
NCB Northern Ireland
John Pinkerton
Council for Disabled
Children
Tara Flood
Sex Education
Forum
Gareth Davies
Jane Lees
Early Childhood
Forum
Julie Jennings
Melian Mansfield
Childhood Bereavement
Network
Sacha Richardson
Liz Rolls
Julie Stokes
Anti-Bullying
Alliance
Peta Boucher
Brenda Stafford
Observers
Bronwen Cohen, Children in Scotland
Catriona Williams, Children in Wales
** Chair of Membership Forum
* Forum representatives on NCB's Selection Committee