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Potential Projects

NicolaSwan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:33:37 CDT

Energy Efficiency Survey - GSSG could get involved in energy efficiency surveys of properties using a thermal imaging camera. Would you be interested? Do you have experience of such surveys? Do you know about thermal imaging? Would it be beneficial? Can you help?

Other Ideas? - Post a comment?

Other Activities

NicolaSwan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:31:23 CDT

See our Diary of Events for future activities

See our list of Potential Projects. Any Ideas? We would love to hear from you.

Other local groups with which we could exchange ideas or co-operate are as follows:

Sustainable Wallingford - a group of local residents who are committed to making their English town more environmentally sustainable and reducing its ecological impact
Goring Gap Business Network - supports businesses in Goring-on-Thames, Streatley-on-Thames and the surrounding area

Allotments for Goring and Streatley

NicolaSwan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:28:10 CDT

For those interested in having access to an allotment plot or part thereof, on Saturday 28th June at 10am in the Rectory Gardens, a full plot will be physically marked out to enable people to decide what proportion of a plot they wish to work.

Initial meeting Following significant response to an advert placed by Tom Worthington of GSSG in the Goring Gap News regarding establishing allotments within Goring, the first meeting of those interested happened in the Belleme Room on 25th June. Over 30 people were there, including half a dozen from Streatley. The meeting was Chaired by Tom with assistance from Bernard Clucas who has worked an allotment in various places for 35 years and Dave Holt, chairman of the Environment and Community committee of Goring Parish Council (GPC). A working party was voted in to define the structure of the group and begin liaison with the GPC. The working party consists of: Nigel Dodd, chairman; Bernard Clucas; Ann Marie Chase and Den Russell. Contact details were recorded of all participants for notification of future meetings etc..

Hydro-electric Generation

daveholt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:08:57 CDT

GSSG is examining the feasibility of installing hydro-electric generation on the weir adjacent to the Goring Lock. This is what it might look like.

Read the background story in the Oxford Mail (26 Apr 07) and the latest news in the Reading Evening Post (9 Jan 08).

The preferred technology is the Archimedes Spiral as they allow fish and eels to pass through without harm, are low maintenance, relatively easy to install, visually entrancing and audibly relaxing. (see thread below). One has been installed on the River Dart, which is the UK's third operational Archimedes Spiral in operation. A picture of the Archimedes Spiral that is used in the River Dart Country Park Hydro-electric Plant is shown below.

The Spirals on our weir would be less than half this length because the weir head is less, but the diameter of ours will be twice as much to generate the power we want. We won't have a housing at the top as we'll use an hydraulic power takeoff linking all three with a generator in a small building near the lock-keeper's house.

Click to see a video of the Spiral in operation

Three more of these turbines will become operational in the UK over the course of this year.

Further technical information about the operation of these type of schemes has been produced by the British Hydropower Association.

Food Fest Pictures 2007

daveholt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:01:26 CDT

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Food Fest Photos 2008

daveholt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:04 CDT


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Goring Village Food Fest

NicolaSwan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:31:25 CDT

Following the success of the Food Fest in June 2007 there was another Food Fest on 14th June 2008 in the Goring Rectory Gardens in the centre of the village starting at 10am. The music started at Noon and continued well into the evening.

The main sponsor of the event was The Miller of Mansfield to whom we are extremely grateful.
Other business sponsors provided funds and raffle prizes and are too many to mention.

At the 2008 event visitors were able to enjoy:

Hog on a spit
Free range turkeys
Fresh baked bread
Restaurants
Raffles
Shop displays
Buy Local Buy organic / free range
Support local shops and business
See what was on offer in their own village

Exhibitors included:

Goring Gap Hydro project
GSSG hog roast
GSSG projects
Inspirations
Jan Marie’s
Miller of Mansfield
Napper’s
Bower Farm Turkeys
Rush Court Winery, Wallingford
Jack's or Westholme Stores
The Wineman
The Swan Hotel and Venus Spa
The Goring Business Network
Cleeve WI
The Goring and Woodcote Surgery
The Flower Shop
True Food
WRAP composting

Visitors were also entertained by Goring Unplugged.

Food Fest 2008

daveholt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:18:45 CDT

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Reading Car Club

NigelW — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:51:38 CDT

There is a car club in Reading, with the first car based near Cementery Junction, with further cars to be provided elsewhere in the town during 2008, all operated by Commonwheels CIC.

If you are interested in joining the Reading car club contact Commonwheels. Alternatively, if you are interested in car clubs elsewhere please complete the short Carplus survey.

Commonwheels also intends to establish car clubs in High Wycombe, Portsmouth, Poole, Swindon, Preston and Bournemouth during the course of 2008.

Diary of Events

NigelW — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:34:15 CDT

2008

June 25

A meeting on the way forward to set up allotments in Goring will be held on Wed 25th at the Belleme Room at 8pm. All those who have an interest in taking an allotment, whether soon or maybe in the future, are invited to attend.

July 26

See Annual Food Fest for details.

Past Events

2008
May 27

Film evening and discussion (see details).

April 22

Car Sharing presentation and discussion led by Nigel Wheatley.
This was an opportunity to discover how car sharing could save you money, help to reduce traffic congestion and reduce pollution. Car Sharing - could it work in Goring & Streatley? (see attachment below).

2007
December 28

The Group’s Christmas Reception was held at The Old Golf House, Rectory Road, Streatley. It was an informal gathering of friends of GSSG but we also an opportunity to bring members up to date on the hydro-electric project at Goring weir; and on research into the acceptability of a car club in Goring and Streatley and many activities which will happen in the New Year. We particularly welcomed the ideas on sustainable practices that we could pass on to a wider audience. Orange juice, hot punch and nibbles was served from noon. (see invitation)

November 28

Talk on the 'Renewable Energy from Crops' by Dr. Rebecca Heaton of BP. This was a controversial subject and the talk provided an opportunity to hear both sides of the argument.

Home of Sustainable Community Group Action

NigelW — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:30:37 CDT

Welcome to the Goring and Streatley Sustainability Group

Our next event is a meeting about allotments in Goring (further details)
A previous event was a an evening of films and discussion (further details)

A previous event was a Car Sharing Presentation (further details).

Our current projects are:

We are also considering other Potential Projects. What are your ideas?

See our Diary of Events for opportunities to find out more about GSSG.

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New User? See our tips for getting the best out of the site.

Film Evening and Discussion

NigelW — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:01:12 CDT

The three films shown on 25th June 2008 can be accessed from the following web sites which are listed in reverse order of showing. We would encourage you to send the address (URL) of the Story of Stuff to everyone you know, to spread the message that unbridled consumption, waste and pollution on a small world will cause enormous problems for our children and grandchildren.

The Story of Stuff shows how the US and then the World became obssessed with consumption and materialism following the end of WW2 and that infinite consumption and waste cannot be sustained in a finite world. http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Decentralised energy discusses the benefits of Combined Heat & Power (CHP) plants located near communities to reduce electricity transmission losses (which can be up to 70%) and utilise the waste heat directly for heating homes and offices. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/decentralised-energy-w

This Greenpeace film is anti-nuclear power, showing that even the new building programme will not make good the projected shortfalls with (once again) two-thirds of the electrcity being wasted in the wires. Interestingly, the next night a Channel 4 news item declared that the bill for cleaning up the old reactors that are now going off-line has risen from 73 billion to "inestimable". The film also pushes the benefits of CHP. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/the-convenient-solution-20070718

Screws on the weir

daveholt — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:38:20 CDT

Three 3.5m diameter Archimedes Spirals producing up to 245KW of electricity.

Another Page

NigelW — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:50:02 CDT

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Practice Area

NigelW — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:34:43 CDT

This page is to enable new users to our site to practice editing and adding pages without the worry of messing up live pages. However, that is misplaced worry as Wetpaint makes it easy to undo any changes.

New text.

Home Insulation Grants

NigelW — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:38:15 CDT

Grants are available for roof & cavity wall insulation. Free to those over 70 years of age, or those on certain benefits, up to 75% grants to others. Extra charges may apply to large lofts. Ring 0800 5200 527 or visit www.freeinsulation.co.uk for further information. Alternatively contact your utility company.

There are a number of grant schemes in operation that offer discounted or free insulation to homeowners and private tenants. For impartial, expert advice on the best available deal from a database of options contact Cocoon on 0800 80 48 777. Insulation grants are part of the Government Emmissions reduction Target.(CERT). The major utility companies have to reduce carbon emissions by paying to insulate domestic properties.

Full price cavity & loft insulation may cost around £1000 and savings could be up to 50%.

New User

NigelW — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:15:54 CDT

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Ground and River Source Heating

Riggall — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:11:34 CDT

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Who operates them and owns the cars?

NigelW — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:30:49 CST

Most UK car clubs are run by one of several national operators. The car club operator is responsible for all aspects of providing the service, from owning and maintaining the cars (including cleaning and repairs) to marketing and administering the scheme (including billing). The benefit of an operator running the club is that they have experience in making car clubs a success and have a financial incentive to do so. They may also be able to extend an existing club to cover a wider area. Some schemes are run by community initiatives such as a housing association or community transport organisation. Other, smaller schemes might be run by a group of friends or neighbours.

Currently our nearest car club is based in Reading.

GSSG Constitution

jothecash — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:39:27 CST

GORING AND STREATLEY SUSTAINABILITY GROUP CONSTITUTION

ADOPTED BY GSSG ON THE <> JUNE 2007

This constitution is provisional in that it contains many references to GSSG as “the charity” and the GSSG application for charity status is on-going at the time of posting, 13-01-08.

However, it is the constitution that the “trustees” of GSSG agreed, on 18th Sept. 2007, should govern their affairs.
It is provided here mainly for the convenience of the members.

It is a long document and I havn't found out how to insert same-page links yet so just note the number of the section you want and scroll down.

Constitution – Contents list

PART 1

1 Adoption of the Constitution
2 The Name
3 The Objects
4 Application of the Income and Property
5 Dissolution

PART 2

6 Membership
7 Termination of Membership
8 General meetings
9 Notice
10 Quorum
11 Chair
12 Adjournments
13 Votes
14 Representatives of Other Bodies
15 Officers and Trustees
16 The Appointment of Trustees
17 Powers of Trustees
18 Disqualification and Removal of Trustees
19 Proceedings of Trustees
20 Delegation
21 Irregularities in Proceedings
22 Minutes
23 Annual Report and Return and Accounts
24 Registered particulars
25 Property
26 Repair and insurance
27 Notices
28 Rules

Constitution, adopted on the 18th September 2007.

PART 1

1 Adoption of the Constitution
The association and its property will be administered and managed in accordance with the provisions in Parts 1 and 2 of this constitution.

2 The Name
The association’s name is the Goring and Streatley Sustainability Group (and in this document it is called the “Charity”).

3 The Objects
The Charity's objects (the “Objects”) are
(1) To promote, for the benefit of the parishes of Goring on Thames (Oxon.) and Streatley on Thames (Berks.), the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment (by promoting sustainability). (2) To advance the education of the public of Goring on Thames (Oxon.) and Streatley on Thames (Berks.) in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment through sustainable practices.

4 Application of the Income and Property

(1) The income and property of the Charity shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the Objects.

(2) A Trustee may pay out of, or be reimbursed from, the property of the Charity reasonable expenses properly incurred by him or her when acting on behalf of the Charity.

(3) None of the income or property of the Charity may be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend bonus or
otherwise by way of profit to any Member of the Charity. This does not prevent:
(a) a Member who is not also a Trustee from receiving reasonable and proper remuneration for any goods or services supplied to
the Charity;
(b) a Trustee from:
(i) buying goods or services from the Charity upon the same terms as other Members or Members of the public;
(ii) receiving a benefit from the Charity in the capacity of a beneficiary of the Charity, provided that the Trustees comply with the
provisions of sub clause (6) of this clause, or as a Member of the Charity and upon the same terms as other Members;
(c) the purchase of indemnity insurance for the Trustees against any liability that by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach
to a Trustee or other officer in respect of any negligence, default breach of duty or breach of trust of which he or she may be
guilty in relation to the Charity but excluding:
(i) fines;
(ii) costs of unsuccessfully defending criminal prosecutions for offences arising out of the fraud, dishonesty or wilful or reckless
misconduct of the Trustee or other officer;
(iii) liabilities to the Charity that result from conduct that the Trustee or other officer knew or ought to have known was not in
the best interests of the Charity or in respect of which the person concerned did not care whether that conduct was in
the best interests of the Charity or not.

(4) No Trustee may be paid or receive any other benefit for being a Trustee.

(5) A Trustee may:
(a) sell goods, services or any interest in land to the Charity;
(b) be employed by or receive any remuneration from the Charity;
(c) receive any other financial benefit from the Charity, if :
(d) he or she is not prevented from so doing by sub-clause (4) of this clause; and
(e) the benefit is permitted by sub-clause (3) of this clause; or
(f) the benefit is authorised by the Trustees in accordance with the conditions in sub-clause (6) of this clause.

(6) (a) If it is proposed that a Trustee should receive a benefit from the Charity that is not already permitted under sub-clause (3) of
this clause, he or she must :
(i) declare his or her interest in the proposal;
(ii) be absent from that part of any meeting at which the proposal is discussed and take no part in any discussion of it;
(iii) not be counted in determining whether the meeting is quorate;
(iv) not vote on the proposal.

(b) In cases covered by sub-clause (5) of this clause, those Trustees who do not stand to receive the proposed benefit must be
satisfied that it is in the interests of the Charity to contract with or employ that Trustee rather than with someone who is not
a Trustee and they must record the reason for their decision in the minutes. In reaching that decision the Trustees must
balance the advantage of contracting with or employing a Trustee against the disadvantage of doing so (especially the loss
of the Trustee’s services as a result of dealing with the Trustee’s conflict of interest).

(c) The Trustees may only authorise a transaction falling within paragraphs 5(a)–(c) of this clause if the Trustee body comprises
a majority of Trustees who have not received any such benefit.

(d) If the Trustees fail to follow this procedure, the resolution to confer a benefit upon the Trustee will be void and the
Trustee must repay to the Charity the value of any benefit received by the Trustee from the Charity.

(7) A Trustee must absent himself or herself from any discussions of the Trustees in which it is possible that a conflict will arise
between his or her duty to act solely in the interests of the Charity and any personal interest (including but not limited to
any personal financial interest) and take no part in the voting upon the matter.

(8) In this Clause 4, “Trustee” shall include any person firm or company connected with the Trustee.

5 Dissolution
(1) If the Members resolve to dissolve the Charity the Trustees will remain in office as Charity Trustees and be responsible
for winding up the affairs of the Charity in accordance with this clause.
(2) The Trustees must collect in all the assets of the Charity and must pay or make provision for all the liabilities of the Charity.
(3) The Trustees must apply any remaining property or money (a) directly for the Objects; (b) by transfer to any Charity or
charities for purposes the same as or similar to the Charity; (c) in such other manner as the Charity Commissioners for
England and Wales (“the Commission”) may approve in writing in advance.
(4) The Members may pass a resolution before or at the same time as the resolution to dissolve the Charity specifying the manner
in which the Trustees are to apply the remaining property or assets of the Charity and the Trustees must comply with
the resolution if it is consistent with paragraphs (a)–(c) inclusive in sub-clause (3) above.
(5) In no circumstances shall the net assets of the Charity be paid to or distributed among the Members of the Charity (except
to a Member that is itself a Charity).
(6) The Trustees must notify the Commission promptly that the Charity has been dissolved. If the Trustees are obliged to send
the Charity’s accounts to the Commission for the accounting period which ended before its dissolution, they must send
the Commission the Charity’s final accounts.

6 Amendments
(1) The Charity may amend any provision contained in Part 1 of this Constitution provided that
(a) no amendment may be made that would have the effect of making the Charity cease to be a Charity at law;
(b) no amendment may be made to alter the Objects if the change would not be within the reasonable contemplation of
the Members of or donors to the Charity;
(c) no amendment may be made to clause 4 without the prior written consent of the Commission;
(d) any resolution to amend a provision of Part 1 of this constitution is passed by not less than two thirds of the Members
present and voting at a general meeting.

(2) Any provision contained in Part 2 of this constitution may be amended, provided that any such amendment is made by
resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members present and voting at a general meeting.

(3) A copy of any resolution amending this constitution shall be sent to the Commission within twenty one days of it being passed.

PART 2

7 Membership
(1) Membership is open to individuals over eighteen or organisations who are approved by the Trustees.
(2)--- (a) The Trustees may only refuse an application for membership if, acting reasonably and properly, they consider it to be in the
best interests of the Charity to refuse the application.
(b) The Trustees must inform the applicant in writing of the reasons for the refusal within twenty-one days of the decision.
(c) The Trustees must consider any written representations the applicant may make about the decision. The Trustees’ decision following any written representations must be notified to the applicant in writing but shall be final.
(3) Membership is not transferable to anyone else.
(4) The Trustees must keep a register of names and addresses of the Members which must be made available to any Member upon request.

8 Termination of Membership Membership is terminated if:
(1) the Member dies or, if it is an organisation, ceases to exist;
(2) the Member resigns by written notice to the Charity unless, after the resignation, there would be less than two Members;
(3) any sum due from the Member to the Charity is not paid in full within six months of it falling due;
(4) the Member is removed from membership by a resolution of the Trustees that it is in the best interests of the Charity that his or her membership is terminated. A resolution to remove a Member from membership may only be passed if:
(a) the Member has been given at least twenty one days’ notice in writing of the meeting of the Trustees at which the resolution will be proposed and the reasons why it is to be proposed;
(b) the Member or, at the option of the Member, the Member’s representative (who need not be a Member of the Charity) has been allowed to make representations to the meeting.

9 General meetings
(1) The Charity must hold a general meeting within twelve months of the date of the adoption of this constitution.
(2) An annual general meeting must be held in each subsequent year and not more than fifteen months may elapse between successive annual general meetings.
(3) All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called special general meetings.
(4) The Trustees may call a special general meeting at any time.
(5) The Trustees must call a special general meeting if requested to do so in writing by at least ten Members or one tenth of the membership, which ever is the greater. The request must state the nature of the business that is to be discussed. If the Trustees fail to hold the meeting within twenty-eight days of the request, the Members may proceed to call a special general meeting but in doing so they must comply with the provisions of this Constitution.

10 Notice (1) The minimum period of notice required to hold any general meeting of the Charity is fourteen clear days from the date on which the notice is deemed to have been given.
(2) A general meeting may be called by shorter notice, if it is so agreed by all the Members entitled to attend and vote.
(3) The notice must specify the date, time and place of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. If the meeting is to be an annual general meeting, the notice must say so.
(4) The notice must be given to all the Members and to the Trustees.

11 Quorum
(1) No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present.
(2) A quorum is; one third of the membership +1, Currently 18, (1/3rd +1) Current total, 53.
(3) The authorised representative of a Member organisation shall be counted in the quorum.
(4) If: (a) a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting; or
(b) during a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting shall be adjourned to such time and place as the Trustees shall determine.
(5) The Trustees must re-convene the meeting and must give at least seven clear days’ notice of the re-convened meeting stating the date time and place of the meeting.
(6) If no quorum is present at the re-convened meeting within fifteen minutes of the time specified for the start of the meeting the Members present at that time shall constitute the quorum for that meeting.

12 Chair (1) General meetings shall be chaired by the person who has been elected as Chair.
(2) If there is no such person or he or she is not present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting a Trustee nominated by the Trustees shall chair the meeting.
(3) If there is only one Trustee present and willing to act, he or she shall chair the meeting.
(4) If no Trustee is present and willing to chair the meeting within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding it, the Members present and entitled to vote must choose one of their number to chair the meeting.

13 Adjournments (1) The Members present at a meeting may resolve that the meeting shall be adjourned.
(2) The person who is chairing the meeting must decide the date time and place at which meeting is to be re-convened unless those details are specified in the resolution.
(3) No business shall be conducted at an adjourned meeting unless it could properly have been conducted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place.
(4) If a meeting is adjourned by a resolution of the Members for more than seven days, at least seven clear days’ notice shall be given of the re-convened meeting stating the date time and place of the meeting.

14 Votes (1) Each Member shall have one vote but if there is an equality of votes the person who is chairing the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to any other vote he or she may have.
(2) A resolution in writing signed by each Member (or in the case of a Member that is an organisation, by its authorised representative) who would have been entitled to vote upon it had it been proposed at a general meeting shall be effective. It may comprise several copies each signed by or on behalf of one or more Members.

15 Representatives of Other Bodies (1) Any organisation that is a Member of the Charity may nominate any person to act as its representative at any meeting of the Charity.
(2) The organisation must give written notice to the Charity of the name of its representative. The nominee shall not be entitled to represent the organisation at any meeting unless the notice has been received by the Charity. The nominee may continue to represent the organisation until written notice to the contrary is received by the Charity.
(3) Any notice given to the Charity will be conclusive evidence that the nominee is entitled to represent the organisation or that his or her authority has been revoked. The Charity shall not be required to consider whether the nominee has been properly appointed by the organisation.

16 Officers and Trustees (1) The Charity and its property shall be managed and administered by a committee comprising the Officers and other Members elected in accordance with this Constitution. The Officers and other Members of the committee shall be the Trustees of the Charity and in this constitution are together called “the Trustees”.
(2) The Charity shall have the following Officers: · A chair, · A secretary, · A treasurer.
(3) A Trustee must be a Member of the Charity or the nominated representative of an organisation that is a Member of the Charity.
(4) No one may be appointed a Trustee if he or she would be disqualified from acting under the provisions of Clause 19.
(5) The number of Trustees shall be not less than three but (unless otherwise determined by a resolution of the Charity in general meeting) shall not be subject to any maximum.
(6) The first Trustees (including Officers) shall be those persons elected as Trustees and Officers at the meeting at which this constitution is adopted.
(7) A Trustee may not appoint anyone to act on his or her behalf at meetings of the Trustees.

17 The Appointment of Trustees (1) The Charity in general meeting shall elect the Officers and the other Trustees.
(2) The Trustees may appoint any person who is willing to act as a Trustee. Subject to sub-clause 5(b) of this clause, they may also appoint Trustees to act as officers.
(3) Each of the Trustees shall retire with effect from the conclusion of the annual general meeting next after his or her appointment but shall be eligible for re-election at that annual general meeting.
(4) No-one may be elected a Trustee or an Officer at any annual general meeting unless prior to the meeting the Charity is given a notice that: (a) is signed by a Member entitled to vote at the meeting; (b) states the Member’s intention to propose the appointment of a person as a Trustee or as an officer; (c) is signed by the person who is to be proposed to show his or her willingness to be appointed.
(5) (a) The appointment of a Trustee, whether by the Charity in general meeting or by the other Trustees, must not cause the number of Trustees to exceed any number fixed in accordance with this constitution as the maximum number of Trustees.
(b) The Trustees may not appoint a person to be an Officer if a person has already been elected or appointed to that office and has not vacated the office.

18 Powers of Trustees (1) The Trustees must manage the business of the Charity and have the following powers in order to further the Objects (but not for any other purpose):
(a) to raise funds. In doing so, the Trustees must not undertake any substantial permanent trading activity and must comply with any relevant statutory regulations;
(b) to buy, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any property and to maintain and equip it for use;
(c) to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property belonging to the Charity. In exercising this power, the Trustees must comply as appropriate with sections 36 and 37 of the Charities Act 1993;
(d) to borrow money and to charge the whole or any part of the property belonging to the Charity as security for repayment of the money borrowed. The Trustees must comply as appropriate with sections 38 and 39 of the Charities Act 1993 if they intend to mortgage land;
(e) to co-operate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities and to exchange information and advice with them;
(f) to establish or support any charitable trusts, associations or institutions formed for any of the charitable purposes included in the Objects;
(g) to acquire, merge with or enter into any partnership or joint venture arrangement with any other Charity formed for any of the Objects;
(h) to set aside income as a reserve against future expenditure but only in accordance with a written policy about reserves;
(j) to obtain and pay for such goods and services as are necessary for carrying out the work of the Charity;
(k) to open and operate such bank and other accounts as the Trustees consider necessary and to invest funds and to delegate the management of funds in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the Trustees of a trust are permitted to do by the Trustee Act 2000; (l) to do all such other lawful things as are necessary for the achievement of the Objects;

(2) No alteration of this constitution or any special resolution shall have retrospective effect to invalidate any prior act of the Trustees;

(3) Any meeting of Trustees at which a quorum is present at the time the relevant decision is made may exercise all the powers exercisable by the Trustees.

19 Disqualification and Removal of Trustees A Trustee shall cease to hold office if he or she:
(1) is disqualified for acting as a Trustee by virtue of section 72 of the Charities Act 1993 (or any statutory re-enactment or modification of that provision);
(2) ceases to be a Member of the Charity;
(3) becomes incapable by reason of mental disorder, illness or injury of managing and administering his or her own affairs;
(4) resigns as a Trustee by notice to the Charity (but only if at least two Trustees will remain in office when the notice of resignation is to take effect); or
(5) is absent without the permission of the Trustees from all their meetings held within a period of six consecutive months and the Trustees resolve that his or her office be vacated.

20 Proceedings of Trustees
(1) The Trustees may regulate their proceedings as they think fit, subject to the provisions of this constitution.
(2) Any Trustee may call a meeting of the Trustees.
(3) The secretary must call a meeting of the Trustees if requested to do so by a Trustee.
(4) Questions arising at a meeting must be decided by a majority of votes.
(5) In the case of an equality of votes, the person who chairs the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(6) No decision may be made by a meeting of the Trustees unless a quorum is present at the time the decision is purported to be made. (7) The quorum shall be two or the number nearest to one third of the total number of Trustees, whichever is the greater or such larger number as may be decided from time to time by the Trustees.
(8) A Trustee shall not be counted in the quorum present when any decision is made about a matter upon which that Trustee is not entitled to vote.
(9) If the number of Trustees is less than the number fixed as the quorum, the continuing Trustees or Trustee may act only for the purpose of filling vacancies or of calling a general meeting.
(10) The person elected as the Chair shall chair meetings of the Trustees.
(11) If the Chair is unwilling to preside or is not present within ten minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the Trustees present may appoint one of their number to chair that meeting.
(12) The person appointed to chair meetings of the Trustees shall have no functions or powers except those conferred by this constitution or delegated to him or her in writing by the Trustees.
(13) A resolution in writing signed by all the Trustees entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Trustees or of a committee of Trustees and to vote upon the resolution shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Trustees or (as the case may be) a committee of Trustees duly convened and held.
(14) The resolution in writing may comprise several documents containing the text of the resolution in like form each signed by one or more Trustees.

21 Delegation
(1) The Trustees may delegate any of their powers or functions to a committee of two or more Trustees but the terms of any such delegation must be recorded in the minute book.
(2) The Trustees may impose conditions when delegating, including the conditions that: · the relevant powers are to be exercised exclusively by the committee to whom they delegate; · no expenditure may be incurred on behalf of the Charity except in accordance with a budget previously agreed with the Trustees.
(3) The Trustees may revoke or alter a delegation.
(4) All acts and proceedings of any committees must be fully and promptly reported to the Trustees.

22 Irregularities in Proceedings
(1) Subject to sub-clause (2) of this clause, all acts done by a meeting of Trustees, or of a committee of Trustees, shall be valid notwithstanding the participation in any vote of a Trustee: · who was disqualified from holding office; · who had previously retired or who had been obliged by the constitution to vacate office; · who was not entitled to vote on the matter, whether by reason of a conflict of interest or otherwise. if, without: · the vote of that Trustee; and · that Trustee being counted in the quorum, the decision has been made by a majority of the Trustees at a quorate meeting.

(2) Sub-clause (1) of this clause does not permit a Trustee to keep any benefit that may be conferred upon him or her by a resolution of the Trustees or of a committee of Trustees if the resolution would otherwise have been void.

(3) No resolution or act of (a) the Trustees (b) any committee of the Trustees (c) the Charity in general meeting shall be invalidated by reason of the failure to give notice to any Trustee or Member or by reason of any procedural defect in the meeting unless it is shown that the failure or defect has materially prejudiced a Member or the beneficiaries of the Charity.

23 Minutes The Trustees must keep minutes of all:
(1) appointments of Officers and Trustees made by the Trustees;
(2) proceedings at meetings of the Charity;
(3) meetings of the Trustees and committees of Trustees including: · the names of the Trustees present at the meeting; · the decisions made at the meetings; and · where appropriate the reasons for the decisions.

24 Annual Report and Return and Accounts
(1) The Trustees must comply with their obligations under the Charities Act 1993 with regard to:
(a) the keeping of accounting records for the Charity;
(b) the preparation of annual statements of account for the Charity;
(c) the transmission of the statements of account to the Charity;
(d) the preparation of an annual report and its transmission to the Commission;
(e) the preparation of an annual return and its transmission to the Commission.

(2) Accounts must be prepared in accordance with the provisions of any Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Commission, unless the Trustees are required to prepare accounts in accordance with the provisions of such a Statement prepared by another body.

25 Registered particulars The Trustees must notify the Commission promptly of any changes to the Charity’s entry on the Central Register of Charities.

26 Property
(1) The Trustees must ensure the title to:
(a) all land held by or in trust for the Charity that is not vested in the Official Custodian of Charities; and
(b) all investments held by or on behalf of the Charity, is vested either in a corporation entitled to act as custodian Trustee or in not less that three individuals appointed by them as holding Trustees.

(2) The terms of the appointment of any holding Trustees must provide that they may act only in accordance with lawful directions of the Trustees and that if they do so they will not be liable for the acts and defaults of the Trustees or of the Members of the Charity.

(3) The Trustees may remove the holding Trustees at any time.

27 Repair and insurance The Trustees must keep in repair and insure to their full value against fire and other usual risks all the buildings of the Charity (except those buildings that are required to be kept in repair and insured by a tenant). They must also insure suitably in respect of public liability and employer’s liability.

28 Notices (1) Any notice required by this constitution to be given to or by any person must be:
(a) in writing; or (b) given using electronic communications.

(2) The Charity may give any notice to a Member either:
(a) personally; or
(b) by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope addressed to the Member at his or her address; or
(c) by leaving it at the address of the Member; or
(d) by giving it using electronic communications to the Member’s address.

(3) A Member who does not register an address with the Charity or who registers only a postal address that is not within the United Kingdom shall not be entitled to receive any notice from the Charity.

(4) A Member present in person at any meeting of the Charity shall be deemed to have received notice of the meeting and of the purposes for which it was called.

(5) (a) Proof that an envelope containing a notice was properly addressed, prepaid and posted shall be conclusive evidence that the notice was given.
(b) Proof that a notice contained in an electronic communication was sent in accordance with guidance issued by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators shall be conclusive evidence that the notice was given.
(c) A notice shall be deemed to be given 48 hours after the envelope containing it was posted or, in the case of an electronic communication, 48 hours after it was sent.

29 Rules (1) The Trustees may from time to time make rules or bye-laws for the conduct of their business.

(2) The bye-laws may regulate the following matters but are not restricted to them:
(a) the admission of Members of the Charity (including the admission of organisations to membership) and the rights and privileges of such Members, and the entrance fees, subscriptions and other fees or payments to be made by Members;
(b) the conduct of Members of the Charity in relation to one another, and to the Charity’s employees and volunteers;
(c) the setting aside of the whole or any part or parts of the Charity’s premises at any particular time or times or for any particular purpose or purposes;
(d) the procedure at general meeting and meetings of the Trustees in so far as such procedure is not regulated by this Constitution;
(e) the keeping and authenticating of records. (If regulations made under this clause permit records of the Charity to be kept in electronic form and requires a Trustee to sign the record, the regulations must specify a method of recording the signature that enables it to be properly authenticated.)
(f) generally, all such matters as are commonly the subject matter of the rules of an unincorporated association.

(3) The Charity in general meeting has the power to alter, add to or repeal the rules or bye-laws.

(4) The Trustees must adopt such means as they think sufficient to bring the rules and bye-laws to the notice of Members of the Charity.
(5) The rules or bye-laws shall be binding on all Members of the Charity. No rule or bye-law shall be inconsistent with, or shall affect or repeal anything contained in, this constitution.

Signatures Trevor Coombs D. Holt Nicola Swan R J Powell K M Baker M H P Baker.