Chairman’s report Our Place Community Hub Annual General Meeting 23/02/18 – Welcome everyone to the Our Place Community Hub Annual General Meeting here today. It is my pleasure as Chairman to provide you with a review of our activities, successes and achievements since our last AGM. It is very pleasing to say once more that Our Place continues to grow and evolve the services and support it offers within the community. Our continued growth and successes are a real testament to the quality and care of the many people playing a part. Highlights this year include: Our mentor training has now been accredited at Level 3 The workshops we run have also now received CPD accreditation We have now been able to utilise in-house paid mentors for the first time We have continued to work very successfully with 20 schools in Sutton and Erdington and feel privileged to do so We have now become proud partners of the Advice Café and with our stronger management support being provided this is only growing stronger in its help to the community and volunteer activities during our annual team building day were great fun and thoroughly enjoyed by all. The day itself was once again very well attended and a great success, enabling us to continue to build a strong team. The business element of the day provides the opportunity to consult with all team members and drive forward continuous service improvement. We were extremely pleased to receive support during the next 3 from Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust towards our rental and accreditation costs. A seaside trip to Weston-Super Mare was a great day providing families with quality time together during the school break and for some a first time to visit the seaside. Our Christmas supported by the Co-op was also a great success offering children from challenging circumstances to enjoy traditional Christmas party games, a buffet and visit from Sana We reduced our management structure for internal meetings from Directors, Operations and Hub User Group to just Directors. This reduction in is a positive step reflecting the smooth ‘boards’ running and efficient communication in place We have continued to make great progress with our three-year action plan To summarise, the high degree of care and consideration that we continue to see in all of the business drives our success and positive actions and I congratulate everybody concerned. In conclusion, we will continue to move forward carefully and help the community we live in as best we can. Thank you very much Dennis Kennedy
Chairman’s report – Our Place Community Hub Annual General Meeting 23/02/18 Welcome everyone to the Our Place Community Hub Annual General Meeting here today. It is my pleasure as Chairman to provide you with a review of our activities, successes and achievements since our last AGM. It is very pleasing to say once more that Our Place continues to grow and evolve the services and support it offers within the community. Our continued growth and successes are a real testament to the quality and care of the many people playing a part. Highlights this year include: Our mentor training has now been accredited at Level 3 The workshops we run have also now received CPD accreditation We have now been able to utilise in-house paid mentors for the first time We have continued to work very successfully with 20 schools in Sutton and Erdington and feel privileged to do so We have now become proud partners of the Advice Café and with our stronger management support being provided this is only growing stronger in its help to the community and volunteer activities during our annual team building day were great fun and thoroughly enjoyed by all. The day itself was once again very well attended and a great success, enabling us to continue to build a strong team. The business element of the day provides the opportunity to consult with all team members and drive forward continuous service improvement. We were extremely pleased to receive support during the next 3 from Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust towards our rental and accreditation costs. A seaside trip to Weston-Super Mare was a great day providing families with quality time together during the school break and for some a first time to visit the seaside. Our Christmas supported by the Co-op was also a great success offering children from challenging circumstances to enjoy traditional Christmas party games, a buffet and visit from Sana We reduced our management structure for internal meetings from Directors, Operations and Hub User Group to just Directors. This reduction in ‘boards’ is a positive step reflecting the smooth running and efficient communication in place We have continued to make great progress with our three-year action plan To summarise, the high degree of care and consideration that we continue to see in all of the business drives our success and positive actions and I congratulate everybody concerned. In conclusion, we will continue to move forward carefully and help the community we live in as best we can. Thank you very much Dennis Kennedy
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