## ## ## ## ||(eg trust deed. constitution)|(eg trust deed. constitution)|(eg trust deed. constitution)|(eg trust deed. constitution)|(eg trust deed. constitution)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||How the charity is constituted
(eg trust
association,
company}|||||Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
(CIO) Dated 8'" June 2017| ||Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed
by, elected by)|||||Voluntary
application
and selection
by membership
election| |Additional||governance
issues (Optional
information)||||| |You may choose to
additional
information,
relevant,
about:|||include
where|||The charity is ultimately
managed
at a strategic
level by the 6Trustees
with support
currently
provided
by 2 local government
officers as part of
the local council's
community
asset transfer agenda. Operationally,
the
organisation
is managed
and operates through a team oftrustees
and| |~|policies|and procedures||||volunteers
who all have specific job roles and responsibilities.| ||adopted
training|for the induction
oftrustees;|||and|There are a number ofother provider organisations
that operate from the| |~|the charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider
network
with which the charity
works;|||||centre, namely The Shed (Tameside),
Noah's A.R.T, the Stroke
Association, StAntony's
and Active Tameside.
Members ofthese groups
are also trustees ofthe CIO. A formal partnership
arrangement
is in place
with Active Tameside to deliver a community
cafe and health and
wellbeing
activities within the centre.| |~
~|relationship
with any related
parties;
trustees'
consideration
of|||||Tameside
MBC provides a commissioned
Day Service for people with
disabilities
from the centre with an employed
team of3care staff and one
Senior.| ||major risks and the system|||||| ||and procedures
to
them.||manage|||Due to the Covid-19 pandemic
this year, the centre has operated
at a
reduced capacity and for most ofthe current financial year was unable to| |||||||deliver face toface services owing to Covid restrictions.
Risk assessments| |||||||were carried out duffing the summer
of2020 prior to services re-opening| |||||||towards the end ofthe year. The assessments
were approved
by| |||||||Tameside
Council's
Health and Safety and Public Health team.| |||||||Consideration
of risk is also given within the business
plan
in terms of| |||||||overall management
ofthe charity and its priorities.
Specific risk| |||||||assessments
are completed as and when
required
in terms ofevents and| |||||||activities.
All other risks eg Fire, Health and Safety etc are managed| |||||||within the relevant documents
and
olicies.| |||||||The objects ofthe CIO according to the constitution
are:| |||||||Tofurther or benefit the residents
ofTameside
and the neighbourhood,| |||||||without
distinction
ofsex, sexual orientation,
race or political, religious or| |||||||other opinions
by associating
together the said residents
and the local| |||||||authorities,
voluntary
and other organisations
in a common
effort to| |||||||advance education
and to provide facilities
in the interest ofsocial| |||||||welfare
for recreation
and leisure time occupation
with the objective of| |Summary||ofthe objects||of|the|improving
the conditions
of life for the residents| |charity set out in its
governing
document||||||In furtherance
ofthese objects but not otherwise,
the trustees
shall have
power:| |||||||To establish
or secure the establishment
ofa community
centre and to| |||||||maintain
or manage or co-operate with any statutory
authoffity
in the| |||||||maintenance
and management
ofsuch a centre for activities promoted| |||||||by the charity
in furtherance
ofthe above object.| |||||||Nothing
in this constitution
shall authoffise
an application
ofthe property| |||||||ofthe CIO for the
ur oses which are not charitable
in accordance
with| |TAR||||||March 20'I2| ||~
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~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Social evenings —We will resume Social evenings
at the centre|once|| ||||||pandemic
restdctions
are ease. These will continue to reflect members'||| ||||||interests
and include games, pub quiz, 3course meal and a pop up bar.||| ||||||Christmas
Celebrations
—Unfortunately,
these were not possible during||| ||||||2020 owing to Greater Manchester
being
in Tier 3 restrictions.||| ||||||As the TTC is in its formative
and development
years, any surpluses||and| |Briefstatement||ofthe|||reserves shall be dedicated
to expand
and further
its ambitions as stated||| |charity's
policy||on reserves|||in the Objects section ofthe Constitution.||| |Details ofany funds
in deficit||||materially|None||| |Further financial||review details|||(Optional
information)||| |You may choose to
additional
information,|||include
where||The charities
principal sources offunds and income will be derived from:||| |relevant about:|||||~
Rental income||| |~|the charity's
principal||||~
Room Hire||| ||sources offunds (including
any fundraising);||||~
Community
Cafe
~
Service Delivery||| |~|how expenditure||has||o
Grants||| ||supported
the|key||objectives|o
Contracts||| ||ofthe charity;||||o
Direct Payments||| |~|investment
policy and
objectives including
any||||~
Fundraising
(Fairs, events, socials etc)
~
Voluntary
income and donations||| ||ethical investment
adopted.|||policy|Expenditure
is focused
primarily
on the purchase
of equipment
to
enhance
and improve the efficiency and effectiveness
ofthe||| ||||||organisation.||| ||||||A business
plan forming the basis ofa Community
Asset Transfer|with|| ||||||the local authority
is well advanced
and reflects our policy objectives.||| ||||||Reserves and working resources
will, wherever
possible, be employed||in| ||||||an ethical manner.||| ||||||To develop and maintain
a healthy
reserve
it is our policy to retain|a|| ||||||reserve fund supplemented
by a minimum
of25%ofthe year-end||| ||||||surplus. The Trust Board may increase this at any time as itsees fit and||| ||||||appropdate,
under advisement
ofthe Treasurer.||| ||||||-||| ||||||~
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