Membership Forum
The Membership Forum comprises 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. The Forum chooses its own chair, currently Sally
Jenkinson, and young co-chair Grace Gurbutt was appointed
by Young NCB. The Forum 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.
During 2010, Forum representatives fed into trustee
discussions of NCB's public policy priorities
for 2010/2011, identifying those with greatest support among
Forum members and giving NCB a steer as to what the Forum felt
should be prioritised. The Forum also advised NCB on the
likely impact of the October comprehensive spending review on the
sector and on children and young people.
Forum representatives agreed to set up a networking site
for communication and consultation with our various
"constituencies" and this isnow available to use.
If you would like to contact one of us in the meantime, please
email us on forumreps@ncb.org.uk.
Here are the Membership Forum's terms of
reference, together with the composition
of the forum and the representatives'
biographies.
Please do contact us, to let us know what your
concerns are and to ensure that NCB is kept up to date with what is
happening on the ground.