CharityComms AGM 2013

Welcome: Joe Saxton, chair

Agenda

Vicky Browning, director

1) Review of activities 2011-12

2) Approval of annual report and accounts

3) Latest activity

4) Election of trustees

5) AOB

Our vision Communications are integral to each charity’s

work for a better world. Our vision is a charity sector

that values and uses effective communications.

Our mission We aim to improve the standard of

communications and champion its role in the

sector. We seek to represent, support, inspire,

connect and inform our members and the wider

charity communications community.

Key achievements 2011-12: financial

Income: £193,415

Expenditure: £200,782

Balance of funds at

year end: (£304)

Current reserves (cash in

bank at Feb 2013): £69,348

Key achievements 2011-12: membership • Individual members grew from 191 to 224 (now 271)

• Organisational members grew from 36 to 68 (now 117)

• Corporate members grew from 13 to 24 (now 35)

• We facilitated 61 mentoring partnerships

“There is so much knowledge within

the sector and some great innovations

happening across the board.

CharityComms provides an invaluable

network for this to be shared to the benefit of us all.”

Hannah Essex, associate director

communications, TeachFirst

Key achievements 2011-12: events

• 25 events held

• Over 1,000 comms professionals attended • Satisfaction rate of 94% excellent or good

“I thought the workshop yesterday

was excellent – really tackling an

issue that many charities face in a

thought provoking way.”

Louise Robertshaw, head of

marketing and comms,

Guide Dogs

Key achievements 2011-12: other activity

•CharityComms Guide to Social Media for Charities

•Happy birthday to us! 5 years old in April 2012

•Beginners’ Guide to Media

Licensing in the Charity Sector

•Ongoing campaign to remove

the burden of media licensing

fees

Motion proposed to approve the annual report

and accounts for financial year 2011-12

Proposed: Rob Dyson

Seconded: Gail Scott Spicer

Motion carried.

Recent activity • CharityComms Communications Benchmark 2012

• Brand refresh and new website

• Show and tell: Best Practice Guide to Portraying

Beneficiaries and Service Users

• Branding Inside Out: Best Practice Guide to

Branding

• CharityComms Career Competency Framework

• New networking groups:

Heads of Digital, Sole Comms,

South West Regional Group

• Lots of great events

Coming soon • Our 10-year vision

• What goes where? Analysis of charity structures and

the place of communications

• Best Practice Guide to Working with Celebrities

• Best Practice Guide to Communications Strategy

• CharityComms Digital Benchmark

• Updated AskCharity service

• Lots more great events:

www.charitycomms.org.uk

Trustees saying farewell

Judith Barnard

Rob Dyson

Ben Matthews

James Moss

Joe Saxton

Trustees staying on board

Carolan Davidge, Cancer Research UK

Penelope Gibbs, Transform Justice

John Grounds, RSPCA

Betty McBride, British Heart Foundation

Steve Palmer, SCIE

Gail Scott Spicer, The Scout Association

Victoria Shooter, NDCS

Trustees joining the board

Elected

Keith Bradbrook, NSPCC

Donna Holland, Girlguiding UK

Seamus O’Farrell, Prostate Cancer UK

Appointed

Louisa Dallmeyer (treasurer)

Peter Gilheany, Forster

Motion proposed to approve the

appointment of the following trustees: John Grounds (chair)

Louisa Dallmeyer (treasurer)

Keith Bradbrook

Carolan Davidge

Penelope Gibbs

Peter Gilheany

Donna Holland

Betty McBride

Seamus O’Farrell

Steve Palmer

Gail Scott Spicer

Victoria Shooter

Proposed: Emma Harrison

Seconded: Kirsty Marrins

Motion carried.

Thank you Joe

“CharityComms shines

today because you

turned the light on.”