HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT AGE CONCERN BY BECOMING A MEMBER (OR ASSOCIATE MEMBER)

Notes to guide your decision
Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan is a local independent charity, Registered Charity Number: 260189.

Memberships

Membership of the Charity is free of charge. It lasts for one year and is renewable every Autumn, in advance of the Annual General Meeting.

Full Membership
Full Membership with voting rights is open to:

• Voluntary organisations
• Government departments
• Local Statutory Authorities
• Any corporate or unincorporated association serving or operating in all or part of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
• Individual persons aged eighteen or over in sympathy with the object of the Charity and either living or working in either Cardiff or the Vale of Glamorgan
  
  

Associate Membership
Associate Membership carries all the benefits of Full membership except voting rights and obligations. It is available for bodies or individuals in sympathy with the objects of the Charity that do not meet the above criteria or simply do not wish to avail themselves of the vote.
Meetings
Annual General Meeting
The Charity will hold an Annual General Meeting each year.
The business of the Annual General Meeting will include the election of Chair and members of the Board of Trustees, the consideration of accounts, the appointment of the auditors, and receipt of the Trustees Report detailing the work of the Charity since the last meeting.

Informal General Meetings
The Charity arranges a number of less formal meetings for information exchange and networking, for example Seminars and Older Person’s Congress, to which Full and Associate Members are invited..

Benefits of Membership
The organisation believes members have a right to:

• Be invited to meetings of the Charity.
• Have voting rights at meetings.
• Nominate and elect members of the Board of Trustees.
• Receive advance copies of the Trustees Report and Annual Statements of Financial Activities.
• Receive copies of all of the Charity’s publications.
• Receive copies of the volunteer newsletter.
• Receive mailings of the Charities Trust Fund Application Forms.
• Be notified of the availability and criteria of grants from Age Concern for project work.

Obligations of Members
The organisation expects all Members to:

• Support the vision, mission and aims of the organisation
• Promote the work of the organisation
• Respond to communications when invited to do so
• Participate in meetings and events, where practical.
• Notify us upon change of address or if unable to maintain membership for any reason

We also expect Full Members to:

• Attend the Annual General Meeting
• Utilise their voting powers to elect the Trustees of the Charity
• We expect corporate Members to notify us immediately whenever they wish to change their nominated representative.