Annual General Meeting of Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust, 14th Sept, 6pm at the Gardens

In addtion to the email you will have received directly, here are the formal papers about the AGM

• NOTICE FOR AGM 14TH SEPT

• Proxy Form Castle Bromwich Gardens Trust AGM 2024

• AGM 2023 minutes

• Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting of Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust 7th June 2024

• Castle Bromwich Hall & Gardens – SORP Accounts Dec-2023 FINAL – Google Sheets

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The Board with the updated articles

Trustee Board

• A board of 3 -15 individuals
• Rotation: usually 3 years with a max of 3 terms of 3 years

To support the transition and strengthen the operation and range of the board, 2 of the current caretaker trustees commit to a further year (or more) so that not all trustees will be retiring at the same time in 3 years’ time.

Appointment of Trustees/Directors

The governing Articles now reflect the standard practice for charities and the Trust will also work to the good practice processes of the charity sector and especially those recommended in the heritage sector (ie by the Association Independent Museums).

The open recruitment process begins with public call outs from time to time, setting out the particular skills and experiences that the Board needs to improve Governance.

• Suitable individuals may also be invited to apply.
• Potential Trustees will be asked to apply with a cv/covering letter,
• subsequently invited to meet with the Chair and one or more trustees and,
• if suitable will be proposed to the full Board and accepted by resolution.
• Any person accepted to the Board can then be confirmed in the position at the following AGM.
• All Trustee/Directors must be(come) Members of the Trust.

2024 Recruiting Trustees – flyer

 

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Brief Biogs of Trustees

Bethan Collerton

Bethan is a Senior Horticulturist at Birmingham Botanical Gardens having relatively recently moved to Birmingham from South Yorkshire where she worked for English Heritage at Brodsworth Hall. Although an experienced gardens manager this will be her first Trustee role.

Bethan contacted the Trust after a call out for trustees to the informal mutual support grouping ‘Gardens of Birmingham’  (Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust,Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Martineau Gardens and Winterbourne House andGardens).

Trustee since Aug 2024

Helen Johnson

Is currently Community Engagement and Partnerships Officer with Staffordshire Archives & HeritageService. She has worked in the museum and heritage sector for over 25 years.Skilled in collections management and collections care, exhibition planning and interpretation, volunteer management, partnership working and engagement with stakeholders.

Trustee since 2019

Seb Lovell-Huckle

Seb is a senior arts leader with extensive experience of leading organisations. He is currently CEO of the English Symphony Orchestra. His contact with the Gardens started in 2019 when the Gardens were used for his engagement photos …and then through working on joint events in the Gardens in his previous post as Executive Director for Birmingham Contemporary MusicGroup.

As an experienced trustee with excellent arts fundraising and governance experience his skills will be very welcome.

Trustee since Aug 2024

Ted Richards OBE

Ted’s connection with both the Hall and the Gardens Trust goes back a very long way.

A senior engineer by trade, he once lived at the Hall itselfduring his apprenticeship with GEC. As well as serving as Councillor to the Parish and subsequently the Borough Council for more than 50 years (including seven years as Leader of SMBC), Ted has been a trustee since the formation of the Trust in 1985 and helped see theTrust through many developments and changes.

Trustee since 1985