CIH Yorkshire and Humberside regional AGM and evening event on Going Local: housing s role in strong and sustainable communities Thursday 28 June 2012 Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LG AGENDA 4:30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.30pm 6.40pm 6.50pm 7.00pm 7.20pm 7.40pm 7.55pm 8.00pm Registration Pre dinner drinks reception BBQ on restaurant balcony Annual General Meeting and Introductions Jayne Hellowell, Regional Chair Minutes of 2011 Annual Meeting Matters arising Review of Regional Officer s Reports (any questions to Officers) Outgoing Chairs address Election of Committee Officer s 2012/13 Election of Committee Members 2012/13 Handover of Chain of Office Vote of thanks to retiring members Any other business Introductions, Stephen Blundell, Incoming Yorkshire and Humberside Chair The future direction of CIH, Robin Lawler, CIH President How can housing support employment, personal growth and economic growth? Gavin Smart, Director of Policy and Practice, CIH How can we challenge apathy and lack of civic participation? Mike Chitty, Consultant and Community Activist Questions to speakers Closing remarks, Stephen Blundell, Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Chair Close Admission is free but booking is essential as places are strictly limited. Please see booking information at the end of this document. CIH members and non members welcome. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE EVENT OF A BALLOT ONLY MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE
Nominations for Regional Officer Posts 2012/13 Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Policy Officer Membership Officer Education & Training Officer Student Representative Stephen Blundell Vacant Vacant Helen Wordsworth Martyn Broadest Simon Williams Kate Radovanovic Lucy Hudson Nominations for Committee Member Posts 2012/13 Jayne Petrie Steve Hepworth Abdul Ravat David Higgins Maxine Wigley Veronica Evans Ceri Lewis Michelle Park Andrea Morris Michael Hall
CIH Yorkshire and Humberside Annual General Meeting Minutes of meeting held on Thursday 30 th June 2011 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (6.45pm) Attended Ceri Lewis in the Chair Munir Ahmed Riz Aziz Wendy Banks Claire Beecroft Stephen Blundell Dave Bramley Martyn Broadest Lyndsey Cassidy Paul Common Karen Cowan Kylie Crane Laura Devaney Kevin Dodd John Earnshaw Rosemary Edwards Veronica Evans Debbie Fagan Wendy Foster Stephanie Furness Amanda Garrard Maggie Gjessing Ernie Gray Roy Greenwell Bob Hall Graham Hall Michael Hall Sarah Hall Aimee Harper Jayne Hellowell Steve Hepworth David Higgins Geraldine Howley Nicola Johnson Richard Kershaw Alison Leech Ceri Lewis Dianne McQueen Elaine Mussett Allyson Newton Michelle Park Andrew Petrie Kate Radovanovic Abdul Ravat Ian Richardson Gillian Ritchie Kathryn Robinson Sara Scholes Tracie Seals John Shepherd Lee Sugden Alan Tate Matthew Walker Claudia Walsh Marilyn Webb Alistair West Mike Weston David Whitehead Anthony Whittaker Simon Williams Rachel Willoughby James Wilson Apologies Karen Maxwell Andrea Morris Dave Procter Karl Tupling 1. Welcome & Minutes of the Previous Meeting Ceri Lewis welcomed delegates to the Yorkshire and Humberside 2011 AGM. Amanda Garrard informed of apologies from Dave Procter and Andrea Morris. The minutes of the Annual Meeting held on Thursday 20 th May 2010 were reviewed. Amanda asked for her name to be added to the 2010 attendee list as it had been missed. Otherwise, agreed as a true and accurate record. Ceri thanked all the committee and members for their help in the region over the past year. 3
2. Officer s Report Amanda referred delegates to the Regional Officer reports attached to the agenda papers. The meeting noted the reports. There were no questions 3. Election of the Yorkshire and Humberside Committee 2011/12 The following individuals were elected to the committee: Chair Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer Policy Officer Membership Officer Education & Training Officer Press & PR Officer Committee members Dave Bramley Martyn Broadest Veronica Evans Maggie Gjessing Ernie Gray Steve Hepworth David Higgins Abdul Ravat John Shepherd Mike Weston Maxine Wigley Helen Wordsworth Jayne Hellowell Stephen Blundell Amanda Garrard Vacant Martyn Broadest Vacant Kate Radovanovic Ian Richardson Ex-Officio (Council Member) Karl Tupling Andrea Morris was nominated from the floor by Graham Hall from Habinteg HA. All nominations were agreed. 4. Handover of Chain of Office Ceri Lewis handed over the Chain of Office to Jayne Hellowell. accepted the Vice Chair Chain. Stephen Blundell 5. Chair s Address Jayne was delighted to accept the Chairmanship of the region and spoke about bringing health and wellbeing being part of the housing agenda and bringing this to the fore over the next 12 months. Amanda warmly thanked Ceri for her two years stewardship. Jayne formally introduced Helen Collins, Abigail Davies, Professor Ian Cole and David Orr before drawing the meeting to a close. 4
Report by the Chair of the Yorkshire & Humberside CIH Region Annual Meeting June 2012 This year we have worked hard to ensure that our activity plan is structured against key objectives of the region. Our 4 key areas of activity are Membership, Events, Policy and Education. We believe that these areas support the regional members and encourage growth in membership. By promoting membership through our events seminars and conference we hope to encourage new members. In addition we are keen to encourage student involvement both at branch level and sponsorship at events including the CIH conference in Manchester and we are linking the work of membership through our education sub group. Policy debate is a standing item at all our committees with key policy themes reflected in the range of seminars and at our regional conference in May. We are in the process of updating our manifesto to reflect our work and priorities. We continue to enthusiastically run a programme of events throughout the year. May 2012 saw our annual conference address the new landscape with themes around localism and welfare reform looking at what this means to us. This is supported by a series of seminars to support topical debate including the ageing population and challenges for society that affects how we deliver housing and support. Member feedback from seminars provides us with information on topics that they would like to see at seminars and we hope that we are satisfying our members by providing vital practitioner support in this way. We have strengthened feedback to members by commissioning work to provide post event briefings so that those who are unable to attend can capture the debate in a succinct way. The regional committee is working to put in place the new governance arrangements for the transition to regional boards. This will be a challenge for the Yorkshire and Humber region as our current committee membership is thriving. However we will be sad to see long standing members stand down to make way for new members. We are confident they will bring to the region a wealth of experience and knowledge to assist us in continuing to operate a successful committee. Our thanks go out to those standing down with particular acknowledgement to Ian Richardson, John Shepherd and Amanda Garrard for their long standing commitment to our work which has brought about over a decade of commitment to the work of the regional committee and housing. We wish them all the very best. I stand down as chair too so I would like to thank my colleagues for supporting me over the past 12 months and wish our incoming Chair Stephen good luck in his new role. Jayne Hellowell Chair of the CIH Yorkshire and Humber Region June 2012 5
Report of the Treasurer to the Yorkshire & Humberside CIH Region Annual Meeting June 2012 The outturn for 2011 is reported at 9,131 against a total budget of 20,409. The total budget was made up of a budget allocation of 16,141 plus a carry forward of 4,268 from the previous year. One of the main strands of the Region s activities is the seminar programme which has continued to be well received by members and guests. These were augmented by a very successful AGM event in June which was extremely well attended. These activities accounted for the biggest element of expenditure during the year. Only a certain proportion of unallocated monies can be carried forward from one year to the next. A figure of 4,035 from the overall surplus for 2011 has been carried forward into 2012. The budget allocation and associated Regional Activity Plan for 2012 has been set at 14,541, thereby bringing the total available for branch expenditure in 2012 to 18,576. Helen Wordsworth Regional Treasurer June 2012 6
Yorkshire and Humberside Policy Officer s Report Annual Meeting 2012 Policy work in the last year has focussed on engaging the Regional Committee in discussions on policy topics relevant to the region. These have included: - Promoting a single housing voice for the region - The impact of the Localism Bill - How housing organisations around the region are preparing for Welfare Reform - Rural housing issues (with a view to further activity later in the year as part of Rural Housing Week) The committee is currently considering a project to commission a piece of good practice research regarding effective preparation for the impacts of Welfare Reform around the region. Other key discussion items at Committee have been the CIH Governance changes, and feedback from the CIH Learning and Development Review As Policy Officer I also represented the Region at one of the last two Council meetings prior to the introduction of the new CIH Board of Governance. The Policy Group was represented at the Regional Policy Officers meeting, and we have continued to engage with the CIH Policy team on an on going basis. We are grateful for their continued support over the last 12 months In the coming year, as well as continuing with the policy discussions and programmed work we will be considering how we can develop the operation of the Policy Group within the context of the new Governance structure. We would welcome interest from members would like to contribute to regional CIH policy activity. Martyn Broadest Policy Officer, Yorkshire and Humberside 7
Chartered Institute of Housing Yorkshire & Humberside Annual General Meeting 2012: Membership Officer s Report Membership Benefits The CIH strives to offer its members the best possible benefits and services. Some of the membership benefits include: Free weekly copy of Inside Housing and bi-monthly Housing Practice magazine CIH News & Views e-newsletter Practice briefs (looking at detailed policy and legal backgrounds of each topic) Member alerts (sent as hot topics as a result of government or legislative change) Practice online (comprehensive online housing manual to help your organisation s policies and procedures) Regional events, seminars and conferences Career mentoring and access to careers related workshops and webinars Access to the job shadowing scheme, careers information sheets and the careers and employment helpline Discounts on CIH products, services and training An extensive list of all member benefits can be seen online at www.cih.org/membershipservices Membership Levels At the end of 2011/12 Yorkshire and Humberside had a total of 1,491 members. This equates to 7% of all CIH membership and makes Y&H the 6 th largest of the 10 regional branches in England. Compared to 2010/11 Y&H saw a significant decrease of 1,046 members, the vast majority arising from the end of a formal strategic partnership with a regional housing provider. The distribution seen across the two membership levels at the end of March 2011 was 64% (952) CIH Members and 36% (539) CIH Chartered Members. Membership Demographic By Gender & Ethnicity The CIH Yorkshire and Humberside membership profile by gender was 60% Female and 40% Male. The profile by ethnicity was 90% White British, 4.4% Black, 3.1% Asian, 1.2% Mixed Race, 1% Other. This exceeded the target for Y&H BME members. Membership Activities During 2011/12 Membership activities have increased during 2011/12. There has been greater emphasis upon promoting membership at regional events and conferences, greater promotion of tenant membership, and the creation of a student representative role on the committee. Discussing membership issues across different regions has also been undertaken to share knowledge and identify best practice, and the new Member Get Member campaign (where new members get 3 months membership free) has been launched. Work continues to trial a regionally-focussed online social media platform for CIH Y&H Members, and this will hopefully be finalised in 2012/13. Simon Williams, CIH Yorkshire and Humberside Membership Officer, June 2012 8
Chartered Institute of Housing Yorkshire & Humberside Education and Training Officer s Report Annual Meeting 2012 The CIH as a professional body continues to support personal and professional development. The Yorkshire and Humberside Committee continues to actively promote education and training opportunities across the region and has attained the following achievements in the past year: In 2011, 46 people from the region successfully became Chartered Members. They achieved this by various routes, either by completing a recognised academic programme, the Direct Final programme or the APEX Express route. A student from Leeds Metropolitan University was jointly awarded the CIH National Student Prize in November 2011 for her academic achievements and was invited to the CIH Presidential Dinner in February 2012 to receive her award. There are currently 4 accredited centres delivering various CIH housing qualifications at Levels 2-4 in the region: Dutton Fisher & Associates Leeds College of Building The Centre for Partnership (Bradford) Wakefield and District Housing. There are also 2 universities delivering courses leading to CIH Chartered Membership: Leeds Metropolitan University and Sheffield Hallam University. To date in 2012, 8 people have achieved Chartered Membership. The Yorkshire and Humberside Committee has worked closely with the CIH, local universities and providers to improve the services that the CIH offers to students as well as addressing the viability of maintaining the provision of professional housing qualifications in the region. The committee continues to promote the benefits of CIH membership by attending various forums and events. I would like to thank all members of the Committee who have contributed suggestions for how work could develop in this area and the team at Coventry, for all their enthusiasm and support throughout the year. Kate Radovanovic Committee Education and Training Officer May 2012 9
Chartered Institute of Housing Yorkshire and Humberside Annual Meeting Thursday 28 th June 2012 Proxy Voting Form Name CIH Membership Number I am unable to attend the Annual Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Housing Yorkshire and Humberside. I would therefore like the Chair/a nominated individual* to vote on my behalf (please delete as applicable). The person I would like to nominate to vote on my behalf is: (name of person) Signature Date Please return this Proxy Voting Form by Friday 22 nd June 2012 to: Claire Williamson Regional Support Coordinator Chartered Institute of Housing Octavia House Westwood Way Coventry CV4 8JP E. claire.williamson@cih.org 10
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Yorkshire & Humberside regional AGM and evening seminar on going local Event Code: 2516024 28 June 2012 Registered Charity No: 244067-R Rates: CIH Member Rate Delegate Rate FREE FREE Contact Name on behalf of delegates: Organisation: Department: Address: Telephone: Postcode: Fax: Where did you hear about this event? Please choose one Flyer Ezine Bulk email Employer recommendation Website Other, please specify Invoice Address: (If different) Terms & Conditions All cancellations must be made in writing. If, at the time of booking, you do not know the names of delegates, please let us have names no later than two weeks before the event. Please note that the CIH cannot guarantee that delegates names will be printed on the delegate list and a badge will be produced, if bookings are received within 10 working days of an event. Please keep a photocopy of this form for your records, if possible. CIH Events will not be liable for reimbursing delegate fees if delegates are not able to attend an event due to circumstances out of the CIH s reasonable control including, but not limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, transport strikes, closures or delays or any other Force Majeure or Act of God. This booking is subject to the usual CIH Terms & Conditions. Joining instructions will be sent out 10 working days before the event. If you do not receive your JI s please call the events team on 024 7685 1722. If you decide not to attend an event because you have not received JI s you will not be eligible for a refund. By submitting this booking I agree to the CIH terms and conditions ( please tick this box) Data Protection Act 1998 In making this booking your contact details will be stored on our database. We will use this data for the purposes of processing your booking and to contact you in the future with information about other CIH events and products that may be of interest to you. If you would prefer not to be informed of CIH products please tick this box. Limitation of Liability The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) accepts responsibility for accident, injury or loss suffered whilst attending this event, if it is directly due to negligence on our part. Delegates are responsible for taking care of their own property. CIH accepts no responsibility for any loss incurred whilst using material or information gained at this event. Cancellation of Events CIH may have to cancel an event. In this case, we will return any payments received in advance. We will not refund any other costs you may incur as a result of this cancellation. Copyright The copyright of all training material rests with the CIH or the trainer. All CIH members are entitled to receive the discounted rate as indicated. If you are not currently a CIH member and would like to benefit from this discount please contact Customer Services on 024 7685 1700 or email customer.services@cih.org or visit our website www.cih.org/services/membership/index.php Title First Name Surname Job Title Email address Special Requirements. Eg. Access, dietary CIH Member No. (if applicable)
Directions to venue NB CAR PARKING is free for delegates. Please provide your registration number to the Sculpture Park Reception on arrival Yorkshire Sculpture Park is perfectly located for easy access. Situated one mile from junction 38 of the M1 with Leeds Sheffield and Manchester no more than an hour away. The London Kings Cross to Wakefield train service takes just over two hours. We are conveniently served by Leeds/Bradford International Airport, Sheffield Airport and Manchester International Airport. From the North or South Exit the M1 at Junction 38, take the A637 towards Huddersfield, and follow the Yorkshire Sculpture Park brown heritage signs for one mile until you reach a roundabout. At this roundabout, turn left past Archway Lodge and follow the road through to the YSP car park and Centre. From Wakefield Turn left onto the A637 from the A636. Proceed through West Bretton village until you reach a roundabout. At this roundabout, turn right and follow the road through to the YSP car park and Centre. From the East or West Leave the M62 at Junction 29 and take the M1 South towards Wakefield and Sheffield. Exit the M1 at Junction 38, take the A637 towards Huddersfield, and follow the Yorkshire Sculpture Park brown heritage signs for one mile until you reach a roundabout. At this roundabout, turn left past Archway Lodge and follow the road through to the YSP car park and Centre. YSP entrance on A637 towards Huddersfield