Preston City of sanctuary annual general meeting for 2022 will be held on Monday December 5th from 6pm-8pm
Preston City of Sanctuary
Preston City of sanctuary annual general meeting for 2022 will be held on Monday December 5th from 6pm-8pm
It will be an in person meeting at UCLAN,
Brook Building Room 009, Victoria St, Preston PR1 7QR
We hope you will be able to join us at our Annual General Meeting as we think about plans for the coming year. The agenda is listed below.
One of the most important parts of the AGM will be the election and appointment of officers to serve for the following year. All posts including including Chair, vice-chair, treasurer, secretary and communications officer are up for re-election annually. We are able to take nominations at any time up to the meeting but they should be in writing/ by email and be nominated and seconded by people who are already members of Preston City of Sanctuary. So please if you have suggestions or would like to volunteer please email us before the meeting. We are especially keen to involve people who as refugees or sanctuary seekers are experts by experience.
Members may also propose resolutions to the AGM: Please email them to us in advance:
Our constitution is available on the website
via this page https://preston.cityofsanctuary.org/who-we-are
We are also attaching an annual report covering what we have been doing in 2022.
Agenda:
Apologies
Last years AGM minutes
Matters Arising
Annual report 2022... see below
Annual financial statement
Election / Officers to be appointed and serving for 2023
Chair
Vice Chair ..
Secretary
Treasurer
Communications
Plus up to 7 Core group members for current members see https://preston.cityofsanctuary.org/who-we-are
Presentations from Speakers
Sir Mark Hendrick MP will join us via and online video link from Parliament
A Sanctuary seeker ( details TBC)
Round Table Discussions
Ideas for involving more sanctuary seekers in the governance, activities and work of PCoS to be facilitated by core group members
Questions and A.O.B
Please also note for your diary Proposed dates of next years meetings
FULL NETWORK MEETINGS .. take place once a quarter on Tuesday evenings from 6pm.
Proposed dates for 2023
February 21 (provisional .. and possibly online?)
May 16
September 12
December 5 (AGM)
Core group meetings (on zoom) are usually scheduled for Tuesdays 4 weeks before the full network meetings,
In Addition We are planning:
An Online Training session on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking led by our partners Hope for Justice.
Tuesday 10th January.. Details and Bookings via Eventbrite
A gathering of stakeholder organisations with the aim of mapping out services, responsibilties and partnerships in Preston and the surrounding areas.
To be held at the Salvation Army, Harrington Street on Tuesday 14th February 2023 from 10am -12 noon.
A gathering for people seeking sanctuary and their families, probably on a Saturday in March.. Details TBC.
Refugee week is June 19-25 2023 - we hope to run some events
Many thanks,
Greg Smith – on behalf of
Preston City of Sanctuary Team