Annual General Meeting – Wednesday 2 September 2020 at 5 pm
We have rescheduled our AGM to take place on Wednesday 2 September to be held virtually via Zoom. The meeting will start at 5 pm. For further information, please visit our new AGM page.
Advisory Council 4 April 2020 – postponed
If you would like to be involved with our Advisory Council, please see here for further information.
If you are interested in seeing any of the following policies, please contact us and we would be happy to forward them on –
Archive and record retention, Assessment of risks, Business Continuity Plan, Complaints, Confidentiality, Conflict of interest, Disciplinary, Equal opportunities, Expenses, Grant and loan-making, Grievance, Investment and reserves, Loan and legal charge protocol, Lone working, Membership, Safeguarding, Staff Handbook, Standing financial instructions
We also have the following Role Descriptions – Chairman, Patron, Treasurer, Trustee, Vice-Chairman, Vice-Presidents
Annual General Meeting – Thursday 13 June 2019
Thank you to everyone that attended or contacted us about the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BDA Benevolent Fund on Thursday 13 June 2019 at 3.30 pm. Over 30 Members learned about the last financial year, had an update from the Chairman and voted on future plans.
Over the last two years, governance arrangements were reviewed to bring the organisation up to date; clarify a number of areas where the provisions were unclear or irrelevant, ensuring the charity is effective and efficient now, as well as being fit for the future. Therefore, a number of resolutions to make changes to the governing document (the ‘Rules’) were put forward.
The four main proposals amending the charity’s governing document were;
- Resolution one: To amend the Objects (i.e. the purpose of the charity) to clarify that applicants must be living in the UK to be eligible for support. This has been agreed with by the Charity Commission and does not change how or who we currently help Dental Students, Dentists and their families in financial need.
- Resolution two: to clarify the wording in relation to the current arrangement that; Members of the BDA are also Members of the BDA Benevolent Fund, and to add two additional categories of Membership; to Trustees for governance purposes; and a Partnership Membership category to invite ex-beneficiaries, donors and supporters who are not BDA Members
- Resolution three: to simplify the structure and the composition of the Board, and to clarify the process of recruitment and election of Trustees as well as creating a term of office
- Resolution four: some administration and procedural changes, for example, clarifying proceedings at meetings, allowing those who can’t attend AGM or EGMs to vote remotely (via proxy voting) and reducing the time scale for amendments at AGM to be more relevant and appropriate.
These were all unanimously agreed and the new Rules approved. Further information and documents for the meeting are below.
AGM1 2019 Agenda
AGM3 2019 Annual Report 2018
AGM4 2019 Resolutions to amend the Rules
Explanatory note for the AGM Resolutions
Rules for 2019