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Home-Start Stirling is a Company Limited by Guarantee - we are still a 'not for profit' charity - but being incorporated minimises the risk to (Volunteer) Board members.
Although we are part of the national organisation of Home-Start, each scheme is run independently; we have an agreement with Home-Start UK, which ensures that we abide by their Standards and Methods of Practice and follow the Home-Start ethos and quality guidelines.
People who have an interest in what we do kindly give up their time to form our Management Board. Advisors from Health, Education & Social Work also attend our Board meetings.
The minimum requirement in relation to time commitment would be to attend our Board meetings, which occur approximately every 6 weeks.
We have a number of functional sub groups which members may also wish to take part in
The Board have overall responsibility for the management of the scheme; employment of staff and the general running of the scheme - although many of these tasks are, of course, delegated to the staff.
Board members are elected at the Annual General Meeting, which is usually held in June. For anyone interested in becoming a Board member, some previous committee experience is desirable, but not essential as full induction and ongoing training will be available. See the Current Vacancies Page for details of the latest opportunities.
Although Board members would never, under normal circumstances be privy to information about any individual family that we work with, they do from time to time, have contact with families and volunteers at social events such as Christmas parties and trips etc. We therefore ask all of our Board volunteers to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure - full criminal records - check. We also ask for two personal references. Prior convictions would not necessarily stop someone from joining the Management Board, it would depend on the nature of the offence, however we must stress that some offences would automatically be a barrier to working with us.
Our Board meetings are very informal and hopefully you will get many benefits from becoming part of our organisation. All out of pocket expenses incurred on behalf of Home-Start will be reimbursed.
