The new Balmullo Social Committee has been established to:
- Promote community spirit and involvement in Balmullo and the immediate area, through various social events through-out the year.
- Provide support for staging events for other local groups and committees to help widen participation.
Join our Facebook group to keep up to date or email us at social@balmullocommunity.co.uk.
Tell me more about the Balmullo Social Committee
The Balmullo Social Committee has been established to bring the community together by organising social events through-out the year. In recent years it has been increasingly challenging to get members of the community to join what was the Gala Committee, so there wasn’t enough people to plan, organise and run a large event such as the Gala. As an alternative, the Social Committee was formed to organise smaller, more regular events. This means the number/level of events will match the number of people in the committee. If in future, we have a larger committee there is no reason why we couldn’t hold another traditional Gala day on the traditional 2nd Saturday in June.
What is the Balmullo Social Committee?
The Social Committee is open to anyone who is 16 years or over and living in the Balmullo area. Anyone who is a full member of the committee has full voting rights over decision made in relation to the planning and running of events. The Management Committee consists of 4 office bearer roles: Chairperson; Vice-Chairperson; Treasurer and Secretary. All the office bearers and full committee members are in a Whatsapp group and keep in touch regularly.
How often do the Balmullo Social Committee Meet?
There is an Annual General Meeting each year around September/October where the Committee for the following year is appointed. The rest of the year we plan to have a monthly meeting to discuss any new ideas and to organise any upcoming events. There is no requirement for committee members to attend every meeting. We also aim to reach out to the community through Facebook to ask for suggestions and feedback which will hopefully mean those who can’t make meetings will still have a voice.
What are the Office Bearer roles and what do they do?
Chairperson
- Facilitates and chairs committee meetings
- Ensures the Committee rules are followed
- Compiles meeting agendas
- Overseas the project plan ensuring agreed actions have been followed
- Signatory on payments
Treasurer
- Presents monthly statement of Income and Expenditure at committee meetings
- Proposes recommendations regarding expenditure of finances
- Prepares the financial records for the annual audit
- Ensures all monies are banked
- Ensures all appropriate Insurance Policies are current and are reviewed annually
- Keeps records of all receipts and payments
- Ensures that all financial records are maintained
- Signatory on payments
Secretary
- Records minutes of all meetings, cross checking for accuracy with Chairperson
- Distributes minutes and action plans
- Maintains register of all members and committee members
- Maintains all relevant documents and paperwork required to be completed
Vice Chairperson
- In absence of Chairperson, facilitate and chair committee meetings
I am unable to commit to being an office bearer - how else can I help?
If you are unable to commit to being a full office bearer, why not join as an ordinary member of the committee. You can attend whichever meetings you can, or you can join the Whatsapp group to be part of the discussion.
You can also provide us your email address so that we can send you emails with latest news / meetings / requests for help.
Please complete your details below if you are interested in joining the Balmullo Social Committee.
