The document summarizes the agenda and proceedings of the CharityComms AGM 2013. It discusses: 1) Key financial figures and growth in membership over 2011-2012. 2) Achievements in events, publications, and activities over the past year including mentoring partnerships, benchmark reports, and networking groups. 3) Upcoming plans including best practice guides, benchmarks, and continued focus on networking events. 4) Election of new trustees to the board and expression of thanks to outgoing trustees.

1. CharityComms AGM 2013
Welcome: Joe Saxton, chair

2. Agenda
Vicky Browning, director
1) Review of activities 2011-12
2) Approval of annual report and accounts
3) Latest activity
4) Election of trustees
5) AOB

3. Our vision
Communications are integral to each charity’s
work for a better world. Our vision is a charity sector
that values and uses effective communications.
Our mission
We aim to improve the standard of
communications and champion its role in the
sector. We seek to represent, support, inspire,
connect and inform our members and the wider
charity communications community.

4. Key achievements 2011-12: financial
Income: £193,415
Expenditure: £200,782
Balance of funds at
year end: (£304)
Current reserves (cash in
bank at Feb 2013): £69,348

5. Key achievements 2011-12: membership
• Individual members grew from 191 to 224 (now 271)
• Organisational members grew from 36 to 68 (now 117)
• Corporate members grew from 13 to 24 (now 35)
• We facilitated 61 mentoring partnerships
“There is so much knowledge within
the sector and some great innovations
happening across the board.
CharityComms provides an invaluable
network for this to be shared to the
benefit of us all.”
Hannah Essex, associate director
communications, TeachFirst

6. Key achievements 2011-12: events
• 25 events held
• Over 1,000 comms professionals attended
• Satisfaction rate of 94% excellent or good
“I thought the workshop yesterday
was excellent – really tackling an
issue that many charities face in a
thought provoking way.”
Louise Robertshaw, head of
marketing and comms,
Guide Dogs

7. Key achievements 2011-12: other activity
•CharityComms Guide to Social Media for Charities
•Happy birthday to us! 5 years old in April 2012
•Beginners’ Guide to Media
Licensing in the Charity Sector
•Ongoing campaign to remove
the burden of media licensing
fees

8. Motion proposed to approve the annual report
and accounts for financial year 2011-12
Proposed: Rob Dyson
Seconded: Gail Scott Spicer
Motion carried.

9. Recent activity
• CharityComms Communications Benchmark 2012
• Brand refresh and new website
• Show and tell: Best Practice Guide to Portraying
Beneficiaries and Service Users
• Branding Inside Out: Best Practice Guide to
Branding
• CharityComms Career Competency Framework
• New networking groups:
Heads of Digital, Sole Comms,
South West Regional Group
• Lots of great events

10. Coming soon
• Our 10-year vision
• What goes where? Analysis of charity structures and
the place of communications
• Best Practice Guide to Working with Celebrities
• Best Practice Guide to Communications Strategy
• CharityComms Digital Benchmark
• Updated AskCharity service
• Lots more great events:
www.charitycomms.org.uk

11. Trustees saying farewell
Judith Barnard
Rob Dyson
Ben Matthews
James Moss
Joe Saxton

12. Trustees staying on board
Carolan Davidge, Cancer Research UK
Penelope Gibbs, Transform Justice
John Grounds, RSPCA
Betty McBride, British Heart Foundation
Steve Palmer, SCIE
Gail Scott Spicer, The Scout Association
Victoria Shooter, NDCS

13. Trustees joining the board
Elected
Keith Bradbrook, NSPCC
Donna Holland, Girlguiding UK
Seamus O’Farrell, Prostate Cancer UK
Appointed
Louisa Dallmeyer (treasurer)
Peter Gilheany, Forster

14. Motion proposed to approve the
appointment of the following trustees:
John Grounds (chair)
Louisa Dallmeyer (treasurer)
Keith Bradbrook
Carolan Davidge
Penelope Gibbs Proposed: Emma Harrison
Peter Gilheany Seconded: Kirsty Marrins
Motion carried.
Donna Holland
Betty McBride
Seamus O’Farrell
Steve Palmer
Gail Scott Spicer
Victoria Shooter

15. Thank you Joe
“CharityComms shines
today because you
turned the light on.”