TRUST BOARD MEMBERS

You can go to the page using this link -

www.ercultureandleisure.org/board

Perhaps these Board Members now want to open a dialogue with East Renfrewshire Residents/Council Tax Payers and not keep the work they do and their views/comments secretive?


East Renfrewshire Leisure and Culture Trust is led by a Board comprising independent members and Elected Member Trustees.

Danny Devlin

Councillor Devlin serves as an Independent Councillor for Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor and is the Convener for Housing and Maintenance Services.

He has been a local councillor for over a decade, and has a background in engineering.


Barbara grant

Councillor Barbara Grant represents Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham, and has been a local councillor in East Renfrewshire since 1988.

She is Vice-Chair of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee, and sits on the East Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board.

A member of Eastwood Rotary Club, before entering politics Barbara worked in the retail sector.


Professor Grant Jarvie

Professor Jarvie, Chair of Sport at Edinburgh University, has considerable experience of leading on a Trust Board and a demonstrable track record in securing external funding.

He has extensive operational experience including the management of highly successful integrated sports and leisure developments at various universities and has been heavily involved in leading significant change programmes.


Steven Larkin

Mr Larkin is Joint Secretary of the Trade s and Secretary of Unison.

He brings excellent experience of employee relations and considerable financial knowledge, and an first-class knowledge of East Renfrewshire Council and the operation of our services.


Colm Merrick (Vice chair)

Councillor Colm Merrick has represented Giffnock and Thornliebank since 2017, and is Convener for Community Services and Community Safety.

He sits on the Board of the East Renfrewshire Renewable Energy Fund, and the Renfrewshire Educational Trust.

Since graduating from Queen's University in Mathematics and Computing, Colm has extensive experience in the private sector with employers both large and small and across a range of industries including Defence, Financial services, Banking, Manufacturing, etc.

Latterly Colm has worked as a Project Manager with Capita.


Paul O'Kane

Councillor Paul O'Kane has been a local councillor since 2012, and represents Newton Mearns North and Neilston.

He is a Deputy Leader of the Council and Convener for Education and Equalities.

Amongst other roles he is Chair of the Education Committee, and Vice Chair of the Community Planning Board.

As well as being a Trustee of East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure, Paul sits on the East Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board, East Renfrewshire Renewable Energy Fund, The Renfrewshire Educational Trust, and SEEMIS.

He is Chair of the Neilston War Memorial Association.

Paul also works for ENABLE Scotland, Scotland's leading learning disability charity.


Dr Noreen Siddiqui

Dr. Noreen Q. Siddiqui, a resident of East Renfrewshire, is currently a Senior Lecturer in Marketing with the Department of Business Management, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Dr Siddiqui completed her PhD in the area of internet retailing, and teaches a range of modules on post graduate and undergraduate levels.

Areas of research interest include digital marketing, internet retailing, consumer consumption of technology and the 55+ shopper.

She is also an Ambassador for Anthony Nolan, the blood cancer charity.

Jim Wilson (chair)

Mr Wilson is a local resident and Deputy Editor of the Sunday Post.

A former Editor of the Sunday Mail, which was awarded Scotland's Newspaper of the Year under his editorship.

He effectively led the management of change across the newspaper title and managed significant budgets.

He was editorial executive with Media Scotland and had a key role in stewardship of the Sunday Mail's Centenary Fund.


Anthony McReavy (Chief Executive)

Formerly a museum curator, Anthony has managed local and regional museums and galleries.

He has also led a number of capital projects in the arts and heritage sector.

These include the Scottish Football Museum (2000), and two shortlisted for the Museum of the Year award: the award-winning Kelvingrove New Century Project (2006), and the Centre for New Enlightenment (2007), an innovative education and outreach programme for young people.

Kelvingrove was the largest lottery-funded project in Scottish history, later surpassed by the Riverside Museum (European Museum of the Year, 2013), for which Anthony led the fundraising campaign.

Before joining East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure, he was Director of Development at the University of Hull, securing the largest philanthropic donation in the University's 90 year history to build a £25m medical school building.

He was a director of Hull2017 UK City of Culture, and has been a director of one of the largest leisure trusts in the country, Glasgow Life, and of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the Chartered Management Institute, and is currently a director of Hull Truck Theatre and Chair of VOCAL, the association for culture and leisure managers in Scotland.

Closing date for applications:
Wednesday 13th February 2019

Interviews:
Tuesday 12th March 2019

East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure

Trustee Recruitment

East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Trust

East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure launched in July 2015 is a charity with over 400 employees delivering sport, leisure, arts and culture services in East Renfrewshire.

It operates four sports centres with gyms, fitness and swimming pools; 10 libraries; 18 community centres and sports pavilions; a 350 seat theatre; and a range of sports, arts, heritage and cultural services.

It runs a number of programmes and activities including the Active Schools programme for East Renfrewshire, funded by SportScotland, the schools’ holiday programme, and a wide range of arts, sports, library and heritage services.

Vision
Our vision is to inspire people to be active in sport, arts and culture.

Mission
Our mission is to be the highest-performing Leisure Trust in Scotland.
We will not only be more efficient and achieve more from our resources, but that we will grow with a view to becoming self-sufficient.

Values
We are a charitable social enterprise, which means we work for the benefit of everyone: the public, the communities we work in, the environment, our staff and our partners.

Strategic Aims
Create a financially sustainable business model, balancing strong ambitions with commercial viability

Develop an understanding of our customers and audiences and an offer that attracts them, working in partnership with organisations across the region to remove barriers to participation

Develop a strong, diverse, resilient and committed workforce, building on our commitment to growing people and ideas

Establishing East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure’s role at the heart of vibrant communities through the services we deliver, the opportunities we provide and the support we offer.

Developing resilient, dynamic and productive partnerships that are developed and nurtured to grow our business and maximise the impact we have in our communities.

These aims support our charitable objectives and our plans for ongoing organisational development and reflect our ambition to grow our services.

Performance
The Trust was launched in July 2015. Since inception, the Trust has continued to develop its services and operating processes to ensure effective and efficient delivery of services to the local community, supporting its charitable objectives, whilst improving its commercial focus.

Visits to Leisure Centres up 29% to 709,409 since 2014/15

Gym members up 16% to 2,568 since 2014/15

Community Sports attendances up 22% to 174,094 since 2014/15

Professional Theatre attendances up 16.7% since 2014/15

Library visits (including virtual) up 51.4% to 1,310,493 since 2014/15

More information can be found in the documents below:

Business Plan

The Role – Trustee
Our Trustees are responsible for making sure that the Trust is administered effectively, and in a manner consistent with its charitable purposes, and that it is able to account for its activities and outcomes to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, its funding partners and to the public.

They also contribute to the overall governance and strategic direction of the organisation. Ideally the successful candidate will have skills, capability and / or experience of operating at a senior capacity within a Board.

Additional Board responsibilities include:
Setting strategic direction and policy;
Determining the direction of the Trust by agreeing plans and objectives;
Governing the Trust by establishing broad policies and overseeing their implementation;
Establishing the availability of adequate financial resources, including approving annual budgets;
Ensuring compliance to the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and any other legislation or areas of compliance;
Accounting to the stakeholders for the Trust’s performance;
Maintaining proper relationships with the local and national government, funders, sponsors and the general public;
Selecting, appointing, supporting and reviewing the performance of the chief executive;
Monitoring performance of trustees and management.
Trustees are appointed for a maximum term of four years and may serve a further term of four years.
The current Board has identified a wide range of skills and knowledge that it believes are necessary for effective governance.
They are:
Governance
Legal
Sports, Arts and Culture
Marketing / Communications
Media Relations and / or Journalism
HR
Accounting and Finance
Education
Fundraising
Charity / Not-for-profit

More information can be found in the documents below:
Trustee Role Profile
Trustee Code of Conduct

How to Apply
If you would like to discuss the role in further detail please contact Catriona Mackie at our recruitment partners, Aspen People, on 0141 212 7555.

To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter / supporting statement expressing why you are interested in this opportunity and your suitability via the relevant link below:
Click here to apply.
Please note that you will receive an immediate acknowledgement of your application. If you do not receive this please contact Kelsey Sinclair on 0141 212 7555.
We have provided below a note of all the critical dates within this external recruitment campaign which we hope will help you plan your diary:

Closing date for applications:
Wednesday 13th February 2019

Interviews:
Tuesday 12th March 2019
© East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Trust 2019

You can read the actual document here -

www.aspenpeople.co.uk/ERCLT/

Last Board Meeting – Tuesday 4th December 2018

No that's it. No venue, No time, NO AGENDA

Charity or Secret Society ???

You can check here(Scroll down page) -

www.ercultureandleisure.org/about

Next Board Meeting –

Tuesday 26 February 2019 The Foundry, Main Street , Barrhead.

No that's it. No time, NO AGENDA

Too busy to publish an Agenda?

Too busy to email me a copy of Agenda?

A 2 minute job.

If staff in the Business Support Unit are that over-worked I think they should be complaining to their (and Bosses).

Charity or Secret Society ???

See below -

Sent: 18 February 2019 13:45
To: Walker, Margaret
Subject: Next ERCLT Board Meeting

Hi

When will the Agenda for the December ERCLT Board meeting be available.

When will the Minutes for the December ERCLT Board meeting be available.

When will the next ERCLT Board meeting take place and where.

Thanks

----Original message----
From : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Date : 18/02/2019 - 15:04 (GMT)
Subject : RE: Next ERCLT Board Meeting

Thank you for your enquiry.

The Agenda of the Board Meeting held on Tuesday 4 December 2018 will be published along with the minute of that meeting once they have been ratified at the next Board meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday 26 February 2019.

That meeting will be held in The Foundry, Main Street , Barrhead.

If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards
Margaret

Margaret Walker

Personal Assistant to
Anthony McReavy
Chief Executive
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Limited


Sent: 18 February 2019 15:30
To: Walker, Margaret
Subject: Re: RE: Next ERCLT Board Meeting

Hi

Thanks for this.

I recall that Agendas have been published before minutes in the past.

I would request that Agendas are published before the meetings take place. That would appear to be their purpose.

I don't think there is anything unreasonable in that.

Thanks

----Original message----
From : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Date : 18/02/2019 - 16:28 (GMT)
Subject : RE: RE: Next ERCLT Board Meeting

The Agendas for the Board meetings have not been published ahead of the meeting in the past, and, at this stage, the Board members have not been issued the Agenda for the meeting on 26 February 2019.

Regards
Margaret .
Margaret Walker
Personal Assistant to
Anthony McReavy
Chief Executive
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Limited


Sent: 18 February 2019 16:59
To: Walker, Margaret
Subject: Re: RE: RE: Next ERCLT Board Meeting

Hi

Would appreciate and request if when Agenda is issued to Board members that it is published.

I don't think there is anything unreasonable in that.

Thanks


----Original message----
From : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Date : 20/02/2019 - 10:16 (GMT)
Subject : RE: RE: RE: Next ERCLT Board Meeting

Thank you for your e-mail regarding publishing the Agenda for the Board meeting to be held on 26 February 2019.

The Agenda for the meeting is published along with the approved minute of the meeting.

To publish the Agenda before the meeting would incur extra work and at this stage, we do not have the extra capacity within the Business Support Unit to take on extra work.

I now consider this matter closed.

Regards
Margaret
Margaret Walker
Personal Assistant to
Anthony McReavy
Chief Executive
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Limited


When they are eventually issued you can read Agendas/Minutes here -

(Scroll down page) -

www.ercultureandleisure.org/about