voluntary action north lincolnshire
Scunthorpe
Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire (VANL) is a Registered Charity and a Company
Limited by Guarantee, governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association
adopted on 19th March 1997, amended on 7th October 2004 and again on 4th October
2007. The date of Incorporation was 1st April 1997. A Board of Trustees (15 in
total) directs the policy and management of VANL. The members of the Board are
Directors of the Company for the purpose of charity law. They are elected from
the membership, or can be self-nominated as individual representatives if they
have specialist skills that will complement the make-up of the Board, to serve
for three years. They can also be co-opted annually if there are vacancies.
VANL’s purposes are the advancement of education, the protection of health and
the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. These aims are pursued by bringing
together voluntary and statutory organisations in Council and by encouraging
co-operation between organisations. VANL is a Council for Voluntary Service
(CVS). Its core work is to support, promote and develop the voluntary and
community sector (VCS) within North Lincolnshire. As well as its core activities
for members, at any one time VANL manages a variety of projects running on both
a small and large scale. VANL needs to evidence its work in five key areas,
these are: Services and support to promote VCS effectiveness: ranging from
typing and duplicating facilities to advice on charitable, organisational and
funding matters, and community accountancy. Liaison: encouraging networking
between groups within the sector and between the VCS and statutory and private
sectors. Representation: through facilitating forums and other groups to ensure
views are put forward on local policies. Development work: identifying gaps in
service provision and working with the VCS groups to develop new services to
meet those needs.
