Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Emsworth Residents Forum (ERF) will be held in the Assembly Room of Emsworth Community Centre at 7.00 pm on 28th November 2024, for the following purposes:

1.    To vote on a proposal for the ERF to register with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), to become active on 1st April 2025.

2.    To vote to extend the current financial year by 3 months to 31st March 2025 to align with the start of the proposed CIO.

3.    To vote to accept a proposed new con­stitution for the governance of the ERF as a 00.

4.    To vote for nominated ERF members to become the initial Trustees of the new CIO.

The proposal to become a CIO is a recommendation of the current Executive Committee. As a registered charity the ERF will be in a better position to apply for grants and enter into contracts to better support the needs of Emsworth. To be a CIO a new constitution will be needed. The members of the current Executive Committee intend to restand as Trustees. Other members. if nominated, are welcome to also stand as Trustees at the EGM.

The proposed new constitution will be circulated to members by e-mail and made available on the ERF website (www. emsworthresidentsforum.org.uk) 21 days ahead of the EGM. If you have any ques­tions in advance of the EGM or want a copy of the constitution by other means please contact secretary.erf@gmail.com.

After the EGM votes there will be a presentation from Havant Borough Council on establishing Community Resilience, including emergency response planning for flooding. This is particularly pertinent to Emsworth following the flooding earlier this year.

ERF 10th October