Board of Trustees

The members of the Board of Trustees are the charity trustees of 2nd Bognor (St. Mary’s) Sea Scout Group.

The Board of Trustees aims to make sure that the Scout Group has the facilities and resources needed to deliver good Scouting in the Group.

This includes:

The Board of Trustees consists of some people who are members because of their role in Scouting (the ex-officio members), these are:

Group Lead Volunteer
Group Chair
Group Treasurer
All Section Team Leaders (individuals holding a Squirrel, Beaver, Cub, Scout or Explorer Team Lead Role).
- Subject to that Team Lead expressly indicating to the AGM (in writing or orally at the meeting) that they are willing to perform such a function

In addition to the ex-officio trustees, there are three other groups of people who may be members of the Board of Trustees:

Elected trustees – these are elected by the Group Council at the Annual General Meeting and there are normally four to six of them
Nominated trustees – these are nominated by the Group Scout Leader in consultation with the Group Chairman at the Annual General Meeting and there must be no more than the number of elected members
Co-opted trustees – these are co-opted by The Board of Trustees for a particular role which can be time limited, such as leading a project, and there must be no more than the number of elected members

Ex-officio Trustees
Group Lead Volunteer – Elizabeth Bilham
Group Chair – Mark Wisby
Group Treasurer – Ben Hardcastle

Section Team Lead –
Claire Mills (Beavers)

Elected Trustees
Neil Haughey (Secretary)
Claire Tarrant
Matthew Tarrant
Rebecca Jones
Katherine Bilham

Nominated Trustees
Susan Shimell (Group President)
Tom Weaver (Quartermaster)

Co-opted Trustees
None Presently