Several years ago whilst
trying to obtain charitable status for Twenties, Thirties, Forties, we were fortunate
to be kindly offered such status under the
Mission in Hounslow Trust, as part
of their evangelism programme. This meant that we were able to set up a separate
'group' account which would operate to 'oversee' the
local area groups. It also
meant that if in addition we were able to receive
funding or regular giving, we
could claim the tax back (which is of course a massive help).
To help administer the group account (the
charitable status applies to the group
only), we decided to set up an 'executive committee' which would be responsible
for looking after this account, act as accountability for the group co-ordinator
and be responsible for all future group planning, administration and development.
The executive committee meet at least four times a year and the group co-ordinator
is invited along to attend these meetings.
Over the years the executive committee has been responsible for many new initiatives,
including producing a handbook, website, and more recently, our first international
prayer day and 'our day', as well as performing the other duties required, including
secretarial and financial.
