Who Makes Up the BDA?

The following are trustees on the BDA's Management Board.

• Margaret Malpas, Chair of Trustees
• Richard Phillips, Local Association Member- Dyslexic
• Jim Malpas, Honorary Treasurer, Co-opted Trustee
• Jennifer Parsonage, Organisational Member
• Rosie Wood, Organisational Member
• Jack Haymer, Local Association Member - Dyslexic
• Trevor Hobbs, Local Association Member - Dyslexic
• Chris Hossack, Local Association Member
• Dr. Nicola Brunswick, Individual Member
• Ruth Gwernan-Jones, Individual Member
• Arran Smith, Individual Member - Dyslexic
• Prof.Bob Burden, Co-opted trustee
• John Mackenzie, Co-opted trustee
• William Plant, Co-opted trustee

The Trustees are Directors of the Company. When the Board is complete it comprises:

• A Chairman nominated by the Board by reason of possessing skills considered necessary and appointed in general meeting;

• Four individuals to be drawn from among the members of the Local Associations;

• Three individuals to be drawn from among the Individual Members;

• Two individuals to be drawn from among the members of the Organisational Members;

• Up to four individuals co-opted by the Board by reason of possessing skills considered necessary including a Treasurer and a legally qualified person.

(Extract from Article 8 of Articles of Association.)

What are the responsibilities of Trustees?

1. Individual responsibilities are to:
   • Attend trustee board meetings regularly;
   • Understand and be fully committed to the aims and principles of the organisation;
   • Challenge all incidents that contravene the organisation's equal opportunities policy;
   • Take a share of the board's work by offering to work on a sub-committee of the board;
   • Support all decisions once they have been agreed by the board;
   • Respect the confidentiality of board matters and discussions.
2. The joint responsibilities with all the other trustees are to:
   • Accept legal responsibility for the workers of the organisation;
   • Act as employers for the workers of the organisation;
   • Decide overall policy for the organisation's work within the guidelines laid down by the members;
   • Be satisfied that within the constraints of resources, the organisation is meeting its aims;
   • Take a long term view of how the work of the organisation should develop;
   • Try to ensure that funding for the organisation continues;
   • Ensure that all trustee responsibilities delegated to paid staff and individual members of the organisation are carried out.

Articles from the BDA constitution relation to Board and Trustees.

You can view the full Constitution (Memorandum and Articles of Association) here or e-mail admin@bdadyslexia.org.uk for a copy.

There is also more information about Charity Trustees on the Charity Commission’s website http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk.