Our current Board is comprised as follows:
Directors
- Colette Benham – Chair (Director HR & Corporate Services, ACHA)
- (Pending due to retirement of Board member) – Treasurer
- David Millward MBE – Deputy Chair (Community Safety Advocate, Scottish Fire And Rescue Service (retired))
- Elaine Robertson – Board Member (Argyll And Bute Councillor (retired) and ex Occ Therapist)
- Helen Kessell – Board Member (Ex Care and Repair Chairperson and retired NHS Occ. Therapist)
- Lesley McInnes – Board Member (Chair, Albyn Housing Association and ex Chief Executive West Highland Housing Assoc)
- Sephton MacQuire – Board Member (Chair, Dunbritton Housing Association)
- Brett Sadler MBA – Board Member (Chief Executive, West Highlnd Housing Association)
- Garret Corner – Council nominated Board Member (Argyll And Bute Coucillor)
- Graham Archibald Hardie – Council nomintaed Board Member (Argyll And Bute Councillor)
Advisors
- Brian Barker – Advisor (Home Energy Scotland)
- Rebecca Barker – Advisor (Carr Gomm)
- Stephen Bargh – Advisor (Chtd Accts, Wm. Duncan (Argyll) Ltd)
- Colin MacLean-Flemming – Community Safety Officer – Scottish Fire & Rescue
Becoming a member of Argyll And Bute Care and Repair
We are always looking for new members. If you would like to apply for membership of Care and Repair please contact our Oban office on 01631 567780 or at enquiries@abcarerepair.co.uk and we will send you our membership form for completion.
Members have the right to attend the annual general meeting (and any extraordinary general meeting) and have important powers under the articles of association and the Act; in particular, the members elect people to serve as directors and take decisions in relation to changes to the articles themselves.
Qualifications for membership
Membership is open to any individual aged 16 or over, residing in Argyll & Bute who is either; an elected member of Argyll & Bute Council, or a representative of statutory or government agencies which share the objects of the charity; or a representative of a voluntary group. charity or agency which shares the objects of the charity; or individuals who have an interest living in Argyll & Bute and share the objects of the charity.
Employees of the company are not be eligible for membership.
Application for membership
- Any person who wishes to become a member must sign, and lodge with the company, a written application for membership.
- The directors may, at their discretion, refuse to admit any person to membership.
- The directors shall consider each application for membership at the first directors’ meeting which is held after receipt of the application; the directors shall, within a reasonable time after the meeting, notify the applicant of their decision on the application.
Membership subscription
No membership subscription is payable.