Corporate Trustee: minutes of previous meeting - February 2025
MINUTES OF THE EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CORPORATE TRUSTEE MEETING (PUBLIC SESSION) HELD ON WEDNESDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2024 AT 12:40 at EEAST, Bury St. Edmunds Ambulance Hub, 3 Fortress Way, Suffolk Park, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7FQ
| Present: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Members | Mrunal Sisodia | Trust Chair | TC |
| Wendy Thomas | Non-Executive Director | NED-WT | |
| Julie Thallon | Non-Executive Director | NED-JT | |
| Catherine Glickman | Non-Executive Director | NED-CG | |
| George Lynn | Non-Executive Director | NED-GL | |
| Chris Brook | Non-Executive Director | NED-CB | |
| Neill Moloney | Chief Executive Officer | CEO | |
| Melissa Dowdeswell | Chief of Clinical Operations | CCO | |
| Simon Chase | Chief Paramedic and Director of Quality | CP-DoQ | |
| Kevin Smith | Director of Finance | DoF | |
| Marika Stephenson | Chief People Officer/Interim Deputy CEO | CPO | |
| In attendance | Dr Simon Walsh | Medical Director | MD |
| Dr Hein Scheffer | Director of Strategy and Transformation | DoST | |
| Chris McGregor | Interim Director of Integration and Commercial Services | IDoICS | |
| Stanley Mukwenya | Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs | DDoCA | |
| Sue Pluck | Note-taker | ||
| Observing | Liz Cunnell | Chief of Staff | |
| Rachael Edwards | Deputy Chief of Clinical Operations | ||
| Rachel Morris | Head of Patient Experience | ||
| John Newman | Community Engagement Group representative |
PUBLIC SESSION (Disclosable)
| PUB24/11/14 | CORPORATE TRUSTEE |
|---|---|
| 14.1 | Charitable Funds Committee Assurance Report |
| 14.1.1 | The Board as Corporate Trustee received and considered the Charitable Funds Committee Assurance Report. Chris Brook, Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair (NED-CB), reported the following highlights: Year-to-date income totalled £157K, with £210K expenditure. The fund balance stood at £454K with reserves of £1.6M; a good position financially; The charity team was actively pursuing potential grant and other funding applications; Welfare Wagons – more frequent use was reported, with tracking and reporting now in place; a Facebook page had been launched; A review of Committee governance and effectiveness was being undertaken in order to more effectively deliver the statutory responsibilities and better facilitate future decision-making; The Charity’s position on the EEAST website was being considered, to make it more visible and accessible to potential donors. The Board as Corporate Trustee noted the report. |
| 14.2 | Charitable Funds Committee – Terms of Reference 2024-25: The Board as Corporate Trustee received and considered the Charitable Funds Committee Terms of Reference 2024-25. The Board as Corporate Trustee approved the updated Terms of Reference. |
| 14.3 | Date of Next Meeting: Wednesday 12 February 2025 |
