Gingerbread NI's Board of Directors is made up of up to 15 members appointed on the following basis:
- Up to 12 members, being from throughout NI, elected by and from amongst the Lone Parent Members, by such procedures as the Board shall from time to time prescribe
- Up to 3 persons of special experience and expertise co-opted by the elected members of the Board of Directors who shall become Associate Members; these Associate Members shall be entitled to full voting rights on the Board.
The Board is charged with responsibility for:
- The policy, direction, financial and staff management of Gingerbread NI and is accountable to the membership through general meetings and the AGM.
Gingerbread NI's Annual General Meeting (generally in November each year) is open to all. However, only Lone Parent Members of Gingerbread NI have voting rights and can:
- elect the new board, with the exception of the co-optee's
- consider the previous year's accounts
- hear reports from the Board and staff
- discuss policy issues and take decisions on other matters pertinent to the membership
Position |
Member |
Area |
Office Bearers |
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Chairperson |
Claire Broome |
Belfast |
Deputy Chairperson |
Colette Loughran |
Co-optee |
Honorary Treasurer |
Karen Sweeney |
Co-optee |
Deputy Honorary Treasurer |
Mary Boyce |
Omagh |
| |
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Committee Members |
Ann-Marie Duddy |
Omagh |
|
Cheryl McDermott |
Antrim |
|
Denise Braithwaite |
Coleraine |
|
Betty McCarthy |
Belfast |
|
Anne Downs |
Belfast |
|
Andrea Heaney |
Co-optee |
|
Geraldine Martin |
Ballymena |
|
Áine McCabe |
Belfast |
|
Juno Clarke |
Belfast |
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