DIMHN 2021 AGM Three new Directors
He went on to explain that at the DiMHN’s ‘digital’ AGM in 2020, the Network had welcomed three new board Directors – Professor Steve Brown, Garry Charlton, and Katharine Lazenby, re-elected Alex Caruso for another three-year term, created a new volunteering role, and welcomed four Associates – Richard Brown, Lianne Knotts, Kevin Gorman, and Jennifer Aspinall. The Associates had, he said, been involved in several sub- committees, and had been ‘making a big impact’ with their collective experience in design and construction.
Leading the DiMHN’s workstreams this year had been: l Conference and Exhibitions: Jonathan Campbell.
l Editorial: Cath Lake. l Research: Paula Reavey. l International: Alex Caruso. l Marketing: Philip Ross. l Stakeholder Engagement: Trudi Beswick.
l Memberships/Partnerships: Garry Charlton.
l Testing and Innovation: Philip Ross.
While three Board Directors – Jonathan Campbell, Cath Lake, and Phil Barsby – had retired by rotation, all had expressed a wish to re-stand, and were re-appointed for another three-year term. The DiMHN Chair added: “While we will not be seeking new Directors to join the Board, we will be reaching out to our membership to find more Associates to join.”
Financial position
Following Philip Ross’s report, Treasurer, Phil Barsby, updated attendees on the organisation’s financial position, explaining that at the time of writing, the Network’s accounts showed it had generated £16,625 in income from membership, and £5819.50 from The Network magazine, but with the
Architect, Cath Lake, who leads the DiMHN’s Editorial Workstream.
annual conference and exhibition moving from June to August 2021 due to the pandemic, and with August the start of the DiMHN’s next financial year, no income had been generated from the 2021 event. Total income was £22,444.50, while expenses/ running costs totalled £39,596.48, an increase on 2019/20 (£16586.70) due to costs associated with creating the new website, increased marketing activity with the Network’s new agency, and production of the new Borders and Boundaries publication. As a result, the DiMHN had seen a net loss of around £17,151.98, albeit that this had been ‘expected and planned for’. Phil Barsby explained that the main workstream costing had been for ‘research developments’, and the printing of the Borders and Boundaries booklet. He added: “Circumstances including COVID-19 have prevented some of the other workstreams from being completed during 2020/21. From the budget set, all are well funded for 2021/22, and delivery of various projects will continue.”
Stakeholder Engagement
The DiMHN’s Treasurer, Phil Barsby, explained that all of the Network’s workstreams were ‘well-funded’ for 2021/22, and that ‘delivery of various projects will continue.”
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Trudi Beswick, CEO of charity, Caudwell Children, who leads the Stakeholder Engagement stream, was next to present. She said: “After creating the foundations to develop a stakeholder engagement focus and action plan to reach the sectors, individuals, and professions, that the DiMHN supports, it has been important to ensure that a number of decisions, structural developments, and policies, were in place and agreed during 2021. The website, volunteer policy, and expenses policy, are among the key developments which will ensure that stakeholder engagement can be progressed further during 2022. The action plan discussed,” she continued, “consists of digital, face-to-face gatherings, email, and social media campaigns.” She noted that should any of the topics discussed highlight information relevant to UN goals, or support reports that influence Government policy, these could be communicated via her
involvement in All Parliamentary Groups, and/or be further investigated by the Research Workstream.
She added: “Sadly, the discussions and meetings we wished to have this year were delayed due to the pandemic, and the changing times we all have had to manage. Hopefully, as the future becomes brighter, the lessons we have learned can enhance our strategies, and our stakeholder and community engagement can help to ensure support and growth for the community we serve as an organisation. It will be exciting to hear more from our members about want they would like from DiMHN, and to discuss with a wider stakeholder audience questions such as: ‘What are the key priorities in design that need highlighting?’, ‘How can good design help to tackle solutions to healthcare challenges?’, and ‘How do we support diversity and inclusion, increased accessibility and understanding of physical, neurodiversity and mental health?’”
Awards received numerous entries Trudi Beswick had been delighted to be one of the judges for the 2021 Design in Mental Health Awards, which had received ‘numerous outstanding applications’ in each category. She said: “I was pleased that the suggestion of the International Award was agreed, opening up the DiMHN’s reach, and giving support to the International Workstream. It has also been a pleasure to be involved with the work that the Research Workstream has achieved producing the Borders and Boundaries project – a true credit to Professor Paula Reavey, Professor Steve Brown, and the team.” Trudi Beswick explained that her delivery of a number of webinars on the subject of ‘Build back Better’, and the impact of the design environment on healthcare and education, had enabled her to raise the DIMHN’s profile. She thanked the Network’s Board and members for
Trudi Beswick, who leads the Stakeholder Engagement Workstream, said: “It will be exciting to hear more from our members about want they would like from DiMHN.”
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