45th AGM agenda NOTICE


The Association for Family Therapy 45th Annual General Meeting will be held by online meeting on Monday 19 October 2020. AFT members are welcome to attend the AGM.


Further details will follow in an email newsletter.


Proposed agenda


1. To receive and approve the minutes of the 44th AGM held on 19 September 2019


2. To receive and adopt report of the acting chair of AFT 3. To receive and approve the Statement of accounts ending 31 December 2019 – brief update by Susan Benbow, treasurer, on membership and membership fees


4. Appointment of the external examiners (SBCA – Stewart Bond Chartered Accountants)


5. To receive and adopt the report by AFT chief executive – Reenee Singh


6. To receive and adopt annual reports from chairs of commit ees 7. To receive the report on the Journal of Family T erapy by Philip Messent, journal editor


8. To confi rm Barbara McKay as a director and trustee


Minutes of the 44th AGM of The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice


held on Thursday 19th September at the Hilton Hotel, Newcastle, NE8 2AR from 5.30pm to 6.45pm


T e meeting was quorate with 54 members present.


Board members present: Shan Tate (ordinary member) Jacqui Sayers (ordinary member) Charity Tawodzera (ordinary member) Susan Benbow (treasurer) Melissa Adams (ordinary member) Amy Urry (ordinary member) Rav Khela (co-opted member) Reenee Singh (CEO) was also present Jacqui Sayers, a director of the board chaired the meeting.


Apologies: Nigel Jacobs Ujjal Saini T e AGM papers had been printed in the August 2019 issue of


Context. Context 170, August 2020


Item 1: To receive and approve the minutes of the 43rd AGM held on 13 September 2018 at The Mercure Manchester Piccadilly – these were printed in the August 2019 issue of Context from page 55 T e minutes had been approved by the board, the membership


were now asked to approve the minutes. Approved as a correct record: Proposed: Rory Worthington Seconded: Chris Burroughs


Item 2: Matters arising from previous minutes T ere were no mat ers arising not covered on the agenda.


Item 3: To receive and adopt the report of the AFT chairperson Erica Widdowson, the current chair of AFT had been unable


to at end the meeting. Jacqui Sayers, who chaired the meeting, read the following report from Erica.


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45th AGM notice and agenda


44th AGM minutes


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