Standing Orders

The Chair of the Meeting should remind JCR Members of this before a vote on a Charity Motion is called. b) If the motion is passed, a donation from the JCR Charity budget will be sanctioned. c) Donations to charities or charitable causes may only be made from the JCR Charity budget and may not be drawn from any other JCR funds. d) Once the charity budget is exhausted, no further charitable donations may be made by the JCR until the charity budget is replenished, with the exception of donations made to the Nominated Charity from money raised from fundraising events.

4 Money raised from Fundraising Events 4.1 Allocation of Raised Funds Money raised by fundraising initiatives shall be donated to the JCRâ€&#x;s nominated Charity, unless a motion is passed at a General Meeting prior to the initiative, which proposes that some or all of the money raised should be put into the Charity Budget to be set aside for general charitable motions.

5 The JCR Nominated Charity 5.1 Selection of Nominated Charity The JCR Nominated Charity shall be selected in Michaelmas Term for the forthcoming academic year. The procedure shall be as follows: a) The Charities Officer shall invite nominations from members of the JCR for a period of no less than two weeks, prior to the Michaelmas term JCR Committee elections. b) The nominated charities shall be listed on the Michaelmas ballot paper, and all JCR members with voting rights are eligible to vote for their preferred charity c) Information on each of the nominated charities, including website address (if available) should be given alongside the ballot paper. It is the responsibility of the Charities Officer to compile this information. d) The election shall follow the same procedure as elections for JCR committee members, with each charity standing as an individual candidate. e) The result shall be published by the secretary along with the other election results. f) If a JCR Member wishes, they may make a short speech at the Michealmas committeemember election hustings in favour of their nominated charity g) Nomination of the JCR Charity shall otherwise be governed in accordance with the procedure for elections.

5.2 An automatic motion shall be brought to the JCR by the Charities Office at the end of Trinity term of each year, to the effect that all sums remaining in the Charity Account be donated to the Nominated Charity, with a minimum sum of ÂŁ50 remaining in the account.

5.3 The JCR will be bound to the choice of Nominated Charity made at the Michaelmas elections, unless concerns are brought to the JCR concerning the integrity of the charity and its use of funds. It is the responsibility of the JCR Executive and the Charities Officer to investigate such allegations and to decide whether to bring a motion the JCR to overturn the decision. Such motions are governed by Section 5 of the Constitution. In the event that the JCR votes to change the Nominated Charity, a nomination procedure for a new choice must be immediately established, and the subsequent election held within two weeks of this point.

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