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Volunteer Treasurer Is Required For The Pasda Charity

Pasda, a very small charity which supports carers of autistic adults, is seeking a volunteer treasurer. There is one paid employee and a part time book keeper at their office in Norton Park. There are approximately 25-30 transactions a month so ten hours per month should be sufficient for the role which includes the monthly Trustees committee meeting. The principal duties of the Pasda Treasurer are:

1.Preparing budgets: The Treasurer prepares a monthly report for the Trustees committee in order that strategic decisions can be made. End of year Management Accounts are produced by Pasda's external accountant. Following the AGM, where the annual accounts are approved, the Treasurer submits the annual accounts with the Trustees’ Annual Report to OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator).

2. Preparation of the annual accounts: The annual accounts are prepared by the external accountant from records produced by the bookkeeper. The Treasurer is responsible for ensuring this process correctly reflects the decisions taken by Trustees, particularly in the allocation of expenditure to various funds.

3. Payment of expenditure through internet banking: The Treasurer does not initiate any payments, but receives requests for payment from staff and/or the bookkeeper, and by effecting payment through internet banking, authorises them. Staff salary payments (including payments to HMRC) have been calculated by the payroll service provided by Scottish Council for Volunteer Organisations.

4. Setting financial policy: The Treasurer sets and monitors the charity's policy regarding financial matters - setting authorisation limits, expenses policy etc

For more informatio contact Susan Chambers BEM (Pasda Converer)

T : 07528519465 E: susan.chambers@pasda.org.uk www.pasda.org.uk

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Welcome to the first of our contributions to the Stockbridge Spotlight. We thought it would be a good idea to give a brief explanation of what we do

The objectives of the Community Council are: a) To ascertain, coordinate and reflect views of the community which it represents, to liaise with other community groups within the area and to fairly express the diversity of opinions and outlooks of the people. b) To express the views of the community to the City of Edinburgh Council, to public authorities and other organisations. c) To take such action on the interests of the community as it appears it to be desirable or practicable. d) To promote the well being of the community and to foster a community spirit. e) To be a means whereby people of the area shall be able to voice their opinions on matters affecting their lives, their welfare, their environment, its development and amenity.

The Community Council has a statutory right to be consulted on planning applications and it can object to licence applications lodged with City of Edinburgh Council. It is non-party political in all of its activities.

City of Edinburgh Council Councillors, MSPs and MPs where wards fall wholly or partly within the geographical area of the Community Council are ex-officio members of the Community Council. Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council is very fortunate in having very good attendance by the relevant elected members at its monthly meetings and has a very good working relationship with them.

The Community Council also has working relationships with adjoining community councils and is a member of the Edinburgh Association of Community Councils which represents the views of community councils across the city to the City of Edinburgh Council. It is also represented on the Inverleith Neighbourhood Network which covers the Inverleith Ward within the city. Issues discussed over the past few months have included: bin hubs (particularly within the World Heritage Site), traffic flows across

North Edinburgh, the proposed Low Emission Zone, ‘Spaces for People’ and its legacy, the City Plan 2030, future plans for Inverleith Park, flood risks within the area, sustainable heating options for residential properties as well as numerous planning and licencing applications.

At the moment Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council is low on members, having 8 when the maximum permitted is 21. This makes the ability of the Community Council to fulfil all of its objectives rather difficult. We are looking for new members to co-opt to the Community Council until the next Community Council elections and specifically would be very keen to hear from anyone who might be interested in taking on the role of our licencing officer. There are over 100 licensed premises with alcohol licences in our area and monitoring of applications is problematic in view of the small number of Community Councillors, many with other responsibilities within the Community Council already.

Our next meeting is February 15th, 2023 –details below and feel free to come along or email if you want more information.

Details of our Community Council can be found on our website www.stockbridgeandinverleithcc.org.uk

We can be contacted through our email stockbridgeandinverleithcc@gmail.com and can also be found on Facebook. Follow us at Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council. Meetings are held at 7pm on the third Wednesday of each month (except August and December) at Stockbridge Parish Church, 7b Saxe Coburg St and currently on zoom. Members of the public are very welcome to attend.