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people with sight problems. We also work closely with other disability charities on issues of mutual concern. We deliver services in partnership with some societies for blind and partially sighted people, and some of our funding comes from charities and trusts which support our aims. On 1 April 2009, RNIB and Action for Blind People officially joined forces in an Association to share resources, skills and expertise to engage and reach more blind and partially sighted people with even better services. The two organisations will combine regional service delivery across England whilst maintaining their individual brand identities, boards of trustees and strategic management teams. The Association will radically improve what is currently available to blind and partially sighted people. On 2 June 2009, RNIB Cymru and Cardiff Institute for the Blind joined forces to develop and expand services for people with sight problems. Cardiff Institute for the Blind will be an Associate charity of RNIB, and whilst the two organisations will retain their separate identities they will be united in developing services and expanding the support provided to people with sight problems. This exciting move will enable us to extend the range and reach of services and support for people with sight problems for people who live in Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, and the South Wales Valleys. Changes to the way we are managed from April 2009 Over the last year, we have developed RNIB’s governance structures to fully support the new 2009/14 strategy. The Board of Trustees will continue to be the supreme decision making body of the RNIB Group, meeting 4 times a year from 2010. A number of the functional committees such as Executive, Audit and Governance will continue, but the three main service committees – Access and Innovation; Policy and Advocacy and Direct Services – will be replaced. The implementation of the 2009/14 strategy will be supported by six programme boards: l Prevention. l Early reach. l Living with sight loss. l Complex needs. l Travel, shopping and control of money. l Reading, TV and technology. There will also be a programme board to support the funding of our new strategy, replacing the Fundraising Sub-Committee. The broad purpose of the programme boards, chaired by Trustees, is to drive programmes of work forward and to ensure the delivery of the goals of the 2009/14 strategy. There will also be changes to the Assembly, which will meet for the last time on 23 July 2009. Two new bodies are being created: l RNIB UK Members Forum, which will be supported by nine regional and three country (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) forums. The development of these forums support the desire to develop RNIB’s Membership Scheme and to keep our members at the heart of what we do. l Third Sector Forum, RNIB are supporting the creation of this forum for national organisations “of” and “for” blind and partially sighted people, which will, in particular, contribute to the development and implementation of the UK Vision Strategy. 6 RNIB annual report and accounts 2008/09
Who’s who in RNIB Patron HM The Queen President The Duke of Westminster KG, CB, OBE, TD, CD, DL Vice-Presidents • Sir John Beckwith CBE • The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP • Richard Brewster • Professor Ian Bruce CBE • Jack A Dunn • Haruhisa Handa • Euclid Herie • Lady Joan Jarvis • Penny Lancaster-Stewart • Sir Mike Rake • Dr Dermot Smurfit • Rod Stewart • Lord Stockton • Sir John Wall (deceased December 2008) • Sir Duncan Watson Honorary Officers Chairman Lord Low of Dalston CBE MA (Oxon) Vice-Chair and Chair Elect Kevin Carey MA (Cantab) MA (Kings College, London) Honorary Treasurer Terry Moody MA, BA Chief Executive Officer Lesley-Anne Alexander MSc Group Directors Resources (until March 2009) Chief Operating Officer (from April 2009) Kevin Geeson FCCA, MBA Policy and Advocacy (until March 2009) Inclusive Society (from April 2009) Fazilet Hadi BA Access and Innovation (until March 2009) Prevention and International Affairs (from April 2009) Stephen P King MBA, FCMI Fundraising Paul Amadi BA, MSc, MInstF Direct Services Eamonn Fetton MA (until April 2008) Sheila Lewis (Acting) (until April 2009) Independent Living (from April 2009) Sally Harvey Devolved Services William Watson MBA, DMS, DipHSM (until October 2008) Professional advisors Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 80 Strand London WC2R 0AF Actuaries and investment advisors Hewitt Associates Ltd 6 More London Place London SE1 2DA Bankers Royal Bank of Scotland plc Marylebone Road and Harley Street Branch 10 Marylebone High Street London W1A 1FH Property advisors Knight Frank 20 Hanover Square London W1S 1HZ Solicitors Bates Wells & Braithwaite 138 Cheapside London EC2V 6BB Who’s who in RNIB 7
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