Your Committee needs you! Your Co-op needs you!
The following constitute the documents for the Committee application pack. This is relevant irrespective of whether a fully elected member of the Committee, Casual Vacancy or Co-optee. A new Committee was elected at the AGM held on Saturday 09th September 2023. Therefore, there are no current ‘elected’ positions availalbe. However, WGHC members may apply to join the Committee on a ‘casual vacancy’ basis.
- Fully Elected Committee Member Application Form
- Fully Elected Committee Member Declaration of Eligibility
- Committee Induction Policy 2024
- WGHC Role Descriptions – Committee Members
- General Data Protection Policy
- WGHC 2020 FCA Approved Model Rules
- Casual Vacancy Application Form
- Casual Vacancy Declaration of Eligibility
- Co-optee Application Form
- Co-optee Declaration of Eligibility
WGHC is a fully mutual co-operative. This means we have to abide by a constitution and set of rules.
Only WGHC tenants can be members and membership is confirmed with a shareholder certificate. All tenants ‘own’ a 372th share of the Cooperative. Only first named tenant members can apply and be elected to the Committee. (Other tenants can join the Committee but on a co-optee basis, which removes certain voting rights).
The Committee are key to the success of the Co-op – your Co-op, the Co-op of which you are all members. If Committee member numbers drop below 7 we are required to report this as a Notifiable Event to the Scottish Housing Regulator.
Committee receive training, so no experience is necessary. We ask that you commit to approximately 4 hours a month – a 2 hour Committee meeting once a month, usually, on the third Wednesday evening of the month commencing at 6.15pm and finishing by 8.15pm. The other 2 hours are used for training in various elements: strategy, finance, corporate governance etc.
Committee business is not stuffy and neither is it complicated – but it serves an absolute and fundamental role in the running and success of the Co-op. Your Co-op.
If you would like an application pack email mail@westgrantonhc.co.uk or call on 0131 551 5035 and ask for a pack to be sent out to you.
See below for a message from the Committee Chair, Mr. Colin Fraser…