This is the first of four sides of A4 distributed at the first volunteer
meeting on 28 Oct 2016.
"Four" is the operative word. There were four volunteers. post-AGM appeal
Readers are requested to encourage more volunteers to come forward.
The pages are not on view to readers of the Ross DMC public set of pages and
therefore are hidden.
Ross DMC Set-up Meeting 28 Oct 2016
Additional text since meeting is in italics
The first need is to decide/agree:
Who will record Minutes Anne - to follow
The start date of 11 January now 1 March
Volunteer Group composition and leadership
- Front of house
- Admin
- Communication - including publicity
- Resources
- Finance
Missing expertise and resources
Subsequent action
That visits to existing DMCs are recommended
An operational budget for Year 1
A To be revised. See foot of page here.
B Detail at 6.2.5 here which is included in A
That all legal requirements are met
Special roles Officers or Core Team
Deputy Project Leader
Immediate registration with Herefordshire
Dementia Action Alliance
Ross DMC goals - draft
- Set up, promote, establish, organise and facilitate a DMC in Ross
- Include meaningful activities which offer therapeutic individual-orientated and group benefit possibilities
- Create a comfortable and safe atmosphere to stimulate members to engage in therapeutic, recreational and social activities relevant to individual and group needs
- Formulate an Activity Plan
- Ensure that the group is appropriately organised and arrangements communicated to members and volunteers.
- Ensure that the relevant health & safety checks and risk assessments have been completed.
- Recruit and support specialist facilitator(s), eg for a skill session or interest-based activity
- Start fund-raising planning
- Implement volunteer training.
Agenda
- The team
- Recommended reading
- Our goals
- A typical day
- The draft Mission Statement
- Pre-publicity
- Publicity
- Pre-launch
- The launch
- First review
- The immediate future thereafter
- Other topics raised by those attending
Deputy Project Leader - draft
The DPL assumes responsibility for all aspects of the DMC operation in the event of AFH's absence on any day of operation, and at meetings Early discussion with DC and AFH
An early visit to A) the Leominster DMC or B) Droitwich DMC advised The DPL is advised to become a Dementia Champion and to give a dementia talk to the rest of the team
Alan Harrison recommends that he leads the Front of House Group and DPL leads the Communication group