The Committee at Blues Pre-School

A small committee of volunteers runs the pre-school, meeting approximately once a month during the school year.  They employ staff to run the sessions; fundraise; arrange trips and develop day-to-day policies.  

The committee is elected each year at the Annual General Meeting, which is usually held during September each year, new members are always welcome as “many hands make light work!”  

Thinking about joining the Blues Pre-School Committee?

What is involved?

The pre-school committee chairperson will be happy to tell you in more detail about how you can become involved. There are lots of ways you can contribute to the committee and you can choose to give as much or as little time as you can spare. The good thing is you don't need any experience to make a difference.

The committee is responsible for the overall management and smooth-running of the pre-school. This can mean anything from organising a summer fundraising event to negotiating with a landlord over the terms of a lease. The committee is the employer of staff in the pre-school so has overall responsibility for recruiting, training and developing staff, paying their salaries, and managing their contracts of employment.
The committee also has responsibility for things like developing a business plan, managing the daily accounts and, working with staff, ensuring the pre-school follows health and safety, risk assessment, insurance and first aid guidance and procedures.

What you can choose to do

A lot of the work committees do is fun – building new partnerships with other parents and professionals, coming up with new fundraising ideas, getting exciting plans off the ground but there are some regular jobs too. The three main roles on the committee are chair, treasurer and secretary. The tasks can be shared between different parents so all the work need not fall on any one person. The pre-school may have a budget for specific tasks to be done by paid professionals, for example the monthly accounts. However, overall responsibility for these areas rests with the committee.

Forthcoming Committee Meetings

10th Feb
11th March
6th May
8th June
7th July
9th September
5th October
10th November
9th December
10 January 2011
8th February 2011
9th March 2011
4th April 2011

To find out more click here to visit the resources area of the Pre-School Alliance website, where you can download a leaflet giving more information about volunteering for a pre-school Committee.