Business plan
Introduction
The Commercial & Independent Special Interest Group is composed of members who work in the essentially “for profit” area or who are employed in education, the Armed Forces or centrally with the CIEH/CHGL and other agencies (e.g. the HSE; FSA; NHS).
Current membership of 567 people (400 on e-mail) comprises consultants, trainers, technical & administrative personnel, in-company advisors, expert advisors and people working under contract for local authorities and employed by a commercial agency. Many members are self-employed and others work extensively overseas.
The nature of the C&I member responsibilities and the need for both self reliance and first class technical competence means that many members are authors of technical publications, lecturers, recognised public speakers and EHP’s of repute. They are involved with a wide range of professional and industry bodies and will typically be consulted and involved in such areas as development of new legislation, judging national competitions, dealing with media communication as required.
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Vision Statement
To be a Special Interest Group of significance within the CIEH, representing and supporting all members and CIEH accredited associate members who are either employed in the Commercial & Independent sector or have an interest in this area.
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Key Objectives for 2009, 2010/11
- To continue to actively recruit every person in the organisation who has commercial interests or who works as an independent consultant
- To strengthen the voice of the commercial and independent sector within the CIEH structures
- To establish and develop income generation schemes (e.g. sponsorship of events)
- To provide representation on relevant boards and committees of the CIEH
- To provide responses and a commercial perspective on relevant matters (including consultations) to CIEH officers at CIEH HQ
- To contribute to the overall objectives of the CIEH and maintain a key input into the annual Best of the Best conference (and other events as appropriate)
- To maintain strong ongoing contact with members and provide news, information, items of interest by both electronic communication and mail
- To organise an annual programme of seminars, meetings and training events to help members develop their professional skills and knowledge and meet their CPD requirements
- To implement a programme of regional meetings / networking events to be made available to members free of charge
- To contribute (as deemed appropriate) to EH student placement and ELP assistance
- To provide contract administrative assistance (Executive Officer) based on an average of 10.5 hrs/week for 48 weeks/year to handle workload
- To develop and maintain strong links with relevant external bodies within the objectives and in accordance with the planned activity of the CIEH.
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Membership of Management Board for 2009:
- Bailey, Mike (Hon. Treasurer)
- Bentley, Phil
- Blewchamp, Tessa
- Colthurst, Andrew
- Daniels, Sarah
- Dawson-Malone, Penny
- Fawcett, James
- Hayes, Jonathan
- Natolie, Dave
- Purslow, Chris
- Walsh, Andrew
- Ward, Geoff (Chairman)
- Executive Officer (contracted appointment) to be held by Peter Bird for 2009
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Representation on relevant Boards & Committees of the CIEH for 2009
- Policy Development Board – Jonathan Hayes & Phil Bentley
- Resources Committee – Mike Bailey
- Education & Professional Stds Board – David Natolie & Andrew Walsh
- Education & Professional Development Committee – David Natolie
- The Forum – Peter Bird
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