Bikeability Trust Annual Review 2019

The Bikeability Trust – An Introduction Structure, governance and management The Bikeability Trust was incorporated as a charity on 13 January 2017 and commenced trading on 1 April 2017. The Charity is governed by a constitution which sets out the powers and responsibilities of the Trustees in fulfilling the Charity’s objectives. The management of the CIO is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co opted under the terms of the Constitution. The trustees manage the affairs of the Trust and determine its general policy. The Charity is administered by the Board of Trustees, which must have a minimum of three and a maximum of eleven members. The Board meets approximately quarterly. The Chief Executive Officer is responsible to the Trustees for overseeing the Charity’s operations. Trustees serve for a term of three years from the date of appointment. The Board of Trustees in 2019 includes: Richard Payne (Appointed 10th January 2019) Andrew Milbourne (Appointed 25th September 2018) Gavin Wheeler (Appointed 18th September 2017) Alison Hill, Chair (Appointed 29th June 2017) John Wann (Appointed 29th June 2017) Martin Porter (Appointed 29th June 2017) Sonya Hurt (Appointed 29th June 2017) Steve Garidis (Appointed 13th January 2017) Zsolt Schuller (Appointed 13th January 2017) The Bikeability Trust staff team are: Alison Orrell Development and Operations Officer Benjamin Smith Partnerships Manager Donna Harrington Director of Finance and Compliance Hugo van Zeller Data Administrator Isobel Stoddart Director of Promotion and Communications Louise Sanders Operations Manager Michael Frearson Director of Development and Operations Paul Robison Chief Executive of the Trust Our strategies for achieving objectives The Bikeability Trust is focussed on: Economy of its own operations, which will deliver significant cost savings compared to the previous administrative arrangements for Bikeability of the funding for delivery of Bikeability to make sure that as many children as possible can be trained given the funding available Efficiency of the entire Bikeability delivery chain as well as its own operations providing centrally-developed resources to avoid duplication of effort by grant recipients and Bikeability providers Effectiveness working with partners to leverage the effectiveness of Bikeability training itself to achieve greater to achieve greater impact raising standards and improving the quality of Bikeability management and delivery providing a comprehensive, public promotion and awareness raising programme to promote the benefits of Bikeability 11 www.bikeability.org.uk