Executive board
The Executive Board is the body elected by the membership of the company to direct the business of the company on its behalf. The Board members are the directors of the company, under the Companies Act of 1985 and 2006, and are also trustees of the charity under the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. Board members are volunteers and receive no payment, but can claim reasonable expenses.
The five main tasks of the Board are to:
- Establish what ELCAP stands for and what it seeks to achieve
- Determine how it plans to get there and that it has the resources it needs to achieve its goals
- Delegate to the paid managers responsibility for implementing the plans
- Monitor the use of resources in the interests of those ELCAP exists to serve
- Account to the members of the company, and to other stakeholders for those resources through the annual report and at the annual general meeting
There are 15 places on the Board. Up to 3 of the Board members nominated by the Advisory Council (which is made up of members who use ELCAP services).
Board membership needs to span a range of skills and experience, from using services (as a person with support needs or the relative of a person with support needs), to professional expertise about disability issues, and expertise related to running a medium size company.
