APPLICATION FORM April 2015- March2016

Please complete the form below, giving as much detail as you can. Your contact person will automatically be sent the members only website log-in on return of this form. Full membership of Surrey Youth Focus is open to Charities, Social Enterprises and Community Groups. Profit organisations and Statutory bodies can join Surrey Youth Focus but do not have voting rights.

Name of Organisation: Charity Number:
Address activity takes place:
Website: Twitter: Facebook:
Email: Telephone:
Are you part of County or National Organisation? If yes, which one?
Chief Officer:
Contact Address (if different)
Email: Telephone:
*Primary Contact for SYF (if different):
Position in Organisation:
Contact Address (if different)
Email: Telephone:
Type of Membership Applied for? / Entry (<£50k turnover) £60 / Small (£51k - £100k) £120 / Medium (£101k - £500k) £180
Large (>£500K) £300 / Partner (Statutory bodies) £500 / Other
Description of activities(to appear on website):
How many copies of Surrey Youth News paper newsletter would your organisation like to receive? / Would you like to receive the E:bulletin/ Funding bulletin?
Number of Young People you supported with over the past year:
5-12 years:
13-19 years:
20-25 years: / Number of paid staff:
Number of Volunteers:
Do your volunteers/employees have written agreements/contracts? Yes / No
Which Borough/area(s) do you operate in/where do the young people you work with come from?
(If you work across Boroughs please give a breakdown of how many centres/units/clubs there are per Borough)

Policies
Do you have a constitution? Yes/ No
Do you operate an equal opportunities policy? Yes/ No
Do you have a equality and diversity policy? Yes/ No
Do you have safeguarding policy? Yes/ No
Do you have a health and safety policy Yes/ No
Does your group have insurance to cover its legal responsibilities? Yes/ No
* If you do not have one of these policies, Surrey Youth Focus would be pleased to help you / Which specialist area best describes your activity? (please tick all that apply):
  • Youth Club
  • Sport/ Activity
  • Arts
  • Uniformed Group
  • Disability organisation
  • Faith Group
  • Training/ Education/Employment
  • First Aid
  • Homeless/ Sheltered Housing
  • Countywide body
  • Other (please state)

Membership benefits

Surrey Youth Focus offers friendly support for member organisations, please indicate which areas maybe of most interest to you in 2015/16:

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Volunteer recruitment, retention, reward / Governance
Funding support / Representation and advocacy at strategic level
Marketinginc newsletter design / Networking
Social Mediainc web design / Sharing of resources/ equipment
Member discounts & member to member offers / Youth recognition awards and celebration events
Meeting rooms / Training (please give details)
Other please detail:

For 2015/16 membership of Surrey Youth Focus also gives you access to Communilab, this professional network enables you to share perspectives and generate action for young people. For a taster visit (please note not all features are visible if you are not logged in!)

Aims of Surrey Youth Focus Membership: Please read the notes that describe the Aims and Services of Surrey Youth Focus membership. All new members must support these aims; please sign and date to agree.

Aims of Surrey Youth Focus

  1. To promote good practice, efficiency and effectiveness of youth work in Surrey within its members’ organisations for young people aged up to 25 years.
  2. To provide information and advice to member organisations in all aspects of voluntary youth work.
  3. To support the work of its member organisations to deliver services to young people without discrimination so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities.
  4. To maximise the opportunities to member organisations to obtain support from financial and non-financial sources for the furtherance of this work.
  5. To vigorously represent at all appropriate levels the interests of its members in the furtherance of their work with young people.
  6. To innovate, explore, and help our members deliver the best for their young people.

We would like to help promote your organisation. Please indicate here if you do NOT wish your organisations information to be displayed publically. *Note: Main and Secondary contact information will not be made public.

Please enclose your Annual report & Accounts with your application and return to:

Surrey Youth FocusAstolat, Coniers Way, New Inn Lane, Guildford GU4 7HLTel:01483 453962 Email: b

/ Membership applications will be discussed at Management & Finance meetings and once membership has been approved, an invoice will be issued along with supporting documentation.

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