The Board
Board Members
Chair- Sandra Price
Honorary Chair - Roy Read
Vice Chair- Mark Wilson
Secretary- Peter Harrison
Treasurer- Mark Lolley
Membership Secretary- Eve Hargadon
Member- Terry Miah
Member- Sharon Palmer
Member- Nicola Plummer
Member- Warda Baana Abba
Co-opted Member- Anne Wall Shemans
Co-opted Member- Jeanette Arregger
Birmingham City Council Nominated Member- TBC
What is involved in being a Board Member?
Most of our board members are tenants on the estate, each of us have different backgrounds, life experiences and skills that help us to deal with our responsibilities and training is available as required. Our main duties are to oversee the running of the EMB as a business, we are a not for profit organisation and we rely on our annual allowances from the city council.
The board along with our managers and accountants set a budget each year for the technical and housing teams. We ensure our organisation take full responsibilities for day to day repairs and issues on the estate as per our management agreements with the city council. We also have some co-opted board members who have an interest in the estate and/or bring specialist skills, knowledge and experiences that benefit us.
As board members we do not get involved directly in day to day issues, due to data protection we have no access to tenant’s files or information. None of the tenant board members or the co-opted members get paid, we are all volunteers.
How to become a Board member
Anybody who is a tenant and a shareholder can apply to become a board member if there are vacancies. All new positions are available annually and ratified by a vote at our AGM which is held in November each year
Other ways to volunteer or become involved
Do you take an interest in things that happen where you live?
Do you care what happens on a day to day basis in your road or in your block of flats?
Why not become a ‘Block Champion’ or you get involved with the ‘Safer Neighbourhoods Committee’
Interested?
In the first instance call the office or make a general enquiry through the website and speak to Everton McCalla the Neighbourhood Manager.