Membership

Our organisation is unique and promotes the professional and community service values that are important to meeting the needs of vulnerable individuals. Part of that uniqueness is the legal status of focus as a Community Interest Company and the opportunity for staff to become members and to take an active part in shaping our organisation and how it develops in the future.

Focus is a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee. This means that the company is owned by its members and managed by a Board of Governors drawn from the workforce, community and stakeholder groups.

All staff have the opportunity to become a member and to take an active part in the shaping of the organisation and its future development.

As a member you can vote at general meetings, view the annual accounts, elect employee governors and influence any important changes to the company.

We currently a have a membership of over 100 members of staff.

In line with our Articles of Association, the affairs of the company are managed by a Board of Governors. The Board comprises of:-

• Up to five members of the Company, elected from and by the membership (Employee Governors)
• One Head of Service, elected from and by the membership
• The Chief Executive
• One Governor appointed by North East Lincolnshire Council
• An Independent Chair, serving a term of office not exceeding 3 years