Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Registered address: Willow Burn Hospice, Howden Bank, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0QS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the charity will be held at Willow Burn Hospice on
Monday 9 November 2026 at 6pm
to transact the business of the organisation.
Please RSVP by 2 November 2026 to jcrisp@willowburnhospice.org.uk
AGENDA
Welcome – Jane Robinson, Chair of the Board of Trustees
Apologies for absence
Minutes of the previous AGM (held on 12 November 2025)
Retirement and Appointment of Trustees: Retirement of Phil Pollard - Trustee
Proposal to re-elect Andrew Allon and Lesley Telford for a further term
Retirement of Trustee: Mark McArdle
Sarah Burns – Programme Director – Hospices North East and North Cumbria – “Hospices Working Together”
Approval of audited accounts to 31 March 2026
Appointment of Auditors (proposal to appoint S&W)
Appointment of Mark McArdle as Hospice Charity Patron
Any other business (of which notice has been given by 2.11.26)
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Jane Robinson 14 October 2026
