Local Groups come to Scotland
At a time when YHA England & Wales sometimes seem to be reducing their support for affiliated and local groups, north of the border things are going the other way.
YHA groups as we know them do not currently exist in Scotland, but the SYHA is taking active steps to get some going. A full page advert in their house magazine Scottish Hosteller (of which more in a later post…), and a page on the SYHA web site invite members to join up:
A New network of SYHA Members Groups is being established, to give members the opportunity to support the Association while taking part in a range of activities and events. The groups will be open to all members and we hope that as many as possible will join.
This is your opportunity to become more involved with the SYHA, joining with like minded members to help take the Association forward, while having some fun along the way.
Interestingly, the as-yet-non-existant Scottish groups already have places reserved for them on the Association’s new governing Council. Down south, we don’t yet know whether our representation at the England and Wales equivalent will survive the Purkiss review.
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re your last sentence. I don’t think you read the Purkiss review close enough. At number 4 on the composition of the board he says - “There should be a continued presence of Affiliated Societies, significantly enhanced representation of user groups (encompassing education, youth user groups and Affiliated Groups)”
Comment by Nigel — 28 May 2007 @ 5:36 pm
I can affirm Nigel’s words as coming from the latest report from Andrew Purkiss but this is only the next stage of the review proces. Mr Purkiss may imply that he thinks Affiliated Groups should have a continued presence in YHA Governance but the YHA Regions,its National AGM and Board of Trustees, also its managers, have to agree with him. It is still early days!
I also saw the SYHA material to which Chris refers and I agree with him that they have the right approach to involving ‘member groups.’ I will be at my Regional Council this Saturday pushing for the continued inclusion of Affiliated(Local) Groups in YHA Governance, possibly by following the Scottish example of advertising for their involvement.
Dave Self
Comment by Dave Self — 5 Jun 2007 @ 9:35 am