Acorn Early Years Foundation
Trustees’ Meeting
Agenda

Date: Friday 28th July 2023

Time: 9:30 - 12:00

Location: Westcroft Training Centre (MK4 4DE)

Present: Eva Lloyd (Chair), Carolyn Norfolk, Vanessa Gwynn (9:30-11am), Allawee Albaghdadi, Laura Faulkner, Hema Kotecha-Clarke, Damien Beedham, Robert Prosser

Attending: Zoe Raven (CEO), Emily Hepden (Head of Finance), Laura Tingey (Head of Early Years & Compliance), Santa Svike (board secretary), Gabrielle Brandon (Marketing Manager – part of meeting), Steve Petty (Facilities and Health & Safety Manager – part of meeting), Sue Fenton (HR Manager – part of meeting)

Apologies: Narendra Laljani, Giles Chilton, Katy Pillai

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Meeting agenda (Word document version)

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Rolling actions

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Meeting minutes

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1. Approval of minutes
   • Approval of minutes from 29^th April 2023
     
     
2. Matters arising

   Action points from meeting (not on the agenda):

3. Declaration of interests – items on the agenda

Items for Discussion, Action, or Decision

4. Governance review action plan

5. Review of Strategy Day 2023 notes and Strategic Plan update

• Concentric circle social impact model v4

SLT to leave the meeting, except for Laura T. and Emily.

6. Safeguarding report & overview

7. Acorn’s view on Ofsted

8. Anti-bribery policy review

9. CEO report, including dates for 2024

10. Finance report – MI for Q2 2023

Reports – To Note Content

 11. Operations report

 12. HR report

 13. Marketing report

 14. Early Years report

 15. 2023 KPI scorecard

 16. AOB

17. Review of effectiveness of this meeting

Dates for next meetings:

(all 9.30 – 12.00 and in person if at all possible):

• Friday 3rd November