Last Updated 17 October 2011

2011 AGM & CONFERENCE:

We had a very succesful AGM and Annual Conference at High Leigh between Monday 3rd and Thursday 6th October. Up to 200 attendees heard some very useful presentations and many of these are now available to view (for members only) on the Members' Forum. We extend our grateful thanks to all the speakers and those organisations who partcipated in the Market Place.

See some photographs of this years' Conference with thanks to Tom Bamber by clicking here

NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: After serving for two consecutive terms of 3 years, Fr Martin Gosling O.Praem who was Honorary Treasurer and Sr Odile Mahe SCI have stepped down from the Executive Committee. Fr Benjamin Earl OP and Sr Pat Trussell LSU were elected as new members of the Executive. We welcome them and extend our sincere thanks to both Fr Martin and Sr Odile for their service over the last 6 years. At the first meeting of the new Executive Sr Carmel Bateson HFB was re-elected as Chair of the group, Mr David Patey (for the Community of All Hallows) was re-elected as Vice Chair and Sr Veronica-Ann Rowley r.a. was elected as Honorary Treasurer. Planning for the 2012 AGM and Conference (Monday 1st to Thursday 4th October) again at High Leigh starts immediately and the evaluations provided by this years' delegates (summary available shortly on the Members' Forum) will be a great help in considering topics and speakers. Thanks you to all those who participated this year and we hope to see you again in 2012.

Contact with the Association

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Health & Safety Assistance For Members:

To assist our membership we have negotiated access to a dedicated Health & Safety advice service with D E Ford Insurance Brokers. Should any APB Member have queries with regard to health and safety compliance they can now contact Leigh Adamson by first logging in to the APB Members Forum area. In view of the fact that the service is provided by a third party organisation APB cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information or advice provided.