Notice of general meetings of the Saltdean Residents Association (SRA) and the Saltdean Community Association (SCA) will take place on Tuesday 2nd December at 7.00pm

Venue: St Nicholas Church, Saltdean Vale, Saltdean BN2 8HA
Doors: Open at 6.45pm

Please join us on Tuesday 2nd December for two important meetings to approve the changes necessary to unite the Saltdean Residents Association with the Saltdean Community Association, creating one single stronger voice for Saltdean. And do stay on afterwards for drinks, snacks and a chat.

The meeting will be your chance to -

• Take a final decision on approving the changes needed to unite the SRA and SCA

• Hear how the changes will benefit everyone who lives in Saltdean

• Find out more about the projects we’re working on to improve Saltdean - and how you can get involved

• Share your ideas on how over £60,000 of money secured for Saltdean from developers should be spent

• Hear more about the West Saltdean Neighbourhood Plan and the benefits it could bring in advance of the referendum on adopting the plan on 4 December

The meeting follows on from the AGMs of both organisations in April which gave the go ahead for the two organisations to unite. The SRA and SCA have effectively been operating closely together since April and this has been working well, with the same people involved in leading both organisations. However before taking the final, formal steps to join forces we needed approval from the Charity Commission to broaden the charity’s activities.  This has taken some time but is now complete. The next step is for members to vote on the necessary changes.

The changes are complex as a charity and non-charity cannot “merge” in law.  However, a charity can have a non-charity as a subsidiary, so these changes would bring the SRA under the control of the SCA trustees.  The existing charity will be renamed the Saltdean Residents and Community Association with enhanced charitable objects. This means the SRCA will continued to have all the major tax benefits of being a charity: every pound raised will go much further. However the SRA is not abolished.  It will continue alongside the charity, to take on activities (such as lobbying on planning applications) that a charity can’t do. 

You can download the papers by clicking on the boxes below.