Governance of the Club
Llandegfedd Sailing Club is run entirely by volunteers: our members take it in turns to help run activities by manning the safety boats, organising racing, or helping to organise social or training events. You will only be asked to volunteer for a duty a handful of times throughout the season, and will be given training and support if you need it. This keeps our costs down and minimises our membership fees. It’s also a good way to meet other members and experience all the club’s activities.
The club’s General Committee, supported by specialist teams, oversees all of the work involved in running the club’s activities, and authorises money required for maintenance and new equipment or facilities. The most visible teams are the Training, Racing and the Bosuns' teams. Their contact details are listed on the following pages.
As with any club, there is always more to be done than time available, and we welcome any members with specialist knowledge or experience who are happy to assist us in running the club. Contact any committee or team member and have a chat about your area of interest (or expertise).
Everything we do is defined by the club’s Constitution and a set of policies and operating procedures that ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of all of our junior and adult members. These documents can be accessed on the following pages.
Policies
We have policies that cover our rules and decisions on a number of topics;
Safety; Llandegfedd Sailing Club meets the standards of an RYA affiliated Training Centre. The policy can be found here: Safety policy.
Child Protection and Safeguarding; Llandegfedd Sailing Club follows the recommendations of the RYA’s safeguarding policy: Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
Minimum Age Policy; Llandegfedd Sailing Club promotes the safe enjoyment of sailing as a family sport. We are frequently asked about the youngest age that we can accommodate sailors. There are two scenarios;
- Club Training - We will be very cautious when the club has responsibility for training juniors and will retain the minimum age of eight.
- Family Sailing - Parents and carers will have to take full responsibility - but if club boats are used, please see the recommendations in our LLSC Age Policy.
The Constitution
To provide guidance to the committee and to conform to rules set by The RYA and other bodies, we have a club Constitution. This can be amended to keep it up to date, in line with legislation, tax rules etc. The most important things it lays out are;
- Who can be a member of the sailing club, and what rights they may have
- How the committee and teams are elected by the general membership
- Limitations on the powers of the committee
- Control on the use of money.
The Constitution is on a page of its own.
