Finance & Strategy Committee
In New Ash Green the Village Association, Residents Societies and individual residents agree to work together through formal covenants to maintain Village amenities and the quality of life.
New Ash Green was established nearly 50 years ago. Since then the way we live our lives has changed in many ways. There are bound to be some changes in the future. This will mean that the Village will have to adapt if it is to remain an attractive place to live and retain its community values.
The Finance and Strategy Committee (F&SC) has two roles. The first is strategic. It has the task of anticipating changes that will affect the Village and suggesting to the Council of Management changes that may be required in existing structures and policies.
F&SC will do this through consultation with other Village Association bodies e.g. those responsible for Greenland and Hardland Management, Resident Societies and, where appropriate, relevant external bodies. If an in-depth study is needed of a particular issue, the F&SC will set up a working party to do so, using, as far as it can, people in the Village with specialist knowledge.
F&SC´s other role is financial management. Working through a three year planning system and annual budgets, it has two objectives. One is to make sure that resources are available to implement policies agreed by the Council of Management. The second is to make sure that they are used as effectively as possible, so that residents get the maximum value from their contributions.
Present and past contribution rates for residents may be downloaded here as a PDF file.
The audited Annual Financial Statements and the Directors' Report are available here.
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