Annual General Meeting 2025

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Welcome to the Advice NI AGM - 30 Years of Advice, Support & Impact.

Below you can find today's agenda, our 2024-25 audited accounts, minutes from our previous AGM, and our 2024-25 Annual Report.

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Agenda

09:30 - 10:00

Registration, Tea & Coffee

10:00 - 10:05

Opening & welcome by Advice NI Chair, David Abrahams

10:05 - 10:30

AGM Business

  • Minutes of the previous meeting
  • Matters Arising
  • Election of Trustees
  • Presentation of Financial Statements – Finegan Gibson Ltd
  • Re-Appointment of Finegan Gibson Ltd as Auditors for following year
  • Presentation of Annual Report, Fiona Magee, Interim CEO

10:30 - 10:45

Arfawn Yasin – Head of Membership, Advice NI

Connecting and Responding

10.45 - 11:00

Ray Caldwell - Director, Voluntary and Community Division

Department for Communities, Vision for Independent Advice

11:00 - 11.30

Paul Johnson – Provost, The Queen's College, Oxford

Social Justice, Economic Realities and the Power of Advice

11:30 - 11:45Break (Tea / Coffee)
11:45 - 12.00

Sinead McKinley – Advice & Services Manager, STEP

Voice from the Frontline

12.00 - 12:15

Les Allamby, Discretionary Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland

The Journey of Independent Advice in Northern Ireland

12:15 - 12.30

30 Years of Advice NI - Video

12.30 – 13:00

Closing Session 

13:00Lunch & Networking