The Association is a non profit making fund and shall be known as The Bubbling Pot Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Association).

To raise funds towards the purchase of a piece of woodland/field for use by the pagan community of the local area as a meeting place and site of worship.

To raise funds for the upkeep of said land and costs incurred in its ownership.( rates ,taxes and insurances)

To promote community union within the pagan community of Milton Keynes and country wide and to show a structured face to outside authorities.

To raise funds for the continuation of the Bubbling Pot events, as in the balls, and other such events which arise in the future.

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of the local area in particular the advancement of education, environmental concerns.

This will be regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion, sex, sexuality, marital status, disability or disadvantaged by conditions or requirements, which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

The Office Bearers of the Association shall consist of President, Chairperson, , Secretary, Treasurer and other such Office Bearers as may be deemed necessary by the Committee.

The management of the Association shall be vested in the Committee. The committee consisting of Office Bearers and ordinary committee members.

Office Bearers and committee members shall be appointed at the Annual General Meeting. They shall be in post for one year and shall be eligible for re-election. Any vacancies shall be filled at the earliest convenience.

The committee shall meet a minimum of 1 time annually or when it is felt a meeting is necessary. The A.G.M to be arranged for the end of January/ beginning of Febuary annually.

The committee may co-opt any members or persons for special purposes (unless persons co-opted are members then they will be deemed not to have voting rights).

The committee shall have all powers necessary for the full and efficient conduct of the affairs of the Association, and for that purpose may do any act or thing which they deem appropriate for the fulfilment of the objectives of the Association.

The committee may appoint Sub-Committees as may be considered appropriate and shall determine their respective terms of reference, powers, duration and composition. All acts and proceedings of such sub-committees shall be reported back to the committee as soon as possible.

The elected President, or in their absence, the Chairperson or a nominated person shall chair the meeting of the Association.

The quorum at a meeting of the committee shall be 4, at least 2 of whom must be office bearers, and of any sub-committee shall be one third, or such other numbers as the Association may in general meeting from time to time determine.

The quorum at an Annual General Meeting and any other special General Meeting of the Association shall be 10 (present in person) members of the Association, or such other numbers as the Association may in general meeting from time to time determine.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association shall be held within fourteen months of the Association inaugural meeting or last Annual General Meeting, when an audited statement of accounts shall be submitted, the Chairperson's report given, the office bearers and the committee appointed and any other competent business transacted.

At least 21 days notice of the AGM shall be given to the membership and public notices will be displayed on the website www.thebubblingpot.co.uk

The Committee, with a simple majority, shall have the power to call an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Association at any time for any specific purpose on giving 21 days notice to the members.

Ordinary members of the Association who wish an EGM on any specific issue must do so through informing the committee in writing. The committee will then decide through a simple majority whether to call one.

The committee shall keep such books of accounts as are necessary to exhibit and explain the transaction and financial position of the Association in regards to the sum of money received and expended by and on behalf of the Association. Audited accounts of these transactions shall be made available at each and every Annual General Meeting.

All monies raised by or on behalf of the Association shall be applied to further the objectives of the Association and for no other purpose that nothing herein shall prevent the payment in good faith of the reasonable and proper remuneration to any employee of the Association and fees to professional and technical advisers or the repayment to members of the Management Committee and Volunteers of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

This is a non profit making Association where no member receives any form of renumeration for work done but would have reasonable costs covered from the fund

A bank account shall be opened in the name of the Association with such bank and or building societies, as the management committee shall from time to time decide. The management committee shall authorise in writing three members of the management committee (one of whom shall be the treasurer) to sign cheques on behalf of the Association. All cheques must be signed by not less than two of the three authorised signatories.

Amendments to the Constitution may be made only by a two third majority of the voting members attending an Annual General Meeting or and Extraordinary General Meeting called for this purpose. Notice of this meeting, and the purpose for which it was called shall be circulated to all members of the Association 21 days before the date of the meeting.

If the committee by a simple majority decide at any time that on the ground of expense or otherwise it is necessary or advisable to dissolve the Association, it shall call a special meeting of the Association giving not less than 21 days notice (stating the terms of the resolution to be proposed at the meeting) shall be given.

If such a decision is confirmed by a two thirds majority of the votes cast in relation to the resolution at such meeting, the committee shall sell such of the assets of the Association as they may consider appropriate for the best price reasonably attainable and settle the debts and liabilities of the Association. Any assets remaining after the satisfaction of such debts and liabilities shall given or transferred to such other charitable organisation or organisations having similar objectives to the Association as the committee may determine.

When the target aims are achieved we the association would hold the titles and deeds of the land in the name of the association . These would then be transferred to the members running the association .

At any time that the group enters dissolution the land should be donated to a local environmental group for a wildlife or a preservation project.

Certified as a true copy of the Constitution as adopted by the Management Committee at a meeting on ……………………………