Closing a Friends Group
Governance:
What to do if you have to dissolve a Friends Group
In what circumstances do Friends Groups close?
Sometimes the needs of a community change. For Friends Groups meeting these needs this can have great impact and the objects of the charity are then necessarily questioned.
The two most common reasons that a Friends Group closes are that the hospital or supported organisation has closed or that there is a lack of volunteers. Faced with similar circumstances, trustees need to ask themselves a few questions:
