Faiths and further education - Church of England

Faiths and Further Education:A HandbookAnnex D:Example of Management AgreementManagement AgreementXXXXXX (name of college) Further Education CollegeMulti-faith Chaplaincy CentreInstruments of managementPreambleABThe accommodation provided by the College and known as theMulti-Faith Chaplaincy Centre (as indicated in the attacheddrawing) by a committee of management responsible to thePrincipal and Senior Management Team.The committee shall exercise its authority in accordance withthe provisions of this document which shall be known as the‘Instruments of Management’.Guiding principlesCThe Board of Governors of the College has adopted thefollowing guiding principles relating to the provisions offacilities for religious worship and the committee shall beunder an obligation to observe these principles in relation tothe accommodation for which it is responsible.i. The College will aim to provide adequate space andfacilities for religious worship on campus for all membersof the College.Visitors are acceptable but priority shouldbe given at all times to members of the College (1).ii.The purpose of the facilities is to provide a place whereeach religious group with a significant number ofadherents in the College can arrange meetings atappropriate times for prayer, meditation, worship anddiscussion. It is to be used on an ecumenical basis and,subject to (iii) below, is not to be divided into areasallocated for the exclusive use of particular faiths.iii. Some smaller areas such as offices and ablution facilitiesshould, however, be provided for exclusive or shared use byparticular user groups.iv.The overall accommodation for religious worship oncampus, being open to all religious groups, should be givena neutral designation, that is, one that is not associatedwith any specific religion or groups of religions; specificusers are, however, free to use titles appropriate to theiractivities.v. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not exclude theorganisation of regular events – such as the open seminars– which involve both members of the College and visitors.vi. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not exclude apractical arrangement whereby one worship room is usedpredominately by one group or groups and the secondworship room is used predominately by another group orgroups.Committee of management: responsibilities and membershipDEFGThe committee of management shall be responsible to thePrincipal and the Senior Management Team for:i. ensuring that the principles approved by the Board ofGovernors as set out in (c) above are observedii. deciding upon the development of the Centre within theapproved principlesiii. overseeing the use and security of the areaiv. making recommendations to the Principal and SeniorManagement Team for the allocation of the officesprovided by the Collegev. liaising as necessary with the appropriate College officers.All designated chaplains and religious representatives areeligible for membership of the committee:Anglican, Jewish,Muslim and Roman Catholic user groups may each appoint amaximum of three representatives (including the chaplain orreligious representative) to the committee. Other recogniseduser groups not otherwise represented shall be eligible toappoint one representative to the committee of management.The appointed representatives will serve for one calendar yearcommencing on the first day of January. Members of thecommittee may send their deputies: other vacancies that occurin the year may be filled by the appropriate group.The committee of management may at its discretion co-opt upto three other persons to membership.The Principal and the Senior Management Team shall appoint amember of their staff to act as secretary to the committee ofManagement.Committee of management: officersHAt the first meeting of the calendar year, the committee ofmanagement shall appoint, from among its membership, thefollowing officers: Chair,Vice-Chair and Treasurer.The officershall be appointed for one year and shall not serve in aparticular post for more than three consecutive years.