Riverside Players is registered with the UK Charity Commission - Charity Number 293095 

Riverside Players – Rules

1.     The name of the society shall be RIVERSIDE PLAYERS.

2.     The object of the society is to educate the public in the dramatic arts, to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

3.     The membership categories of the Society shall consist of:

a) Family of three or more living at the same address
b) Family of two living at the same address
c) Individual
d) Senior - aged 60 or over at 1^st April each year
e) Student - in receipt of full-time education at 1^st April each year
f) Junior - aged under 18 at 1^st April each year
g) Friend
h) Youth Group

Members in categories a) to f) aged 16 and over at 1^st April each year are entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Society.

The subscription rate will be agreed at each annual general meeting of the society.  Subscriptions are due on 1st April each year.  The committee has discretion to admit members on an honorary basis, i.e. without payment of a subscription.  The number of members in each category will be reported to the society at the annual general meeting.

Membership shall incur no liability beyond the amount of the annual subscription.

The name of any candidate for membership must be forwarded to the membership secretary.  Acceptance of subscription shall constitute election to the society. 

Membership may cease at the discretion of the committee upon:
a)    non-payment of appropriate subscription within three months of the due date
b)    resignation in writing submitted to the secretary
c)    expulsion approved by two thirds of those eligible to vote and attending a meeting called for the purpose.

4.    The financial year shall run from 1st April to 31st March.

5.    All powers of management shall be vested in the committee who shall be solely responsible for the control of all the affairs of the society.