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ETA Annual Report
Governance (Review)
All committee positions are voted on each year at the AGM
Introduced in 2011, the role of the Governance director is to ensure the ETA has effective corporate governance
ensuring both regulatory and ethical procedures and processes are adhered to. This encompasses document
control, policy formulation, legal compliance and safeguarding. The role also entails leading initiatives to compile
our organisation’s best practices in partnership with the Sport & Recreation Alliance and Sport England.
The governance development of the ETA continues to improve and further recruitments have been made in the
positions of Disclosure Manager and Disclosure Verifier to oversee DBS checks. The importance of this going
forward is vital, as we develop further with the introduction of the under 18s category and for example with
increased liaison between affiliated members and their local University Students' Union Volunteering Services to
support ETA affiliated events. All this means that our commitment to good governance is necessary to ensure
that universities are referring students to a safe environment.
A new Chairman has been selected to head up our Judiciary and Advisory Panel. This independent group will
oversee resolution of any Local and National issues concerning the ETA and its members that cannot be
addressed and dealt with locally.
Gregg Cropper
President
Mike Roa
Vice President
Ben Powell
Technical Director
Carly Heselwood
Governance
England Touch Association
Mike Abromowitz
Financial Director
Shelley Grace
Referee Director