About the NSB

About the NSB

The National Service Board of Great Britain is made up of OA members with at least two years service beyond group level and at least one year’s current abstinence from compulsive eating. Legally we are a registered charity and a limited company, as well as being part of the worldwide OA service structure, and are known as OAGB NSB.

Go to our Downloads page to read our Bylaws, meeting minutes and other useful information.

There is provision for up to 10 OA members on the Board; we meet together 5 times a year, and communicate frequently between these meetings. Board members serve for a maximum of 4 years, having been elected onto the Board (once proposed by Intergroup), at our National Assembly in October each year.

This Assembly is the national group conscience of OA as a whole and each group and Intergroup can send a delegate to debate and vote on British OA issues.

NSB Members

Current Board members are as follows:

  • Chair: Caroline (South and East England Intergroup)
  • Secretary: Teresa (Heart of England Intergroup)
  • Communications: Robbie (South and East England Intergroup)
  • Treasurer: Mel (West of England Intergroup)
  • Literature Liaison: Sarah (South and East England Intergroup)
  • Region 9 Rep: Mel (West of England Intergroup)
  • WSBC delegate 2024: Robbie (South and East England Intergroup)

NSB Meeting 2024

Board meetings will be held at the following dates:

  • 20th January – meeting taking place 09:30-12.30
  • 13th April – meeting taking place 09:30-12.30
  • 22nd June – taking place face to face in Birmingham 09:30-12.30
  • 18th  August – meeting taking place 14:00 – 17:00
  • 22nd October Annual General Meeting (AGM) which takes place the day after the National Assembly business meeting (see HERE for details of the OAGB National Assembly 2024)

ALL OA MEMBERS ARE WELCOME to visit and observe.

Please contact us if you would like to attend any of the meetings.

Applying to join the NSB

If you are thinking about applying to be on the Board, you will need to submit an application – please download this form for full details of the qualifications for the role and how to apply. All applicants for the Board must be nominated by an Intergroup, and their application approved at an Intergroup meeting.

NSB Mission Statement

As well as hosting this website to enable potential new members to find out about OA, OAGB NSB seeks to provide a service in Britain to individual OA members, groups and Intergroups by:-

  • Acting as a channel of communication for OA in Great Britain so that no individual, group or Intergroup need feel isolated.
  • Providing a means by which individual members, groups and Intergroups can contribute to the policy and activity of OA in Great Britain. Acting as liaison between OA in Great Britain, Region 9 and World Service, and sending delegates to Business Conferences at each level.
  • Keeping members in Great Britain informed of current developments at all levels.
  • Providing a literature service to facilitate the purchase of OA approved books and leaflets.
  • Offering the hand of OA to individual sufferers by means of public information to media, health care professionals and to other related professional bodies.
  • Responding to enquiries from members of the public and those suffering from compulsive eating, and, where appropriate, forwarding these on for local support.
  • Arranging finance for board members and other delegates where necessary/appropriate. For example, we provide partial funding for group and Intergroup delegates to attend our annual National Assembly. 
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