How to Open a NEW Ulster Bank Account for a club or society.

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1 How to Open a NEW Ulster Bank Account for a club or society. Have an AGM to elect your committee. Either the elected treasurer, chairperson or secretary should go into Ulster bank and pick up a Community Organisation Current Account Application Form. Fill it out with the appropriate information. See the attached PDF which will guide you on what to fill in. On PAGE 2 OF THE FORM NOTE the statement and correspondence address section Enter the club or society name in Mailing address line 1 To complete the application form & process you need the following: 1. When submitting the completed application form. All the committee signees should present themselves at the one time in the bank.* 2. There must be at a minimum of two signatories on the bank account. Each signee should bring the following Photo ID: e.g. - Passport / Driver s License 3. Address Verification: e.g. Driver s License / Utility Bill (Gas, Electric) / Bank Statement, all dated within the last 6 months. Driver s License cannot be doubled as Photo ID & Address Verification; it can only be used for one. 4. If they are already customers of Ulster Bank they will be verified on the Ulster Bank system, so won't need any of the above. 5. They also need to provide a letter, with the club name as a heading, stating the following - Purpose of the account; if fund raising - what are the funds being used for. - When the society was formed - And signed by the societies chairperson & secretary and clubs & societies liaison officer Liz Gabbett. *In exceptional circumstances if someone cannot be there when the majority of the signees present themselves they must present themselves within 10 working days of submitting the complete application form. OTHERWISE the club or society will have to start the whole application process again. For existing Ulster Bank clubs and society customers - How to change the bank mandate. Fill out the bank mandate change template (available online) and have C&S development officer Paul Lee or C&S Liaison Officer Liz Gabbett sign it. Any new signees on the bank account must present ID and proof of address. See Points 1-4 above, these points still apply for changing the mandate.

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5 SAMPLE LETTER For opening a new account. C/O ULSU Clubs and Socities, Univeristy of Limerick 30 th August 2012 To whom it concerns, UL Bosco Appreciation Society was endorsed by UL Clubs and Societies Council to go on 15 week trial on the 1 st of Sept Money for the Bosco Appreciation Society will be raised through scoeity membership funds, fundraising activities and with the support from the Clubs and Societies share of student capitation funds. Money will be spent on club activities such as visiting RTE, buying boxes, buying red hair dye, etc. Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me. Is mise le meas Miriam Lambert, UL Bosco Appreciation Society Chairperson Marian Richardson, UL Bosco Appreciation Society Secretary Liz Gabbett, ULSU Clubs and Societies Liaison Officer University of Limerick Students' Union, , liz.gabbett@ul.ie

6 SAMPLE LETTER Bank Mandate Changeover Club and Society Name Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Address 4 Date X Dear Ulster Bank, University of Limerick Branch, At the recent AGM of the XXXXXX Club / Society, we would like to confirm that the new committee members are as follows: Newly Elected Committee Chairperson: Full Name Treasurer: Full Name Secretary: Full Name Additional Committee Members: Full Name/s This committee replaces the previous committee members which you currently have on your records: Previous Committee Chairperson: Full Name Treasurer: Full Name Secretary: Full Name Additional Committee Members: Full Name/s Please note we will accompany this letter with a visit to the branch in person of the full committee members to complete a replacement mandate and to provide suitable address and photo identification for each new member. Yours Sincerely, New Chairperson (SIGNATURE REQUIRED) Paul Lee / Liz Gabbett (SIGNATURE REQUIRED)