Somerset Levels. Photo: Guy Edwardes/2020VISION
2024 AGM and Members' Day
We are so excited to celebrate another busy and productive year for Somerset Wildlife Trust with you at this year's 60th AGM!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Our AGM is to be held at Wells Cathedral School on Saturday 9th November 2024 from 11am-1pm, to celebrate with us, meet the trustees and staff. Our 60th AGM will include reports from the Chair and CEO. Thank you all for buying your tickets in advance.
Tickets
Ticket sales have now closed.
Information
FORMAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 60th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST will be held at Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School, Wells, BA5 2ST on Saturday 9th November 2024 at 11.00am.
The meeting will include approval of the minutes, reports from the Chair and Chief Executive Officer, adoption of the audited accounts and election of trustees.
Members have the right to appoint a Proxy under section 324 of the Companies Act 2006 and Article 14 of Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Articles of Association.
A full agenda, list of trustee nominees and instructions for proxy voting will be included in the Autumn/Winter issue of Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Members’ magazine: Somerset Wildlife published in October 2024, and are also available at the bottom of this page.
BY ORDER OF SWT COUNCIL
Georgia Dent, Chief Executive Officer, April 2024
Trustees standing for re-election
Holly Purdey
Holly Purdey
Growing up on a Somerset organic dairy farm, after university Holly worked for Somerset Wildlife Trust and then for the National Trust. She currently lives and works on Exmoor, running a farm based on an agro-ecological model, learning from nature to create a farming system that has a positive impact for biodiversity and the local community.
Holly also creates seasonal food events and educational opportunities for nursery children to fellow farmers.
Stuart McBride
Stuart McBride
Stuart is a partner and board member at a Bristol headquartered national law firm. Originally from Northern Ireland, where he enjoyed a very wildlife-friendly upbringing, he has now lived in Bristol for more than 20 years. Stuart is passionate about habitat regeneration and species biodiversity, and enjoys making his garden and allotment as nature-friendly as possible.
AGM Proxy Voting
Proxy voting for the AGM is now closed. Every member of the Somerset Wildlife Trust has a vote on the resolutions for the upcoming AGM, whether or not you are able to attend the in-person meeting. Online voting closed at 11am on 7th November, to give us time to tally the results.