Sheffield Wildlife Trust AGM 2012

Wednesday 22nd August 2012

Photo by Glyn HudsonPhoto by Glyn Hudson

This year our annual general meeting (AGM) will be held on the evening of 27th September at our headquarters on Stafford Road, Sheffield, S2 2SF. Before the meeting there will be a talk by Alastair Fitter CBE, '100 Years On - New Challenges for Conservation’ which everyone is welcome to attend.

AGM 2012 Programme

6.00 pm Tea, coffee and biscuits

6.20 pm Welcome: Anne Ashe, Chair of the Board of Trustees

6.30 pm Celebrating 100 years of the Wildlife Trusts – what next for Nature? Alastair Fitter CBE, The Wildlife Trusts and member of the Lawton Review Panel

7.25 pm Explanation of AGM Proceedings: Anne Ashe, Chair of the Board of Trustees

7.30 pm Buffet 

8.00 pm Annual General Meeting:

  • Introductions and Apologies
  • Minutes of the last Meeting
  • Matters arising
  • Election of Trustees
  • Review of 2011/12
  • Financial Report for 2011/12
  • Appointment of Auditors
  • Special resolution: Paper 1
  • Amendment to the Memorandum of Association in relation to the renumeration of Trustees and connected persons.

9.30 pm Meeting close

Please book your place on the talk, and/or let us know you will be attending by ringing us on 0114 263 4335, or email us 

Please also inform us of any Items of Business you feel should be on the agenda by using the above contacts.
Don’t miss your opportunity to influence the Trust’s work and help decide who will be on the Board of Trustees for the coming year.

Alastair Fitter CBE is Professor of Ecology at the University of York. His research focuses on soil biodiversity and climate change. Nationally, he sits on the Natural Environment Research Council and on several advisory bodies to DEFRA and Natural England. An active naturalist, he has written several identification guides, including the Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland, many co-authored with his father, Richard Fitter – a founder of Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust. Alastair sat on the recent Lawton Review and is a Trustee of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.