Notice of our 61st AGM
You are warmly invited to attend Gwent Wildlife Trust's 61st Annual General Meeting, which will be held at the Glen-Yr-Afon Hotel in Usk on Tuesday, 19th November at 7pm.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL – Please book your free ticket via Eventbrite here.
Wildlife Warriors with Dipper Boxes they made - Petra Mitchard
Join us to celebrate all we have achieved together, across Gwent’s towns, counties and landscapes, to create a Wilder Gwent. Hear inspiring stories from across GWT's landscapes, teams and projects, from people of all ages bringing about the change that nature needs.
Agenda and approximate timings:
7pm: Marc Leppard, Chair of Board of Trustees - official welcome
7.05pm: Marc Leppard, Chair of Board of Trustees - notices and thanks, followed by formal AGM:
· Minutes of the 2023 AGM and matters arising.
· To receive the Annual Report of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2024.
· To appoint Auditors of the charity to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which the accounts are laid before the charity.
· To re-elect Trustees for 2024/25.
· To elect co-opted Trustees for 2024/25.
· To introduce the elected officers of the Board of trustees for 2024/2025.
7.30pm: Natalie Buttriss CEO, welcome and introduces presentations
7.40pm: GWT staff presentations
8.30pm: Q&A
8.35pm: Refreshments and a chance to mingle with staff and trustees
9pm: Close.
By order of the Board, October, 2024, Susan Finn, Hon Secretary (co-opted).
Notes: By 25th October 2024, papers for the AGM will be linked below or can be requested from the GWT office by calling 01600 740600 or emailing info@gwentwildlife.org. Ticketholders who have signed up on Eventbrite will be notified when papers are uploaded to the website.
If you would like to book over the phone or email instead of online via Eventbrite, or would like to send apologies, please email Lois Holroyd at info@gwentwildlife.org
Questions and comments:
The agenda and relevant documents will be available below. With the aim of running an organised and timely meeting for all attendees, please can we ask you to put any questions or comments to the Chair of Trustees, Marc Leppard, by emailing mleppard@gwentwildlife.org by Friday 15th November, so that he can answer you directly in advance of the AGM where possible. There may be limited opportunity to respond at the AGM, particularly if we have a lot of questions. We will be collecting and recording everyone's questions and comments, however, and you will receive a response as soon as possible afterwards.
AGM Papers
Trustees and Officers
Short biographies of all trustees and officers of the Board can be found here:
Staff biographies including our new CEO are here: