Annual General Meeting
Watch livestream of our 63nd Annual Members Meeting (from 10:30 am, 8 November 2025)
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is open to all members and takes place every year to discuss key events and topics involving Sussex Wildlife Trust from the past year. The meeting is also a chance to look forward to the Trust's plans for the coming year.
The 63nd AGM will be held on 8 November 2025 at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5EG and via Livestream. Doors open 10:00, Event closes 15:30.
Schedule
10:00 Meeting opens
10:30 AGM starts
11:40 Break
12:10 Chief Executive
12:25 Laura Brook – Making every policy count on the path to nature’s recovery
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Archie Taplin – Deneway’s Wild Future Project
14:30 George Short – The UK’s largest marine rewilding project
15:00 Jamie Parsons – Wild Sussex
15:30 Event closes
Register your place
Registration is now closed
To register for the event, please click on the "Get Tickets" button, where you'll be able to specify if you'll be joining us in person or watching using the livestream link.
Lunch
If you would like to join us for a members only buffet lunch after the AGM, please let us know at checkout. Booking is essential to reserve your complimentary lunch. Please let us know of any dietary or access requirements so that we can accomodate you.
If you have any questions or concerns at all, please contact Zoe Smart at [email protected].
Election
Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with our Articles of Association. As a registered charity, our activities are regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Voting by Proxy
If you cannot attend the AGM and would like to vote, members are able to appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote at the AGM in their place. A proxy does not need to be a member but must vote according to the instructions given by the appointer. Completed Proxy Notices must be received 14 days before the meeting; they should be sent in the post to Woods Mill, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9SD.
Questions
From 10 October 2025, members may submit written questions about items on the agenda to be addressed at the meeting. Questions should be emailed to [email protected] no later than 31 October 2025. Time permitting, there may be opportunity to take additional questions from the floor on the day.
Parking and travel
Pay & Display parking is available in and around Shoreham town centre. Shoreham railway station is less than ten minutes’ walk away and there are regular buses into the area; please arrive by public transport if you can. For further travel information please see www.traveline.info