Members' Day and AGM
Our Members' Day and Annual General Meeting in Loughborough
Members of Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust are warmly invited to our Members’ Day, which will be held on Saturday 22nd November 2025. We hope this will be a great chance to meet other members of the Trust, and mingle with volunteers, staff, and Trustees, as well as to find out more about what the Trust is doing for local wildlife with your support.
This year our venue will be at Loughborough Trinity Methodist Church, Royland Road, Loughborough, LE11 2EH. This event will include a keynote speech from Rob Stoneman, Director of Landscape Recovery at The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and presentations from our team.
Parking arrangements
1. There are a limited number of disabled car parking spaces nearer to the church. Please contact us to check the availability of these spaces to book, once you have booked your place at the AGM.
2. There is free parking available nearby We will inform you about the locations once you have booked your place at the AGM. There are approximately 100 spaces in this location on a first come, first served basis.
There are a number of public car parks nearby which we will advise you of once you have booked your place at the AGM.
Booking is essential. Please click on the Book Here button below to book your place.
We look forward to meeting our members in November to thank you for all your support.
What will happen on the Members' Day?
Doors will open at 09.45am for refreshments and a chance to chat with Trust staff. Proceedings will start at 10.30am and are anticipated to conclude around 3pm.
During the event, we will listen to talks from a range of speakers, including a keynote speech from Rob Stoneman, Director of Landscape Recovery at The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, and presentations from our team about our current work and future opportunities.
The Annual General Meeting will take place during the day. The full agenda for the AGM includes the Report of the Council, the Report from the Honorary Treasurer, and the re-election of current Trustees. This year directly before the AGM, we will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting at which we will ask members to approve the Trust’s new Articles of Association.
All members are invited to the AGM and EGM, whether or not you attend the rest of the Members’ Day. Voting on the resolutions will be by proxy in advance, or in person on the day. If you are unable to attend in person, you will be able to watch the event online via livestreaming. Voting online will not be possible. Details are provided below
Lunch will be provided, and there will be ample time for questions and conversation with Trustees and staff during the day.
Rob Stoneman
Our Guest Speaker, Dr Rob Stoneman, Director of Landscape Recovery, The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
Rob began his career in nature conservation coring down through peat bogs to reconstruct climate change over the last few thousand years. Appalled at the damage peatlands had sustained in the UK, he joined the Scottish Wildlife Trust running a project to develop a conservation strategy for lowland raised bogs. After this, Rob switched his career to urban nature conservation as Chief Executive of the Sheffield Wildlife Trust, completing a MBA.
Rob dipped his toe into the nature conservation policy and advocacy as Director of Conservation for the Wildlife Trusts Partnership, focussing especially on marine wildlife conservation and agricultural reform, before taking on another Wildlife Trust Chief Executive position – this time for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and from there back to Yorkshire as CEO of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. In 2019, Rob switched to Rewilding Europe, coordinating rewilding in Romania, Sweden, Poland, Germany and Italy before returning to the Wildlife Trusts as Director of Landscape Recovery in 2021.
AGM and EGM Information
Click on each document below to view
Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
Proxy voting form and instructions Download Word Document
Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting
Agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting
Explanatory note on the draft Articles of Association
Agenda for the Annual General Meeting
Annual Review of Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust for the year ended 31st March 2025
Venue map and car park details
The Annual General Meeting will take questions from members attending in person on the day. Any questions from members about the draft Articles of Association to be put forward at the Extraordinary General Meeting need to be submitted by close of business on 17th November. Please see the AGM and EGM Information section above for more details.
Watch live online
We will be hosting a live stream of the meeting online for any members who are unable to book to attend in person.
The live stream will be hosted on our YouTube Channel or alternatively, you can find the links on the Members' Hub
- Home Page: https://www.youtube.com/@lrwt56
- Live Page: https://www.youtube.com/@lrwt56/streams
