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Notice of our Annual General Meeting (10 June)

We are holding our AGM on Tuesday 10th June at 5.30pm at the Market House, High Street. Ledbury (upstairs).

You will be most welcome to join us for this important event.  It’s an opportunity to find out who we are and meet the new committee for the year 2025/26.

We are always open to new ideas to support our aims of encouraging local food and drink production and retail.

In the past year the activities of the Group have focused on our two key events The Ledbury Big Breakfast and The Ledbury Celebration, together with talk events held jointly with Sustainable Ledbury on issues affecting food production and supply assisted by the Herefordshire Food Alliance.

Like many groups our ability to do more is limited by our resources – contact us if you have an interest in or idea for how we publicise our wonderful local food and the threats to and opportunities for sustainable food production.

Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of Ledbury Food Group:

Time and Location: 5.30pm at the Market House, High Street, Ledbury (upstairs)

(Nearest off street parking – St Katherine’s Car Park)

  1. Apologies
  2. Report from the Secretary
  3. Report from the Treasurer
  4. Approval of Accounts for the period to 31st March 2025
  5. Election of a Committee for the year 2025 to 2026
  6. Election of Officials for the year 2025 to 2026 – Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
  7. Any other business

Please advise me –

  1. If you wish to stand for a committee member or official of Ledbury Food Group. Please note that Committee Members and Officials must be members of the Food Group 
  2. If you have Any Other Business that you wish to raise at this meeting

Griff Holliday, Secretary – 01531 633637  

griffholliday@btinternet.com

27th May 2025

The Secretary’s Report and the Treasurer’s Report will be circulated prior to the meeting.

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Find out about growing Organic and notice of our AGM

We’ve invited local organic farmer John Davenport to tell us about his experiences as a food grower with 40 years’ experience, following our short AGM on Monday 22nd May at 6pm at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury.

John Davenport

“Why eat Green?  The benefits and challenges of growing organic”

You may know John as the man behind Little Marcle Organic Produce, farming near Ledbury and providing a weekly veg-box service to the local community.

John is an early adopter of sustainable ways of using technology – delivering his produce in a battery powered van and exploring non-carbon power supply options.

John will be happy to take questions after his talk.

Before John’s talk:-

AGM of Ledbury Food Group for the year 2022/23

Notice is given that this meeting will be held at 6pm on Monday 22nd May at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury.

(Nearest off street parking – St Katherine’s Car Park)

  1. Apologies
  2. Report from the Secretary
  3. Report from the Treasurer
  4. Approval of Accounts for the period to 31st March 2023
  5. Election of a Committee for the year 2023 to 2024
  6. Election of Officials for the year 2023 to 2024 – Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
  7. Any other business

Please advise me –

a) If you wish to stand for a committee member or official of Ledbury Food Group. Please note that Committee Members and Officials must be members of the Food Group 

b) If you have Any Other Business that you wish to raise at this meeting

Griff Holliday, Secretary – 01531 633637  

griffholliday@btinternet.com

4th May 2023

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AGM notice and Find out about Ledbury Food Bank and how you can help

We’ve invited Ledbury Food Bank to tell us about their significant role in alleviating food poverty in Ledbury and district following our short AGM on Monday 8th August at 6pm at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury.

Mark Lister, Chair Lead Team for Ledbury Food Bank has kindly agreed to join us to enable us all to gain greater knowledge of the operations and needs of the Food Bank’s work and to discuss how we might contribute or help. For example:

    • How does the Food Bank work?
    • When is it open?
    • Where does the food stocks come from?
    • Can/do local producers contribute or supply produce?
    • What are the items needed most?
    • How can I contribute food or money or my time?
    • How do I introduce someone who may be in need?
    • What has the new premises enabled – do you do more than distributing food stocks?

All are welcome!

AGM of Ledbury Food Group for the year 2021/22

Notice is given that this meeting will be held at 6pm on Monday 8th August at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury.

Agenda

    1. Apologies
    2. Report from the Secretary
    3. Report from the Treasurer
    4. Approval of Accounts for the period to 31st March 2022
    5. Election of a Committee for the year 2022 to 2023
    6. Election of Officials for the year 2022 to 2023 – Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
    7. Any other business

Please access the following documents in advance of this meeting by clicking below.

Agenda for AGM on Monday 8th August 2022 Secretary’s Report for the year 2021/22 Income & Expenditure 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2022

 

GJ Holliday
Secretary, Ledbury Food Group
01531 633637