Bluebell Railway Preservation Society
A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England, Number 13745313
Notices for Members
Society AGM
Horsted Keynes Station, Saturday 3rd June 2023 commencing at 2pm
The BRPS AGM documents are in the post but are published here as a backup and for the benefit of members, especially those overseas. Please note the Accounts booklet only contains the Society accounts as the Plc and abridged Trust accounts for 2022 were not finalised at the date we went to press. This version of the Society accounts includes, for comparative purposes only, the 2021 numbers for the former unincorporated Society.
Any member wishing to vote by proxy must do so by NOON on 31st May 2023. Scanned and signed proxy voting forms may be emailed to the address shown on the form and must include your membership number for validation purposes.
Gavin Bennett
Secretary
PDF downloads: BRPS AGM Document 2023 – BRPS Accounts 2022 – BRPS Proxy Voting Form
BRPS Volunteer Forum
Notes from the Volunteer Forum held at Sheffield Park on 18 March 2023 are now available (pdf).
BRPS – Important announcements:
- On 26 January 2023 the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society Chairman, Paul Churchman, announced some changes to the Bluebell Railway plc board and on 27 January released a statement from Geoff Mee.
- Ongoing now, please also see the Chairman’s Weekly Updates.
Obituaries
Please note that a change in policy will result in notices of the deaths of Bluebell staff and volunteers being circulated via internal channels, and full obituaries appearing in Bluebell News magazine.
Preservation Standards Manual
We are pleased to be able to publish the first edition of our Preservation Standards Manual, which details how everything on and about our Railway should be presented. This is a major undertaking, and there are some sections yet to be fully completed, and it will probably always remain a work in progress as new research is still uncovering refinements.
Documents for Members
- “Who’s Who” in the BRPS
BRPS Objectives, Aims & Plans – 2021 edition (available as a pdf document), together with an explanatory note.- Revised (V 1.1) Articles of Association for the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society agreed at the 2022 AGM.
- Diesel Developments – D6570 (pdf) – 29 June 2021
- Sustaining Our Wonderful Pullman Train (Aquila and Car 36) (pdf) – 1 June 2021
- Preservation Standards Manual – April 2020
- Accessibility Statement – March 2019 and updates
- Safeguarding Policy – August 2018
- Privacy Policy – May 2018 (updated 22 Feb 2021)
- Agreed preservation policies and strategies:
- Traction and Rolling Stock Collection Policy (as adopted in 2004)
- Carriage and Wagon Restoration Policy (as adopted 2003)
- Van Strategy (as adopted October 2015)
- Historic Wagon Strategy (as adopted May 2008)
- Bluebell Railway Trust – Governance and Management Regulations – March 2018
- Carriage Strategy Review (February 2015)
- Pullmans Strategy Update: 11 October 2015
- Pullman Cars ‘Doris’ and ‘Carina’: Joint Press Release with the 5BEL Trust and Additional information for Bluebell Members from Lewis Nodes – 18 February 2011
- Options for a turntable or a triangle – October 2011.
- The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups – June 2010
Social Sub-Committee
BRPS Social Sub-Committee – with who’s who, and recent and forthcoming events.
List of Notices
BRPS AGM Notices 2023 – 20 May 2023.- Notes from the Volunteer Forum (pdf) – 18 March 2023.
- Chairman’s Weekly Updates – ongoing.
- Changes to the Bluebell Railway plc board – 26 January 2023, and statement from Geoff Mee – 27 January 2023.
- BRPS Objectives, Aims & Plans – 2021 edition (available as a pdf document), together with an explanatory note.
- Revised (V 1.1) Articles of Association for the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society agreed at the 2022 AGM.
- BRPS AGM – 28 May 2022 – AGM Document 2022 (including AGM arrangements, Agenda, Election nominations, Minutes of October 2021 meetings, long service awards, in memoriam, and various reports), Trust & Society Combined Report & Accounts 2021, Proxy Voting Form – May 2022.
- AGM Notice and Job roles (zip file) – March 2022.
- BRPS Certificate of Incorporation and Articles of Association (the latter as agreed in EGM, October 2021, and now superseded). These came into force with the change from an unincorporated association to a Company Limited by Guarantee on 1 January 2022.
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Chris Cooper – 20 October 2021
- EGM 2 October 2021 Proxy Voting Form – any member unable to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting being held on Saturday 2 October 2021, commencing at 7pm, may vote by proxy.
- AGM 2021 – Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting – Notice of the Deferred 60th Annual General Meeting – Notice of the 61st Annual General Meeting and Request for Nominations and Motions – Download as PDF – 24 June 2021
- Change to the Interim Chairmanship of the Bluebell Railway plc – 4 January 2021.
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