Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025
24 September 2025
(Last updated: 25 Sep 2025 13:48)
The next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of POGP is being held on Friday 10 October 2025, 12:25, during the first day of conference. We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible.
Online access to AGM (for non-conference attendees)
Members who are NOT attending the conference in Edinburgh will be able to join the AGM online. Please register here: Register for AGM online access
Reports
Please find at the bottom of this page links to the POGP Annual Report submitted to the Charities Commission which includes the POGP audited accounts. Additional links are to the agenda for this year’s AGM, last year’s AGM minutes and a report outlining the current position of the Board of Trustees including those who will be standing down in accordance with Charity Commission requirements.
Voting
The AGM is your opportunity to be involved in the direction the POGP takes. You are invited to vote to re-elect trustees who will be standing down as per Charity Commission requirements mentioned above, and to elect other new applicants, should expressions of interest be received. For those not attending the AGM in person or online, proxy and postal voting forms are available and can be found in the key documents section at the bottom of this page. Voting forms should be returned by Wednesday 9 October, 17:00 to be valid.
Questions
You are invited to submit questions concerning the reports. Questions can be sent in, prior to Wednesday 8 October 2025, 17:00, to info@thepogp.co.uk.
Board of Trustees
The current board members are listed below and will be available at the AGM.
- Chair – Dr Kate Lough
- Vice Chair – Lucia Berry
- Honorary Secretary – Helen Shepherd
- Honorary Treasurer – Kiransha Velingkar
- Journal committee chair – Grainne Donnelly
- Education committee chair – Jane Dixon
- Research officer – Dr Gillian Campbell
- Area representative coordinator – Alexandra Stephenson
- National conference committee chair – Debbie Plowman
- Public relations officer – not currently required
- Ordinary trustee – Debbie Dillon
- Ordinary trustee – Sally Reffold (Affiliate representative)
- Ordinary trustee – William Taylor (Affiliate representative)
Please send any expressions of interest for joining the Board of Trustees by Wednesday 1 October 2025, 17:00, to info@thepogp.co.uk.
Best wishes,
Dr Kate Lough
Chair, POGP
Key documents
Below are links to the important documents to read before the AGM:
AGM agenda
Minutes of the AGM 2024
POGP Trustee positions
Please find below links to the chair and treasurer reports, and financial accounts:
POGP Annual Report and verified accounts 2023–2024
Voting forms for those not attending the AGM:
Proxy voting form 2025
Postal voting form 2025
View other News