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SoFA’s AGM 2023

On Friday 28 April SoFA’s AGM 2023 was held at Christ Church, Southport. The Chairman welcomed 70 members and thanked them for their enthusiastic support throughout 2022. During 2022 and early 2023 meetings, outings and holidays went as planned after a delayed start.

The new venue at Christ Church is proving a very popular change, especially as members are able to enjoy a light lunch at Café 1821, prior to the meetings. Lois, our Speaker Secretary, provided a varied mix of speakers to entertain at our meetings and together with Roberta, our secretary, the website has been well managed and received many visits.

The Officers required under the Constitution were duly elected for 2023. Members received updates from several National Trust representatives. A newly installed second-hand bookshop is proving very popular at Rufford Old Hall. Formby staff collaborated with local schools and an artist to produce ECO messages and an art exhibition at an event in the Workshop, Formby, partly funded by SoFA.

Further projects involving schools are planned. Chairman, Frank Hyland, commented that it was important for the Association to support young people and families in Trust related activities.

We were also informed about ‘Formbee’ Honey. This is an unrefined honey which is made by bees that take the pollen from the various plants at Formby site. This is a very clever play on words.

SoFA’s AGM 2023 was our last meeting before the Summer break. However, there are monthly outings arranged for the summer as well as the SoFA holiday to Lincolnshire and a lunch at the Old Links Golf Club.

Full details are in our latest membership magazine. If you are interested in joining SoFA please contact us using our Contact Form.

Article Supplied by Frank Hyland – Many Thanks

SoFA Annual General Meeting

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Notification of the Annual General Meeting of Southport and Formby National Trust Association.,

The AGM will take place at Christ Church on Lord Street, Southport PR8 1AA.

After the AGM speakers from the National Trust will give the latest news and updates from our area.

If you are not a member but are interested in attending any of our events or would like to join our Association, please complete the Contact Form.

SoFA AGM

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On 12 April the SoFA AGM was held at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport. This was the first SoFA AGM since 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 AGMs having to be postponed due to Covid.

There was a good turnout from Members. The voting was unanimous for the election of the SoFA Officers and Committee. Thanks was given to Norma, who had stood down from the Committee after over 20years. She was thanked her for her loyal service to SoFA and was presented with a bunch of flowers.

Frank, SoFA’s Chair, reminded the members that our outings are restarting in June and there is an outing each month until the end of September. Full details of the outings are listed in SoFA’s Spring 2022 magazine and will be advertised on this website.

Following the AGM we were pleased to introduce Chris Hunter, Lead Ranger at Formby National Trust provided those present with an update regarding what goes on at the site on a daily basis. They now have a new ‘Tuesday Group’ who will carry out controlled tree management.

Chris reported that there are currently around 200 red squirrels within their Formby boundary. This survey was carried out by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Chris asked that anyone who sees either a red or grey squirrel in their garden that they report the sighting on the Lancashire Wildlife Trust website.

Between April and August a survey of the Natterjack toads is going to be carried out, unfortunately, the breeding season in 2020 and 2021 were unsuccessful.

Chris also thanked the SoFA group for their generous donation which will kick-start funding for the important restoration work to be done at Wicks Lake on the Trust site.

If you are interested in joining SoFA please contact us using our Contact Form.

National Trust AGM

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Due to ongoing covid restrictions, this year’s National Trust AGM will include the option for members to attend online. Full information about the AGM will be available on the AGM web page. This page is currently showing the cancellation of the 2020 AGM, but the latest magazine states that the 2021 AGM is going ahead.

This is a good opportunity for members who may not normally be able to travel to the AGM, to attend. Online participants will still be able to vote and ask questions.

To contact the National Trust team responsible for the AGM, email them at agm@nationaltrust.org.uk.

To find out more information about the Southport and Formby Association of the National Trust, please fill in our Contact Form.

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