Bluebell Railway Preservation Society
A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England, Number 13745313
Notices for Members
Society AGM
Sheffield Park Station, Saturday 15th June 2024 commencing at 4pm.
Members will have received notice of this meeting, and a Call for Nominations (deadline 31 March) with the Winter 2023 edition of Bluebell News.
The AGM documents themselves will follow in due course.
Paul Churchman
I am writing to inform you that I have received Paul Churchman’s resignation as Chairman of the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society and Bluebell Railway PLC, and also as a Governor of The Bluebell Railway Trust.
The following interim measures, agreed and approved by the Society Trustees and the Company Directors have been put in place:
Acting Society Chairman – Roy Watts
Management of the PLC will be overseen by Lisa Boyle, Neil Glaskin and Roy Watts
Carriage and Wagon will be overseen by Trustees Keith Leppard and James Young
These measures are temporary until replacements are in position.
In the meantime, whilst I am sure that this will come as a surprise, it is very important to remember that the Bluebell Railway will continue as normal especially as we are right on the cusp of a new operating season.
We have seen some really positive events this year and it’s important we continue to maintain that level of progress in ensuring the Railway has a strong future.
Obviously you will be kept informed of any changes as they happen and new incumbents are put in place.
As always, I am assured by the continued level of support and commitment of the volunteers and members of the paid staff who want nothing more than to deliver a first class Railway experience to our visitors whilst showing off the high quality of our restorations.
Roy Watts
Vice President and Acting Society Chairman
Obituaries
Please note that a change in policy means that instead of appearing here, notices of the deaths of Bluebell staff and volunteers are now circulated via internal channels, and full obituaries continue to appear 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
- 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)
- Internal Combustion & Electric Traction Policy (pdf) – Issue 1 – 18 January 2024
- 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)
- 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
- Chairman’s Weekly Updates – ongoing.
- BRPS AGM Notices 2023 – 20 May 2023.
- Notes from the Volunteer Forum (pdf) – 18 March 2023.
- 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.
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